[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 38 (Friday, February 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9474-9475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4858]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[(A-351-828); (C-351-829)]


Postponement of final Determination of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Investigations of Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-
Quality Steel From Brazil

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 of the final determinations of the antidumping and 
countervailing duty investigations of hot-rolled flat-rolled carbon-
quality steel from Brazil.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 26, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Ludwig, Office of AD/CVD 
Enforcement, Group III, or Chris Cassell, Office of AD/CVD Enforcement 
Group II, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-3833 or (202) 482-4847, 
respectively.

The Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 1930 
(the Act), as amended, are references to the provisions effective 
January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to the Act 
by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA). In addition, all citations 
to the Department's regulations are to the regulations at 19 CFR Part 
351 (1998).

Postponement of Final Determinations and Extension of Provisional 
Measures

    Pursuant to Section 735(a)(2) of the Act, on February 2, 1999, 
Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN), Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas 
Gerais, S.A., (USIMINAS), and Companhia Siderurgica Paulista (COSIPA) 
requested that, in the event of affirmative preliminary determination, 
the Department postpone the final determination in this case the full 
sixty days permitted by statute (19 U.S.C. 1673d(a)(2)). On February 4, 
1999, CSN, USIMINAS, and COSIPA also requested an extension of the 
provisional measures (i.e., suspension of liquidation) period from four 
to six months in accordance with the Department's regulations (19 CFR 
351.201(e)(2)). On February 12, 1999, the affirmative preliminary 
determination was signed. Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.210(e)(2)(ii), because our preliminary determination is 
affirmative, and respondents requesting a postponement represent a 
significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise from 
Brazil, we are postponing this final determination. However, because we 
have determined that an additional 30 days should be sufficient to 
resolve the issues in this case, we are extending the deadline for the 
final determination until no later

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than June 4, 1999, which is 105 days after the publication of the 
preliminary determination in the Federal Register. Suspension of 
liquidation will be extended accordingly.
    In addition, because the countervailing duty investigation of hot-
rolled flat-rolled carbon-quality steel products from Brazil has been 
aligned with the concurrent antidumping duty investigation under 
section 705(a)(1) of the Act, the time limit for completion of the 
final determination in the countervailing duty investigation will be 
the same date as the final determination of the concurrent antidumping 
duty investigation.
    This notice of postponement is published pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.210(g).

    Dated: February 19, 1999.
Richard W. Moreland,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-4858 Filed 2-25-99; 8:45 am]
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