Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Taiwan; Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-008]

Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Taiwan;

Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of Antidumping Duty

Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the

time limit for the final results of the administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on certain circular welded carbon steel pipe and

tube from Taiwan. The review covers four manufacturers/exporters of the

subject merchandise and the period May 1, 1997 through April 30, 1998.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 17, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martin Odenyo or Thomas Killiam,

Office of AD/CVD Enforcement, Group III, Import Administration,

International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone:

(202) 482-5254 or 482-3019, respectively.

Background and Notice of Extension

On June 29, 1998, the Department initiated this administrative

review of the antidumping duty order on certain circular welded carbon

steel pipes and tubes from Taiwan (63 FR 40258). On June 7, 1999 the

Department published its preliminary results of this review (64 FR

30306).

Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the

``Act'') provides that the Department may extend the deadline for its

final results of review for up to 60 days, if it is not practicable to

complete the final results within the allotted 120 days after the date

of publication of the preliminary results. For the following reasons,

the Department determines that it is not practicable to complete this

review within the 120-day time frame: (1) Verification was completed

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approximately one month after publication of the preliminary results;

(2) due to methodological difficulties encountered during verification,

verification reports are not expected to be released until

approximately mid-to-late September; and (3) on July 6, 1999, the

Department extended the deadline for submission of case briefs until

after the verification reports have been released. In order to properly

analyze and respond to petitioner's and respondents' case briefs we

have extended the deadline for the final results of this review until

December 6, 1999, in accordance with the time limits allowed under

section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

Dated: September 13, 1999.

Barbara E. Tillman,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement, Group III.

[FR Doc. 99-24301 Filed 9-16-99; 8:45 am]

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