[Federal Register: November 24, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 226)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-580-841 and A-588-852]

 
Structural Steel Beams From South Korea and Japan; Notice of 
Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in Antidumping Duty 
Investigations

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

ACTION: Notice of postponement of preliminary determinations for 
antidumping duty investigations of structural steel beams from South 
Korea and Japan.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is postponing 
the preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty investigations 
of structural steel beams from South Korea and Japan. These 
investigations cover nine manufacturers and exporters of the subject 
merchandise (two from South Korea and seven from Japan) during the 
period July 1, 1998 through June 30, 1999.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 24, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Doyle (Japan), at (202) 482-0159 
and Rick Johnson (South Korea), at (202) 482-3818, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
20230.

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations

    On August 3, 1999, the Department initiated antidumping duty 
investigations of imports of structural steel beams from Germany, 
Spain, Japan and South Korea. The notice of initiation stated that we 
would issue our preliminary determinations by December 14, 1999. See 64 
FR 42084 (August 3, 1999).
    On September 1, 1999, the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled 
that there was no reasonable indication that an industry in the United 
States is materially injured or threatened with material injury, or 
that the establishment of an industry in the United States is 
materially injured or threatened with material injury, or that the 
establishment of an industry in the United States is materially 
retarded, by reason of imports from Germany and Spain of certain 
structural steel beams. See Certain Structural Steel Beams From 
Germany, Japan, Korea, and Spain, 64 FR 47866 (September 1, 1999). 
Hence, in accordance with section 351.207(d) of the Department's 
regulations, the investigations regarding structural steel beam imports 
from Germany and Spain are automatically terminated.
    On November 2, 1999, petitioners made a timely request pursuant to 
19 CFR 351.205(e) for a 50 day postponement, pursuant to section 
733(c)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (``the Act''), as amended by the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act. Petitioners stated that a postponement of 
the preliminary determinations is necessary in order to give the 
Department time to address the complicated issues in the Korean 
investigations. Also, petitioners requested that the Department 
postpone the preliminary determination for Japan to keep the 
investigations aligned.
    Therefore, the Department is postponing the preliminary 
determinations of the Japanese and Korean investigations by 50 days, to 
February 2, 2000.
    This notice is published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) of the Act 
and 19 CFR 351.205(f).

    Dated: November 16, 1999.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD Enforcement Group III.
[FR Doc. 99-30669 Filed 11-23-99; 8:45 am]
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