[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 111 (Thursday, June 10, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 31179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14781]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-821-809]


Postponement of Final Determination of Antidumping Duty 
Investigation of Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel From the 
Russian Federation

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

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit for final determination of 
antidumping duty investigation.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the 
time limit for the final determination in the antidumping duty 
investigation of hot-rolled flat-rolled carbon-quality steel (Hot-
Rolled Steel) from the Russian Federation (Russia).

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 10, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lyn Baranowski or Rick Johnson at 
(202) 482-3208 or 482-3818, respectively; Office of AD/CVD Enforcement, 
Group III, Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20230.

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 Determination and Extension of Provisional 
Measures

    On February 25, 1999, the affirmative preliminary determination was 
published in this proceeding (see Notice of Preliminary Determination 
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality 
Steel Products From the Russian Federation, 64 FR 9312). Pursuant to 
section 735(a)(2) of the Act, on March 4, 1999, respondent JSC 
Severstal (Severstal) requested that the Department extend the final 
determination in this case for the full sixty days permitted by 
statute. Severstal 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 
351.210(e)(2)). Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii), 
on May 6, 1999, we partially extended this final determination until 
June 10, 1999 (see Postponement of Final Determination of Antidumping 
Duty Investigation of Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel From 
the Russian Federation, 64 FR 24329). Due to complex and contentious 
issues associated with this final determination, this notice serves to 
fully extend this final determination until no later than 135 days 
after the date of publication of the preliminary determination as 
originally requested by the respondents, i.e., until July 10, 1999. 
Suspension of liquidation will be extended accordingly.
    This notice of postponement is published pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.210(g).

    Dated: June 4, 1999.
Richard W. Moreland,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-14781 Filed 6-9-99; 8:45 am]
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