Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Static Random Access Memory Semiconductors (SRAMs) From the Republic of Korea and Taiwan

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-828 and A-583-827]

Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Determination of Sales at

Less Than Fair Value: Static Random Access Memory Semiconductors

(SRAMs) From the Republic of Korea and Taiwan

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 7, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shawn Thompson or Fabian Rivelis,

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

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

1766 or (202) 482-3853, respectively.

Postponement of Final Determination

On March 17, 1997, the Department initiated an antidumping duty

investigation of imports of SRAMs from the Republic of Korea and

Taiwan. the notice of initiation stated that we would issue our

preliminary determination on or before August 4, 1997 (62 FR 13596,

March 21, 1997).

On June 23, 1997, petitioner made a timely request pursuant to 19

CFR 353.15(c) of the Department's interim regulations (60 FR 25130, May

11, 1995) for a 50-day postponement of the preliminary determination,

until September 23, 1997, pursuant to Section 733(c)(1) of the Tariff

Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Petitioner requested a postponement

so that the Department would have additional time to analyze the

responses to the antidumping questionnaire due to the fact that they

are voluminous and raise many unusually complex issues.

For the reasons identified by petitioner, we are postponing the

preliminary determination under Section 733(c)(1) of the Act. We will

make our preliminary determination no later than September 23, 1997.

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

and 19 CFR 353.15(d).

Dated: June 27, 1997.

Louis I. Apple,

Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 97-17524 Filed 7-3-97; 8:45 am]

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