[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 65 (Tuesday, April 6, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17378-17379]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-7759]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-831]


Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from Taiwan: Notice of 
Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 6, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Henry Almond, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 2, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0049.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 1, 2009, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published a notice in the Federal Register of opportunity to request 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel 
sheet and strip in coils from Taiwan. See Antidumping or Countervailing 
Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request 
Administrative Review, 74 FR 31406 (July 1, 2009). On July 28, 2009, 
Chia Far Industrial Factory Co., Ltd. (Chia Far) requested an 
administrative review of its entries during the period of review (POR) 
of July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009. On July 31, 2009, the 
petitioners\1\ requested a review with respect to Chia Far and 22 
additional companies.
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    \1\ The petitioners in this proceeding are Allegheny Ludlum 
Corporation, AK Steel Corporation, North American Stainless, United 
Auto Workers Local 3303, United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO/
CLC, and Zanesville Armco Independent Organization.
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    On August 25, 2009, the Department published a notice of initiation 
of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless 
steel sheet and strip in coils from Taiwan for the POR with respect to 
23 companies. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 74 FR 42873 
(Aug. 25, 2009).
    As explained in the memorandum from the Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Import Administration, the Department has exercised its discretion 
to toll deadlines for the duration of the closure of the Federal 
Government from

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February 5, through February 12, 2010. Thus, all deadlines in this 
segment of the proceeding have been extended by seven days. Therefore, 
the preliminary results are currently due no later than April 9, 2010. 
See Memorandum to the Record from Ronald Lorentzen, DAS for Import 
Administration, regarding ``Tolling of Administrative Deadlines As a 
Result of the Government Closure During the Recent Snowstorm,'' dated 
February 12, 2010.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act), the Department shall make a preliminary determination in an 
administrative review of an antidumping order within 245 days after the 
last day of the anniversary month of the date of publication of the 
order. Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act further provides, however, that 
the Department may extend the 245-day period to 365 days if it 
determines it is not practicable to complete the review within the 
foregoing time period. We determine that it is not practicable to 
complete this administrative review within the time limits mandated by 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act because we require additional time to 
analyze and verify the data submitted by Chia Far, the sole respondent 
selected for individual examination. In accordance with section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, we have fully extended the deadline for 
completing the preliminary results until August 7, 2010. Because August 
7, 2010, falls on a weekend, the actual due date is now August 9, 2010. 
The deadline for the final results of the review continues to be 120 
days after the publication of the preliminary results.
    This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(a)(3)(A) 
and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: March 31, 2010.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-7759 Filed 4-5-10; 8:45 am]
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