[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 45 (Monday, March 8, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10656-10657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-5141]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-836]


Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate Products from 
the Republic of Korea: Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 8, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Pedersen or Howard Smith, AD/CVD 
Enforcement, Office IV, Group II, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 
482-2769 or (202) 482-5193, respectively.

TIME LIMITS:

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department of Commerce (the Department) to make a 
preliminary determination within 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of an order or 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 these time periods, section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the Department to extend the 245-day 
time limit for the preliminary determination to a maximum of 365 days 
and the time limit for the final determination to 180 days (or 300 days 
if the Department does not extend the time limit for the preliminary 
determination) from the date of publication of the preliminary 
determination.

Background

    On March 25, 2003, the Department initiated an administrative 
review of certain cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate products 
(steel plate) from the Republic of Korea, covering the period February 
1, 2002 through January 31, 2003. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation 
in Part, 68 FR 14394 (March 25, 2003). On November 6, 2003, the 
Department published in the Federal Register the preliminary results of 
the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on steel plate 
from Korea. See Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate 
Products From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results and Rescission 
in Part of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 68 FR 62770 
(November 6, 2003). The final results are currently due no later than 
March 5, 2004.

Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of Review

    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the final 
results of this review within the original time limit. Therefore, the 
Department is extending the time limit for completion of the final 
results by 60 days until no later than May 4, 2004. See Decision 
Memorandum from Thomas F. Futtner to Holly A. Kuga, dated concurrently 
with this notice, which is on file in the

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Central Records Unit, Room B-099 of the Department's main building.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

    Dated: March 2, 2004.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group II.
[FR Doc. 04-5141 Filed 3-5-04; 8:45 am]
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