[Federal Register: November 29, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 228)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-427-814]
Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip
in Coils From France
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the
time limit for the final results of the 2002-2003 antidumping duty
administrative review of the antidumping order on stainless steel sheet
and strip in coils (SSSS) from France from December 4, 2004, until no
later than February 2, 2005. The period of review (POR) is July 1,
2002, through June 30, 2003. This extension is made pursuant to section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by the Uruguay Round
Agreements Act (the Act).
EFFECTIVE DATE: November 29, 2004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joshua Reitze or Sean Carey, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VI, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-
0666 and (202) 482-3964, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 27, 1999, the Department published the amended final
determination and antidumping duty order on SSSS from France in the
Federal Register. See Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order; Stainless Steel Sheet
and Strip in Coils from France, 64 FR 40562 (July 27, 1999)
(Antidumping Duty Order). On July 30, 2003, Allegheny Ludlum
Corporation, AK Steel, Inc., North American Stainless, United
Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO/CLC, Butler Armco Independent Union,
and Zanesville Armco Independent Organization (collectively, the
Petitioners) requested that the Department conduct a review of Ugine
and ALZ France S.A.'s sales or entries of merchandise subject to the
Department's antidumping duty order on SSSS from France. On July 31,
2003, Ugine and ALZ France S.A. (U&A France) (the Respondent), a
producer and exporter of subject merchandise, also requested that the
Department conduct a review of U&A France's sales or entries of subject
merchandise for the POR.
On August 22, 2003, in accordance with section 751(a) of the Act,
the Department published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation
of this antidumping duty administrative review for the period July 1,
2002, through June 30, 2003. See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation
in Part, 68 FR 50750 (August 22, 2003). On February 26, 2004, the
Department published in the Federal Register an extension of time
limits for the preliminary results. See Extension of Time Limit of the
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 69 FR
8936 (February 26, 2004). On August 6, 2004, the Department published
the preliminary results of the administrative review. See Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Stainless Steel
Sheet and Strip in Coils from France, 69 FR 47892 (August 6, 2004).
Extension of Time Limits for Final Results
Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act requires the Department to issue
the preliminary results of an administrative review within 245 days
after the last day of the anniversary month of an antidumping duty
order for which a review is requested and issue the final results
within 120 days after the date on which the preliminary results are
published. However, if it is not practicable to complete the review
within the time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the
Department to extend these deadlines to a maximum of 365 days and 180
days, respectively.
The Department recently received case briefs and rebuttal briefs
from the interested parties involved in this administrative review. In
the instant review, the Department has determined that it is not
practicable to complete the review within the statutory time limit due
to the need for analysis of certain complex issues, including the
treatment of constructed export price offsets, the treatment of
downstream sales and of various expenses claimed by U&A France.
Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the
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Department is extending the time limit for the final results to no
later than February 2, 2005, which is 180 days from the date of
publication of the Preliminary Results. This notice is issued and
published in accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Act and section
351.213(h)(2) of the Department's regulations.
Dated: November 22, 2004.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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