Notice of Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment of Final Countervailing Duty Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From Argentina

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration [C-357-815] AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. ACTION: Notice of preliminary affirmative countervailing duty determination. EFFECTIVE DATE: February 21, 2001. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric B. Greynolds at (202) 482-6071 or Darla Brown at (202) 482-2849, Office of AD/CVD Enforcement VI, Group II, Import ( printed page 10991) Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 4012, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230. Preliminary Determination: The Department of Commerce (the Department) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to certain producers and exporters of certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from Argentina. For information on the estimated countervailing duty rates, please see the “Suspension of Liquidation” section of this notice. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Petitioners The petition in this investigation was filed by Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Gallatin Steel Company, IPSCO Steel Inc., LTV Steel Company, Inc., National Steel Corporation, Nucor Corporation, Steel Dynamics, Inc., U.S. Steel Group, a unit of USX Corporation, Weirton Steel Corporation, Independent Steelworkers Union, and the Independent Steelworkers of America (the petitioners). Case History Since the publication of the notice of initiation in the Federal Register ( see…