[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 86 (Friday, May 2, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 24220]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-9725]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-816]


Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from the Republic 
of Korea: Extension of Time Limits for the Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cindy Robinson, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Ave, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3797.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 25, 2007, the U.S. Department of Commerce 
(``Department'') published a notice of initiation of the administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on corrosion-resistant carbon 
steel flat products from the Republic of Korea, covering the period 
August 1, 2006 to July 31, 2007. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation 
in Part, 72 FR 54428 (September 25, 2007). The preliminary results of 
this review are currently due no later than May 2, 2008.

Extension of Time Limit of Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires that the Department make a preliminary determination 
within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of an order 
for which a review is requested. Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act 
further states that if it is not practicable to complete the review 
within the time period specified, the administering authority may 
extend the 245-day period to issue its preliminary results to up to 365 
days.
    We determine that completion of the preliminary results of this 
review within the 245-day period is not practicable for the following 
reasons. This review covers four companies and one of the companies has 
requested revocation of the antidumping duty order in part, which 
requires the Department to gather and analyze a significant amount of 
information pertaining to the company's sales practices, manufacturing 
costs and corporate relationships. For the company which has requested 
partial revocation, the Department needs to conduct further analyses 
on, among other issues, commercial quantity and whether the evidence 
supports its claim of absence of dumping. Given the number and 
complexity of issues in this case, and in accordance with section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, we are fully extending the time period for 
issuing the preliminary results of review. Therefore, the preliminary 
results are now due no later than September 2, 2008, the next business 
day after 365 days after the last day of the anniversary month of the 
order. The final results continue to be due 120 days after publication 
of the preliminary results.
    This notice is published pursuant to sections 751(a)(3)(A) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: April 24, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-9725 Filed 5-1-08; 8:45 am]
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