[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 16, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 2189]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1129]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-870]


Notice of Postponement of Final Determination of Antidumping Duty 
Investigation: Certain Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From 
the People's Republic of China

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

ACTION: Notice of postponement of final determination of antidumping 
duty investigation.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 16, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex Villanueva or Bob Bolling, Office 
IX, DAS Group III, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-6412 
and (202) 482-3434, respectively.

The Applicable Statute and Regulations

    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 (URAA). In addition, unless otherwise 
indicated, all citations to Department of Commerce (the Department) 
regulations refer to the regulations codified at 19 CFR part 351 
(2001).

Background

    This investigation was initiated on June 13, 2001. See Notice of 
Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigation: Certain Circular Welded 
Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from the People's Republic of China, 66 FR 
33227 (June 21, 2001). The period of investigation (POI) is October 1, 
2000 through March 31, 2001. On December 31, 2001, the Department 
published the notice of preliminary determination. See Notice of 
Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain 
Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from the People's Republic of 
China, 66 FR 67500 (December 31, 2001).

Postponement of Final Determination and Extension of Provisional 
Measures

    Section 735(a)(2) of the 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 preliminary 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.
    On December 17, 2001 Tianjin Shuang Jie Steel Pipe Co., Ltd (Shuang 
Jie) requested that the Department postpone its final determination 
until no later than 135 days after the date of the publication of the 
preliminary determination in the Federal Register and requested an 
extension of the provisional measures pursuant to 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2). 
In accordance with section 735(a)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b), 
because (1) our preliminary determination was affirmative, (2) Shuang 
Jie accounts for a significant proportion of exports of the subject 
merchandise, and (3) no compelling reasons for denial exist, we are 
granting Shuang Jie's request and are postponing the final 
determination until no later than 135 days after the publication of 
preliminary determination in the Federal Register. We are also 
extending the provisional measures, from four months to six months, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2). Suspension of liquidation will be 
extended accordingly.
    Therefore, the final results are now due on May 15, 2002. This 
notice is published in accordance with section 735(a)(2) of the Act.

    Dated: January 9, 2002.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-1129 Filed 1-15-02; 8:45 am]
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