[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 223 (Wednesday, November 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61802-61803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30398]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-549-502]


Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review of Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes 
From Thailand

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 19, 1997.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the 
time limit for the preliminary results of the antidumping duty 
administrative review for the antidumping order on certain welded 
carbon steel pipes and tubes from Thailand, pursuant to the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (hereinafter, 
``the Act'').

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Totaro or Dorothy Woster, AD/CVD 
Enforcement Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230, telephone (202) 482-
1398 or 482-3362, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Act, the Department may extend the 
deadline for completion of an administrative review if it determines 
that it is not practicable to complete the review within the statutory 
time limit of 365 days. In the instant case, the Department has 
determined that it is not

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practicable to complete the review within the statutory time limit (see 
Memorandum to Robert S. LaRussa from Joseph A. Spetrini, November 12, 
1997).
    Since it is not practicable to complete this review within the time 
limits mandated by the Act (245 days from the last day of the 
anniversary month for preliminary results, 120 additional days for 
final results), in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the 
Department is extending the time limit as follows:

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                                                                         Initiation    Prelim due     Final due 
           Product                  Country          Review period          date          date          date*   
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Certain Welded Carbon Steel    Thailand........     03/01/96-02/28/97      04/24/97      03/31/98     08/05/98  
 Pipes and Tubes (A-549-502).                                                                                   
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*The Department shall issue the final determination 120 days after the publication of the preliminary           
  determination. This final due date is estimated based on publication of the preliminary notice five business  
  days after signature.                                                                                         

    Dated: November 12, 1997.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD Enforcement Group III.
[FR Doc. 97-30398 Filed 11-18-97; 8:45 am]
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