[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 4, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 10204]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-5056]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-122-822]


Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of the 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Corrosion-Resistant Carbon 
Steel Flat Products From Canada

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 4, 2003.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the 
time limit for the preliminary results of the antidumping duty 
administrative review of corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products 
from Canada until no later than September 1, 2003. This review covers 
the period August 1, 2001, through July 31, 2002. The extension is made 
pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (``the Act'').

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Hoadley or Julio A. Fernandez, 
Office of AD/CVD Enforcement 7, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230, at (202) 482-3148 or 
(202) 482-0961, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department of Commerce (the Department) received a request on 
August 30, 2002, from Bethlehem Steel Corporation, National Steel 
Corporation, and United States Steel Corporation (petitioners) for an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on corrosion-
resistant carbon steel flat products from Canada, with respect to 
Stelco, Inc. (Stelco) and Dofasco, Inc. (Dofasco). On September 25, 
2002, the Department published a notice of initiation of this 
administrative review for the period of August 1, 2001, through July 
31, 2002 (67 FR 60210).

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department shall 
issue preliminary results in an administrative review of an antidumping 
duty order within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month 
of the date of publication of the order. The Act further provides, 
however, that the Department may extend that 245-day period to 365 days 
if it determines it is not practicable to complete the review within 
the foregoing time period.
    In light of the complexity of analyzing Stelco and Dofasco's cost 
calculations, and Stelco's inputs obtained from affiliated parties, it 
is not practicable to complete this review by the current deadline of 
May 3, 2003.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the 
Department is extending the time limit for the preliminary results by 
120 days, until no later than August 31, 2003. However, as this date 
falls on a weekend, the due date will fall on the next business day, 
September 1, 2003. The final results continue to be due 120 days after 
the publication of the preliminary results.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance to sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(I)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: February 25, 2003.
Richard O. Weible,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
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