Postponement of Final Antidumping Duty Determinations: Saccharin from the People's Republic of China (PRC), et al.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[A-570-829; A-580-823]

Postponement of Final Antidumping Duty Determinations: Saccharin

from the People's Republic of China (PRC), et al.

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 26, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary Bettger (PRC) and Thomas McGinty

(Korea), Office of Countervailing Investigations, Import

Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC

20230; telephone: (202) 482-2239 and (202) 482-5055, respectively.

POSTPONEMENT OF FINAL DETERMINATION: On June 16, 1994 (59 FR 32412,

32416, June 23, 1994), the Department of Commerce (the Department)

issued preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty

investigations of saccharin from the PRC and Korea.

On July 1, 1994, in accordance with section 735(a)(2)(A) of the

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), the respondents in the PRC

investigation, Shanghai KJ Import and Export Corporation and Suzhou

Cereals Import and Export Corporation, requested that the Department

postpone its final determination in this investigation until 135 days

after the date of publication of the preliminary determination. On July

6, 1994, in accordance with section 735(a)(2)(B) of the Act the

petitioner in the Korean investigation, PMC Specialties Group, also

requested that the Department postpone its final determination in that

investigation until 135 days after the date of publication of the

preliminary determination. Under section 735(a)(2) of the Act and

Sec. 353.20(b) of the Department's regulations (19 CFR 353.20(b)) if,

subsequent to the preliminary determination, the Department receives a

request for postponement of the final determination from the party

adversely affected by the determination, the Department will, absent

compelling reasons for denial, grant the request. Accordingly, we are

postponing our final determinations in these investigations until

November 7, 1994.

Public Comment

In accordance with 19 CFR 353.38, case briefs or other written

comments in at least ten copies must now be submitted to the Assistant

Secretary for Import Administration no later than September 23, 1994,

and rebuttal briefs, no later than September 28, 1994. We have received

requests for a hearing by the petitioner and respondents in the PRC

investigation and the petitioner in the Korea investigation and,

therefore, under 19 CFR 353.38(f), we will hold public hearings to

allow parties to comment on arguments raised in the case or rebuttal

briefs. Tentatively, the hearing for the PRC investigation will be held

on September 30, 1994, at 10:00 a.m. and the hearing for the Korea

investigation will be held on September 30, 1994, at 2:00 p.m. at the

U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 3708, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230. Parties should confirm by

telephone the time, date, and place of the hearing 48 hours before the

scheduled time. This notice is published pursuant to section 735(d) of

the Act and 19 CFR 353.20(b)(2).

Dated: July 19, 1994.

Barbara R. Stafford,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 94-18169 Filed 7-25-94; 8:45 am]

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