[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 121 (Monday, June 23, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35368-35369]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-14124]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-489-807)


Certain Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars from Turkey; Notice of 
Extension of Time Limits for Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 23, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irina Itkin, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
2, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-0656.

Background

    The Department of Commerce (the Department) published an 
antidumping duty order on certain steel concrete reinforcing bars 
(rebar) from Turkey on April 17, 1997. See Antidumping Duty Order: 
Certain Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars From Turkey, 62 FR 18748 (April 
17, 1997). On May 30, 2007, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of an administrative review of the order on rebar from 
Turkey for the period April 1, 2006, through March 31, 2007. See 
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 72 FR 29968 (May 30, 2007). 
The review covers four producers/exporters of the subject merchandise 
to the United States: Ekinciler Demir ve Celik Sanayi A.S./Ekinciler 
Dis Ticaret A.S., Habas Sinai ve Tibbi Gazlar Istihsal Endustrisi A.S., 
Izmir Demir Celik Sanayi A.S, and Nursan Celik Sanayi ve Haddecilik, 
A.S./Nursan Dis Ticaret A.S.
    On May 5, 2008, the Department published the preliminary results of 
the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on rebar from 
Turkey. See Certain Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars from Turkey; 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and 
Notice of Intent to Revoke in Part, 73 FR 24535 (May 5, 2008). The 
final results are currently due no later than September 2, 2008.

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Extension of the Time Limit for Final Results of Administrative Review

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, (the 
Act) requires the Department to issue the final results in an 
administrative review within 120 days of the publication date of the 
preliminary results. 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 a 
maximum of 180 days after the date on which the preliminary results are 
published. The Department has determined that completion of the final 
results of this review within the original time period is not 
practicable because the Department requires additional time to complete 
analysis of several complex issues, including certain cost issues for 
one respondent and a revocation request for another respondent. 
Therefore, the Department is fully extending the time limit for 
completion of the final results of the administrative review. The final 
results are now due no later than November 3, 2008, the next business 
day after 180 days from publication of the preliminary results.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: June 17, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-14124 Filed 6-20-08; 8:45 am]
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