Steel Wire Rope From Mexico: Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Administrative Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-806]

Steel Wire Rope From Mexico: Extension of Time Limits for

Preliminary Results of Antidumping Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limits for preliminary results of

antidumping administrative review.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 5, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leah Schwartz or Maureen Flannery,

Office of AD/CVD Enforcement, Import Administration, International

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

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-

3782 or (202) 482-3020, respectively.

The Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are

references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective

date of the amendments made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act) by the

Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received a request

to conduct an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on

Steel Wire Rope from Mexico. On May 21, 1997, the Department initiated

this administrative review covering the period March 1, 1996 through

February 28, 1997.

Because of the complexity of certain issues in this case, it is not

practicable to complete this review within the time limits mandated by

section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. See Memorandum from Joseph A. Spetrini

to Robert S. LaRussa, Extension of Time Limit for the Administrative

Review of Steel Wire Rope from Mexico, dated December 24, 1997.

Therefore, in accordance with that section, the Department is extending

the time limits for the preliminary results to March 31, 1998, and for

the final results to 120 days after the publication of the preliminary

results.

These extensions of time limits are in accordance with section

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

Dated: December 24, 1997.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement III.

[FR Doc. 98-025 Filed 1-2-98; 8:45 am]

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