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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76396-76397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-30859]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-822]

Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils From Mexico: Extension 
of Time Limit for Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review

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

DATES: Effective Date: December 8, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Edwards, Brian Davis, or 
Angelica Mendoza, AD/CVD Operations, Office 7, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-8029, (202) 482-7924, or (202) 482-3019, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 9, 2010, the Department published in the Federal Register 
the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on stainless steel sheet and strip in coils (S4 in coils) 
from Mexico for the period July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009. See 
Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils From Mexico; Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR 47780 (August 
9, 2010) (Preliminary Results). In the Preliminary Results, we invited 
parties to comment. In response to the Department's invitation to 
comment on the preliminary results of this review, respondent, 
ThyssenKrupp Mexinox S.A. (Mexinox) submitted (1) a request for a 
public hearing and (2) a case brief on September 8, 2010. See Letter 
from Mexinox, titled ``Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from 
Mexico--Case Brief,'' dated September 8, 2010 (Mexinox's Case Brief). 
Also on September 8, 2010, Allegheny Ludlum Corporation, AK Steel 
Corporation, and North American Stainless (collectively, petitioners), 
submitted a case brief. See Letter from Petitioners, titled ``Stainless 
Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from Mexico--Petitioner's Case Brief,'' 
dated September 8, 2010 (Petitioners' Case Brief).
    On September 9, 2010, the Department received a request from 
petitioners to extend the deadline to submit rebuttal briefs and on 
September 13, 2010, the Department granted this request. Petitioners 
timely submitted their rebuttal brief on September 15, 2010. See Letter 
from Petitioners, titled ``Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils 
from Mexico--Petitioners' Rebuttal Brief,'' dated September 15, 2010 
(Petitioners' Rebuttal Brief). Also on September 15, 2010, Mexinox 
submitted its rebuttal brief. See Letter from Mexinox, titled 
``Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from Mexico--Rebuttal 
Brief,'' dated September 15, 2010 (Mexinox's Rebuttal Brief). On 
September 17, 2010, Mexinox withdrew its request for a hearing. See 
Letter from Mexinox, titled ``Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils 
from Mexico--Withdrawal of Hearing Request,'' dated September 17, 2010.
    On November 17, 2010, we issued a letter to petitioners notifying 
them that we were rejecting their Case Brief because it contained new 
information regarding the U.S. entities that petitioners believe are 
purchasers of certain merchandise. Also on November 17, 2010, we issued 
a letter to Mexinox stating that we were rejecting its Rebuttal Brief 
because it also contained new information regarding the U.S. entities 
that petitioners believe are purchasers of certain merchandise. On 
November 22, 2010, Mexinox submitted its revised Rebuttal Brief, and on 
November 23, 2010, petitioners submitted its revised Case Brief. The 
current deadline for the final results of this review is December 7, 
2010.

Extension of Time Limits for Final Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department to complete the final results of an 
administrative review within 120 days after the date on which the 
preliminary results are published. However, 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 the 120 day time period for the 
final results up to 180 days.
    The Department finds that it is not practicable to complete this 
review within the original time frame because additional analysis must 
be performed with respect to several complex issues raised by the 
parties, such as Mexinox's cost of production, contemporaneous 
matching, etc. Accordingly, the Department is extending the time limit 
for completion of the final results of this administrative review until 
no later than January 6, 2011, which is 150 days after the date on 
which the preliminary results of review were published.
    This extension is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i) of the Act.

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    Dated: December 2, 2010.
Susan H. Kuhbach,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-30859 Filed 12-7-10; 8:45 am]
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