[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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