[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 243 (Monday, December 20, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 75916]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-3747]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-351-826]
Notice of Extension of Time Limit for the Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Small Diameter Circular
Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line and Pressure Pipe From
Brazil
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Effective Dates: December 20, 2004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen Kramer or Patrick Edwards, at
(202) 482-0405 or (202) 482-8029, respectively, AD/CVD Operations,
Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 1, 2003, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'')
published the opportunity to request administrative review of, inter
alia, small diameter circular seamless carbon and alloy steel standard,
line and pressure pipe (``seamless line pipe'') from Brazil for the
period August 1, 2002, through July 31, 2003. See Antidumping or
Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation;
Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 68 FR 45218 (August 1,
2003).
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b)(1), on August 12, 2003, V&M do
Brasil, S.A., (``VMB''), respondent in this review, requested that we
conduct an administrative review of its sales of the subject
merchandise. On September 30, 2003, the Department published in the
Federal Register a notice of initiation of this antidumping duty
administrative review covering the period August 1, 2002, through July
31, 2003. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 68 FR 56262 (September 30, 2003). On April 23,
2004, the Department published a notice extending the preliminary
results of this review by no more than 120 days. See Notice of
Extension of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review: Small Diameter Circular Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel
Standard, Line and Pressure Pipe From Brazil, 69 FR 22005 (April 23,
2004). On September 7, 2004, the Department published in the Federal
Register its affirmative preliminary results in this administrative
review. See Notice of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, 69 FR 54125 (September 7, 2004). Pursuant to
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the
Act''), the final results are currently due on January 5, 2005.
Extension of Time Limit for Final Results
Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, as amended, the
Department may extend the deadline for completion of the final results
of an administrative review if it determines that it is not practicable
to complete the final results within the statutory time limit of 120
days from the date on which the preliminary results were published. The
Department has determined that due to the complexity of the issues in
this review, including (1) the evaluation of cost data, and (2)
questions concerning appropriate model matching designations, it is not
practicable to complete this review within the time limits mandated by
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and section 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1) of the
Department's regulations. Therefore, the Department is extending the
time limit for the completion of these final results by 30 days.
Accordingly, the final results of this review will now be due on
February 4, 2005.
This notice is published in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of
the Act and section 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2) of the Department's
regulations.
Dated: December 14, 2004.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E4-3747 Filed 12-17-04; 8:45 am]
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