[Federal Register: October 29, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 209)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
(A-580-816)
Corrosion Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from Korea:
Extension of Time Limits for the Final Results of Antidumping
Administrative Review and New Shipper Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 29, 2004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Young at (202) 482-6397, AD/CVD
Operations, Office III, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Statutory Time Limits
Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act), requires the Department to issue (1) the preliminary results of a
review within 245 days after the last day of the month in which occurs
the anniversary of the date of publication of an order or finding for
which a review is requested, and (2) the final results within 120 days
after the date on which the preliminary results are published. However,
if it is not practicable to complete the review within that time
period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the Department to extend
the time limit for the preliminary results to a maximum of 365 days and
the final results to a maximum of 180 days (or 300 days if the
Department does not extend the time limit for the preliminary results)
from the date of the publication of the preliminary results. See also
19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).
Background
On September 30, 2003, the Department published a notice of
initiation of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order
on corrosion resistant carbon steel flat products from Korea, covering
the period August 1, 2002 to July 31, 2003 (68 FR 56262). On October 3,
2003, the Department published a notice of initiation of new shipper
antidumping duty review on the aforementioned subject merchandise and
covering the same period (68 FR 57423). On March 4, 2004, the
Department fully extended the preliminary results of the aforementioned
administrative review by 120 days (69 FR 10203). On March 24, 2004, the
Department fully extended the new shipper review by 120 days (69 FR
13812). On April 15, 2004, the Department aligned the new shipper
review with the current administrative review, further extending the
preliminary results of the new shipper review until August 30, 2004.
See Memorandum to the File from Paul Walker, re: Request for Alignment
of Annual and New Shipper Reviews, a public document on file in the
Central Records Unit room B099 in the main Commerce Building. On
September 7, 2004, the Department published the preliminary results of
its reviews (69 FR 54101). The final results of these reviews are
currently due no later than January 5, 2005.
Extension of Final Results of Reviews
We determine that it is not practicable to complete the final
results of these reviews within the original time limit, because the
Department recently decided that it is necessary to conduct
verifications of one or more of the respondents in the abovementioned
reviews. Thus, the Department needs additional time to complete these
verifications and incorporate its findings in the final results of
these reviews. Therefore, we are extending the deadline for the final
results of the above-referenced reviews until March 7, 2005.
This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).
Dated: October 25, 2004.
Jeffrey A. May,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E4-2916 Filed 10-28-04; 8:45 am]