[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 137 (Tuesday, July 17, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37213-37214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-17856]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-583-835


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

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 Taiwan.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is postponing the 
final determination in the antidumping duty investigation of certain 
hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from the Taiwan.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 17, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia Tran at 202-482-1121, Mike 
Heaney at 202-482-4475, 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

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certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from Taiwan. See Notice 
of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain 
Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from Taiwan, 66 FR 22204 (May 3, 
2001). Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.401(f)(2) of the Department's 
regulations, we determined that respondents China Steel Corporation 
(China Steel) and Yieh Loong Enterprise Co., Ltd. (Yieh Loong) are 
affiliated companies and should be collapsed for purposes of an 
antidumping analysis. See Memorandum to Joseph A. Spetrini, 
``Affiliation Issue regarding China Steel * * * and Yieh Loong * * * 
,'' dated April 19, 2001 (Affiliation Memorandum). The collapsed entity 
is hereafter referred to as China Steel.
    Pursuant to section 735(a)(2) of the Tariff Act and 
Sec. 351.210(b)(2)(ii) of the Department's regulations, on April 30, 
2001, respondent China Steel requested the Department extend the final 
determination for the full sixty days as permitted by the statute and 
regulations. China Steel also agreed to the extension of 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 China Steel's request and are postponing the final 
determination to no 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 CFR 
351.210(b)(2).

    Dated: July 6, 2001.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-17856 Filed 7-16-01; 8:45 am]
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