Steel Wire Rod From Canada, Germany, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela; Extension of Time Limit for countervailing duty investigations

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-122-827, C-428-823, C-274-803, and C-307-814]

Steel Wire Rod From Canada, Germany, Trinidad and Tobago, and

Venezuela; Extension of Time Limit for countervailing duty

investigations

AGENCY: International Trade Administration/Import Administration/

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit for countervailing duty

investigations.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the

time limits for its preliminary determinations in the countervailing

duty investigations on steel wire rod from Canada, Germany, Trinidad

and Tobago, and Venezuela.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 8, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Bolling (Canada), Daniel

Lessard (Germany), Vince Kane (Trinidad and Tobago) and Chris Cassel

(Venezuela), Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 3099, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1386, 482-

1778, 482-2815, and 482-4847.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At the request of the petitioners, the

Department is extending the time limit for the completion of the

preliminary determinations to no later than July 28, 1997, in

accordance with section 703(c)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (the

Act), as amended by the Uruguay

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Round Agreements Act (URAA). (See Memorandum from Joseph A. Spetrini,

Richard W. Moreland, and Jeffrey P. Bialos to Robert S. LaRussa on file

in the public file of the Central Records Unit, Room B-099 of the

Department of Commerce).

These extensions are in accordance with section 703(c)(1)(A) of the

Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(3)(A)).

Dated: May 2, 1997.

Jeffrey P. Bialos,

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 97-12049 Filed 5-7-97; 8:45 am]

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