[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 10, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 57384]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-22991]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-877]


Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Antidumping Duty 
Determination: Lawn and Garden Steel Fence Posts From the People's 
Republic of China

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 10, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Salim Bhabhrawala or Christopher 
Smith, Office 5, Group II, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-1784, 
or (202) 482-1442, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Postponement of Preliminary Determination:

    The Department of Commerce (the Department) is postponing the 
deadline for issuance of the preliminary determination in the 
antidumping duty investigation of lawn and garden steel fence posts 
from the People's Republic of China until November 27, 2002.
    On May 21, 2002, the Department initiated an antidumping 
investigation of lawn and garden steel fence posts from the People's 
Republic of China. See Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigation: 
Lawn and Garden Steel Fence Posts from the People's Republic of China, 
67 FR 37388 (May 29, 2002). The notice stated that the Department would 
issue its preliminary determination no later than 140 days after the 
date of initiation (i.e., October 8, 2002).
    On August 26, 2002, the petitioner, Steel City Corporation, made a 
timely request pursuant to 19 CFR 351.205(e) for a fifty-day 
postponement. Therefore, in accordance with section 733 (c)(1)(a) of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, the Department is postponing the 
date of the preliminary determination until November 27, 2002, which is 
190 days from the date on which the Department initiated this 
investigation. We will issue our final determination no later than 75 
days from the date on which the Department issues its preliminary 
determination in this proceeding.
    This determination is issued and published in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: September 3, 2002.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-22991 Filed 9-9-02; 8:45 am]
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