[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 85 (Thursday, May 3, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24562-24563]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-8480]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-817]


Oil Country Tubular Goods from Mexico: Extension of Time Limits 
for the Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 3, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Drury, 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-
0195, or (202) 482-3019, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 29, 2006, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published a notice of initiation of an antidumping duty 
administrative review for, oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from Mexico 
for the August 1, 2005, through July 31 2006, period of review (POR) 
covering producers/exporters Hylsa, S.A. de C.V. (Hylsa) and Tubos de 
Acero de Mexico, S.A. (TAMSA). See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 71 FR 57465 (September 29, 
2006). On November 1, 2006, TAMSA submitted a certification that it had 
not shipped OCTG to the United States during the POR and requested that 
the Department rescind the review with respect to TAMSA. See Letter 
from TAMSA to the Department, November 1, 2006.
    On November 15, 2006, Hylsa submitted a letter to the Department 
stating that shares of Hylsa's parent, Hylsamex, had been acquired by a 
company affiliated with TAMSA. Accordingly, Hylsa and TAMSA had common 
owners and were affiliated during the POR. As a result, Hylsa requested 
clarification from the Department as to whether the Department would 
require Hylsa to submit TAMSA's sales and/or cost information for the 
POR. See Letter from Hylsa to the Department, November 15, 2006. The 
Department issued a supplemental questionnaire on February 16, 2007, 
requesting more information on this issue. Hylsa submitted a response 
on March 16, 2007.

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    The preliminary results for this administrative review are 
currently due no later than May 3, 2007.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department to complete 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. 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 period for the preliminary results to 365 days.
    The Department has determined it is not practicable to complete 
this review within the statutory time limit because additional time is 
required to determine whether it will be necessary to request sales 
and/or cost information from TAMSA as part of the Department's review 
of sales by Hylsa during the POR. Accordingly, the Department is 
extending the time limits for completion of the preliminary results of 
this administrative review until no later than August 31, 2007, which 
is 365 days from the last day of the anniversary month of this order. 
We intend to issue the final results in this review no later than 120 
days after publication of the preliminary results notice.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: April 27, 2007.
Stephen Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-8480 Filed 5-2-07; 8:45 am]
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