Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 24 / Thursday, February 5, 2004 / Notices 5497

1Petitioners are Allegheny Ludlum Corporation, 

AK Steel Corporation, Butler Armco Independent 

Union, J&L Specialty Steel, Inc., United States 

Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO/CLC, and 

Zanesville Armco Independent Organization.

relevant entries during this review 

period. Failure to comply with this 

requirement could result in the 

Secretary’s presumption that 

reimbursement of antidumping duties 

occurred and the subsequent assessment 

of double antidumping duties. 

We are issuing and publishing these 

results in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

Dated: January 29, 2004. 

James J. Jochum, 

Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration.

[FR Doc. 04–2528 Filed 2–4–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583–831]

Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils 

from Taiwan: Extension of Time Limits 

for Preliminary Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Extension of time limits for the 

preliminary results of antidumping duty 

administrative review.

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 Taiwan.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 5, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Catherine Bertrand, 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) 482–3207.

BACKGROUND:

On July 2, 2003, the Department 

published a notice of opportunity to 

request an administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on SSSS from 

Taiwan. See Antidumping or 

Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 

Suspended Investigation; Opportunity 

to Request Administrative Review, 68 

FR 39511 (July 2, 2003). On July 24, 

2003, Chia Far Industrial Factory Co. 

Ltd.(‘‘Chia Far’’), a Taiwanese producer 

of subject merchandise, requested that 

the Department conduct an 

administrative review of its sales of 

subject merchandise during the period 

of review (‘‘POR’’). On July 30, 2003, 

petitioners1 requested that the 

Department conduct an administrative 

review of Chia Far, Yieh United Steel 

Corporation (‘‘YUSCO’’), Tung Mung 

Development Co., Ltd. (‘‘Tung Mung’’), 

Ta Chen Stainless Pipe Co., Ltd. (‘‘Ta 

Chen’’), China Steel Corporation, Tang 

Eng Iron Works, PFP Taiwan Co., Ltd., 

Yieh Loong Enterprise Co., Ltd., Yieh 

Trading Corp., Goang Jau Shing 

Enterprise Co., Ltd., Yieh Mau Corp., 

Chien Shing Stainless Co., Chain Chon 

Industrial Co., Ltd., and their various 

affiliates. On August 22, 2003, the 

Department published a notice of 

initiation of a review of SSSS from 

Taiwan covering the period July 1, 2002 

through June 30, 2003. See Initiation of 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews and Requests 

for Revocation in Part, 68 FR 50750 

(August 22, 2003). The preliminary 

results of review are currently due on 

April 1, 2004.

EXTENSION OF TIME LIMITS FOR 

PRELIMINARY RESULTS

Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act 

of 1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’), and 

section 351.213(h)(2) of the 

Department’s regulations, state 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 impracticable for 

the following reasons:

• The review involves a large number of 

transactions and complex 

adjustments;

• The responses from Chia Far and 

YUSCO include sales and cost 

information 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; and

• The review involves examining 

complex relationships between the 

producers and a large number of 

customers and suppliers.

Therefore, in accordance with section 

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, and section 

351.213(h)(2) of the Department’s 

regulations, we are extending the time 

period for issuing the preliminary 

results of review by 60 days from April 

1, 2004 until May 31, 2004. The final 

results continue to be due 120 days after 

the publication of the preliminary 

results. This notice is issued and 

published in accordance with Section 

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, and section 

351.213(h)(2) of the Department’s 

regulations.

Dated: January 30, 2004.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration, Group III.

[FR Doc. 04–2524 Filed 2–4–04; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580–829]

Stainless Steel Wire Rod from the 

Republic of Korea: Extension of Time 

Limit for Final Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 5, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Karine Gziryan or Crystal Scherr 

Crittenden, AD/CVD Enforcement, 

Office 4, Group II, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone (202) 482–4081 or (202) 482–

0989, respectively.

TIME LIMITS:

Statutory Time Limits

Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act 

of 1930, as amended (the Act), requires 

the Department of Commerce (the 

Department) to make a preliminary 

determination within 245 days after the 

last day of the anniversary month of an 

order or finding for which a review is 

requested and a final determination 

within 120 days after the date on which 

the preliminary determination is 

published. However, if it is not 

practicable to complete the review 

within these time periods, section 

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the 

Department to extend the 245-day time 

limit for the preliminary determination 

to a maximum of 365 days and the time 

limit for the final determination to 180 

days (or 300 days if the Department 

does not extend the time limit for the 

preliminary determination) from the 

date of publication of the preliminary 

determination.

Background

On October 24, 2002, the Department 

published a notice of initiation of the 

administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on stainless