Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Determinations: Antidumping Duty Investigations of Certain Brake Drums and Certain Brake Rotors From the People's Republic of China

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[A-570-845, A-570-846]

Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Determinations: Antidumping

Duty Investigations of Certain Brake Drums and Certain Brake Rotors

From the People's Republic of China

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 7, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Beck or Magd Zalok, Office of

Antidumping Investigations, Import Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington D.C.

20230; telephone (202) 482-3464 or (202) 482-4162, respectively.

The Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of

1930 (the Act) are references to the provisions effective January 1,

1995, the effective date of the amendments made to the Act by the

Uruguay Rounds Agreements Act.

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations

We have determined that these investigations are extraordinarily

complicated within the meaning of section 733(c)(1)(B)(i) of the Act.

The large number of potential respondents in both the brake drums and

the brake rotors investigations will make it necessary to review the

volume and value data from each one in order to determine the

appropriate mandatory respondents. In addition, claims for separate

rates will have to be analyzed individually.

Furthermore, we have determined that the parties concerned are

cooperating, as required by section 733(c)(1)(B) of the Act, and that

additional time is necessary to make these preliminary determinations

in accordance with section 733(c)(1)(B)(ii) of the Act.

For these reasons, the deadline for issuing the preliminary

determination in these cases is now no later than October 3, 1996.

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

Dated: May 30, 1996.

Barbara R. Stafford,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Investigations, Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 96-14313 Filed 6-6-96; 8:45 am]

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