[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 106 (Friday, June 1, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 29773]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-13828]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-834-806]


Postponement of Final Determination for Antidumping Duty 
Investigation: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From 
Kazakhstan

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

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit for final determination in 
the antidumping duty investigation of certain hot-rolled carbon steel 
flat products from Kazakhstan.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') is extending the 
time limit for the final determination in the antidumping duty 
investigation of certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from 
Kazakhstan.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 1, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Juanita H. Chen at 202-482-0409, or 
Rick Johnson at 202-482-3818, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (``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 codified at 19 C.F.R. part 351 (2000).

Postponement of Final Determination and Extension of Provisional 
Measures

    On May 3, 2001, the affirmative preliminary determination was 
published for the investigation of certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat 
products from Kazakhstan. See Notice of Preliminary Determination of 
Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat 
Products from Kazakhstan, 66 FR 22168 (May 3, 2001). Pursuant to 
section 735(a)(2) of the Act and section 351.210(b)(2)(ii) of the 
Department's regulations, on April 27, 2001, respondent OJSC Ispat 
Karmet (``Ispat Karmet'') requested that the Department extend the 
final determination for the full sixty days as permitted by the statute 
and regulations. On May 1, 2001, Ispat Karmet submitted a supplemental 
request that the Department extend provisional measures (i.e., 
suspension of liquidation) from a four month period to a period not to 
exceed six months, pursuant to 19 C.F.R. 351.210(e)(2).
    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 C.F.R. 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 accordance with 19 C.F.R. 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 Ispat Karmet's request and are postponing the final 
determination to September 15, 2001, which is not later than 135 days 
after the publication of the preliminary determination in the Federal 
Register. Suspension of liquidation will be extended accordingly.
    This notice of postponement is published pursuant to 19 C.F.R. 
351.210(g).

    Dated: May 24, 2001.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-13828 Filed 5-31-01; 8:45 am]
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