Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Antidumping Duty Determination: Certain Partial-Extension Steel Drawer Slides With Rollers From the People's Republic of China

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

(A-570-839)

Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Antidumping Duty

Determination: Certain Partial-Extension Steel Drawer Slides With

Rollers From the People's Republic of China

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 10, 1995.

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, DC 20230.

POSTPONEMENT OF PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION: On November 21, 1994, the

Department of Commerce (``the Department'') initiated an antidumping

duty investigation of certain partial-extension steel drawer slides

with rollers (``drawer slides'') from the People's Republic of China

(PRC) (59 FR 60773, November 28, 1994). The notice of initiation stated

that if this investigation proceeds normally, the Department would

issue its preliminary determination on or before April 9, 1995.

On December 15, 1994, the U.S. International Trade Commission

determined that there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. domestic

industry is threatened with material injury by reason of imports of

drawer slides from the PRC (59 FR 65787, December 21, 1994).

This investigation is rendered extraordinarily complicated by the

novel issue of government ownership of exporters of subject

merchandise. Furthermore, information available to the Department

indicates that there are many producers/exporters of the subject

merchandise. The process of identifying all exporters who sold subject

merchandise to the United States during the POI caused significant

delays in issuing our questionnaire. In addition, we determine at this

time that respondent parties in this investigation appear to be

cooperating.

For these reasons, pursuant to sections 733(c)(1)(B)(i) (II) and

(III) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), we determine

that this investigation is extraordinarily complicated and that

additional time is necessary to make the preliminary determination in

accordance with 733(c)(1)(B)(ii) of the Act. Therefore, we are

postponing our preliminary determination in this investigation until no

later than May 30, 1995.

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

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

Dated: March 3, 1995.

Barbara R. Stafford,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Investigations, Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 95-6012 Filed 3-9-95; 8:45 am]

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