[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 6 (Monday, January 11, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1335-1336]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-278]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-008]


Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from Taiwan; 
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Bezirganian or Robert James, 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) 482-1131 
or (202) 482-0649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 1, 2009, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
received a timely request from interested party Wheatland Tube Company 
(petitioner) to conduct an administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from 
Taiwan.\1\ On June 24, 2009, the

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Department published a notice of initiation of this administrative 
review, covering the period of May 1, 2008 to April 30, 2009. The 
respondent is Yieh Phui Enterprise Co., Ltd. See Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests 
for Revocation in Part, 74 FR 30052 (June 24, 2009). The current 
deadline for the preliminary results of this review is January 31, 
2010.
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    \1\ Because the last day of the anniversary month of this order, 
May 31, 2009, fell on a Sunday, petitioner was able to file its 
request for review on the next business day, Monday, June 1, 2009.
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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 it is not practicable to complete the 
preliminary results of this review within the original time frame 
because we require additional time to obtain information from the 
respondent and to analyze various complicated issues involving, for 
example, respondent's reporting of product characteristics and its cost 
allocation methodologies. Accordingly, the Department is extending the 
time limit for completion of the preliminary results of this 
administrative review until no later than May 31, 2010, which is 365 
days from the last day of the anniversary month. As this date falls on 
a federal holiday, the preliminary results are due June 1, 2010. See 
Notice of Clarification: Application of ``Next Business Day'' Rule for 
Administrative Determination Deadlines Pursuant to the Tariff Act of 
1930, As Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005). 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: January 5, 2010.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-278 Filed 1-8-10; 8:45 am]
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