[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 209 (Friday, October 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 63140]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-2916]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-580-816)


Corrosion Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from Korea: 
Extension of Time Limits for the Final Results of Antidumping 
Administrative Review and New Shipper Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 29, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Mark Young at (202) 482-6397, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office III, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department to issue (1) the preliminary results of a 
review within 245 days after the last day of the month in which occurs 
the anniversary of the date of publication of an order or finding for 
which a review is requested, and (2) the final results within 120 days 
after the date on which the preliminary results are published. However, 
if it is not practicable to complete the review within that time 
period, 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 and 
the final results to a maximum of 180 days (or 300 days if the 
Department does not extend the time limit for the preliminary results) 
from the date of the publication of the preliminary results. See also 
19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).

Background

    On September 30, 2003, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order 
on corrosion resistant carbon steel flat products from Korea, covering 
the period August 1, 2002 to July 31, 2003 (68 FR 56262). On October 3, 
2003, the Department published a notice of initiation of new shipper 
antidumping duty review on the aforementioned subject merchandise and 
covering the same period (68 FR 57423). On March 4, 2004, the 
Department fully extended the preliminary results of the aforementioned 
administrative review by 120 days (69 FR 10203). On March 24, 2004, the 
Department fully extended the new shipper review by 120 days (69 FR 
13812). On April 15, 2004, the Department aligned the new shipper 
review with the current administrative review, further extending the 
preliminary results of the new shipper review until August 30, 2004. 
See Memorandum to the File from Paul Walker, re: Request for Alignment 
of Annual and New Shipper Reviews, a public document on file in the 
Central Records Unit room B099 in the main Commerce Building. On 
September 7, 2004, the Department published the preliminary results of 
its reviews (69 FR 54101). The final results of these reviews are 
currently due no later than January 5, 2005.

Extension of Final Results of Reviews

    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the final 
results of these reviews within the original time limit, because the 
Department recently decided that it is necessary to conduct 
verifications of one or more of the respondents in the abovementioned 
reviews. Thus, the Department needs additional time to complete these 
verifications and incorporate its findings in the final results of 
these reviews. Therefore, we are extending the deadline for the final 
results of the above-referenced reviews until March 7, 2005.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).

    Dated: October 25, 2004.
Jeffrey A. May,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E4-2916 Filed 10-28-04; 8:45 am]
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