[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 133 (Tuesday, July 13, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 39917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-17024]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-580-809)


Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from the Republic of Korea: 
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Jordan at (202) 482-1540; AD/
CVD Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 23, 2009, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published a notice of initiation of administrative review 
of the antidumping duty order on circular welded non-alloy steel pipe 
from the Republic of Korea, covering the period November 1, 2008 
through October 31, 2009. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation 
in Part, 74 FR 68229 (December 23, 2009). The current deadline for the 
preliminary results of this administrative review is August 9, 2010.\1\
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    \1\ As explained in the memorandum from the Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Import Administration, the Department has exercised 
its discretion to toll deadlines for the duration of the closure of 
the Federal Government from February 5 through February 12, 2010. 
Thus, all deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have been 
extended by seven days. The revised deadline for the preliminary 
results of this review is now August 9, 2010. See Memorandum to the 
Record from Ronald Lorentzen, DAS for Import Administration, 
regarding ``Tolling of Administrative Deadlines As a Result of the 
Government Closure During the Recent Snowstorm,'' dated February 12, 
2010.
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Extension of Time Limit 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 order for which a review is requested and the 
final results of review within 120 days after the date on which the 
preliminary results are published. 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.
    The Department requires additional time to review and sales and 
cost information submitted by the respondents in this administrative 
review because this review involves complex sales and cost accounting 
issues. Thus, it is not practicable to complete this review within the 
originally anticipated time limit (i.e., by August 9, 2010). Therefore, 
the Department is extending the time limit for completion of the 
preliminary results by 120 days to not later than December 7, 2010, in 
accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.213(h)(2).
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: July 7, 2010.
Edward C. Yang,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-17024 Filed 7-12-10; 8:45 am]
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