[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 79 (Monday, April 27, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 19048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-9538]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-810]


Stainless Steel Bar From India: Extension of Time Limit for the 
Final Results of the 2007-2008 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 27, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Holland, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-1279.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 21, 1995, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published the antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar (``SSB'') 
from India. See Antidumping Duty Orders: Stainless Steel Bar from 
Brazil, India and Japan, 60 FR 9661 (February 21, 1995). On March 31, 
2008, in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (``the Act''), we initiated an administrative review of the 
order for two companies. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, Request for Revocation in 
Part, and Deferral of Administrative Review, 73 FR 16837 (March 31, 
2008). On March 6, 2009, the Department published its preliminary 
results of the 2007-2008 antidumping duty administrative review. See 
Stainless Steel Bar From India: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 74 FR 9787 (March 6, 2009). The final results 
for this review are currently due no later than July 6, 2009.

Extension of Time Limit of Final Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act requires the Department to issue 
final results within 120 days after the date on which the preliminary 
results are published. However, if it is not practicable to complete 
the review within this time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act 
allows the Department to extend the time period to a maximum of 180 
days.
    Completion of the final results of the administrative review within 
the 120-day period in this case is not practicable because, following 
the preliminary results, the Department issued a comprehensive 
supplemental questionnaire concerning an affiliate of respondent Venus 
Wire Industries Pvt. Ltd. (``Venus''). The Department requires 
additional time to analyze Venus' supplemental questionnaire responses 
and the comments from the domestic interested parties. In addition, the 
Department has received a request to extend the final results from 
domestic interested parties.
    Because it is not practicable to complete this review within the 
time specified under the Act, we are fully extending the time period 
for issuing the final results of the administrative review in 
accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. Therefore, the final 
results are now due no later than September 2, 2009.
    This notice is published pursuant to sections 751(a) and 777(i) of 
the Act.

    Dated: April 21, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. E9-9538 Filed 4-24-07; 8:45 am]
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