[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 63 (Monday, April 2, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 19619]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-7861]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-821-809]


Notice of Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of 
Administrative Review of the Suspension Agreement on Hot-Rolled Flat-
Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel Products from the Russian Federation

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

ACTION: Notice of Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results 
of Administrative Review of the Suspension Agreement on Hot-Rolled 
Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel Products from the Russian Federation.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the 
time limit for the preliminary results of the administrative review of 
the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Hot-Rolled 
Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel Products from the Russian Federation 
(the Agreement).

DATES: Effective Date: April 2, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sally C. Gannon or Anne D'Alauro, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-0162 or (202) 482-4830. 
Extension of Preliminary Results: The Department published its notice 
of initiation of this review in the Federal Register on August 26, 
2011. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part, 76 FR 53404 
(August 26, 2011). Pursuant to the time limits for administrative 
reviews set forth in section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Tariff Act), the current deadlines are April 2, 2012, for 
the preliminary results and July 31, 2012, for the final results. 
Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act provides that, if it is not 
practicable to complete the review within these time limits, the 
Department may extend the time limit for completion of the preliminary 
results by 120 days.
    The Department finds that it is not practicable to complete the 
preliminary results by April 2, 2012. In this administrative review, in 
accordance with section 751(a)(1)(C) of the Tariff Act, the Department 
is reviewing both the status of, and compliance with, the Agreement. 
Because domestic interested parties have raised the complex issue of 
whether the Agreement is fulfilling its statutory requirement to 
prevent price undercutting and suppression of domestic hot-rolled steel 
prices, the Department needs additional time to complete its 
preliminary analysis in this administrative review of the Agreement. 
The Department must carefully consider the information submitted by the 
respondent and domestic interested parties in this review and must 
address the issues raised in the context of this administrative review. 
Therefore, the Department is extending the time limit for completing 
the preliminary results of the review until May 24, 2012. The deadline 
for the final results of this review will continue to be 120 days after 
publication of the preliminary results.
    This extension is published in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) 
of the Tariff Act.

    Dated: March 27, 2012.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-7861 Filed 3-30-12; 8:45 am]
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