28424 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 100 / Wednesday, May 23, 2001 / Notices

DAS Group III, Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue NW,

Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202)

482–0165 and (202) 482–0159,

respectively.

The Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the statute are references to

the provisions effective January 1, 1995,

the effective date of the amendments

made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act)

by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act

(URAA). In addition, unless otherwise

indicated, all citations to Department of

Commerce (the Department) regulations

refer to the regulations codified at 19

CFR part 351 (2000).

Background

This investigation was initiated on

December 4, 2000. See Notice of

Initiation of Antidumping Duty

Investigations: Certain Hot-Rolled

Carbon Steel Flat Products From

Argentina, India, Indonesia,

Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, the

People’s Republic of China, Romania,

South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, and

Ukraine, 65 FR 77568 (December 12,

2000). The period of investigation (POI)

is April 1, 2000 through September 30,

2000. On May 3, 2001, the Department

published the notice of preliminary

determination. See Notice of

Preliminary Determination of Sales at

Less Than Fair Value: Certain HotRolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From

the People’s Republic of China, 66 FR

22183 (May 3, 2001).

Postponement of Final Determination

and Extension of Provisional Measures

Section 735(a)(2) of the Act provides

that a final determination may be

postponed until not later than 135 days

after the date of the publication of the

preliminary determination if, in the

event of an affirmative determination, a

request for such postponement is made

by exporters who account for a

significant proportion of exports of the

subject merchandise, or in the event of

a negative preliminary determination, a

request for such postponement is made

by petitioner. The Department’s

regulations, at 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2),

require that requests by respondents for

postponement of a final determination

be accompanied by a request for

extension of provisional measures from

a four-month period to not more than

six months.

In a May 7, 2001 request Shanghai

Baosteel Group Corporation, Baoshan

Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., and Baosteel

Group International Trade Corporation

(collectively Baosteel Group) requested

that the Department postpone its final

determination until not later than 135

days after the date of the publication of

the preliminary determination in the

Federal Register and requested an

extension of the provisional measures.

In accordance with 19 CFR 351.210(b),

because (1) our preliminary

determination is affirmative, (2)

Baosteel Group accounts for a

significant proportion of exports of the

subject merchandise, and (3) no

compelling reasons for denial exist, we

are granting Baosteel Group’s request

and are postponing the final

determination until no later than 135

days after the publication of preliminary

determination in the Federal Register.

Suspension of liquidation will be

extended accordingly.

This notice is published in

accordance with section 735(a)(2) of the

Act.

Dated: May 16, 2001.

Faryar Shirzad,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

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COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Cotton and Wool Textiles and Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in

Colombia

May 18, 2001.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 25, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy

Unger, International Trade Specialist,

Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S.

Department of Commerce, (202) 482–

4212. For information on the quota

status of these limits, refer to the Quota

Status Reports posted on the bulletin

boards of each Customs port, call (202)

927–5850, or refer to the U.S. Customs

website at http://www.customs.gov. For

information on embargoes and quota reopenings, refer to the Office of Textiles

and Apparel website at http://

otexa.ita.doc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Section 204 of the Agricultural

Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854);

Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as

amended.

The current limit for Category 443 is

being increased for swing, reducing the

limit for Category 315 to account for the

swing being applied. In addition, the

limit for Category 443 is also being

increased for carryover.

A description of the textile and

apparel categories in terms of HTS

numbers is available in the

CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel

Categories with the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (see

Federal Register notice 65 FR 82328,

published on December 28, 2000). Also

see 65 FR 66719, published on

November 7, 2000.

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

May 18, 2001.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive

amends, but does not cancel, the directive

issued to you on October 27, 2000, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements. That directive

concerns imports of certain cotton and wool

textile products, produced or manufactured

in Colombia and exported during the twelvemonth period which began on January 1,

2001 and extends through December 31,

2001.

Effective on May 25, 2001, you are directed

to adjust the current limits for the following

categories, as provided for under the Uruguay

Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

Category Adjusted twelve-month

limit 1

315 ........................... 31,097,800 square

meters.

443 ........................... 158,100 numbers.

1The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported after December

31, 2000.

The Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements has determined that

these actions fall within the foreign affairs

exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5

U.S.C. 553(a)(1).

Sincerely,

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 01–13023 Filed 5–22–01; 8:45 am]

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