[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 10, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35927-35928]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-17233]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-846]


Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel Products From Japan: 
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping 
Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit for preliminary results of 
administrative review.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 10, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Strollo or Sean Carey, AD/CVD 
Enforcement, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5255 or (202) 482-3964, 
respectively.

The Applicable Statute

    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. In addition, unless otherwise indicated, 
all citations to the Departments's regulations are to the current 
regulations, codified at 19 CFR part 351 (2001).

Background

    On June 30, 2000, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
received a request from Kawasaki Steel Corporation (``Kawasaki'') for 
an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on hot-rolled 
flat-rolled carbon-quality steel products from Japan. On July 31, 2000, 
the Department published a notice of initiation of this administrative 
review, covering the period of February 19, 1999 through May 31, 2000 
(65 FR 46687). On January 10, 2001, the Department

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published a partial extension of the time limit for the preliminary 
results of this first administrative review. See Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled 
Carbon-Quality Steel Products From Japan: Extension of Time Limit for 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Administrative Review, 66 FR 1952 
(January 10, 2001).

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    This is the first administrative review of this order. There are 
several complex issues and, as such, it is not practicable to complete 
this review within the initial time limits mandated by section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. Therefore, we are fully extending the due date 
for the preliminary results until June 30, 2001. Because June 30, 2001, 
the date which is 365 days after the last day of the month in which the 
anniversary of the date of publication of the order, is a Saturday, the 
Department is extending the time limit for the preliminary results 
until the first business day thereafter, i.e., July 2, 2001. See 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. The final results continue to be due 120 days 
after the publication of the preliminary results.

    Dated: June 29, 2001.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD Enforcement Group III.
[FR Doc. 01-17233 Filed 7-9-01; 8:45 am]
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