67 FR 53778, August 19, 2002

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-489-807]
 
Certain Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars from Turkey; Notice of 
Extension of Time Limits for Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is extending the time limits for 
the final results in the antidumping duty administrative review of 
certain steel concrete reinforcing bars from Turkey. The review covers 
three producers/exporters of the subject merchandise to the United 
States. The period of review is April 1, 2000, through March 31, 2001.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 19, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irina Itkin or Elizabeth Eastwood, 
Office of AD/CVD Enforcement, Office 2, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone 
(202) 482-0656 and (202) 482-3874, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act) requires the Department of Commerce (the Department) to make a 
final determination within 120 days after the date on which the 
preliminary determination is published. However, if it is not 
practicable to complete the review within this time period, section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the Department to extend the time limit 
for the final results to 180 days (or 300 days if the Department does 
not extend the time limit for the preliminary results) from the date of 
publication of the preliminary results.

Postponement of Final Results of Administrative Review

    The Department issued the preliminary results of this 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain steel 
concrete reinforcing bars from Turkey on May 1, 2002 (67 FR 21634). The 
current deadline for the final results in this review is August 29, 
2002. In accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.213(h)(2), the Department finds that it is not practicable to 
complete the review within the original time frame due to the 
complexity of certain issues raised in the case briefs.
    Because it is not practicable to complete this administrative 
review within the time limits mandated by section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), the Department is extending the time 
limits for completion of the final results of this administrative 
review until October 28, 2002.

    Dated: August 13, 2002.
Richard W. Moreland,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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