Postponement of Final Antidumping Duty Determination: Silicomanganese From the People's Republic of China

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[A-570-828]

Postponement of Final Antidumping Duty Determination:

Silicomanganese From the People's Republic of China

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S.

Department of Commerce

ACTION: Notice.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: August 5, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle Frederick or Paul Kullman,

Office of Antidumping Investigations, Import Administration,

International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:

(202) 482-0186 or (202) 482-1279.

POSTPONEMENT OF FINAL DETERMINATION: On June 10, 1994, (59 FR 31199,

June 17, 1994), the Department of Commerce (the Department) issued an

affirmative preliminary determination in the antidumping duty

investigation of silicomanganese from the People's Republic of China

(PRC).

In accordance with section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930,

as amended, (the Act), two exporters of silicomanganese, the China

National Nonferrous Metals Import & Export Corporation (CNIEC) and the

China Metallurgical Import & Export Corporation (China Metallurgical),

requested in letters dated July 21, 1994, that the Department postpone

its final determination in this 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 an affirmative preliminary

determination, the Department receives a request for postponement of

the final determination from producers or resellers who account for a

significant proportion of exports of the merchandise, the Department

will, absent compelling reasons for denial, grant the request.

Accordingly, we are postponing our final determination in this

investigation until October 31, 1994.

This notice is published pursuant to section 735(d) of the Act and

19 CFR 353.20(b)(2).

Dated: July 28, 1994.

Barbara R. Stafford,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 94-19170 Filed 8-4-94; 8:45 am]

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