[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 229 (Tuesday, December 1, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62744-62745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-28750]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-351-828)


Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon Quality Steel Products From 
Brazil; Notice of Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 1, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Edwards or Dena Crossland, 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-
8029 or (202) 482-3362, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 27, 2009, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published a notice of initiation of administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain hot-rolled flat-rolled carbon quality 
steel products from Brazil. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation 
in Part, 74 FR 19042 (April 27, 2009). The period of review is March 1, 
2008, through February 28, 2009, and the preliminary results are 
currently due no later than December 1, 2009. The review covers entries 
of subject merchandise produced/exported by Usinas Siderurgicas de 
Minas Gerais (USIMINAS) and Companhia Siderurgica Paulista (COSIPA).\1\
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    \1\ In prior segments of this proceeding, the Department treated 
USIMINAS and COSIPA as affiliated parties and collapsed these 
entities. See, e.g., Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value; Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel 
Products from Brazil, 64 FR 38756, 38759 (July 19, 1999), and the 
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 17.

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Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act), the Department shall make a preliminary determination in an 
administrative review of an antidumping order within 245 days after the 
last day of the anniversary month of the date of publication of the 
order. Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act further provides, however, that 
the Department may extend the 245-day period up to 365 days if it 
determines it is not practicable to complete the review within the 
foregoing time period. We determine that it is not practicable to 
complete this administrative review within the time limits mandated by 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act due to the complexity of the issues 
involved and the need to solicit more information from USIMINAS, 
regarding its affiliations and certain components of its claimed 
expenses and their calculation. Therefore, we have fully extended the 
deadline for completing the preliminary results by 120 days, to not 
later than March 31, 2010, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Act. The deadline for the final results of the review continues to 
be 120 days after the publication of the preliminary results.
    This extension notice is published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: November 23, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. E9-28750 Filed 11-30-09; 8:45 am]
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