[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 14, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 64044]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-22274]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-836, A-489-815, A-580-859]


Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Mexico, Turkey, and 
the Republic of Korea: Postponement of Preliminary Determination of 
Antidumping Duty Investigations

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 14, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert James or David Cordell, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0649 and (202) 482-0408, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Postponement of Preliminary Determination

    On July 17, 2007, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated the antidumping duty investigations of light-walled 
rectangular pipe and tube from Mexico, Turkey, and the Republic of 
Korea. See Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigations: Light-Walled 
Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Republic of Korea, Mexico, Turkey, and 
the People's Republic of China, 72 FR 40274 (July 24, 2007). The notice 
of initiation stated that the Department would issue its preliminary 
determinations for these investigations no later than 140 days after 
the date of issuance of the initiation (i.e., December 4, 2007) in 
accordance with section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act).
    On October 19, 2007, the petitioners, Allied Tube and Conduit, 
Atlas Tube, Bull Moose Tube Company, California Steel and Tube, 
EXLTUBE,\1\ Hannibal Industries, Leavitt Tube Company, Maruichi 
American Corporation, Searing Industries, Southland Tube, Vest Inc., 
Welded Tube, and Western Tube and Conduit (the petitioners) made a 
timely request pursuant to 19 CFR 351.205(e) for a postponement of the 
preliminary determination with respect to Mexico, Turkey, and the 
Republic of Korea. The petitioners requested postponement of the 
preliminary determinations with respect to these three countries 
because the investigations are extraordinarily complicated given the 
number of concurrent investigations of the subject merchandise, the 
complexity of the transactions to be investigated, and the novelty of 
the issues presented including targeted dumping and the offset of 
positive margins by negative margins.
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    \1\ EXLTUBE is not a petitioner with respect to Mexico.
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    For the reasons identified by the petitioner and because there are 
no compelling reasons to deny the request, the Department is postponing 
the deadline for the preliminary determinations with respect to Mexico, 
Turkey, and the Republic of Korea pursuant to section 733(c)(1)(A) of 
the Act by 50 days to January 23, 2008. The deadline for the final 
determination will continue to be 75 days after the date of the 
preliminary determination, unless extended.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: November 6, 2007.
Stephen Claeys,
Acting Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-22274 Filed 11-13-07; 8:45 am]
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