Brake Rotors From the People's Republic of China: Postponement of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Administrative Review and First Administrative Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-846]

Brake Rotors From the People's Republic of China: Postponement of

Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Administrative

Review and First Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of extension of the time limit for the preliminary

results in the antidumping duty new shipper administrative review and

first administrative review of the antidumping duty order on brake

rotors from the People's Republic of China.

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

time limit for the preliminary results of the antidumping duty new

shipper administrative review and first administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on brake rotors from the People's Republic of

China (PRC). This review covers the period October 1, 1996, through

March 31, 1998.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 10, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Smith or Everett Kelly, Import

Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.

20230; telephone: (202) 482-1766 or (202) 482-4194, respectively.

Postponement of Preliminary Results of Review

The Department initiated a new shipper review of the antidumping

duty order on brake rotors from the PRC (63 FR 28355) on May 22, 1998

and, on May 29, 1998, initiated the first administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on brake rotors from the PRC (63 FR 29370).

Pursuant to section 351.214(j)(3) of its regulations, and with the

agreement of Yantai Chen Fu Machinery Co. Ltd., (Yantai Chen Fu) the

Department is conducting the 1996-1998 administrative review and the

new shipper review of Yantai Chen Fu concurrently. The current deadline

for the preliminary results in these reviews is January 4, 1999. In

accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (``the

Act''), as amended, we determine that it is not practicable to complete

these reviews within the original time frame because of the large

number of respondents.1 Further, in accordance with section

751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act, the Department finds the concurrent new

shipper review extraordinarily complicated because it is being

conducted with the administrative review of a large number of

respondents. Thus the Department is extending the time limit for

completion of the preliminary results until April 30, 1999, which is

365 days after the last day of the anniversary month of the order.

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\1\ The administrative review respondents are Yantai Import and

Export Co., Southwest Technical Import & Export Co.,Yangtze

Machinery Co., MMB International Inc., Hebei Metals and Minerals

Import and Export Co., Jilin Provincial Machinery & Equipment Import

and Export Co., Shangdong Jiyuang Enterprise Co., Longjing Walking

Tractor Works Foreign Trade Import and Export Co., Qindao Metals,

Minerals & Machinery Import and Exports Co., Shanxi Macjinery and

Equipment Import and Export Co., Xianghe Zichen Casting Co., Yenhere

Co., China Non-Market Economy Entity, China National Automotive

Industry Import and Export Co., Shandong Laizhou CAPCO Industry,

Shenyang Honbase Machinery Co. Ltd., Lai Zhou Luyuan Automobile

Fitting Co., Ltd., China National Machinery and Equipment Import and

Export (Xinjiang) Corporation, Ltd. The new shipper is Yantai Chen

Fu Machinery Co., Ltd.

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The final determination will occur within 120 days of the

publication of the preliminary results.

Dated: November 4, 1998.

Louis Apple,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 98-30144 Filed 11-9-98; 8:45 am]

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