Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of

Antidumping Duties

AGENCY: International Trade Administration/Import Administration,

Department of Commerce

ACTION: Rebuttal period for comments on policy concerning assessment of

antidumping duties.

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SUMMARY: On October 15, 1998, the Department of Commerce published in

the Federal Register (63 FR 55361) a request for parties to comment on

the Department's regulation on automatic liquidation where a reseller

has been involved in the chain of commerce for merchandise. This notice

establishes a rebuttal period.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joan L. MacKenzie, Senior Attorney,

Office of the Chief Counsel for Import Administration, (202) 482-1310,

or Laurie Parkhill, Director, Office 3, Import Administration, (202)

482-4733.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 15, 1998, the Department of

Commerce published in the Federal Register (63 FR 55361) a request for

parties to comment on the Department's regulation on automatic

liquidation where a reseller has been involved in the chain of commerce

for merchandise. This notice establishes a rebuttal period to any

comments submitted in response to the October 15, 1998, notice.

Subsequent to the publication of the October 15, 1998 notice, we

received a request to extend the due date for comments. This request

was granted and comments are now due Friday, November 13, 1998. In

addition, on October 23, 1998, we received a request that we establish

a period for rebuttal to any comments submitted in response to the

October 15, 1998, notice. The Department is granting the request for a

rebuttal period. All rebuttal comments will be due Friday, December 4,

1998.

To help simplify the processing and distribution of comments and

rebuttals, the Department requests that a submission in electronic form

accompany the required paper copies. Comments filed in electronic form

should be on a DOS formatted 3.5'' diskette in either WordPerfect

format or a format that the WordPerfect program can convert into

WordPerfect. Please make each comment a separate file on the diskette

and name each separate file using the name of the proposed document,

e.g., ``Reseller Liquidation.''

Comments received on diskette will be made available to the public

on the Web at the following address: ``http://www.ita.doc.gov/import

admin/ i records/''. In addition, upon request, the Department will

make comments filed in electronic form available to the public on 3.5''

diskettes (at cost) with specific instructions for accessing compressed

data (if necessary). Any questions concerning file formatting, document

conversion, access on the Web, or other electronic filing issues should

be addressed to Andrew Lee Beller, IA Webmaster, at (202) 482-0866 or

via e-mail at andrew lee [email protected].

Address written comments to Robert S. LaRussa, Assistant Secretary

for Import Administration, Dockets Center, Room 1870, Pennsylvania

Avenue and 14th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230. Attention: Laurie

Parkhill, Comment on Automatic Liquidation.

Dated: November 3, 1998.

Holly A. Kuga,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 98-30237 Filed 11-6-98; 3:08 pm]

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