[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 82 (Friday, April 27, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25141-25142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-10239]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-428-815, A-580-816]
Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products From Germany and
South Korea: Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary and Final Results
of Third Antidumping Duty Sunset Reviews
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Effective Date: April 27, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis McClure or James Terpstra at
202-482-5973 or 202-482-3965, respectively, AD/CVD Operations, Office
3, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230.
Background
On January 3, 2012, the Department of Commerce (the Department)
initiated the third sunset reviews of the antidumping duty (AD) orders
on corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products (CORE) from Germany
and South Korea (Korea), pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (the Act). See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'')
Review, 77 FR 85 (January 3, 2012). Within the deadline specified in 19
CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i), the Department received notices of intent to
participate, in both sunset reviews, on behalf of United States Steel
Corporation, Nucor Corporation, and ArcelorMittal Steel USA
(collectively, domestic interested parties). Each claimed interested
party status under section 771(9)(C) of the Act, as a producer of
domestic like product. The Department received timely substantive
responses from the domestic interested parties. On February 22, 2012,
after analyzing the substantive and rebuttal responses of interested
parties, consistent with 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(A), the Department
determined to conduct expedited sunset reviews of these AD orders on
the basis that no respondent interested party submitted a substantive
response in either review.
On February 14, 2012, the Department published in the Federal
Register a notice entitled Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the
Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain
Antidumping Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February
14, 2012) (Final Modification for Reviews).
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In that notice, the Department announced the modification of its
methodology regarding the calculation of the weighted-average dumping
margins in certain segments of antidumping duty proceedings and stated
that it would apply to all sunset reviews for which preliminary or
final results were due more than 60 days after publication (i.e., April
16, 2012). On April 20, 2012, the Department reconsidered its
determination to conduct expedited sunset reviews of these orders and
determined to conduct full sunset reviews of the AD orders on CORE from
Germany and Korea. See Memorandum to Barbara E. Tillman, Acting Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations,
from Melissa G. Skinner, Director, Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations, Office 3, regarding ``Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping
Duty Orders on Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from
Germany and South Korea: Adequacy Redetermination Memorandum,'' (April
20, 2012). The preliminary results of these full sunset reviews are
currently due April 23, 2012.\1\
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\1\ The due date actually falls on April 22, 2012, which is a
weekend. Therefore, the deadline moves to the next business day
which is April 23, 2012. See Notice of Clarification: Application of
``Next Business Day'' Rule for Administrative Determination
Deadlines Pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930, As Amended; 70 FR
24533 (May 10, 2008).
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Extension of Time Limits
In accordance with section 751(c)(5)(B) of the Act, the Department
may extend the period of time for making its determination by not more
than 90 days, if it determines that the sunset review is
extraordinarily complicated. We determine that these AD sunset reviews
are extraordinarily complicated, pursuant to section 751(c)(5)(C) of
the Act, because of a large number of complex issues in each review
that the Department must analyze pursuant to the Final Modification for
Reviews
The preliminary results of these full sunset reviews of the AD
orders on CORE from Germany and Korea are currently scheduled for April
23, 2012, and the final results of these reviews are scheduled for
August 30, 2012. The Department is extending the deadlines for both the
preliminary and final results of these full sunset reviews. As a
result, the Department intends to issue the preliminary results of
these full sunset reviews of the AD orders on CORE from Germany and
Korea no later than July 21, 2012, and the final results of the reviews
no later than November 28, 2012. These dates are 90 days from the
original scheduled dates of the preliminary and final results of these
full sunset reviews.
This notice is issued in accordance with sections 751(c)(5)(B) and
(C)(v) of the Act.
Dated: April 20, 2012.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2012-10239 Filed 4-26-12; 8:45 am]
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