[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 14 (Tuesday, January 23, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 2859]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-930]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-580-844


Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars 
from the Republic of Korea

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 23, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terre Keaton Stefanova or Katherine 
Johnson, AD/CVD Operations, Office 2, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14\th\ 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-1280 or 202-482-4929, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On October 10, 2006, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published in the Federal Register the preliminary results of the 2004 - 
2005 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on steel 
concrete reinforcing bars from the Republic of Korea. See Steel 
Concrete Reinforcing Bar From The Republic of Korea: Notice of 
Preliminary Results and Preliminary Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review, 71 FR 59440 (October 10, 2006). The final 
results for this administrative review are currently due no later than 
February 7, 2007.

Extension of Time Limits for Final Results of Review

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department to issue the final results of the 
review of an antidumping duty order within 120 days after the date on 
which the preliminary results are published in the Federal Register. 
However, if it is not practicable to complete the review within this 
time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the Department to 
extend the time limit for the final results to 180 days from the date 
of publication of the preliminary results.
    The Department finds that it is not practicable to complete the 
final results of this review within the original time limit. Due to the 
complexity of the issue raised by the petitioners in its case brief 
regarding the respondents' reporting of yield strength, a model-match 
characteristic, the Department requires additional time to properly 
analyze this issue. Therefore, we are fully extending the deadline for 
the final results of this review until no later than April 9, 2007, the 
next business day after 180 days from publication of the preliminary 
results, 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), 751(a)(3)(A), and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: January 17, 2007.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-930 Filed 1-22-07; 8:45 am]
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