[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 11, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 62761]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-26225]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-810]


Stainless Steel Bar From India: Extension of Time Limit for the 
Preliminary Results of the 2010-2011 Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review

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

DATES: Effective Date: October 11, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Shuler or Yasmin Nair, 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-
1293 and (202) 482-3813, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 31, 2011, the Department of Commerce (Department) 
published in the Federal Register its initiation of an administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar from India, 
covering the period February 1, 2010, through January 31, 2011. See 
Initiation of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, Requests for 
Revocation in Part, and Deferral of Administrative Review, 76 FR 17825 
(March 31, 2011) (Initiation Notice). The preliminary results for this 
review are currently due no later than October 31, 2011.

Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of Review

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department to issue its preliminary results in an 
administrative review of an antidumping duty order within 245 days 
after the last day of the anniversary month of the order for which the 
administrative review was requested. However, if the Department 
determines that it is not practicable to complete the review within the 
aforementioned specified time limits, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act 
and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2) allow 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. See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.213(h)(2).
    The Department has determined that it requires additional time to 
complete the preliminary results for this review. After publishing the 
Initiation Notice, the Department sent a questionnaire response to 
Mukand, Ltd., a respondent in the instant review. We received responses 
to our questionnaire on May 18 and May 31, 2011, but we need additional 
time to issue supplemental questionnaires based on the responses we 
received. Further, the Department needs to allow time for parties to 
review and respond to our supplemental questionnaires. Thus, it is not 
practicable to complete the preliminary results by October 31, 2011, 
and the Department is extending the time limit for completion of the 
final results by an additional 90 days to January 29, 2012. However, 
January 29, 2012, falls on a Sunday and it is the Department's long-
standing practice to issue a determination the next business day when 
the statutory deadline falls on a weekend, federal holiday, or any 
other day when the Department is closed. 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). Accordingly, the deadline for completion of 
the preliminary results is now no later than January 30, 2012.
    This notice is published pursuant to sections 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).

    Dated: October 4, 2011.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-26225 Filed 10-7-11; 8:45 am]
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