[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 210 (Wednesday, October 29, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64303-64304]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-25825]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-549-817


Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from Thailand: 
Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of Changed Circumstances 
Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is 
extending the time limit for the final results of the changed 
circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on certain hot-
rolled carbon steel flat products (``hot-rolled steel'') from Thailand. 
The period of review is October 1, 2005, through September 30, 2006. 
This extension is made pursuant to 19 CFR 351.216(e).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Drury or Angelica Mendoza, 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) 482-0195 
or (202) 482-3019, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BACKGROUND: On November 29, 2001, the 
Department published the antidumping duty order on hot-rolled steel 
from Thailand. See Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon 
Steel Flat Products From Thailand, 66 FR 59562 (November 29, 2001) 
(``Hot-Rolled Steel Order''). In November 2004, in the course of the 
2003 - 2004 administrative review, Sahaviriya Steel Industries Public 
Company Limited (``SSI'') requested revocation of the Hot-Rolled Steel 
Order with respect to its sales of subject merchandise. See Certain 
Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From Thailand; Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Intent to

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Revoke and Rescind in Part, 70 FR 73197 (December 9, 2005).
    In its revocation request, SSI agreed to immediate reinstatement in 
the Hot-Rolled Steel Order, so long as any producer or reseller is 
subject to the order, should the Department determine that SSI ``sold 
the subject merchandise at less than normal value.'' See SSI's November 
30, 2004, letter to the Department requesting revocation. On May 17, 
2006, the Department revoked the antidumping duty order with respect to 
SSI after having determined that SSI sold the merchandise at not less 
than normal value for a period of at least three consecutive years.\1\ 
See Revocation.
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    \1\ The three administrative reviews forming the basis of the 
revocation are: 1) the May 3, 2001, through October 31, 2002, 
review, Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From Thailand: 
Final Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 69 FR 19388 (April 13, 2004); 2) the November 
1, 2002, through October 31, 2003, review, Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon 
Steel Flat Products from Thailand: Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 69 FR 18349 (April 7, 2004); and 3) the 
November 1, 2003, through October 31, 2004, review, Certain Hot-
Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from Thailand: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Partial Revocation of 
Antidumping Duty Order and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 71 FR 28659 (May 17, 2006)(``Revocation'').
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    As the result of an adequate allegation from a domestic interested 
party in this proceeding (i.e., United States Steel Corporation), the 
Department, pursuant to section 751(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (``the Act''), is now conducting a changed circumstances review 
to determine whether SSI has resumed dumping hot-rolled steel and 
whether the antidumping order should be reinstated for hot-rolled steel 
from Thailand manufactured and exported by SSI. See Initiation of 
Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review: Certain Hot-Rolled 
Carbon Steel Flat Products from Thailand, 73 FR 18766 (April 7, 2008).

Extension of Time Limits for Final Results

    Under 19 CFR 351.216(e), the Department will issue the final 
results of a changed circumstances review within 270 days after the 
date on which the Department initiates the changed circumstances 
review. Currently, the final results of this antidumping duty changed 
circumstances review on hot-rolled steel from Thailand are due by 
December 23, 2008. Due to the nature of this changed circumstances 
review and the complexities of the issues, the Department finds that it 
is not practicable to complete the review within this time period. 
Moreover, the Department plans to conduct verification of SSI's sales 
responses. As a result, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.302(b), we are extending 
the time limit for completion of the review by 120 days. See Certain 
Pasta from Italy: Notice of Extension of Final Results of Antidumping 
Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 73 FR 46871 (August 12, 2008), and 
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film Sheet and Strip from the Republic of 
Korea: Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of Changed 
Circumstances Review, 73 FR 6931 (February 6, 2008). Therefore, the 
final results will be due no later than April 22, 2009. The Department 
intends to issue the preliminary results of the changed circumstances 
review no later than December 23, 2008.
    This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(b) and 
771(i) of the Act.

    Dated: October 23, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-25825 Filed 10-28-08; 8:45 am]
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