[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 38 (Monday, February 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 11562]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4661]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-841-804]


Notice of Postponement of the Final Determination of 
Investigation: Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars From Moldova

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 26, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nithya Nagarajan or Michele Mire at 
(202) 482-5253 or (202) 482-4711, respectively; AD/CVD Enforcement, 
Office 4, Group II, Import Administration, Room 1870, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

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 Round Agreements Act (URAA). In addition, unless otherwise 
indicated, all citations to Department of Commerce (the Department) 
regulations refer to the regulations codified at 19 CFR part 351 
(2000).

Background

    This investigation was initiated on July 18, 2000. See Initiation 
of Antidumping Duty Investigations: Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars 
from Austria, Belarus, Indonesia, Japan, Latvia, Moldova, the People's 
Republic of China, Poland, the Republic of Korea, the Russian 
Federation, Ukraine and Venezuela, 65 FR 45754 (July 25, 2000). The 
period of investigation (POI) is October 1, 1999 through March 31, 
2000. On January 30, 2001, the Department published the notice of 
preliminary determination. See Notice of Preliminary Determination of 
Sales at Less than Fair Value: Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars from 
Moldova, 66 FR 8338 (January 30, 2001).

Postponement of Final Determination

    Section 735(a)(2) of the Act provides that a final determination 
may be postponed until not later than 135 days after the date of the 
publication of the preliminary determination if, in the event of an 
affirmative determination, a request for such postponement is made by 
exporters who account for a significant proportion of exports of the 
subject merchandise, or in the event of a negative preliminary 
determination, a request for such postponement is made by petitioner. 
The Department's regulations, at 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2), require that 
requests by respondents for postponement of a final determination be 
accompanied by a request for extension of provisional measures from a 
four-month period to not more than six months.
    On February 1, 2001, JV CJSC Moldova Steel Works (MSW), the 
respondent in this investigation, requested that the Department extend 
the final determination for the maximum statutory period of 135 days 
after the publication of the preliminary determination. MSW also 
requested that the Department extend the imposition of provisional 
measures from a four-month period to not more than six months. 
Accordingly, since we have made an affirmative preliminary 
determination, and MSW is the sole producer of the subject merchandise 
in Moldova, we have postponed the final determination until not later 
than 135 days after the date of publication of the preliminary 
determination or June 14, 2001.
    This notice is published in accordance with section 735(a)(2) of 
the Act. Effective January 20, 2001, Bernard T. Carreau is fulfilling 
the duties of Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

    Dated: February 15, 2001.
Bernard T. Carreau,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD Enforcement Group II.
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