[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 92 (Friday, May 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 24114]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11937]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-427-820, A-428-830, A-475-829, A-580-847, A-583-836, A-412-822]


Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Determinations of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value: Stainless Steel Bar From France, Germany, Italy, 
Korea, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 11, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Smith (France) at (202) 482-
1766; Barbara Wojcik-Betancourt (Korea) at (202) 482-0629; Brian 
Ledgerwood (the United Kingdom) at (202) 482-3836; Craig Matney 
(Germany) at (202) 482-1778; Jarrod Goldfeder (Italy) at (202) 482-
0189; Blanche Ziv (Taiwan) at (202) 482-4207; Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

APPLICABLE STATUTE AND REGULATIONS: Unless otherwise indicated, all 
citations to the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), are 
references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective 
date of the amendments made to the Act by the Uruguay Round Agreements 
Act (URAA). In addition, unless otherwise indicated, all citations to 
the Department of Commerce's (the Department's) regulations are to 19 
CFR part 351 (April 2000).

POSTPONEMENT OF PRELIMINARY DETERMINATIONS: On January 24, 2001, the 
Department published the initiation of the antidumping duty 
investigations of imports of stainless steel bar from France, Germany, 
Italy, Korea, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom. The notice of initiation 
stated that we would make our preliminary determinations for these 
antidumping duty investigations no later than 140 days after the date 
of issuance of the initiation (i.e., June 6, 2001). See Notice of 
Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigations: Stainless Steel Bar from 
France, Germany, Italy, Korea, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom, 66 FR 
7620, 7626 (January 24, 2001); and Corrections, Notice of Initiation of 
Antidumping Duty Investigations: Stainless Steel Bar from France, 
Germany, Italy, Korea, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom, 66 FR 14986 
(March 14, 2001).
    On April 27, 2001, the petitioners \1\ made a timely request 
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.205(e) for a 50-day postponement of the 
preliminary determinations, or until July 26, 2001. The petitioners 
requested a postponement of the preliminary determinations because of 
the need for additional time to submit comments regarding the 
respondents' questionnaire responses and for the Department to analyze 
the respondents' data and seek additional data, if necessary, prior to 
the issuance of the preliminary determinations.
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    \1\ The petitioners are Carpenter Technology Corp., Crucible 
Specialty Metals, Electralloy Corp., Empire Specialty Steel Inc., 
Slater Steels Corp., and the United Steelworkers of America, AFL-
CIO/CLC.
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    For the reasons identified by the petitioners, and because there 
are no compelling reasons to deny the request, we are postponing the 
preliminary determinations under section 733(c)(1) of the Act. We will 
make our preliminary determinations no later than July 26, 2001.
    This notice is published pursuant to sections 733(f) and 777(i) of 
the Act.

    Dated: May 7, 2001.
Richard W. Moreland,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-11937 Filed 5-10-01; 8:45 am]
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