[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 23 (Friday, February 3, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5486-5487]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-2480]


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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: February 3, 2012.

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

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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). On October 11, 2011, the Department 
published an extension notice for the preliminary results for this 
review extending the deadline to January 30, 2012. See Stainless Steel 
Bar From India: Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of 
the 2010-2011 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 76 FR 62761 
(October 11, 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. The Department needs 
additional time to issue a supplemental questionnaire regarding the 
reporting period for sales and to analyze the response. Thus, it is not 
practicable to complete the preliminary results by January 30, 2012, 
and the Department is extending the time limit for completion of the 
preliminary results by an additional 30 days to February 28, 2012. 
Accordingly, the deadline for completion of the preliminary results is 
now no later than February 28, 2012.
    This notice is published pursuant to sections 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).

     Dated: January 27, 2012.
Gary Taverman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
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