[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 4986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-2329]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-122-845, A-122-847]


Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Antidumping Duty 
Determinations: Certain Durum Wheat and Hard Red Spring Wheat from 
Canada

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit for the 
preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty investigations on 
certain durum wheat and hard red spring wheat from Canada from March 
12, 2003 until no later than May 1, 2003. This extension is made 
pursuant to section 733(c)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 31, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jarrod Goldfeder at (202) 482-0189 or 
Cole Kyle at (202) 482-1503, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations

    On October 29, 2002, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published the initiation of the antidumping duty 
investigations of imports of certain durum wheat and hard red spring 
wheat from Canada (see Notice of Initiation of Antidumping Duty 
Investigations: Certain Durum Wheat and Hard Red Spring Wheat from 
Canada, 67 FR 65947 (October 29, 2002) (``Initiation Notice'')). The 
Initiation Notice stated that we would make our preliminary 
determinations for these antidumping duty investigations no later than 
March 12, 2003, 140 days after the date of issuance of the initiation.
    Pursuant to section 733(c)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (``the Act''), the 
Department can extend the period for reaching a preliminary 
determination until no later than the 190th day after the date on which 
the administrating authority initiates an investigation if:
    (B) the administrating authority concludes that the parties 
concerned are cooperating and determines that
    (i) the case is extraordinarily complicated by reason of
    (I) the number and complexity of the transactions to be 
investigated or adjustments to be considered,
    (II) the novelty of the issues presented, or
    (III) the number of firms whose activities must be investigated, 
and (ii) additional time is necessary to make the preliminary 
determination.
    Regarding the first requirement, we find that all concerned parties 
are cooperating in each case.
    Regarding the second requirement, we find that these cases are 
extraordinarily complicated because of the novelty of the issues 
presented. Specifically, the Department requires additional time to 
examine all relevant facts pertaining to whether a particular market 
exists in the Canadian market in accordance with section 
773(a)(1)(C)(iii) of the Act. Furthermore, once we have determined the 
appropriate comparison market for these investigations, we need 
adequate time to gather and analyze the appropriate sales data from the 
respondent.
    Pursuant to section 733(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we have determined 
that these cases are extraordinarily complicated and that additional 
time is necessary to make our preliminary determinations. Therefore, we 
are postponing the preliminary determinations until no later than May 
1, 2003.
    This notice is published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) of the Act.

    Dated: January 24, 2003.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-2329 Filed 1-30-03; 8:45 am]
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