[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 136 (Friday, July 16, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 41438]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-17423]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-810]


Stainless Steel Bar from India: Extension of Time Limit for the 
Final Results of the 2008-2009 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 16, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Austin Redington or Brandon Farlander, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-1664 
and (202) 482-0182, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 21, 1995, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published the antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar (``SSB'') 
from India. See Antidumping Duty Orders: Stainless Steel Bar from 
Brazil, India and Japan, 60 FR 9661 (February 21, 1995). On March 24, 
2009, in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (``the Act''), the Department initiated an administrative 
review of the order for two companies. See Initiation of Antidumping 
and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, Request for Revocation 
in Part, and Deferral of Administrative Review, 74 FR 12310 (March 24, 
2009). On March 15, 2010, the Department published its preliminary 
results of the 2008-2009 antidumping duty administrative review. See 
Stainless Steel Bar from India: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 75 FR 12199 (March 15, 2010). The final results 
for this review are currently due no later than July 13, 2010.

Extension of Time Limit of Final Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act requires the Department to issue 
final results within 120 days after the date on which the preliminary 
results are published. 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 period to a maximum of 180 
days.
    Completion of the final results of the administrative review within 
the 120-day period in this case is not practicable because, following 
the preliminary results, the Department received additional cost 
information from Venus, as requested by the Department, which required 
the Department to produce a post-preliminary analysis involving a 
comprehensive cost analysis, significantly delaying the briefing 
schedule. See Memorandum from Susan Kuhbach, Senior Office Director to 
Ronald K Lorentzen, Assistant Secretary, entitled ``Post-Preliminary 
Analysis Calculation Memorandum for Venus Wire Industries Pvt. Ltd.,'' 
dated May 19, 2010. Further, the Department requires additional time to 
review and address the detail and complexity of the cost accounting 
issues and arguments brought forward in the case and rebuttal briefs 
from both Venus Wire Industries Pvt. Ltd. and the domestic interested 
parties. Thus, we have determined it is not practicable to complete 
this review within the time specified under the Act, we are extending 
the time period for issuing the final reand sults of the administrative 
review by 45 days in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. 
Therefore, the final results are now due no later than August 27, 2010.
    This notice is published pursuant to sections 751(a) and 777(i) of 
the Act.

    Dated: July 12, 2010.
Edward C. Yang,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-17423 Filed 7-15-10; 8:45 am]
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