[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 190 (Tuesday, October 2, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56052-56053]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-19433]


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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 Final Results of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 2, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shane Subler at (202) 482-0189 or 
David Neubacher at (202) 482-5823; AD/CVD Operations, Office 1, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
20230.

Background

    On September 29, 2006, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published a notice of initiation of administrative review of the 
countervailing duty order on dynamic random access memory 
semiconductors (DRAMS) from the Republic of Korea, covering the period 
January 1, 2005, through December 31, 2005. See Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 71 FR 57465 
(September 29, 2006). On December 11, 2006, the petitioner, Micron 
Technology, Inc., alleged that the respondent, Hynix Semiconductor, 
Inc. (Hynix), received new subsidies. The Department published the 
preliminary results of this administrative review on September 10, 
2007. See Dynamic Random Access Memory Semiconductors from the Republic 
of Korea: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review, 72 FR 51609 (September 10, 2007).

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the 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.

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Extension of Time Limit for Final Results

    We find that it is not practicable to complete the final results of 
this review within the original time limits. First, the Department 
intends to verify the responses of Hynix and the Government of Korea 
(GOK) in November 2007. Second, the petitioner has raised several 
complex issues during this administrative review. For example, based on 
new factual information, the petitioner asked the Department to 
reconsider the timing of the benefit of a previously countervailed 
debt-to-equity swap. The petitioner also alleged in this review that 
Hynix received countervailable benefits from a duty reduction program 
on imports of equipment for factory automation. Because of the 
verification and the complexity of these issues, it is not practicable 
to complete this review by the original deadline of January 8, 2008. 
Therefore, the Department is extending the time limit for completion of 
the final results to not later than March 10, 2008, 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.\1\
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    \1\ We note that Saturday, March 8, 2008, is 180 days after 
September 10, 2007, the publication date for the preliminary 
results. When a deadline falls on a weekend, the Department's 
practice is to use the next business day as the appropriate 
deadline. See Notice of Clarification: Application of 
Next Business Day Rule for Administrative 
Determination Deadlines Pursuant to the Act, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 
2005).

    Dated: September 25, 2007.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-19433 Filed 10-1-07; 8:45 am]
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