On January 6, the US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced the extension of the deadline for the final results of its new shipper review of certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate from China. Accordingly, the deadline for the final results has been extended by 30 days from February 4 to March 6, 2009.
The DOC had published the preliminary results of the new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on certain cut-to-length carbon steel from China on November 13, 2008, covering the period November 1, 2006, through October 31, 2007, for Chinese exporter Hunan Valin Xiangtan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. (Valin Xiangtan).