[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 40 (Thursday, February 28, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10743-10744]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-3786]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-836]


Notice of Postponement of Final Antidumping Duty Determination 
and Extension of Provisional Measures: Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe 
and Tube From Mexico

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 28, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angelica Mendoza, Patrick Edwards 
(PROLAMSA) or Judy Lao (Maquilacero), 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) 482-3019, (202) 482-8029, or 
(202) 482-7924, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On July 24, 2007, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the initiation of the antidumping duty investigations on 
imports of light-walled rectangular (LWR) pipe and tube from the 
Republic of Korea, Mexico, Turkey, and the People's Republic of China. 
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) (Initiation 
Notice). On January 30, 2008, the Department published its affirmative 
preliminary determination in this investigation. See Notice of 
Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Light-
Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube From Mexico, 73 FR 5515 (January 30, 
2008). This notice stated that the Department would issue its final 
determination no later than 75 days after the date on which the 
Department issued its preliminary determination.

Postponement of Final Determination

    Section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii) 
provide that a final determination may be postponed until no later than 
135 days after the date of the publication of the preliminary 
determination if, in the event of an affirmative preliminary 
determination, a request for such postponement is made by exporters who 
account for a significant portion of exports of the subject 
merchandise. Additionally, the Department's regulations, at 19 CFR

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351.210(e)(2)(ii), require that a request by a respondent for 
postponement of a final determination be accompanied by a request for 
extension of the provisional measures from a four-month period to not 
more than six months.
    On February 7, 2008, in accordance with section 735(a)(2)(A) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii), one of the two mandatory respondents, 
Maquilacero S.A. de C.V. (Maquilacero), requested that the Department: 
\1\ (1) Postpone the final determination, and (2) extend the 
provisional measures period from four months to a period not longer 
than six months. Accordingly, pursuant to section 735(a)(2)(A) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii), because: (1) The preliminary 
determination is affirmative; (2) the requesting exporter accounts for 
a significant portion of exports of the subject merchandise in this 
investigation and it requested the extension of the provisional 
measures; and (3) no compelling reasons for denial exist, we are 
postponing the final determination until no later than 135 days after 
the publication of the preliminary determination in the Federal 
Register (i.e., until no later than June 13, 2008). Suspension of 
liquidation will be extended accordingly.
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    \1\ Maquilacero stated in its February 7, 2008, letter that its 
counsel consulted with counsel for Productos Laminados de Monterrey, 
S.A. de C.V. (``Prolamsa'') and Prolamsa USA Inc., who consented to 
Maquilacero's request for postponement of the final determination.
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    This notice of postponement is published pursuant to sections 
735(a)(2) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(g).

     Dated: February 22, 2008.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration. 3
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