[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 124 (Thursday, June 27, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 43280]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-16290]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-421-810]


Certain Cold-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from The 
Netherlands: Postponement of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than 
Fair Value

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

ACTION: Notice of Extension of Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: June 27, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Geoffrey Craig or David Salkeld, AD/
CVD Enforcement Office VI, Group II, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-4161 or (202) 482-1168, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Time Limits

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 735(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 
requires the Department to issue (1) the final determination regarding 
sales at less than fair value (LTFV) in this investigation within 75 
days after the date of its preliminary determination. However, section 
735(a)(2) of the Act states that the Department may postpone the final 
determination until not later than 135 days after the date of 
publication of the preliminary determination if, in the case of a 
proceeding in which the preliminary determination by the administering 
authority under section 733(b) was affirmative, a request in writing 
for such a postponement is made by an exporter which accounts for a 
significant portion of the exports of the merchandise which is subject 
to the investigation. Section 351.210 of the Department's regulations 
further states that the exporter must also request that the Department 
extend the provisional measures from a four month period to a period of 
not more than 6 months. Alternatively, in the case of a proceeding in 
which the preliminary determination by the administering authority 
under section 733(b) was negative, the request for postponement may be 
made in writing by the petitioner.

Background

    On May 9, 2002, the Department published the preliminary 
determination regarding sales at LTFV in this investigation (67 FR 
31268). We preliminarily determined that certain cold-rolled carbon 
steel flat products (cold-rolled steel) from the Netherlands are being, 
or likely to be, sold in the United States at LTFV, as provided in 
section 733(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended. On May 1, 2002, 
Corus Staal BV, the sole respondent in this investigation, requested 
that the Department postpone the final determination to 135 days after 
the publication of the preliminary determination and requested that the 
Department extend the provisional measures period from four months to a 
period not longer than 6 months.

Postponement of Final Determination

    Given the fact that the Department made an affirmative preliminary 
determination and the largest exporter/producer of imports during the 
period of investigation requested postponement and also asked that the 
Department extend the provisional measures from a four month period to 
a period of not more than six months, as required by the Department's 
regulations, we are postponing the final determination until no later 
than September 23, 2002 (i.e., 135 days after the publication of the 
preliminary determination).
    This extension is in accordance with section 735(a)(2)(A) of the 
Act.

    Dated: June 19, 2002.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-16290 Filed 6-26-02; 8:45 am]
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