[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28423-28424]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-13053]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-865]


Notice of Postponement of Final Determination of Antidumping Duty 
Investigation: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Products From the 
People's Republic of China

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

ACTION: Notice of postponement of final determination of antidumping 
duty investigation.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: May 23, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carrie Blozy or James Doyle, Office 
IX,

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DAS Group III, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-0165 
and (202) 482-0159, respectively.

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 December 4, 2000. See Notice of 
Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigations: Certain Hot-Rolled 
Carbon Steel Flat Products From Argentina, India, Indonesia, 
Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, the People's Republic of China, Romania, 
South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, and Ukraine, 65 FR 77568 (December 12, 
2000). The period of investigation (POI) is April 1, 2000 through 
September 30, 2000. On May 3, 2001, the Department published the notice 
of preliminary determination. See Notice of Preliminary Determination 
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat 
Products From the People's Republic of China, 66 FR 22183 (May 3, 
2001).

Postponement of Final Determination and Extension of Provisional 
Measures

    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.
    In a May 7, 2001 request Shanghai Baosteel Group Corporation, 
Baoshan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., and Baosteel Group International 
Trade Corporation (collectively Baosteel Group) requested that the 
Department postpone its final determination until not later than 135 
days after the date of the publication of the preliminary determination 
in the Federal Register and requested an extension of the provisional 
measures. In accordance with 19 CFR 351.210(b), because (1) our 
preliminary determination is affirmative, (2) Baosteel Group accounts 
for a significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise, and 
(3) no compelling reasons for denial exist, we are granting Baosteel 
Group's request and are postponing the final determination until no 
later than 135 days after the publication of preliminary determination 
in the Federal Register. Suspension of liquidation will be extended 
accordingly.
    This notice is published in accordance with section 735(a)(2) of 
the Act.

    Dated: May 16, 2001.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-13053 Filed 5-22-01; 8:45 am]
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