[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 145 (Tuesday, July 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40500-40501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19950]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-570-849]


Postponement of Final Determination; Antidumping Investigation of 
Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From the People's Republic of 
China

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

ACTION: Notice of postponement of final determination of sales at less 
than fair value.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 29, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg Weber or Stephen Jacques, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-3793.

The Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective 
date of the amendments made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act) by the 
Uruguay Rounds Agreements Act (URAA). In addition, unless otherwise 
indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are in 
reference to the regulations, codified at 19 CFR part 353, as they 
existed on April 1, 1996.

Postponement of Final Determination

    On July 8, 1997, Anshan Iron and Steel Complex (AISCO), a producer 
of subject merchandise, Angang International Trade Corporation (Anshan 
International), a wholly-owned AISCO subsidiary in China with its own 
business licence to import and export

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merchandise, and Sincerely Asia, Limited (SAL), a partially owned Hong 
Kong affiliate of AISCO involved in sales of subject merchandise to the 
United States (collectively, Anshan); Baoshan Iron & Steel Corporation 
(Bao), a producer of subject merchandise, Bao Steel Group International 
Trade Corporation (Bao Steel ITC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bao 
responsible for selling Bao material domestically and abroad and B.M. 
International, a partially-owned U.S. subsidiary involved in U.S. sales 
(collectively, Baoshan); Shanghai Pudong Iron & Steel (Group) Co. Ltd. 
(Shanghai Pudong); Wuhan Iron & Steel Company (Wuhan), a producer of 
subject merchandise, International Economic and Trading Corporation 
(IETC), a wholly owned subsidiary responsible for exporting WISCO 
merchandise and Cheerwu Trader Ltd. (Cheerwu), a partially-owned Hong 
Kong affiliate of Wuhan involved in sales of the subject merchandise 
(collectively WISCO) requested a thirty-day extension of the final 
determination.
    Pursuant to section 735(a)(2) of the Act, on July 10, 1997, China 
Metallurgical Import & Export Liaoning Company (Liaoning), an exporter 
of subject merchandise, and Wuyang Iron and Steel Company (Wuyang), 
which produced the merchandise sold by Liaoning, requested that the 
Department postpone the final determination until 135 days after the 
date of publication of the preliminary determination.
    Liaoning accounts for a significant proportion of exports of the 
subject merchandise. In addition, we are not aware of any compelling 
reasons for denying this request. As a result, we are granting 
Liaoning's request that the final determination in this investigation 
be postponed until 135 days after the publication of the preliminary 
determination. Therefore, the final determination will be due no later 
than October 24, 1997. Pursuant to section 733(d) of the Act, 
suspension of liquidation will be extended accordingly. See Notice of 
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Pasta 
from Italy, 61 FR 30326, 30326 (June 14, 1996).
    In accordance with 19 CFR 353.38, case briefs must be submitted to 
the Assistant Secretary for Import Administration no later than Friday, 
August 29, 1997, and rebuttal briefs, no later than Friday, September 
5, 1997. A list of authorities used and a summary of the arguments made 
in the briefs should accompany these briefs. Such summary should be 
limited to five pages total, including footnotes. We will hold a public 
hearing, if requested, to afford interested parties an opportunity to 
comment on arguments made in case or rebuttal briefs.
    Interested parties who wish to request a hearing, or to participate 
if one is requested, must submit a written request to the Assistant 
Secretary for Import Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 
1870, within ten days of the publication of this notice. Requests 
should contain: (1) The party's name, address, and telephone number; 
(2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of the issues to be 
discussed. In accordance with 19 CFR 353.38(b) oral presentations will 
be limited to issues raised in the briefs.
    This notice of postponement is published pursuant to section 
735(a)(2)(A) of the Act.

    Dated: July 22, 1997.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-19950 Filed 7-28-97; 8:45 am]
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