Postponement of Preliminary Antidumping Duty Determinations: Pure and Alloy Magnesium From the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation; and Pure Magnesium from Ukraine

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-832, A-570-833, A-821-805, A-821-806, A-823-806]

Postponement of Preliminary Antidumping Duty Determinations: Pure

and Alloy Magnesium From the People's Republic of China and the Russian

Federation; and Pure Magnesium from Ukraine

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 17, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Erik Warga (202-482-0922) or David Golberger (202-482-4136), Office of

Antidumping Investigations, Import Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20230.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is postponing

its preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty investigations

of pure and alloy magnesium from the People's Republic of China (PRC)

and the Russian Federation (Russia), and pure magnesium from Ukraine.

The deadline for issuing these preliminary determinations is now no

later than October 27, 1994.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 20, 1994, the Department initiated

antidumping duty investigations of pure and alloy magnesium from the

PRC, Russia, and Ukraine (59 FR 21748, April 26, 1994). The notice

stated that we would issue our preliminary determinations on September

7, 1994.

On May 16, 1994, the U.S. International Trade Commission determined

that there was not a likelihood that a U.S. domestic industry was

materially injured, nor threatened with material injury, by reason of

imports of alloy magnesium from Ukraine, thereby terminating the

investigation of alloy magnesium from Ukraine. With regard to pure and

alloy magnesium from the People's Republic of China and the Russian

Federation and pure magnesium from Ukraine, the ITC found that there

was a reasonable indication that an industry in the U.S. is materially

injured, or threatened with material injury, by reason of imports of

pure and alloy magnesium from the People's Republic of China and the

Russian Federation and pure magnesium from Ukraine.

We have determined that the remaining investigations are

extraordinarily complicated within the meaning of section

733(c)(1)(B)(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''),

and 19 CFR 353.15(b)(2). Given the non-market economy status of all

countries subject to these investigations, the nature of government

ownership of the participating companies must be clarified for each

country. Additionally, these investigations involve unusually complex

foreign trading channels as well as possible sales from foreign

government stockpiles. Furthermore, we have determined that the parties

concerned are cooperating, as required by section 733(c)(1)(B) of the

Act and 19 CFR 353.15(b)(1), and that additional time is necessary to

make these preliminary determinations in accordance with section

733(c)(1)(B)(ii) of the Act and 19 CFR 353.15(b)(3).

For these reasons, the deadline for issuing these determinations is

now no later than October 27, 1994.

This notice is published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) of the Act

and 19 CFR 353.15(d).

Dated: August 8, 1994.

Susan G. Esserman,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 94-20201 Filed 8-16-94; 8:45 am]

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