[Federal Register: May 22, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 99)]
[Notices]
[Page 27988]
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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.
ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit for the preliminary results
of antidumping duty administrative review.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: May 22, 2003.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jon Freed, 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-
3818.
Background
On June 5, 2002, 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, 2001, through May 31, 2002.
See Notice of Opportunity to Request Administrative Review of
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended
Investigation, 67 FR 38640 (June 5, 2002). On June 25, 2002, 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'') for the period June 1, 2001,
through May 31, 2002. On June 28, 2002, Ta Chen requested an
administrative review of its sales to the United States during the
period of review (``POR''). On July 24, 2002, the Department published
in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of this antidumping duty
administrative review for the period June 1, 2001, through May 31,
2002. See Notice of Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation In Part, 67 FR 48435
(July 24, 2002). On March 3, 2003, the Department extended the time
limit for the preliminary results of this administrative review. See
Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Taiwan: Extension of Time
Limit for the Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, 68 FR 9977 (March 3, 2003). The preliminary
results are currently due no later than June 2, 2003.
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
Section 751(a)(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 cost issues with
respect to subcontractors' costs of production; and (3) this review
involves a complex affiliation issue.
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 28 days until June 30, 2003, 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: May 16, 2003.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
[FR Doc. 03-12876 Filed 5-21-03; 8:45 am]