[Federal Register: March 27, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 60)]
[Notices]
[Page 16264-16265]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION
[A-583-831]
Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from Taiwan; Partial
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Notice of
Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 27, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Henry Almond, AD/CVD Operations,
Office 2, Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0049.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 3, 2007, the Department of Commerce (the Department)
published a notice in the Federal Register of opportunity to request
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel
sheet and strip in coils from Taiwan. See Antidumping or Countervailing
Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request
Administrative Review, 72 FR 36420 (July 3, 2007). On July 31, 2007, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b)(1), the petitioners\1\ requested an
administrative review with respect to 15 producers/exporters of subject
merchandise. The Department received no other requests for review.
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\1\ The petitioners in this proceeding are Allegheny Ludlum
Corporation, AK Steel Corporation, North American Stainless, United
Auto Workers Local 3303, United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO/
CLC, and Zanesville Armco Independent Organization.
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On August 24, 2007, the Department published a notice of initiation
of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless
steel sheet and strip in coils from Taiwan. See Initiation of
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests
for Revocation in Part, 72 FR 48613 (Aug. 24, 2007). The period of
review is July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2007, and the review covers 15
producers/exporters of the subject merchandise to the United States.
The preliminary results are currently due no later than April 1, 2008.
Partial Rescission of Review
On October 11, 2007, the petitioners withdrew their request for
administrative review with respect to each of the following companies
within the time limits set forth in 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1): 1) China
Steel Corporation; 2) Tang Eng Iron Works; 3) PFP Taiwan Co., Ltd.; 4)
Yieh Loong Enterprise Co., Ltd. (also known as Chung Hung Steel Co.,
Ltd.); 5) Yieh Trading Corp.; 6) Goang Jau Shing Enterprise Co., Ltd.;
7) Yieh Mau Corp.; 8) Chien Shing Stainless Co.; 9) Chain Chon
Industrial Co., Ltd.; 10) Emerdex Stainless Flat-Rolled Products, Inc.;
11) Emerdex Stainless Steel, Inc.; and 12) Emerdex Group (and its
various affiliates). Section 351.213(d)(1) of the Department's
regulations requires that the Secretary rescind an administrative
review if a party requesting a review withdraws the request within 90
days of the date of publication of the notice of initiation. Therefore,
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), because the request for
administrative review with respect to the companies listed above was
timely withdrawn, we are rescinding this review with regard to those
companies.
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results
Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act), the Department shall make a preliminary determination in an
administrative review of an antidumping order within 245 days after the
last day of the anniversary month of the date of publication of the
order. Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act further provides, however, that
the Department may extend the 245-day period to 365 days if it
determines it is not practicable to complete the review within the
foregoing time period. We determine that it is not practicable to
complete this administrative review within the time limits mandated by
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act because we require additional time to
analyze the data submitted by the companies participating in this
review and issue supplemental questionnaires to them. Therefore, we
have fully extended the deadline for completing the preliminary results
until July 30, 2008, which is 365 days from the last day of the
anniversary month of the date of publication of the order. The
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deadline for the final results of the review continues to be 120 days
after the publication of the preliminary results.
This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(a)(3)(A)
and 777(i) of the Act.
Dated: March 21, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-6268 Filed 3-26-08; 8:45 am]
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