[Federal Register: November 21, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 224)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-914]
Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Determination of
Antidumping Duty Investigation: Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube
From the People's Republic of China
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Effective Date: November 21, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Pedersen or Drew Jackson, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 4, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
2769 or (202) 482-4406, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Postponement of Preliminary Determination
On July 17, 2007, the Department of Commerce (Department) initiated
the antidumping duty investigation of light-walled rectangular pipe and
tube from the People's Republic of China. See Initiation of Antidumping
Duty Investigations: Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from
Republic of Korea, Mexico, Turkey, and the People's Republic of China,
72 FR 40274 (July 24, 2007) (Initiation Notice). The notice of
initiation stated that, unless postponed, the Department would make its
preliminary determination for this antidumping duty investigation no
later than 140 days after the date of issuance of the initiation
notice. See Initiation Notice, 72 FR at 40279.
Under section 733(c)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act), the Department can extend the period for reaching a
preliminary determination until not later than 190 days after the date
on which the administrative authority initiates an investigation if the
Department concludes that the parties concerned are cooperating and
determines that: (i) The case is extraordinarily complicated by reason
of (I) the number and complexity of the transactions to be investigated
or adjustments to be considered, (II) the novelty of the issues
presented, or (III) the number of firms whose activities must be
investigated, and (ii) additional time is necessary to make the
preliminary determination.
We have determined that this investigation is extraordinarily
complicated within the meaning of section 733(c)(1)(B)(i) of the Act.
Specifically, on November 1, 2007, the petitioners in this
investigation, Allied Tube and Conduit, Atlas Tube, California Steel
and Tube, EXLTUBE, Hannibal Industries, Leavitt Tube Company, Maruichi
American Corporation, Searing Industries, Southland Tube, Vest Inc.,
Welded Tube, and Western Tube and Conduit, filed a targeted dumping
allegation regarding the mandatory respondents in this investigation,
Zhangjiagang Zhongyuan Pipe-Making Co., Ltd., and Kunshan Lets Win
Steel Machinery Co., Ltd. This allegation will involve substantial
analysis and deliberations. Further, the Department requires additional
time to gather more information from all the mandatory respondents in
order to identify surrogate values for all factors of production and to
gather all information needed to evaluate the separate-rate
applications. Finally, the Department has not yet received all
responses to its initial supplemental questionnaires, and thus requires
more time to analyze the responses and issue any additional
supplemental questionnaires, as needed.
Therefore, for the reasons identified above, we are postponing the
preliminary determination under section 733(c)(1)(B) of the Act by
fifty days from December 4, 2007 to January 23, 2008.
This notice is issued and published pursuant to sections 733(c)(2)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).
Dated: November 14, 2007.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-22753 Filed 11-20-07; 8:45 am]
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