04-2864. Amendment to the Agreement Between the United States Department of Commerce and the Government of Ukraine Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From Ukraine

AGENCY:

Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.

ACTION:

Notice of amendment to the agreement between the United States Department of Commerce and the government of Ukraine Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from Ukraine.

SUMMARY:

The Department of Commerce (the Department) and the Government of Ukraine (GOU) have signed an Amendment to the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Cut-Length Plate from Ukraine.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

January 16, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patricia Tran or Robert James, AD/CVD Enforcement, Group III, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230, telephone: [phone] or [phone], respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On November 19, 1997, the Department published in the Federal Register the text of an Agreement between the Department and the GOU suspending the antidumping investigation involving certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate (62 FR 61766). Pursuant to section XII of the Agreement, the export limits on the volume of subject merchandise expired on November 1, 2002. On December 20, 2002 the Department and the GOU signed an amendment to extend the export limit one year, expiring on November 1, 2003. On January 31, 2003 the Department published in the Federal Register the text of the amendment (68 FR 5075). On November 24, 2003 the Department and the GOU initialed another Amendment to provide for the continuation of exports of cut-to-length plate from Ukraine to the United States until November 1, 2004. The Department subsequently released the Amendment to interested parties for comment. No interested party filed comments and, therefore, the Department and the GOU signed a final Amendment on January 16, 2004. The text of the final Amendment follows this notice.

Dated: February 2, 2004.

James J. Jochum,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.