Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Preserved Mushrooms From Chile, India, Indonesia and the People's Republic of China

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-377-804, A-533-813, A-560-802, and A-570-851]

Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Determinations of Sales at

Less Than Fair Value: Certain Preserved Mushrooms From Chile, India,

Indonesia and the People's Republic of China

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE: May 18, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Goldberger or Katherine Johnson,

Office 5, AD/CVD Enforcement Group II, Import Administration, U.S.

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

Washington, D.C. 20230, telephone: (202) 482-4136, or (202) 482-4929,

respectively.

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations

On January 26, 1998, 63 FR 5306 (February 2, 1998), the Department

initiated antidumping duty investigations on imports of Certain

Preserved Mushrooms from Chile, India, Indonesia, and the People's

Republic of China. The notice of initiation stated that we would issue

our preliminary determinations on or before June 15, 1998.

On May 1, 1998, petitioners made a timely request pursuant to 19

CFR 351.205(e) of the Department's regulations for a 40 day

postponement of the preliminary determinations, until July 27, 1998,

pursuant to section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended

(the Act). Petitioners requested postponements in order to provide the

Department with additional time to respond to alleged deficiencies in

the questionnaire responses, and to ensure that the preliminary

determinations for Chile and India include below cost analyses.

Accordingly, we are postponing the preliminary determinations under

section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act for an additional 40 days. We will make

our preliminary determinations no later than July 27, 1998.

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

and 19 CFR 351.205(f).

Dated: May 8, 1998.

Maria Harris Tildon,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 98-13043 Filed 5-15-98; 8:45 am]

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