Structural Steel Beams From the Republic of Korea; Postponement of Preliminary Determination of Countervailing Duty Investigation

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-580-842]

Structural Steel Beams From the Republic of Korea; Postponement

of Preliminary Determination of Countervailing Duty Investigation

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Determination of

Countervailing Duty Investigation.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: October 4, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tipten Troidl at (202) 482-1767 and

Eric B. Greynolds at (202) 482-6071, 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 DETERMINATION: On July 27, 1999, the

Department initiated the countervailing duty investigation of

structural steel beams from the Republic of Korea. See Notice of

Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation: Structural Steel Beams

from the Republic of Korea, 64 FR 42088 (August 3, 1999). The

preliminary determination currently must be issued by September 30,

1999.

On September 3, 1999 Northwestern Steel & Wire Company, Nucor-

Yamato Steel Company, and TXI-Chaparral Steel, Inc. (petitioners) made

a timely request pursuant to 19 CFR 351.205(e) for a postponement of

the preliminary determination in accordance with section 703(c)(1) of

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Petitioners requested a

postponement because of the complicated nature of the case, to allow

petitioners adequate time to analyze submitted responses, 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 determination. See Memorandum from

Bernard Carreau to Robert S. LaRussa, dated September 15, 1999 (on file

in the public file of the Central Records Unit, Room B-099 of the

Department of Commerce). Therefore, we are postponing the preliminary

determinations under section 703(c)(1)(A) of the Act. We will make our

preliminary determination in this investigation no later than December

6, 1999.

This notice of postponement is published pursuant to section

703(c)(2) of the Act.

Dated: September 24, 1999.

Bernard T. Carreau,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 99-25618 Filed 10-1-99; 8:45 am]

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