Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate From France, India, Indonesia, Italy, and the Republic of Korea: Postponement of Time Limit for Countervailing Duty Investigations

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-427-817, C-533-818, C-560-806, C-475-827, C-580-837]

Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate From France,

India, Indonesia, Italy, and the Republic of Korea: Postponement of

Time Limit for Countervailing Duty Investigations

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Postponement of Time Limit for Preliminary

Determination of Countervailing Duty Investigations

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 29, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric Greynolds (France), at (202) 482-

6071; Robert Copyak (India), at (202) 482-2209; Kathleen Lockhard

(Indonesia), at (202) 482-1168; Kristen Johnson (Italy), at (202) 482-

4406; and Stephanie Moore (Republic of Korea), at (202) 482-3692,

Office of CVD/AD Enforcement VI, Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.

POSTPONEMENT OF PRELIMINARY DETERMINATIONS: On March 8, 1999, the

Department initiated the countervailing duty investigations on certain

cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate from France, India, Indonesia,

Italy, and the Republic of Korea. See Notice of Initiation of

Countervailing Duty Investigations: Certain Cut-To-Length Carbon-

Quality Steel Plate from France, India, Indonesia, Italy and the

Republic of Korea, 64 FR 12996 (March 16, 1999). The preliminary

determinations currently must be issued by May 12, 1999.

On April 19, 1999, Bethlehem Steel Corporation, U.S. Steel Group, a

unit of USX Corporation, Gulf States Steel, Inc., IPSCO Steel Inc., and

Tuscaloosa Steel Corporation (petitioners) made a timely request

pursuant to 19 CFR 351.205(e) of the Department's regulations for a

postponement of the preliminary determinations in accordance with

section 703(c)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

Petitioners requested a postponement because of the extraordinarily

complicated nature of these cases, the large number of foreign

producers involved, and to allow time for the Department to determine

the extent to which particular subsidies are being used.

For reasons identified by petitioners, we see no compelling reason

not to postpone the preliminary determinations. Therefore, we are

postponing the preliminary determinations under section 703(c)(1)(A) of

the Act. See Memorandum from Holly Kuga to Robert S. LaRussa, dated

April 21, 1999 (on file in the public file of the Central Records Unit,

Room B-099 of the Department of Commerce). We will make our preliminary

determinations in these investigations no later than July 16, 1999.

This notice of postponement is published pursuant to section

703(c)(2) of the Act.

Dated: April 21, 1999.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 99-10771 Filed 4-28-99; 8:45 am]

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