[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 21, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35844-35845]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-17278]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-805]


Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Mexico; 
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maryanne Burke or Robert James, 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) 482-5604 
or (202) 482-0649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 1, 2008, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
received a timely request from interested party U.S. Steel Corporation 
to conduct an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
certain circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from Mexico.\1\ On 
December 24, 2008, the Department published a notice of initiation of 
this administrative review, covering the period of November 1, 2007 to 
October 31, 2008. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 73 FR 79055 
(December 24, 2008). The current deadline for the preliminary results 
of this review is August 2, 2009.
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    \1\ Because the last day of the anniversary month of this order, 
November 30, 2008, fell on a Sunday, petitioners filed their request 
for review on the next business day, Monday, December 1, 2008.
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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 this time 
period, section

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751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the Department to extend the time limit 
for the preliminary results to a maximum of 365 days after the last day 
of the anniversary month of an order for which a review is requested.
    The Department finds it is not practicable to complete the 
preliminary results of this review within the original time frame 
because we require additional time to analyze Tuberia Nacional, S.A. de 
C.V.'s (TUNA's) claim that it did not have exports, sales or entries of 
subject merchandise to the United States during the period of review. 
See TUNA's ``no shipment'' letter to the Department, dated January 23, 
2009. In light of our ongoing changed circumstances review, more time 
is also necessary to consider the relationship between Ternium Mexico, 
S.A. de C.V. and Hylsa, S.A. de C.V, a mandatory respondent in the 
instant review. See Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Changed 
Circumstances Review: Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe and 
Tube from Mexico, 74 FR 28883 (June 18, 2009). Accordingly, the 
Department is extending the time limit for completion of the 
preliminary results of this administrative review until no later than 
November 30, 2009, which is 365 days from the last day of the 
anniversary month. We intend to issue the final results no later than 
120 days after publication of the preliminary results notice.
    This extension is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: July 15, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. E9-17278 Filed 7-20-09; 8:45 am]
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