[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 215 (Tuesday, November 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 56078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-27855]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-869, A-428-831, A-475-831, A-423-810, A-821-814, A-791-811, A-
469-811, A-583-838]


Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Antidumping Duty 
Determinations: Structural Steel Beams From the People's Republic of 
China, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Russia, South Africa, Spain, and 
Taiwan

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

SUMMARY: We are postponing the preliminary determinations in the 
antidumping duty investigations of structural steel beams from the 
People's Republic of China, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Russia, South 
Africa, Spain, and Taiwan.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 6, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Goldberger (Luxembourg) at (202) 
482-4136; Katherine Johnson (Taiwan) at (202) 482-4929; Lyn Johnson 
(People's Republic of China) at (202) 482-5287; Thomas Schauer 
(Germany) at (202) 482-0410; Alysia Wilson (Italy) at (202) 482-0108; 
Hermes Pinilla (Russia) at (202) 482-3477; David Dirstine (South 
Africa) at (202) 482-4033; and Jennifer Gehr (Spain) at (202) 482-1779; 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230.

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the 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. In addition, unless otherwise 
indicated, all citations to the Department of Commerce's (the 
Department's) regulations are to 19 CFR part 351 (April 2001).

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations

    On June 12, 2001, the Department published the initiation of the 
antidumping duty investigations of imports of structural steel beams 
from People's Republic of China, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Russia, 
South Africa, Spain, and Taiwan. The notice of initiation stated that 
we would make our preliminary determinations for these antidumping duty 
investigations no later than 140 days after the date of issuance of the 
initiation (i.e., October 30, 2001). See Notice of Initiation of 
Antidumping Duty Investigations: Structural Steel Beams From the 
People's Republic of China, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Russia, South 
Africa, Spain, and Taiwan, 66 FR 33048 (June 12, 2001).
    On September 25, 2001, the petitioners \1\ made a timely request 
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.205(e) for a 31-day postponement of the 
preliminary determinations. On October 2, 2001, we postponed the 
preliminary determinations under section 733(c)(1) of the Act until 
November 30, 2001.
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    \1\ The petitioners are Committee for Fair Beam Imports 
(``CFBI'') and its individual members, Northwestern Steel and Wire 
Company, Nucor Corporation, Nucor-Yamato Steel Company, and TXI-
Chaparral Steel Company.
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    On October 30, 2001, the petitioners made a timely request pursuant 
to 19 CFR 351.205(e) for an additional 19-day postponement of the 
preliminary determinations, or until December 19, 2001. The petitioners 
requested this extension in order to allow the Department sufficient 
time to gather information necessary for its preliminary 
determinations.
    For the reasons identified by the petitioners, and because there 
are no compelling reasons to deny the request, we are postponing the 
preliminary determinations under section 733(c)(1) of the Act. We will 
make our preliminary determinations no later than December 19, 2001.
    This notice is published pursuant to sections 733(f) and 777(i) of 
the Act.

    Dated: October 31, 2001.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-27855 Filed 11-5-01; 8:45 am]
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