[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 221 (Thursday, November 15, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57423-57424]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-28639]


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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 Final Results of Antidumping Administrative 
Review

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

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 15, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doug Campau or Maureen Flannery, 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-
1395 or (202) 482-3020, 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 Department's regulations are to the current 
regulations, codified at 19 CFR part 351 (2001).

Background

    The Department published in the Federal Register an antidumping 
duty

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order on certain hot-rolled, flat-rolled, carbon-quality steel products 
(hot-rolled steel) from Japan on June 29, 1999 (64 FR 34778). On June 
30, 2000, the Department received a timely request from Kawasaki Steel 
Corporation to conduct an administrative review pursuant to section 
351.213(b)(2) of the Department's regulations. We published a notice of 
initiation of this antidumping duty administrative review on hot-rolled 
steel on July 31, 2000 (64 FR 46687). On July 10, 2001, the Department 
published the preliminary results of this antidumping administrative 
review. See Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel Products from 
Japan: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Administrative Review, 66 FR 
35928 (July 10, 2001). The final results of this review are currently 
due November 7, 2001.

Extension of Time Limits for Final Results

    Due to extensive arguments on cost issues, and the complexities 
involved in analyzing the level of trade issue in this review, it is 
not practicable to complete the review within the initial time limits 
mandated by section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. Therefore, we are 
extending the due date for the final results of this review until 
January 7, 2002.

    Dated: November 5, 2001.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
[FR Doc. 01-28639 Filed 11-14-01; 8:45 am]
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