[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 57 (Friday, March 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 15293]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-5956]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-580-851]


Dynamic Random Access Memory Semiconductors From the Republic of 
Korea: Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of the 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review

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

DATES:Effective Date: March 25, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT; Yasmin Bordas at (202) 482-3813; AD/
CVD Operations, Office 1; Import Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20230.

Background

    On September 22, 2004, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of administrative review of the countervailing duty order on 
dynamic random access memory semiconductors from the Republic of Korea, 
covering the period April 7, 2003, through December 31, 204. See 
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, (69 FR 56745). On September 
27, 2004, the petitioners alleged new subsidies. On November 30, 2004, 
the Department initiated an investigation of the alleged new subsidies. 
The preliminary results for this review are currently due no later than 
May 3, 2005.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department of Commerce (``Department'') to issue 
the preliminary results of an administrative review within 245 days 
after the last day of the anniversary month of an order for which a 
review is requested and the final results of review within 120 days 
after the date on which the preliminary results are published. 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.
    We are currently analyzing information provided by the respondent 
in this review. This administrative review is extraordinarily 
complicated due to the complexity of the countervailable subsidy 
practices found in the investigation and the new subsidy allegations. 
Because the Department requires additional time to review, analyze, and 
possibly verify the information, and to issue supplemental 
questionnaires, if necessary, it is not practicable to complete this 
review within the originally anticipated time limit (i.e., by May 3, 
2004). Therefore, the Department is extending the time limit for 
completion of the preliminary results to not later than August 31, 
2005, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: March 21, 2005.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 05-5956 Filed 3-24-05; 8:45 am]
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