[Federal Register: February 20, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 33)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
(A-201-822)
Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from Mexico; Extension
of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: February 20, 2007
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maryanne Burke, Deborah Scott or
Robert James, AD/CVD Operations, Office 7, Import Administration,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482-5604, (202) 482-2657 or (202) 482-0649, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 3, 2006, the Department of Commerce (the Department)
published a notice of opportunity to request administrative review of
the antidumping duty order on, inter alia, stainless steel sheet and
strip in coils from Mexico. See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty
Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request
Administrative Review, 71 FR 37890 (July 3, 2006). On July 31, 2006,
the Department received a timely request from Allegheny Ludlum
Corporation, United Auto Workers Local 3303, Zanesville Armco
Independent Organization, Inc. and the United Steelworkers
(collectively, petitioners) to conduct an administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from
Mexico. Also on July 31, 2006, the Department received a timely request
from the respondent in this review, ThyssenKrupp Mexinox S.A. de C.V.
(Mexinox S.A.) and Mexinox USA, Inc. (Mexinox USA) (collectively,
Mexinox) for revocation of the antidumping order on stainless steel
sheet and strip in coils from Mexico. On August 30, 2006, the
Department published a notice of initiation of this administrative
review, covering the period July 1, 2005, to June 30, 2006. See
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part, 71 FR 51573 (August 30,
2006). The preliminary results are currently due no later than April 2,
2007.
Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results
Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act), requires the Department to complete the preliminary results of an
administrative review within 245 days after the last day of the
anniversary month of an order for which a review is requested. However,
if it is not practicable to complete the review within this time
period, 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 of an
order for which a review is requested.
The Department has determined it is not practicable to complete
this review within the statutory time limit because further analysis is
needed with respect to Mexinox's affiliated party transactions and its
cost of production data used in the margin calculation programs. We
require additional information from Mexinox in order to complete our
analysis and will not have time to analyze this information prior to
the current deadline for the preliminary results. Accordingly, the
Department is extending the time limit for completion of the
preliminary results of this administrative review until no later than
July 31, 2007, which is 365 days from the last day of the anniversary
month. We intend to issue the final results no later than 120 days
after publication of the preliminary results notice.
This extension is issued and published in accordance with sections
751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i) of the Act.
Dated: February 13, 2007.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-2835 Filed 2-19-07; 8:45 am]
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