Brass Sheet and Strip From Canada, Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-122-601]

Brass Sheet and Strip From Canada, Antidumping Duty

Administrative Review; Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit for preliminary results.

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

time limit for the preliminary results of the antidumping duty

administrative review of Brass Sheet and Strip from Canada. The review

covers one manufacturer/exporter of the subject merchandise to the

United States and the period January 1, 1997 to December 31, 1997.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 28, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul M. Stolz or Tom Futtner, Program

Manager, Office of Antidumping/Countervailing Duty Enforcement, Office

4, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-4474 or (202) 482-3814

respectively.

Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 1930

(``the Act'') are references to the provisions effective January 1,

1995, the effective date of the amendments made to the Act by the

Uruguay Rounds Agreements Act.

Extension of Preliminary Results

The Department initiated this administrative review on February 27,

1998 (63 FR 10002). 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 this

review within the statutory time limit of 365 days. The Department has

determined that it is not practicable to issue its preliminary results

within the original time limit. (See Decision Memorandum from Holly A.

Kuga, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD Enforcement, Group II

to Robert LaRussa, Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

September 21, 1998.) Therefore, the Department is extending the time

limit for completion of the preliminary results until January 31, 1999.

The deadline for the final results of this review will continue to

be 120 days after publication of the preliminary results.

This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(3)(A)).

Dated: September 22, 1998.

Holly A. Kuga,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 98-25867 Filed 9-25-98; 8:45 am]

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