[Federal Register: March 3, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 42)]
[Notices]
[Page 9997-9998]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-583-816]
Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Taiwan: Extension of
Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: insert date published in the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe Welton, AD/CVD Enforcement, Group
III, Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington DC, 20230, telephone (202) 482-
0165.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 2, 2003, the Department of Commerce (``Department'')
published a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review
of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel butt-weld pipe
fittings from Taiwan for the period June 1, 2002, through May 31, 2003.
See Notice of Opportunity to Request Administrative Review of
Antidumping or
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Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation, 68 FR
32727 (June 2, 2003). On June 30, 2003, Markovitz Enterprises, Inc.
(Flowline Division), Shaw Alloy Piping Products Inc., Gerlin, Inc., and
Taylor Forge Stainless, Inc. (``petitioners'') requested an antidumping
duty administrative review for the following companies: Ta Chen
Stainless Pipe Co., Ltd. (``Ta Chen''), Liang Feng Stainless Steel
Fitting Co., Ltd. (``Liang Feng''), and Tru-Flow Industrial Co., Ltd.
(``Tru-Flow''), and PFP Taiwan Co., Ltd., (``PFP'') for the period June
1, 2002, through May 31, 2003. On June 30, 2003, Ta Chen requested an
administrative review of its sales to the United States during the
period of review (``POR''). On July 29, 2003, the Department published
in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of this antidumping duty
administrative review for the period June 1, 2002, through May 31,
2003. See Notice of Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation In Part, 68 FR 44524
(July 29, 2003). The preliminary results are currently due no later
than March 1, 2004.
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results
Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the
Act''), states that the administering authority shall make a
preliminary determination within 245 days after the last day of the
month in which occurs the anniversary of the date of publication of the
order, finding, or suspension agreement for which the review under
paragraph (1) is requested. If it is not practicable to complete the
review within the foregoing time, the administering authority may
extend that 245 day period to 365 days. Completion of the preliminary
results within the 245 day period is impracticable for the following
reasons: (1) this review involves certain complex constructed export
price (``CEP'') adjustments including, but not limited to CEP profit
and CEP offset; (2) this review involves complex warehouse expenses in
the United States including, but not limited to inland freight and
inventory; and (3) this review involves complex affiliation issues.
Because it is not practicable to complete this review within the
time specified under the Act, we are extending the due date for the
preliminary results by 90 days until May 30, 2004, in accordance with
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. The final results continue to be due
120 days after the publication of the preliminary results.
Dated: February 25, 2004.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
[FR Doc. 04-4732 Filed 3-2-04; 8:45 am]