[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 119 (Thursday, June 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 41955]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-15594]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-489-810]


Notice of Postponement of Final Antidumping Duty Determination; 
Certain Cold-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from Turkey

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

ACTION: Notice of Postponement of Final Antidumping Duty Determination 
of Certain Cold-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from Turkey.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is postponing the 
final determination in the antidumping duty investigation of certain 
cold-rolled carbon steel flat products from Turkey. Suspension of 
liquidation will be extended accordingly.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 20, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melissa Blackledge or Robert James, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230, at 202-482-3518, or 202-482-0649, respectively.

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 May 9, 2002, the Department published the affirmative 
preliminary determination for the investigation of certain cold-rolled 
carbon steel flat products (cold-rolled steel) from Turkey. See Notice 
of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain 
Cold-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from Turkey, 67 FR 31264 (May 9, 
2002).
    Pursuant to section 735(a)(2) of the Tariff Act and section 
351.210(b)(2)(ii) of the Department's regulations, on May 31, 2002, the 
respondent in the case, Borcelik Celik Sanayii ve Ticaret A.S. 
(Borcelik) requested the Department postpone the final determination in 
accordance with section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Tariff Act. Borcelik also 
requested that the Department extend to six months any provisional 
measures imposed pursuant to section 733(d) of the Tariff Act.
    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 determination was affirmative, (2) the respondent 
requesting a postponement accounts for a significant proportion of 
exports of the subject merchandise from Turkey, and (3) no compelling 
reasons for denial exist, we are granting Borcelik's request for the 
postponement of the final determination.
    We are postponing the final determination in this case to no later 
than
    September 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: June 14, 2002.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-15594 Filed 6-19-02; 8:45 am]
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