73 FR 207 pg. 63435 - Stainless Steel Bar from India: Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Type: NOTICEVolume: 73Number: 207Page: 63435
Docket number: [A-533-810]
FR document: [FR Doc. E8-25440 Filed 10-23-08; 8:45 am]
Agency: Commerce Department
Sub Agency: International Trade Administration
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-810]
Stainless Steel Bar from India: Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
AGENCY:
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
October 24, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Devta Ohri, AD/CVD Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-3853.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On March 31, 2008, the Department of Commerce ("Department") published a notice of initiation of an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar from India covering the period February 1, 2007, through January 31, 2008. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, Request for Revocation in Part, and Deferral of Administrative Review , 73 FR 16837 (March 31, 2008). The preliminary results for this administrative review are currently due no later than October 31, 2008.
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 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.
Due to the complexity of the issues in this case, including affiliation and cost of production, and the lengthy supplemental questionnaire responses pending, it is not practicable to complete the preliminary results of this review within the original time limit ( i.e. , October 31, 2008). Therefore, the Department is extending the time limit for completion of the preliminary results to no later than March 2, 2009,1 in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
Footnotes:
1 120 days from October 31, 2008, is February 28, 2008. However, Department practice dictates that where a deadline falls on a weekend, the appropriate deadline is the next business day. See Notice of Clarification: Application of "Next Business Day" Rule for Administrative Determination Deadlines Pursuant to the Act , 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005).
We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with sections 751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: October 20, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-25440 Filed 10-23-08; 8:45 am]
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