[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 114 (Friday, June 13, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35381-35382]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-14981]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-122-845; A-122-847; C-122-846; C-122-848]


Notice of Postponement of Final Antidumping Determinations and 
Extension of Provisional Measures and Postponement of Final 
Countervailing Duty Determinations: Certain Durum Wheat and Hard Red 
Spring Wheat from Canada

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: June 13, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie Santoboni (AD) or Geoffrey Craig 
(CVD), Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4194 and (202) 482-5256, 
respectively.

Postponement of Final Determinations and Extension of Provisional 
Measures

    On May 1, 2003, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
issued its affirmative preliminary determinations in the antidumping 
duty investigations of certain durum wheat and hard red spring wheat 
from Canada (see Notice of Preliminary Determinations of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value: Certain Durum Wheat and Hard Red Spring Wheat from 
Canada, 68 FR 24707 (May 8, 2003)). This notice stated we would issue 
our final determinations in these investigations within 75 days of the 
date of these preliminary determinations.
    On May 16, 2003, in accordance with section 735(a)(2)(A) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act'') and 19 CFR 
351.210(b)(2)(ii), the sole respondent in these investigations, the 
Canadian Wheat Board (``CWB''), requested a 37-day postponement of the 
final determinations in the antidumping duty investigations of durum 
wheat and hard red spring wheat from Canada. The CWB also requested 
that the Department extend provisional measures from four months for an 
additional 37 days, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.210(e)(2). Furthermore, the CWB reserved the right to request 
an additional extension of the final determinations for up to the full 
60 days, or 135 days after the publication date of the preliminary 
determinations, under section 735(a)(2) of the Act. Because the 
preliminary determinations for Canada were affirmative, the CWB's 
request serves as an adequate basis upon which the Department may 
extend the final determinations.
    As no compelling reason exists for denying the request for 
postponement, we are extending these final determinations to not later 
than 112 days after the date of publication of the preliminary 
determinations (i.e., not later than August 28, 2003). Suspension of 
liquidation will be extended accordingly.
    Further, because the final determinations in the countervailing 
duty investigations of durum wheat and hard red spring wheat from 
Canada have been aligned with the final determinations in the 
antidumping duty investigations of durum wheat and hard red spring 
wheat from Canada (see Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty 
Determinations and Alignment of Final Countervailing Duty 
Determinations With Final Antidumping Duty Determinations: Certain 
Durum Wheat and Hard Red Spring Wheat from Canada, 68 FR 11374 (March 
10, 2003)), we are postponing the final determinations in the 
countervailing duty investigations until August 28, 2003, accordingly.
    This notice of postponement is published pursuant to section 735(a) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(g).

    Dated: May 29, 2003.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-14981 Filed 6-12-03; 8:45 am]
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