[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 58 (Friday, March 27, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13414-13415]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-6897]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-549-502)


Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from Thailand: 
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of New Shipper 
Antidumping Duty Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 27, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Myrna Lobo or Jacqueline Arrowsmith, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office 6, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2371 
and (202) 482-5255, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On October 28, 2008, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated the new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on 
circular

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welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Thailand for the period March 
1, 2008 through September 30, 2008. See Circular Welded Carbon Steel 
Pipes and Tubes from Thailand: Initiation of New Shipper Antidumping 
Duty Review, 73 FR 65290 (November 3, 2008). The preliminary results of 
this administrative review are currently due no later than April 26, 
2009.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.214(i)(1), the Department shall issue 
preliminary results in a new shipper review of an antidumping duty 
order within 180 days of after the date on which the new shipper review 
was initiated. The Act further provides, however, that the Department 
may extend that 180-day period to 300 days if it is extraordinarily 
complicated. See 751(a)(2)(B) and 19 CFR 351.214(i)(2).
    In this new shipper review, the Department needs to analyze whether 
the sales under review are bona fide sales. In addition, the Department 
needs additional time to fully analyze the supplemental questionnaire 
responses due from respondent and to conduct a sales verification of 
the questionnaire response. Therefore, in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Act, the Department has decided to extend the time 
limit for the preliminary results to 300 days to August 24, 2009. 
Unless extended, the final results continue to be due 90 days after the 
publication of the preliminary results, pursuant to section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and section 351.214(i)(1) of the Department's 
regulations.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: March 19, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. E9-6897 Filed 3-26-09; 8:45 am]
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