Silicomanganese From the People's Republic of China: Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-828]

Silicomanganese From the People's Republic of China: Extension of

Time Limit for Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 11, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Timothy Finn at (202) 482-0065 or

James Terpstra at (202) 482-3965, Office of AD/CVD Enforcement 4,

Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Ave, NW,

Washington, DC 20230.

Information

Statutory Time Limits

Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the

Act), requires the Department to make a preliminary determination

within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of an

order/finding for which a review is requested and 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 the time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the

Department to extend the time limit for the preliminary determination

to a maximum of 365 days and for the final determination to 180 days

(or 300 days if the Department does not extend the time limit for the

preliminary determination) from the date of publication of the

preliminary determination.

Background

On January 25, 1999, the Department published a notice of

initiation of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on

silicomanganese from the People's Republic of China, covering the

period December 1, 1997 through November 30, 1998 (64 FR 3682). On

November 8, 1999, we published the preliminary results of review (64 FR

60784). In our notice of preliminary results, we stated our intention

to issue the final results of this review no later than March 7, 2000.

Extension of Final Results of Review

We determine that it is not practicable to complete the final

results of this review within the original time limit. Therefore we are

extending the time limits for completion of the final results until no

later than May 6, 2000. See Decision Memorandum from Holly A. Kuga to

Robert S. LaRussa, dated December 17, 1999, which is on file in the

Central Records Unit, Room B-099 of the main Commerce Building.

This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the

Act.

Dated: January 5, 2000.

Holly A. Kuga,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

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