[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 36 (Friday, February 22, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9772-9773]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-3381]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-822]


Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils From Mexico; Extension 
of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 22, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maryanne Burke or Robert James, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
5604 or (202) 482-0649, respectively.

Background

    On July 30, 2007, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
received a timely request from Allegheny Ludlum Corporation, AK Steel 
Corporation, North American Stainless, United Auto Workers Local 3303, 
Zanesville Armco Independent Organization, Inc. and the United 
Steelworkers (collectively, petitioners) to conduct an administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel sheet and strip 
in coils from Mexico. On August 24, 2007, the Department published a 
notice of initiation of this administrative review, covering the period 
of July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation 
in Part, 72 FR 48613 (August 24, 2007). The current deadline for the 
preliminary results of this review is April 1, 2008.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Tariff Act), requires the Department to complete the preliminary 
results of an administrative review within 245 days after the last day 
of the anniversary month of an order for

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which a review is requested. However, if it is not practicable to 
complete the review within these time periods, section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Tariff Act allows the Department to extend the time limit for the 
preliminary results to a maximum of 365 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of an order for which a review is requested.
    The Department finds that it is not practicable to complete the 
preliminary results of this review within the original time frame due 
to additional analysis necessary with respect to cost of production 
data used in the margin calculation programs. Moreover, we require 
additional information from the respondent, ThyssenKrupp Mexinox S.A. 
de C.V. and Mexinox USA, Inc., in order to complete our analysis and 
will not have time to analyze this information prior to the current 
deadline for the preliminary results. Accordingly, the Department is 
extending the time limit for completion of the preliminary results of 
this administrative review until no later than July 30, 2008, which is 
365 days from the last day of the anniversary month. We intend to issue 
the final results no later than 120 days after publication of the 
preliminary results notice. This extension is issued and published in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i) of the Tariff Act.

    Dated: February 15, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-3381 Filed 2-21-08; 8:45 am]
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