[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 116 (Friday, June 15, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 32600]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-15167]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-421-807]


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

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

ACTION: Notice of Postponement of Final Antidumping Duty Determination 
of certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from the Netherlands.

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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 certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from the 
Netherlands.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 15, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melissa A. Blackledge at 202-482-3518, 
Stephanie Arthur at 202-482-6312, or Robert James at 202-482-0649, 
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 (the Tariff Act), are references to the provisions 
effective January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to 
the Tariff 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 CFR part 351 (April 
2000).

Postponement of Final Determination and Extension of Provisional 
Measures

    On May 3, 2001, the Department published the affirmative 
preliminary determination for the investigation of certain hot-rolled 
carbon steel flat products from the Netherlands. See Notice of 
Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain 
Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from the Netherlands, 66 FR 22146 
(May 3, 2001). Pursuant to section 735(a)(2) of the Tariff Act and 
section 351.210(b)(2)(ii) of the Department's regulations, on May 22, 
2001, respondent the Corus Group plc. (Corus) requested that the 
Department extend the final determination for the full sixty days as 
permitted by the statute and regulations, and extend provisional 
measures (i.e., suspension of liquidation) from a four-month period to 
a period not to exceed six months, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2).
    Section 735(a)(2) of the Tariff 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 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 Corus' 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 in the Federal Register. 
Suspension of liquidation will be extended accordingly.
    This notice of postponement is published pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.210(b)(2).

    Dated: June 4, 2001.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-15167 Filed 6-14-01; 8:45 am]
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