[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 247 (Friday, December 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80333-80334]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-32993]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-428-840]


Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube From Mexico: Extension of 
Time Limits for the Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty New Shipper 
Review

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

DATES: Effective Date: December 23, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis McClure or Joy Zhang, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Ave NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5973 
or (202) 482-1168, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 7, 2011, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published a notice of initiation of the new shipper review of the 
antidumping duty order on seamless refined copper pipe and tube from 
Mexico, covering the period November 22, 2010, to April 30, 2011. See 
Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube From Mexico: Notice of Initiation 
of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review, 76 FR 39850 (July 7, 2011). The 
preliminary results are currently due no later than December 25, 
2011.\1\
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    \1\ Because the statutory deadline (i.e., December 25, 2011) 
falls on a weekend and Monday December 26, 2011, is a Federal 
Holiday, the preliminary results are due December 27, 2011, which is 
the next business day. 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).
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Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires that the Department make a preliminary determination 
within 180 days after the date of which the review is initiated. 
Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act further states that if the 
administering authority concludes that the case is extraordinarily 
complicated,

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it may extend the 180-day period to issue its preliminary results to up 
to 300 days.
    We determine that this review is extraordinarily complicated 
because of the allegations filed by petitioners \2\ concerning the 
corporate structure of respondent GD Affiliates S.de R.L. de C.V. and 
the petitioner's request that the review be rescinded. Given the 
complexity of these issues, and in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act, we are extending the time period for 
issuing the preliminary results of this review by 120 days. Therefore, 
the preliminary results are now due no later than April 23, 2012. The 
final results continue to be due 90 days after publication of the 
preliminary results.
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    \2\ The petitioners in this investigation are Cerro Flow 
Products, Inc., KobeWieland Copper Products, LLC, Mueller Copper 
Tube Products, Inc., and Mueller Copper Tube Company, Inc. 
(collectively, ``petitioners'').
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    This notice is published pursuant to sections 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: December 19, 2011.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-32993 Filed 12-22-11; 8:45 am]
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