Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Antidumping Duty Determination: Fresh Tomatoes From Mexico

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[A-201-820]

Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Antidumping Duty

Determination: Fresh Tomatoes From Mexico

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 5, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith Rudman (202-482-0192) or

Jennifer Katt (202-482-0498), Office of AD/CVD Enforcement, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20230.

POSTPONEMENT OF PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION: On April 18, 1996, the

Department of Commerce (the Department) initiated an antidumping duty

investigation of fresh tomatoes from Mexico (61 FR 18377, April 25,

1996). The notice of initiation stated that if this investigation

proceeds normally, the Department would issue its preliminary

determination by September 5, 1996.

In accordance with section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930

(the Act), on July 26, 1996, the petitioners 1 made a timely

request for an extension of no more than 30 days of the period within

which the preliminary determination must be made. Under section

733(c)(1)(A) of the Act and section 353.15(c) of the Department's

regulations if, not later than 25 days before the scheduled date for

the preliminary determination, the Department receives a request for

postponement of the preliminary determination from the petitioners, the

Department will, absent compelling reasons for denial, grant the

request. Given that there are no compelling reasons to deny this

request, we are postponing our preliminary determination in this

investigation until no later than October 7, 1996.

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\1\ The petitioners in this investigation are: The Florida

Tomato Growers Exchange; the Florida Tomato Exchange; the Tomato

Committee of the Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association; the South

Carolina Tomato Association; the Gadsden County Tomato Growers

Association; and an Ad Hoc Group of Florida, California, Georgia,

Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Virginia Tomato Growers.

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

and 19 CFR 353.15(d).

Dated: July 30, 1996.

Barbara R. Stafford,

Deputy Assistant Secretary Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 96-19864 Filed 8-2-96; 8:45 am]

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