[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 3, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9218-9219]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-4470]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-850]


Certain Large Diameter Carbon and Alloy Seamless Standard, Line, 
and Pressure Pipe From Japan: Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

DATES: Effective Date: March 2, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexander Montoro or Nancy Decker, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-0238 or (202) 
482-0196, respectively.

Background

    On July 30, 2008, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published in

[[Page 9219]]

the Federal Register the initiation of administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain large diameter carbon and alloy 
seamless standard, line, and pressure pipe from Japan, covering the 
period June 1, 2007, through May 31, 2008. See Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, Request for 
Revocation in Part, and Deferral of Administrative Review, 73 FR 44220 
(July 30, 2008). The preliminary results for this administrative review 
are currently due no later than March 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 issue 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 and a 
final determination within 120 days after the date on which the 
preliminary results are published. If it is not practicable to complete 
the review within the time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act 
allows the Department to extend these deadlines to a maximum of 365 
days and 180 days, respectively.
    The review covers four manufacturers/exporters: JFE Steel 
Corporation; Nippon Steel Corporation; NKK Tubes; and Sumitomo Metal 
Industries, Ltd. These four manufacturer/exporters submitted letters to 
the Department certifying that they made no shipments or entries for 
consumption in the United States of the subject merchandise during the 
period of review (POR). In response to the Department's query to U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (CBP), CBP data showed POR entries for 
consumption of subject merchandise that were manufactured by one of the 
respondent companies. The information regarding these entries has been 
placed on the record of this review under the terms of the 
administrative protective order. The Department is soliciting 
additional information and comments regarding these entries. Because 
the Department requires additional time to analyze the additional 
information and comments, it is not practicable to complete this review 
within the original time limit (i.e., March 2, 2009). Therefore, the 
Department is extending the time limit for completion of the 
preliminary results by 120 days to June 30, 2009, in accordance with 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and section 351.213(h)(2) of the 
Department's regulations.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: February 26, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. E9-4470 Filed 3-2-09; 8:45 am]
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