[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 98 (Monday, May 21, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 27937]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-12750]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-823-811]


Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from Ukraine; 
Notice of Postponement of Final Determination in the Antidumping Duty 
Investigation

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 21, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori Ellison, Laurel LaCivita, or Rick 
Johnson, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5811, (202) 482-4243, and 
(202) 482-3818, respectively.

The Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (``the Act''), 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, 
unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department's 
regulations are to the regulations at 19 CFR part 351 (2000).

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 preliminary 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 
the petitioners. 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 May 2, 2001, the Department received a request pursuant to 
section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act to postpone its final determination 
until 135 days after publication of the Department's preliminary 
determination and to extend the imposition of provisional measures from 
a four-month period to not more than six months from respondent 
Zaporizhstal Iron and Steel Works, ``the Midland group of companies'' 
(i.e. Midland Industries Limited, Midland Metals International, Inc., 
and Midland Resources Holding Limited), and the State Committee of 
Industrial Policy of Ukraine.
    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii), because (1) our 
preliminary determination is affirmative, (2) the respondent requesting 
a postponement accounts for a significant proportion of exports of the 
subject merchandise, and (3) no compelling reasons for denial exist, we 
are granting the respondent's request and are postponing the final 
determination to no later than September 15, 2001, which is 135 days 
after the publication of the preliminary determination. See Notice of 
Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less than Fair Value: Certain 
Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from Ukraine. Suspension of 
liquidation will be extended accordingly.
    This notice of postponement is published pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.210(g).

    Dated: May 15, 2001.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-12750 Filed 5-18-01; 8:45 am]
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