[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 153 (Friday, August 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 42746]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20939]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-821-808]


Postponement of Final Determination; Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon 
Steel Plate From the Russian Federation

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: August 8, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nithya Nagarajan, Eugenia Chu, or Yury Beyzarov, 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 other 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

    Pursuant to section 735(a)(2) of the Act, on July 29, 1997, JSC 
Severstal (Severstal) a producer of subject merchandise; requested a 
thirty-day extension of the final determination.
    Severstal 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. However, due to the complexity of the 
issues involved in the case, including surrogate values, and the scope 
of the subject merchandise, we are postponing the final determination 
in this investigation until 135 days after the publication of the 
preliminary determination. Therefore, the final determination will be 
due no later than October 24, 1997. Suspension of liquidation will be 
extended in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act. See Notice of 
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Pasta 
from Italy, 61 Fed. Reg. 30326, 30326 (June 14, 1996).
    This notice of postponement is published pursuant to 19 CFR 
353.20(b)(2).

    Dated: July 31, 1997.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-20939 Filed 8-7-97; 8:45 am]
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