[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 74 (Thursday, April 17, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 18947]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-9513]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-841]


Structural Steel Beams From Korea: Extension of Time Limit for 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administration Review

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

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit for the preliminary results 
of antidumping duty administrative review.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is extending 
the time limit for the preliminary results of the antidumping duty 
administrative review of structural steel beams (``SSB'') from Korea.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  April 17, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Bailey or Aishe Allen AD/CVD 
Enforcement Group III, Office 9, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
1102 or (202) 482-0172 respectively.
    Background: On August 6, 2002, the Department published a notice of 
opportunity to request an administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order on SSB from Korea. See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, 
Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request 
Administrative Review, 67 FR 50856 (August 6, 2002). On August 30, 
2002, Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd. (``DSM'') and INI Steel Company 
(``INI''), Korean producers of subject merchandise, requested that the 
Department conduct an administrative review of their sales of subject 
merchandise during the period of review (``POR''). Also, on August 30, 
2002, petitioners \1\ requested that the Department conduct an 
administrative review of INI. On September 25, 2002, the Department 
published a notice of initiation of a review of SSB from Korea covering 
the period August 1, 2001 through July 31, 2002. See Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests 
for Revocation in Part, (67 FR 60210) (September 25, 2002). The 
Department's preliminary results are currently due on May 3, 2003.
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    \1\ Petitioners are Nucor Corporation, Nucor Yamato Steel Co., 
and TXI-Chaparral Steel Co.
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Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), and section 351.213(h)(2) of the Department's regulations, 
state that if it is not practicable to complete the review within the 
time specified, the administering authority may extend the 245-day 
period to issue its preliminary results by up to 120 days. Completion 
of the preliminary results of this review within the 245-day period is 
not practicable because the review involves significant affiliation 
issues, and a large number of transactions for each company (i.e., DSM 
and INI). Additionally, the Department is investigating sales and cost 
for both companies which require the Department to gather and analyze a 
significant amount of information pertaining to each company's sales 
practices, manufacturing costs and corporate relationships.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, and 
section 351.213(h)(2) of the Department's regulations, the Department 
is extending the time period for issuing the preliminary results of 
review by 120 days until August 31, 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 with section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, and Section 351.213(h)(2) of the Department's 
regulations.

    Dated: April 11, 2003.
Richard O. Weible,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
[FR Doc. 03-9513 Filed 4-16-03; 8:45 am]
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