[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 6, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10134-10135]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-5349]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-834]


Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from Korea: Extension of 
Time Limits for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limits for the preliminary results 
of antidumping duty administrative review.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is extending 
the time limits for the preliminary results of the antidumping duty 
administrative review of stainless steel sheet and strip (``SSSS'') 
from Korea.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 6, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurel LaCivita, AD/CVD Enforcement 
Group III, Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 
482-4243.

BACKGROUND:

    On August 10, 2001, we published a notice of initiation of a review 
of SSSS from Korea covering the period July 1, 2000 through June 30, 
2001. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part, August, 20, 
2001 (66 FR 43570). The Department's preliminary results are currently 
due on April 2, 2002.

EXTENSION OF TIME LIMITS FOR PRELIMINARY RESULTS

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act states that if it is not 
practicable to complete the review within the time specified, the 
administering authority may extend the 245-day period to issue its 
preliminary results by 120 days. Completion of the preliminary results 
of this review within the 245-day period is not practicable for the 
following reasons:
The review involves a large number of transactions and complex 
adjustments.
All companies include sales and cost investigations which 
require the Department to gather and analyze a significant amount of 
information pertaining to each company's sales practices, manufacturing 
costs and corporate relationships.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, we 
are extending the time period for issuing the

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preliminary results of review by 120 days until July 31, 2002. The 
final results continue to be due 120 days after the publication of the 
preliminary results.

    February 27, 2002
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
[FR Doc. 02-5349 Filed 3-5-02; 8:45 am]
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