[Federal Register: May 16, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 95)] [Notices] [Page 26571] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr16my03-43] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A-580-829] Stainless Steel Wire Rod from South Korea: Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. EFFECTIVE DATE: May 16, 2003. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karine Gziryan, Jeffrey Pedersen or Crystal Scherr Crittenden, AD/CVD Enforcement, Office 4, Group II, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-4081, (202) 482-2747, or (202) 482-0989, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: TIME LIMITS: Statutory Time Limits Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), requires the Department of Commerce (the Department) to make a preliminary determination within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of an order or finding for which a review is requested and a final determination within 120 days after the date on which the preliminary determination is published. However, if it is not practicable to complete the review within these time periods, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the Department to extend the 245-day time limit for the preliminary determination to a maximum of 365 days and the time limit for the final determination to 180 days (or 300 days if the Department does not extend the time limit for the preliminary determination) from the date of publication of the preliminary determination. Background On October 24, 2002, the Department published a notice of initiation of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel wire rod from South Korea, covering the period September 1, 2001, through August 31, 2002. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 67 FR 65336 (October 24, 2002). The preliminary results are currently due no later than June 2, 2003. Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Review We determine that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary results of this review within the original time limit. Therefore, the Department is extending the time limit for completion of the preliminary results until no later than September 30, 2003. See Decision Memorandum from Thomas F. Futtner to Holly A. Kuga, dated concurrently with this notice, which is on file in the Central Records Unit, Room B-099 of the Department's main building. We intend to issue the final results no later than 120 days after the publication of the preliminary results notice. This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. Dated: May 9, 2003. Holly A. Kuga, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group II. [FR Doc. 03-12312 Filed 5-15-03; 8:45 am]