[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 239 (Tuesday, December 14, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 77828]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-31367]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-351-829]


Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel Products From 
Brazil: Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of Countervailing 
Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce

DATES: Effective Date: December 14, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Myrna Lobo or Justin Neuman, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 6, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
2371 or (202) 482-0486, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On October 20, 2010, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
countervailing duty order on certain hot-rolled flat-rolled carbon-
quality steel products from Brazil for the period January 1, 2008, 
through December 31, 2008. See Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon 
Quality Steel Products From Brazil: Preliminary Results of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR 64700 (October 20, 
2010). This review covers Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais S.A. 
(USIMINAS) and its subsidiary, Companhia Siderurgica Paulista (COSIPA), 
producers/exporters of the subject merchandise to the United States.

Extension of Time Limit for Final Results

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1), the Department shall issue 
final results in an administrative review of a countervailing duty 
order within 120 days after the date on which notice of the preliminary 
results was published in the Federal Register. However, if the 
Department determines that it is not practicable to complete the review 
within the time limit, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.213(h)(2) allow the Department to extend the 120-day period up to 
180 days.
    The final results of this countervailing duty administrative review 
are currently due February 17, 2011. Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), we determine that it is not 
practicable to complete the results of this review within the original 
time limit. The Department had to request additional information from 
USIMINAS/COSIPA and the Government of Brazil after the preliminary 
results. Consequently, the Department needs additional time to analyze 
this information and to consider comments filed by the parties. In 
accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department has 
decided to extend the time limit for the final results from 120 days to 
180 days; the final results will now be due no later than April 18, 
2011.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: December 7, 2010.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-31367 Filed 12-13-10; 8:45 am]
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