[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 139 (Wednesday, July 22, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 36164]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-17423]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-809]


Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from the Republic of Korea: 
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Shuler at (202) 482-1293 or 
Shane Subler at (202) 482-0189; AD/CVD Operations, Office 1, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 24, 2008, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from the Republic of Korea, 
covering the period November 1, 2007 through October 31, 2008. See 
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 73 FR 79055 (December 24, 
2008). The current deadline for the preliminary results of this 
administrative review is August 2, 2009.

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department of Commerce (``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 the final results of review 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.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    The Department requires additional time to review and analyze the 
sales and cost responses in this administrative review. In particular, 
one of the respondents in this case has never participated in an 
antidumping case with the Department, and we need additional time to 
review its sales and cost methodologies. Thus, it is not practicable to 
complete this review within the originally anticipated time limit 
(i.e., by August 2, 2009). Therefore, the Department is extending the 
time limit for completion of the preliminary results by 120 days to not 
later than November 30, 2009, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) 
of the Act.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

    Dated: July 14, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. E9-17423 Filed 7-21-09; 8:45 am]
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