Postponement of Final Antidumping Determinations: Stainless Steel Plate in Coils From Canada, Italy, Republic of Korea, South Africa and Taiwan

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-122-830, A-475-822, A-580-831, A-791-805, A-583-830]

Postponement of Final Antidumping Determinations: Stainless Steel

Plate in Coils From Canada, Italy, Republic of Korea, South Africa and

Taiwan

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen Kramer or Linda Ludwig, Import

Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20230;

telephone (202) 482-0405 or (202) 482-3833, respectively.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 18, 1998.

The Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of

1930, as amended (``the Act''), are references to the provisions

effective January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to

the Act by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (``URAA''). In addition,

all citations to the Department's regulations are to the regulations at

19 CFR part 351 (1998).

Postponement of Final Determinations

The Department received requests pursuant to section 735(a)(2) of

the Act to postpone its final determination to 135 days after

publication of the Department's preliminary determination from the

following producers/exporters of the subject merchandise:

September 30, 1998--Yieh United Steel Corp. (Taiwan)

October 29, 1998--Pohang Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. (Korea)

November 2, 1998--Atlas Stainless Steels (Sammi Atlas)

(Canada).

In November 1998, these respondents amended their requests to

include a concurrent extension of the provisional measures (i.e.,

suspension of liquidation) for the same period, in accordance with the

Department's regulations (19 CFR 351.210(e)(2)). The following

additional respondents also requested postponement and extension of the

provisional measures:

November 5, 1998--Columbus Stainless (South Africa)

November 16, 1998--Acciai Speciali Terni S.p.A.; Acciai

Speciali Terni USA, Inc. (Italy).

In addition, on November 4, 1998, petitioners requested

postponement of the final determination for 60 days if the preliminary

determination with respect to Taiwan is amended and results in a

negative determination. On November 27, 1998, the amended preliminary

determination was signed but continued to be affirmative. Therefore, in

accordance with 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii), because (1) our preliminary

determinations are affirmative, (2) respondents requesting a

postponement account for a significant proportion of exports from their

respective countries of the subject merchandise, and (3) no compelling

reasons for denial exist, we are granting the respondents' requests and

are postponing the final determinations to no later than March 19,

1999, which is 135 days after the publication of the preliminary

determinations. See Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at

Less than Fair Value: Stainless Steel Plate in Coils from Canada, 63 FR

59527; Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less than Fair

Value: Stainless Steel Plate in Coils from Italy, 63 FR 59530; Notice

of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less than Fair Value:

Stainless Steel Plate in Coils from the Republic of Korea, 63 FR 59535;

Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less than Fair Value:

Stainless Steel Plate in Coils from South Africa, 63 FR 59540; and

Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less than Fair Value:

Stainless Steel Plate in Coils from Taiwan, 63 FR 59524 (November 4,

1998). Suspension of liquidation will be extended accordingly.

This notice of postponement is published pursuant to 19 CFR

351.210(g).

Dated: December 11, 1998.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 98-33605 Filed 12-17-98; 8:45 am]

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