[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 224 (Monday, November 21, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 71938]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-30011]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-549-502]


Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Thailand: 
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

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

DATES: Effective Date: November 21, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Huston or Jacqueline 
Arrowsmith, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4261 and (202) 482-5255, 
respectively.

Background

    On April 27, 2011, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the initiation of an administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from 
Thailand for the period March 1, 2010, through February 28, 2011. See 
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews, 76 FR 23545, 23546 (April 27, 2011). This review covers two 
producers/exporters of the subject merchandise to the United States: 
Saha Thai Steel Pipe (Public) Company, Ltd. (Saha Thai), and Pacific 
Pipe Public Company Limited (Pacific Pipe).

Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), and section 351.213(h)(1) of the Department's regulations require 
the Department to issue the preliminary results of a review within 245 
days after the last day of the anniversary month of the order or 
suspension agreement for which the administrative review was requested, 
and final results of the review within 120 days after the date on which 
the notice of the preliminary results is published in the Federal 
Register. 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 section 351.213(h)(2) 
of the Department's regulations allow the Department to extend the 245-
day period to 365 days and to extend the 120-day period to 180 days.
    The Department requires additional time to evaluate the 
questionnaire responses from Saha Thai and Pacific Pipe in order to 
conduct a thorough analysis of all information on the record. In 
particular, the Department needs additional time to analyze cost of 
production information for both Saha Thai and Pacific Pipe. Therefore, 
the Department finds that it is not practicable to complete the 
preliminary results of this review by the original deadline of December 
1, 2011, and is extending the deadline for completion of the 
preliminary results of this administrative review from 245 days to 365 
days. The revised deadline for the preliminary results of this 
administrative review is now no later than March 30, 2012.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to sections 
751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: November 15, 2011.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-30011 Filed 11-18-11; 8:45 am]
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