Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from Korea: Extension of Time Limits for the Final Results of Antidumping Administrative Review

AGENCY:

Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

December 5, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Victoria Cho at (202) 482-5075, AD/CVD Operations, Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Ave, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On September 22, 2004, 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, 2003, to July 31, 2004, (the “eleventh review”) (69 FR 56745). On April 7, 2005, the Department fully extended the preliminary results of the eleventh administrative review by 120 days (70 FR 17648). On September 7, 2005, the Department published the preliminary results of the eleventh administrative review (70 FR 53153). The final results of this review are currently due no later than January 5, 2006.

Extension of 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 to extend the time limit for the final result to a maximum of 180 days. See also 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).

We determine that it is not practicable to complete the final results of this review within the original time limit of complex model-match issues that cuts across all of the antidumping duty orders on the subject merchandise. Therefore, the Department is extending the deadline for the final results of the above referenced review by 32 days until February 6, 2006.This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).