[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 210 (Monday, October 31, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 67146]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-28185]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-475-828]


Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From Italy; Extension of 
Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review

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

DATES: Effective Date: October 31, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edythe Artman or Angelica Mendoza, 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-
3931 or (202) 482-3019, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 31, 2011, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the initiation of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from 
Italy in the Federal Register. See Initiation of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Reviews, Requests for Revocation in Part, and Deferral 
of Administrative Review, 76 FR 17825 (March 31, 2011). This review 
covers the period of February 1, 2010, to January 31, 2011. The current 
deadline for the preliminary results of the review is October 31, 2011.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results of Review

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires that the Department 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 245-day time period for the preliminary results up to 365 days.
    The Department finds that it is not practicable to complete the 
preliminary results of this review within the original time frame 
because it needs to obtain additional information from the respondent 
company, Tectubi Raccordi S.p.A., in order to complete its analysis. 
Because the Department requires additional time to obtain and analyze 
this information, it is not practicable to complete this review within 
the original time limit (i.e., October 31, 2011) and, accordingly, the 
Department is extending the time limit for completion of the 
preliminary results of this administrative review until no later than 
December 15, 2011, which is 290 days from the last day of the 
anniversary month of this order. 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: October 24, 2011.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-28185 Filed 10-28-11; 8:45 am]
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