[Federal Register: January 12, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 9)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-831]

 
Notice of Extension of the Time Limit for Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip 
in Coils From Taiwan

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 12, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Panfeld, AD/CVD Enforcement 
Group III, Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 
482-0172.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act) are to the provisions effective January 1, 
1995, the effective date of the amendments made to the Act by the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

Background

    On September 6, 2000, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order 
on Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from Taiwan, covering the 
period June 8, 1999 through June 30, 2000 (65 FR 64662). The initiation 
was amended on November 30, 2000 (65 FR 71299).

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act requires the Department to make a 
preliminary determination within 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of an order or finding for which a review is 
requested. The preliminary results of this review are currently due no 
later than April 2, 2001. Because of the complex issues enumerated in 
the Memorandum from Edward C. Yang to Joseph A. Spetrini, Extension of 
Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of

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Administrative Review of Certain Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in 
Coils from Taiwan, dated January 8, 2001, and on file in the Central 
Records Unit (CRU) of the Main Commerce Building, Room B-099, we find 
that it is not practicable to complete this review by the scheduled 
deadline. Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act, the Department is extending the time period for issuing the 
preliminary results of review by 90 days (July 2, 2001).

    Dated: January 8, 2001.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD Enforcement Group III.
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