[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 46 (Friday, March 7, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 12375]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-4592]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-816]


Certain Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Taiwan: 
Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 7, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Drury or Judy Lao, 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) 482-0195 
and (202) 482-7924, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 1, 2007, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
published a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review 
of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel butt-weld pipe 
fittings (``SSBWPF'') from Taiwan for the period of review (``POR'') of 
June 1, 2006, through May 31, 2007. See Antidumping or Countervailing 
Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request 
Administrative Review, 72 FR 30542 (June 1, 2007). On June 28, 2007, 
Flowline Division of Markovitz Enterprises, Inc. (``Flowline 
Division''), Gerlin, Inc., Shaw Alloy Piping Products, Inc., and Taylor 
Forge Stainless, Inc. (collectively, ``petitioners'') requested an 
antidumping duty administrative review for sales of SSBWPF from Taiwan 
produced by Ta Chen Stainless Pipe Co., Ltd. (``Ta Chen''), Liang Feng 
Stainless Steel Fitting Co., Ltd., Tru-Flow Industrial Co., Ltd., 
Censor International Corporation, and PFP Taiwan Co., Ltd. On June 28, 
2007, Ta Chen also requested an administrative review of its sales to 
the United States during the POR. On July 26, 2007, the Department 
published the notice initiating this administrative review. See 
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Request for Revocation In Part, 72 FR 41057 (July 26, 
2007). The preliminary results are currently due not later than March 
1, 2008.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results of Review

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (``the Act''), and 19 CFR ? 351.213(h)(2), the Department may 
extend the deadline for completion of the preliminary results of a 
review by 120 days if it determines that it is not practicable to 
complete the preliminary results within 245 days after the last day of 
the anniversary month of the date of publication of the order for which 
the administrative review was requested. Due to the complexity of the 
issues involved, including questions of affiliation and Ta Chen's 
reported costs of production, and the time required to analyze Ta 
Chen's supplemental questionnaire responses, as well as the demands of 
other proceedings handled by the office administering this review, the 
Department has determined that it is not practicable to complete this 
review within the original time period. Accordingly, the Department is 
extending the time limit for the preliminary results by 120 days to not 
later than June 29, 2008, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) fo 
the Act. However, as that date falls on a Sunday, the preliminary 
results will be due not later than the next business day, June 30, 
2008.
    The deadline for the final results of this review will continue to 
be 120 days after publication of the preliminary results.
    This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(a)(3)(A) 
and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: February 29, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-4592 Filed 3-6-08; 8:45 am]
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