Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 249 / Friday, December 28, 2001 / Notices 67185

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–307–820]

Silicomanganese From Venezuela:

Notice of Postponement of Final

Determination of Antidumping Duty

Investigation

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Postponement of final

determination of antidumping duty

investigation.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 28, 2001.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

(the Department) is postponing the final

determination in the antidumping duty

investigation of silicomanganese from

Venezuela.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Deborah Scott at (202) 482–2657 or

Robert James at (202) 482–0649,

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty

Enforcement Group III, 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 Tariff Act), are references

to the provisions effective January 1,

1995, the effective date of the

amendments made to the Tariff Act by

the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In

addition, unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the Department’s regulations

are to the regulations codified at 19 CFR

part 351 (2000).

Postponement of Final Determination

and Extension of Provisional Measures

On November 9, 2001, the Department

published the affirmative preliminary

determination in the investigation of

silicomanganese from Venezuela. See

Notice of Preliminary Determination of

Sales at Less Than Fair Value;

Silicomanganese From Venezuela, 66

FR 56,635. Pursuant to section 735(a)(2)

of the Tariff Act and 19 CFR

351.210(b)(2)(ii) of the Department’s

regulations, on December 5, 2001,

respondent Hornos Electricos de

Venezuela, S.A. (Hevensa) requested the

Department extend the deadline for the

final determination for the full sixty

days, as permitted by the statute and

regulations. Hevensa also agreed to the

extension of provisional measures (i.e.,

suspension of liquidation) from a fourmonth period to a period not to exceed

six months, pursuant to 19 CFR

351.210(e)(2).

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

provides that a final determination may

be postponed not later than 135 days

after the date of publication of the

preliminary determination if, in the

event of an affirmative preliminary

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 requests by

respondents for postponement of a final

determination be accompanied by a

request for the extension of provisional

measures from a four-month period to

not more than six months.

In accordance with 19 CFR

351.210(b)(2)(ii), because (i) our

preliminary determination is

affirmative, (ii) the respondent

requesting postponement accounts for a

significant proportion of the exports of

the subject merchandise, and (iii) no

compelling reasons for denial exist, we

are granting Hevensa’s request and are

postponing the final determination to no

later than 135 days after publication of

the preliminary determination in the

Federal Register. Suspension of

liquidation will be extended

accordingly. This notice of

postponement is published pursuant to

19 CFR 351.210(g).

Dated: December 19, 2001.

Bernard T. Carreau,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–475–831]

Notice of Preliminary Determination of

Sales at Not Less Than Fair Value and

Postponement of Final Determination:

Structural Steel Beams From Italy

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of preliminary

determination of sales at not less than

fair value.

SUMMARY: We preliminarily determine

that structural steel beams from Italy are

not being, nor are likely to be, sold in

the United States at less than fair value,

as provided in section 733(b) of the

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.

Interested parties are invited to

comment on this preliminary

determination. Since we are postponing

the final determination, we will make

our final determination not later than

135 days after the date of publication of

this preliminary determination in the

Federal Register.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 28, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Alysia Wilson or Michael Strollo,

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0108 or

(202) 482–0629, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute

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. In addition, unless

otherwise indicated, all citations to the

Department of Commerce

(‘‘Department’s’’) regulations are to 19

CFR part 351 (April 2001).

Background

Since the initiation of this

investigation (Initiation of Antidumping

Duty Investigations: Structural Steel

Beams From the People’s Republic of

China, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg,

Russia, South Africa, Spain, and

Taiwan, 66 FR 33048 (June 20, 2001))

(Initiation Notice), the following events

have occurred.

On July 9, 2001, the United States

International Trade Commission (‘‘ITC’’)

preliminarily determined that there is a

reasonable indication that imports of

structural steel beams from Italy are

materially injuring the United States

industry (see ITC Investigation Nos.

731–TA–935–942 (Publication No.

3438)).

On July 18, 2001, we selected

Duferdofin SpA (‘‘Duferdofin’’), the

largest producer/exporter of structural

steel beams from Italy, as the mandatory

respondent in this proceeding. For

further discussion, see the

memorandum to Louis Apple, Director,

Office 2, from the Team Regarding:

Respondent Selection, dated July 18,

2001. We subsequently issued the

antidumping questionnaire to

Duferdofin on July 18, 2001.

During the period August through

November 2001, the Department

received responses to the Department’s