[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 43042]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21206]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[A-533-810]
Stainless Steel Bar From India; Extension of Time Limit for
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is extending
the time limit for the preliminary results in the administrative review
of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar from India,
covering the period August 4, 1994, through January 31, 1996, since it
is not practicable to complete the review within the time limits
mandated by the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, section 751(a)(3)(A).
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 20, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Yeske or Vince Kane, Import
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20230; telephone (202) 482-0189 or 482-2815, respectively.
Applicable Statute and Regulations
Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (``the Act''), are references to the provisions
effective January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to
the Act by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless
otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are
to the current regulations, as amended by the interim regulations
published in the Federal Register on May 11, 1995 (60 FR 25130).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 29, 1996, the Department received a request to conduct
an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless
steel bar from India. On March 19, 1996, the Department published in
the Federal Register a notice of initiation of an administrative review
of Isibars, an exporter of stainless steel bar to the United States,
covering the period August 4, 1994, through January 31, 1996 (61 FR
11184). In our notice of initiation, we stated that we intended to
issue the final results of this review no later than February 28, 1997.
Postponement of Preliminary Results of Review
Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act requires the Department to make a
preliminary determination within 245 days after the last day of the
anniversary month of an order for which a review is requested. However,
if it is not practicable to issue the preliminary results in 245 days,
section 751(a)(3)(A) allows the Department to extend this time period
to 365 days.
Because this review was recently transferred between offices, and
it is the first review of this antidumping duty order under the new
law, we determine that it is not practicable to issue the preliminary
results within 245 days. Accordingly, the deadline for issuing the
preliminary results of this review is now no later than February 28,
1997. The deadline for issuing the final results of this review will be
120 days from the publication of the preliminary results.
This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the
Act.
Dated: August 14, 1996.
Susan H. Kuhbach,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-21206 Filed 8-19-96; 8:45 am]
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