[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 147 (Wednesday, July 30, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 44220]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-17483]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-533-821]


Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Products From India: Extension of Time 
Limit for Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 30, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gayle Longest, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 4014, 14th Street and Constitution 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-3338.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On January 28, 2008, the U.S. Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published a notice of initiation of the administrative 
review of the countervailing duty order on hot-rolled carbon steel 
products from India covering the period January 1, 2007, through 
December 31, 2007. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 73 FR 
4829 (January 28, 2008). The preliminary results are currently due no 
later than September 1, 2008.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department to 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.
    Due to the complexity of the issues in this administrative review, 
such as the absence of exports during the POR and the petitioners' 
request for verification, we have determined that it is not practicable 
to complete the preliminary results within the 245-day period. 
Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, we are 
partially extending the time period for issuing the preliminary results 
of the review by 109 days. The preliminary results are now due no later 
than December 19, 2008. The final results continue to be due 120 days 
after publication of the preliminary results.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: July 24, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
 [FR Doc. E8-17483 Filed 7-29-08; 8:45 am]
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