[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 9079]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-4343]


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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.
SUMMARY: Due to the fact that the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) requires additional information from the respondent, 
ThyssenKrupp Mexinox S.A. de C.V. and Mexinox USA, Inc. (collectively, 
Mexinox), in order to complete our analysis, the Department finds that 
it is not practicable to complete the preliminary results of this 
review within the original time frame. Accordingly, the Department is 
extending fully the time limit for completion of the preliminary 
results of this administrative review until no later than July 31, 
2009, which is 365 days from the last day of the anniversary month.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 2, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Edwards or Brian Davis, 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) 482-8029 
or (202) 482-7924, respectively.

Background

    On July 30, 2008, the Department received a timely request from 
Mexinox for revocation from the antidumping duty order on certain 
stainless steel sheet and strip (S4) in coils from Mexico. On July 31, 
2008, the Department received a timely request from Allegheny Ludlum 
Corporation, AK Steel Corporation, and North American Stainless, to 
conduct an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on S4 in 
coils from Mexico. On August 26, 2008, the Department published a 
notice of initiation of this administrative review, covering the period 
of July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 73 FR 50308 (August 26, 
2008). The current deadline for the preliminary results of this review 
is April 2, 2009.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
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 which a review is requested. 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 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 
because additional information from the respondent, Mexinox, is 
necessary to complete our analysis and we will not have sufficient time 
to obtain and analyze the new information prior to the current deadline 
for the preliminary results. Accordingly, the Department is extending 
fully the time limit for completion of the preliminary results of this 
administrative review until no later than July 31, 2009. 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 Act.

    Dated: February 23, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-4343 Filed 2-27-09; 8:45 am]
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