[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 132 (Monday, July 12, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 41785]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-15730]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-485-806]


Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From Romania: 
Notice of Extension of Time Limit of Preliminary Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review

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

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

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the 
preliminary results in the antidumping duty administrative review of 
certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products (hot-rolled steel) from 
Romania covering the period November 1, 2002, through October 31, 2003. 
This extension is made pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 12, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher C. Welty at (202) 482-0186 
or Charles Riggle at (202) 482-0650, AD/CVD Enforcement, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20230.

Background

    On December 24, 2003, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
hot-rolled steel from Romania, covering the period November 1, 2002 
through October 31, 2003. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 68 FR 74550. The 
preliminary results for this review are currently due no later than 
August 2, 2004.
    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act requires the Department to complete 
the preliminary results of review within 245 days after the last day of 
the anniversary month of an order or finding for which a review is 
requested and the final results within 120 days after the date on which 
the preliminary results are published. 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 time limit for the 
preliminary results to a maximum of 365 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of an order or finding for which a review is 
requested and for the final results to 180 days (or 300 days if the 
Department does not extend the time limit for the preliminary results) 
from the date of publication of the preliminary results.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Review

    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary 
results of this review within the original time limit due to the 
complex nature of this review. Specifically, on March 10, 2003, the 
Department reclassified Romania as a market economy effective January 
1, 2003, for the purposes of antidumping and countervailing duty 
proceedings. Because this review covers the period November 1, 2002, 
through October 31, 2003, the Department has determined to conduct a 
simultaneous split review, applying its non-market-economy methodology 
to the period November 1 through December 31, 2003, and its market-
economy methodology from January 1 through October 31, 2003. 
Accordingly, the Department is analyzing both market-economy and non-
market-economy questionnaire responses. Therefore, the Department is 
extending the time limit for completion of the preliminary results 
until no later than November 29, 2004. We intend to issue the final 
results no later than 120 days after publication of notice of the 
preliminary results.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

    Dated: July 6, 2004.
Jeffrey A. May,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group I.
[FR Doc. 04-15730 Filed 7-9-04; 8:45 am]
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