Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Antidumping Duty Determination: Canned Pineapple Fruit From Thailand

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-549-813]

Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Antidumping Duty

Determination: Canned Pineapple Fruit From Thailand

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 1, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Brinkmann (202-482-5288) or

Michelle Frederick (202-482-0186), Office of Antidumping

Investigations, Import Administration, International Trade

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

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

POSTPONEMENT OF PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION: The Department of Commerce

(``the Department'') is postponing the preliminary determination in the

antidumping duty investigation of canned pineapple fruit from Thailand.

The deadline for issuing this preliminary determination is now no later

than January 4, 1995.

On June 28, 1994, the Department initiated an antidumping duty

investigation of canned pineapple fruit from Thailand (59 FR 34408,

July 5, 1994). The notice stated that we would issue our preliminary

determination on November 15, 1994.

On July 25, 1994, the U.S. International Trade Commission

determined that there was a likelihood that a U.S. domestic industry

was materially injured, or threatened with material injury, by reason

of imports of canned pineapple fruit from Thailand.

On October 21, 1994, pursuant to 19 CFR 353.15(c), Maui Pineapple

Co., Ltd. and the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's

Union, the petitioners, requested that the Department postpone until

January 4, 1995, the issuance of its preliminary determination in the

above investigation in order to allow the Department the opportunity to

include a sales below the cost of production analysis in the

calculation of dumping margins at the preliminary determination.

Petitioners' request for postponement was timely, and the Department

finds no compelling reasons to deny the request. Therefore, we are

postponing the deadline for issuing this determination until no later

than January 4, 1995.

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

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 353.15(d).

Dated: October 26, 1994.

Susan G. Esserman,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 94-27061 Filed 10-31-94; 8:45 am]

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