On March 5, 2009, the US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced the extension of the time limit for the preliminary results of its antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from Taiwan.
On June 9, 2008, the DOC published a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the AD duty order on stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from Taiwan for the period of review of June 1, 2007, through May 31, 2008.
On June 27, 2008, Flowline Division of Markovitz Enterprises, Inc., Gerlin, Inc., Shaw Alloy Piping Products, Inc., and Taylor Forge Stainless, Inc. requested an antidumping duty administrative review for sales of stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from Taiwan produced by Ta Chen Stainless Pipe Co., Ltd. (Ta Chen), Liang Feng Stainless Steel Fitting Co., Ltd., Liang Feng Enterprise, Tru-Flow Industrial Co., Ltd., Censor International Corporation, and PFP Taiwan Co., Ltd. On June 30, 2008, Ta Chen also requested an administrative review of its sales to the US during the period of review. On July 30, 2008, the DOC published the notice initiating this administrative review. The preliminary results had been due not later than March 2, 2009.
Due to the complexity of the issues involved, including Ta Chen's reported costs of production, and the time required to obtain and analyze additional information from Ta
Chen, the DOC has determined that it is not practicable to complete this review within the original time period. Accordingly, the DOC is extending the time limit for the preliminary results by 120 days to not later than June 30, 2009. The deadline for the final results of this review will continue to be 120 days after publication of the preliminary results.