[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 80 (Tuesday, April 28, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19201-19202]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-9674]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

C-580-818


Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from the Republic 
of Korea: Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 28, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Copyak, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2209.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 17, 1993, the Department published in the Federal 
Register the countervailing duty order on corrosion-resistant carbon 
steel flat products (CORE) from Korea. See Countervailing Duty Orders 
and Amendments of Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determinations: 
Certain Steel Products from Korea, 58 FR 43752 (August 17, 1993). On 
August 1, 2008, the Department published a notice of ``Opportunity to 
Request Administrative Review'' of this countervailing duty order. See 
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended 
Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 73 FR 
44966 (August 1, 2008). In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we 
published a notice of initiation of the administrative review

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on September 30, 2008, for the 2008 period of review (POR). See 
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part, 73 FR 56795 (September 30, 
2008). The preliminary results for this review are currently due no 
later than May 4, 2009.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department to issue the preliminary results of an 
administrative review within 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of an order for which a review is requested and the
    final results of review within 120 days after the date on which the 
preliminary results are published. If it is not practicable to complete 
the review within the time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act 
allows the Department to extend these deadlines to a maximum of 365 
days and 180 days, respectively.
    We are awaiting supplemental information from the Government of 
Korea in this administrative review. Because the Department will 
require additional time to review and analyze this supplemental 
information and may issue further supplemental questionnaires, it is 
not practicable to complete this review within the originally 
anticipated time limit (i.e., by May 4, 2009). Therefore, the 
Department is extending the time limit for completion of the 
preliminary results by 120 days to not later than August 31, 2009, in 
accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: April 22, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. E9-9674 Filed 4-27-09; 8:45 am]
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