Postponement of Preliminary Antidumping Duty Determination; Certain Cased Pencils from the People's Republic of China

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-827]

Postponement of Preliminary Antidumping Duty Determination;

Certain Cased Pencils from the People's Republic of China

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 8, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Graham or Cynthia

Thirumalai, Office of Countervailing Investigations, U.S. Department of

Commerce, room B099, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4105 or 482-4087,

respectively.

Postponement

We have determined this investigation to be extraordinarily

complicated due to the large number of producers and resellers. We have

also determined that respondent parties to the proceeding are

cooperating in this investigation. Accordingly, pursuant to section

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

19 CFR 353.15(b), we are postponing the date of the preliminary

determination until no later than June 8, 1994.

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

and 19 CFR 353.15(d).

Dated: February 28, 1994.

Joseph Spetrini,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 94-5304 Filed 3-7-94; 8:45 am]

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