Postponement of Final Antidumping Duty Determinations: Oil Country Tubular Goods From Italy, Mexico and Spain

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[A-475-816, A-201-817, A-469-806]

Postponement of Final Antidumping Duty Determinations: Oil

Country Tubular Goods From Italy, Mexico and Spain

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 15, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Crow (Italy and Spain) or

Jennifer Stagner (Mexico), 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) 482-0116 or (202) 482-1673, respectively.

Postponement

On January 26, 1995, the Department of Commerce (the Department)

issued its preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty

investigations of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from Italy, Mexico,

and Spain (60 FR 6515, 6510, and 6516, respectively, February 2, 1995).

The following parties requested that the Department postpone the

final determinations until 135 days after publication of the

preliminary determinations in accordance with section 735(a)(2) of the

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) (19 U.S.C. 1673(a)(2)), and 19

CFR 353.20(b): Dalmine S.p.A., the respondent in the Italian

investigation, on February 3, 1995; North Star Steel Ohio, the

petitioner in the Mexican investigation, on January 30, 1995; and

Koppel Steel Corporation, USS/Kobe Steel Company, and U.S. Steel Group

(a unit of USX Corporation), the petitioners in the Spanish

investigation, on January 30, 1995.

Under section 735(a)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 353.20(b), if,

subsequent to the preliminary determination, the Department receives a

request for postponement of the final determination from the petitioner

if the preliminary determination was negative, or the respondent if the

preliminary determination was affirmative, then the Department will,

absent compelling reasons for denial, grant the request. We find no

compelling reasons to deny the requests, which were properly filed, and

are, accordingly, postponing the date of the final determinations until

no later than June 19, 1995.

The U.S. International Trade Commission is being advised of these

postponements in accordance with section 733(b) of the Act.

Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Statute and to the

Department's regulations are in reference to the provisions as they

existed on December 31, 1994.

Public Comment

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

comments in at least ten copies may be submitted by any interested

party to the Assistant Secretary for Import Administration no later

than May 2, 1995, and rebuttal briefs no later than May 9, 1995. We

request that parties in these cases provide an executive summary of no

more than two pages in conjunction with case briefs on the major issues

to be addressed. Further, briefs should contain a table of authorities.

Citations to Commerce determinations and court decisions should include

the page number where cited information appears. In preparing the

briefs, please begin each issue on a separate page. In accordance with

19 CFR 353.38(b), we will hold public hearings, if requested, to give

interested parties an opportunity to comment on arguments raised in

case or rebuttal briefs. Tentatively, the hearings will be held at the

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,

Washington, DC 20230, on:

Italy: May 17, 1995, at 10:00 a.m. in Room 1851;

Mexico: May 19, 1995, at 10:00 a.m. in Room 1851;

Spain: May 17, 1995, at 2:00 p.m. in Room 1851.

Parties should confirm the time, date, and place of the hearing 48

hours before the scheduled time.

Interested parties who wish to request a hearing must submit a

written request to the Assistant Secretary for Import Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, Room B-099, within ten days of the

publication of this notice in the Federal Register. Requests should

contain: (1) The party's name, address and telephone number; (2) the

number of participants; and (3) a list of the issues to be discussed.

In accordance with 19 CFR 353.38(b), oral presentations will be limited

to the issues raised in the briefs.

This notice is published pursuant to section 735(a)(2) of the Act

and 19 CFR 353.20(b).

Dated: February 8, 1995.

Barbara R. Stafford,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Investigations.

[FR Doc. 95-3779 Filed 2-14-95; 8:45 am]

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