Polyvinyl Alcohol from Taiwan: Notice of Extension of Time Limit for New Shipper Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION

[A-583-824]

Polyvinyl Alcohol from Taiwan: Notice of Extension of Time Limit

for New Shipper Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 24, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Everett Kelly or Ellen Grebasch,

Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S.

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

Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4194 or (202) 482-3773,

respectively.

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

time limit for the preliminary results of the new shipper review of the

antidumping duty order on polyvinyl alcohol from Taiwan. The period of

review is May 1, 1996 through October 31, 1996. This extension is made

pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act (hereinafter, ``the Act'').

Postponement

On December 18, 1996, the Department initiated this new shipper

review of the antidumping duty order on polyvinyl alcohol from Taiwan

(61 FR 68237, December 28, 1996). The current deadline for the

preliminary results is June 16, 1997. Under the Act, the Department may

extend the deadline for completion of a new shipper review if it

determines that the case is extraordinarily complicated. The Department

finds that it is not practicable to complete the new shipper review of

polyvinyl alcohol from Taiwan within this time limit due to the

extraordinarily complicated nature of certain issues in this review

which require further investigation. Among these issues is the question

of respondent Perry Chemical Corporation's eligibility to be considered

a new shipper.

In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act, the

Department will extend the time for completion for the preliminary

results of this new shipper review to October 14, 1997. Accordingly, we

will issue the final results within 90 days after notice of the

preliminary results is published in the Federal Register.

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Dated: June 16, 1997.

Jeffrey P. Bialos,

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

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