[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 159 (Monday, August 18, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 49436]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21060]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-351-837, A-533-828, A-580-852]


Notice of Postponement of Final Antidumping Duty Determinations 
and Extension of Provisional Measures: Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire 
Strand From Brazil, India, and the Republic of Korea

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 18, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tisha Loeper-Viti at (202) 482-7425, 
AD/CVD Enforcement, Office 5, Group II, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.

Postponement of Final Determinations:

    The Department of Commerce (the Department) is postponing the final 
determinations in the antidumping duty investigations of prestressed 
concrete steel wire strand from Brazil, India, and the Republic of 
Korea.
    On July 17, 2003, the Department published its affirmative 
preliminary determinations in these antidumping duty investigations. 
See Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value: Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from Brazil, 68 FR 42386 
(July 17, 2003), Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value: Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from India, 68 
FR 42389 (July 17, 2003), and Notice of Preliminary Determination of 
Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand 
from Republic of Korea, 68 FR 42393 (July 17, 2003). These notices 
stated that the Department would issue its final determinations no 
later than 75 days after the date on which the Department issued its 
preliminary determinations.
    Section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, (the 
Act) and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii) provide that a final determination 
may be postponed until not later than 135 days after the date of the 
publication of the preliminary determination if, in the event of an 
affirmative preliminary determination, a request for such postponement 
is made by exporters who account for a significant proportion of 
exports of the subject merchandise. Additionally, the Department's 
regulations, at 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2)(ii), require that requests by 
respondents for postponement of a final determination be accompanied by 
a request for an extension of the provisional measures from a four-
month period to not more than six months.
    On July 31, 2003, in accordance with section 735(a)(2)(A) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii), Tata Iron and Steel Co. Ltd., the 
sole respondent in the investigation involving India, requested that 
the Department postpone its final determination in that case. On August 
4, 2003, Korean Iron and Steel Wire, Ltd. (Kiswire Ltd.) and Dong-Il 
Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd., two Korean producers/exporters selected 
as mandatory respondents, requested that the Department postpone its 
final determination involving the Republic of Korea. On August 6, 2003, 
Belgo Bekaert Arames S.A., the sole Brazilian producer and mandatory 
respondent, requested that the Department postpone its final 
determination in the case involving Brazil. These parties requested 
that the Department fully extend the provisional measures by 60 days in 
accordance with sections 773(d) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2). 
Accordingly, pursuant to section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.210(b)(2)(ii), because: (1) These preliminary determinations are 
affirmative; (2) the requesting exporters or producers account for a 
significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise in their 
respective investigations; and (3) no compelling reasons for denial 
exist, we are postponing the final determinations until no later than 
135 days after the publication of the preliminary determinations in the 
Federal Register (i.e., until no later than December 1, 2003). 
Suspension of liquidation will be extended accordingly.
    This notice of postponement is published pursuant to section 735(a) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(g).

    Dated: August 12, 2003.
James J. Jochum,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-21060 Filed 8-15-03; 8:45 am]
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