Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from Thailand

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-549-502]

Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Antidumping Duty

Administrative Review of Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes

from Thailand

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 12, 1998.

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

time

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limit for the preliminary and final results of the 1996-97 antidumping

duty administrative review for the antidumping order on certain welded

carbon steel pipes and tubes from Thailand, pursuant to the Tariff Act

of 1930, as amended by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (hereinafter,

``the Act'').

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Totaro or Dorothy Woster, AD/CVD

Enforcement Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade

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

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone (202) 482-1374

or 482-3362, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the

Department may extend the deadline for completion of an administrative

review if it determines that it is not practicable to complete the

review within the statutory time limit of 365 days. In the instant

case, the Department has determined that it is not practicable to

complete the review within the statutory time limit. See Memorandum

from Roland L. MacDonald to Robert S. LaRussa (August 5, 1998).

Because it is not practicable to complete this review within the

time limits mandated by the Act (245 days from the last day of the

anniversary month for preliminary results, 120 additional days for

final results), in accordance with Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the

Department is extending the time limit for the final results until

October 5, 1998

Dated: August 5, 1998.

Roland L. MacDonald,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD Enforcement Group III.

[FR Doc. 98-21633 Filed 8-11-98; 8:45 am]

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