[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 125 (Friday, June 28, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43582-43583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-16373]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-848]


Certain Cold-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from Korea: 
Postponement of Final Determination of Antidumping Investigation

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

ACTION: Notice of Postponement of Final Determination of Antidumping 
Investigation.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: June 28, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Ledgerwood or Mark Young, 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-
3836 or (202) 482-6397, 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 extend the time 
limit for 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 
31225). We preliminarily determined that certain cold-rolled carbon 
steel flat products (cold-rolled steel) from Korea 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 30, 2002, both 
respondents 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

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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 21, 2002
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-16373 Filed 6-27-02; 8:45 am]
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