Postponement of Final Determination of Antidumping Duty Investigation of Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel From the Russian Federation

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-821-809]

Postponement of Final Determination of Antidumping Duty

Investigation of Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel From the

Russian Federation

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit for final determination of

antidumping duty investigation.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the

time limit for the final determination in the antidumping duty

investigation of hot-rolled flat-rolled carbon-quality steel (Hot-

Rolled Steel) from the Russian Federation (Russia).

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 10, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lyn Baranowski or Rick Johnson at

(202) 482-3208 or 482-3818, respectively; Office of AD/CVD Enforcement,

Group III, Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade

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

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20230.

The Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 1930

(the Act), as amended, 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 Determination and Extension of Provisional

Measures

On February 25, 1999, the affirmative preliminary determination was

published in this proceeding (see Notice of Preliminary Determination

of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality

Steel Products From the Russian Federation, 64 FR 9312). Pursuant to

section 735(a)(2) of the Act, on March 4, 1999, respondent JSC

Severstal (Severstal) requested that the Department extend the final

determination in this case for the full sixty days permitted by

statute. Severstal also requested an extension of the provisional

measures (i.e., suspension of liquidation) period from four to six

months in accordance with the Department's regulations (19 CFR

351.210(e)(2)). Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii),

on May 6, 1999, we partially extended this final determination until

June 10, 1999 (see Postponement of Final Determination of Antidumping

Duty Investigation of Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel From

the Russian Federation, 64 FR 24329). Due to complex and contentious

issues associated with this final determination, this notice serves to

fully extend this final determination until no later than 135 days

after the date of publication of the preliminary determination as

originally requested by the respondents, i.e., until July 10, 1999.

Suspension of liquidation will be extended accordingly.

This notice of postponement is published pursuant to 19 CFR

351.210(g).

Dated: June 4, 1999.

Richard W. Moreland,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 99-14781 Filed 6-9-99; 8:45 am]

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