[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 146 (Wednesday, July 30, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44744-44745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-19429]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-533-821]


Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From India: 
Extension of Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review

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

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 30, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tipten Troidl, Office of AD/CVD 
Enforcement VI, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Ave, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2786.

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department to make a preliminary determination 
within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of an 
order/finding for which a review is requested and a final determination 
within 120 days after the date on which the preliminary determination 
is published. However, if it is not practicable to complete the review 
within the time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the 
Department to extend these deadlines to a maximum of 365 days and 180 
days, respectively.

Background

    On January 22, 2003, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of administrative review of the countervailing duty order on 
certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from India, covering the 
period April 20, 2001, through December 31, 2002 (see 68 FR 3009). The 
preliminary results are currently due no later than September 2, 2003.

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Extension of Preliminary Results of Review

    In this administrative review, we are currently reviewing new 
subsidy allegations; including: debt forgiveness, debt restructuring, 
suspension of interest payments, and debt-to-equity conversions. In 
addition, we are reviewing numerous programs found countervailable 
during the original investigation. In order to complete our analysis, 
we not only require additional information, but also additional time. 
See July 24, 2003, Memorandum to Holly A. Kuga, Acting Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, RE: Extension of Preliminary Results: Certain Hot-Rolled 
Carbon Steel Flat Products from India. As a result, it is not 
practicable to complete the preliminary results of this review within 
the original time limit. Therefore, the Department is extending the 
time limits for completion of the preliminary results until no later 
than December 31, 2003.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

    Dated: July 24, 2003.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-19429 Filed 7-29-03; 8:45 am]
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