[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 210 (Wednesday, October 29, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64304-64305]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-25827]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-583-816


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

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the 
time limit for the final results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain stainless steel butt-weld pipe 
fittings from Taiwan. The period of review is June 1, 2006, through May 
31, 2007. This extension is made pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 29, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Drury or Angelica Mendoza, Office 
7, AD/CVD Operations, 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) 482-3019, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 8, 2008, the Department published the preliminary results 
of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain 
stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from Taiwan covering the period 
June 1, 2006, through May 31, 2007. See Certain Stainless Steel Butt-
Weld Pipe Fittings from Taiwan: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review and Notice of Intent to Rescind in Part, 73 FR 
38972 (July 8, 2008). The final results for the antidumping duty 
administrative review of certain stainless steel butt-weld pipe 
fittings from Taiwan are currently due no later than November 5, 2008.

Extension of Time Limits for Final Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act requires the Department to issue 
the final results in an administrative review within 120 days of the 
publication of the preliminary results. However, if it is not 
practicable to complete the review within this time period, section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the Department to extend the time limit 
for the final results to 180 days (or 300 days if the Department does 
not extend the time limit for the preliminary results) from the date of 
publication of the preliminary results.
    In accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.213(h)(2), the Department finds that it is not practicable to 
complete the review within the original time frame (i.e., by November 
5, 2008). Specifically, the Department requires additional time to 
review complex issues raised in parties' case briefs including 
substantive comments relating to the respondent's qualification for a 
constructed export price offset and the Department's use of facts 
available with respect to certain aspects of respondent's cost 
reporting. Because it is not practicable to complete this 
administrative review within the time limit mandated by section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), the Department is 
extending the time limit for completion of the final results of this 
administrative review by 60 days, to no later than January 4, 2009. 
Because January 4, 2009 falls on a Sunday, the new deadline for the 
final results will be the next business day, Monday, January 5, 2009. 
See 19 CFR 351.303(b).
    This notice is published pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.


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    Dated: October 23, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-25827 Filed 10-28-08; 8:45 am]
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