[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 92 (Monday, May 13, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32013-32014]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-11923]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-428-832, A-560-815, A-841-805]


Postponement of Final Antidumping Duty Determinations; Carbon and 
Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Germany, Indonesia and Moldova

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

ACTION: Notice of Postponement of Final Antidumping Duty Determinations 
of Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Germany, Indonesia and 
Moldova.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is postponing the 
final determinations in the antidumping duty investigations of carbon 
and certain alloy steel wire rod from Germany, Indonesia and Moldova.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 13, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert James at 202-482-0649 
(Germany), Michael Ferrier at 202-482-1394 (Indonesia) or Scott Lindsay 
at 202-482-0780 (Moldova), Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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 
2001).

Postponement of Final Determinations and Extension of Provisional 
Measures

    On April 10, 2002, the Department published the affirmative 
preliminary determinations for the investigation of carbon and certain 
alloy steel wire rod (steel wire rod) from Germany and Moldova, and a 
negative preliminary determination in the investigation of steel wire 
rod from Indonesia. See

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Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: 
Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Germany, 67 FR 17384, 
Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Not Less Than Fair 
Value: Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Indonesia, 67 FR 
17374, and Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Moldova: Notice 
of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value 67 FR 
17401 (April 10, 2002).
    Pursuant to section 735(a)(2) of the Tariff Act and section 
351.210(b)(2)(ii) of the Department's regulations, on April 4, 2002, 
the respondent in the German case, Saarstahl AG (Saarstahl) requested 
the Department postpone the final determination in accordance with 
section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Tariff Act. Saarstahl also requested that 
the Department extend to six months any provisional measures imposed 
pursuant to section 733(d) of the Tariff Act. Similarly, on April 27, 
2002, Moldova Steel Works requested the Department postpone the final 
determination in the Moldova case, agreeing to an extension of the 
provisional measures.
    On April 11, 2002, pursuant to section 735(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff 
Act and section 351.210(b)(2)(i) of the Department's regulations, 
petitioners requested the Department postpone the final determination 
in the investigation of steel wire rod from Indonesia.\1\
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    \1\ The margin in the Indonesian case was de minimis.
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    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 a 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 determinations were affirmative with respect to Germany and 
Moldova, (2) the respondent requesting a postponement accounts for a 
significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise from these 
countries, and (3) no compelling reasons for denial exist, we are 
granting Saarstahl's and Moldova Steel Works' requests for the 
postponement of the final determination in the cases involving Germany 
and Moldova. Furthermore, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.210(b)(i), 
because (1) our preliminary determination was negative with respect to 
Indonesia, (2) the petitioner requested a postponement and (3) no 
compelling reasons for denial exist, we are granting petitioners' 
request for a postponement in the Indonesian case.
    We are postponing the final determinations in all three cases to no 
later than August 23, 2002, which is 135 days after the publication of 
the preliminary determination in the Federal Register. Where 
applicable, suspension of liquidation will be extended accordingly.
    This notice of postponement is published pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.210(g).

    Dated: May 3, 2002.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-11923 Filed 5-10-02; 8:45 am]
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