[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 110 (Monday, June 9, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34377-34378]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-14443]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-791-809]


Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of 
Administrative Antidumping Review: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat 
Products from South Africa

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain hot-
rolled carbon steel flat products from South Africa in response to 
requests by petitioners Bethlehem Steel Corporation, National Steel 
Corporation, United States Steel Corporation, and Nucor Corporation. 
The review covers shipments of this merchandise to the United States 
for the period May 3, 2001 through August 31, 2002, by Iscor Ltd. and 
Saldanha Steel Ltd. (together, Iscor/Saldanha\1\), and Highveld Steel & 
Vanadium Corp. Ltd. (Highveld). For the reasons discussed below, we are 
extending the preliminary results of this administrative review by 30 
days, to no later than July 2, 2003.
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    \1\ In the final results of the antidumping duty investigation, 
the Department determined that Iscor and Saldanha were affiliated, 
and should be treated as a single entity for purposes of the 
investigation. See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Hot-Rolled 
Carbon Steel Flat Products from South Africa, 66 FR 48242 (Sept. 19, 
2001) (LTFV investigation). This was based on information on the 
public record of the contemporaneous countervailing duty 
investigation of hot-rolled products from South Africa that 1) Iscor 
is a 50 percent shareholder in Saldanha, and is in a position to 
exercise control of Saldanha's assets, and 2) both companies produce 
the subject merchandise. In this review, the Department requested 
that, if the circumstances had not changed, the two parties file a 
combined response. The notice of appearance was filed for Iscor, 
including its subsidiary Saldanha.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: June 9, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elfi Blum or Scot Fullerton at (202) 
482-0197 or (202) 482-1386, respectively; Office of Antidumping/
Countervailing Duty Enforcement VII, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 19, 2001, the Department of Commerce published in the 
Federal Register the antidumping duty order on certain hot-rolled 
carbon steel flat products from South Africa (66 FR 48242). On 
September 30, 2002, in accordance with Section 751(a) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the Act) and section 19 CFR 351.213(b) of the 
regulations, petitioners Bethlehem Steel Corporation, National Steel 
Corporation, and United States Steel Corporation requested a review of 
the antidumping duty order on certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat 
products from South Africa. On September 30, 2002, petitioner Nucor 
Corporation also requested a review of this antidumping duty order. On 
October 24, 2002, we published a notice of ``Initiation of Antidumping 
Review.'' See 67 FR 65336. On December 30, 2002, Iscor/Saldanha 
informed the Department it was unable to respond to the Department's 
questionnaire. On January 21, 2003, Highveld informed the Department 
that it was withdrawing its participation in the administrative review.
    On February 19, 2003, petitioners Bethlehem Steel Corporation, 
National Steel Corporation, and United States Steel Corporation 
submitted factual information and arguments for determining a new total 
facts available margin for respondents. On March 26, 2003, Highveld 
submitted comments contesting petitioners' methodology for updating 
Highveld's facts available margin. On May 20, 2003, Iscor/Saldanha also 
submitted comments contesting petitioners' methodology for updating the 
facts available margin.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and section 
351.213(h)(2) of the Department's regulations, the Department may 
extend the deadline for completion of the preliminary results of a 
review if it determines that it is not practicable to complete the 
preliminary results within the statutory time limit of 245 days from 
the last day of the anniversary month of the order for which the 
administrative review was requested. Because of the complexity and 
timing of certain issues in this case, it is not practicable to 
complete this review within the time limit mandated by section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. The Department requires additional time to 
evaluate information submitted by petitioners regarding the 
determination of facts available.
    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 limits for the preliminary results by 30 days, to 
no later than July 2, 2003.


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    Dated: June 2, 2003.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
[FR Doc. 03-14443 Filed 6-6-02; 8:45 am]
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