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: November 27, 1998.

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

time limit for the preliminary results of the antidumping duty

administrative review of the antidumping order on certain welded carbon

steel pipes and tubes from Thailand, covering the period March 1, 1997

through February 28, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Totaro or Abdelali Elouaradia,

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 482-2243, respectively.

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

Act, as amended (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 (November

9, 1998).

Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the

Department is extending the time limit for the preliminary results

until March 31, 1999.

Dated: November 19, 1998.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Enforcement Group III.

[FR Doc. 98-31660 Filed 11-25-98; 8:45 am]

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