Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Antidumping Duty Determination: Vector Supercomputers From Japan

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

(A-588-841)

Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Antidumping Duty

Determination: Vector Supercomputers From Japan

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 18, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edward Easton or Sunkyu Kim, Office of

AD/CVD Enforcement II, Import Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-

1777 or (202) 482-2613, respectively.

Postponement of Preliminary Determination

On August 19, 1996, the Department of Commerce (the Department)

initiated an antidumping duty investigation of vector supercomputers

from Japan (61 FR 43527, August 23, 1996). The notice of initiation

stated that if this investigation proceeds normally, the Department

would issue its preliminary determination by January 6, 1997.

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

(the Act), on December 5, 1996, the petitioner made a timely request

for a 50-day extension of the deadline for the preliminary

determination. 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 petitioner, 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

February 25, 1997, pursuant to section 733(c)(1) of the Act.

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

and 19 CFR 353.15(d).

Dated: December 12, 1996.

Barbara R. Stafford,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration.

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