Certain Hot-Rolled Lead and Bismuth Carbon Steel Products From the United Kingdom: Postponement of Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-412-811]

Certain Hot-Rolled Lead and Bismuth Carbon Steel Products From

the United Kingdom: Postponement of Preliminary Results of

Countervailing Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results of

Countervailing Duty Administrative Review.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is extending by no longer than 120

days the time limit of the preliminary results of the administrative

review of the countervailing duty order on certain hot-rolled lead and

bismuth carbon steel products from the United Kingdom (C-412-811),

covering the period January 1, 1997, through December 31, 1997, since

it is not practicable to complete this review within the time limits

mandated by the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C.

1675(a)(3)(A)).

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 7, 1998.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gayle Longest and Chris Cassel,

Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Enforcement, Group II, Office

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

Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-3338 and 482-4847,

respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are

references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective

date of the amendments made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act) by the

Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless otherwise indicated,

all citations to the Department of Commerce's regulations are to the

current regulations as codified at 19 CFR 351 (1998).

Background

On April 24, 1998, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'')

initiated an administrative review of the countervailing duty order on

certain hot-rolled lead and bismuth carbon steel products from the

United Kingdom (``UK''), covering the period January 1, 1997, through

December 31, 1997 (63 FR 20378). In our notice of initiation, we stated

our intention to issue the final results of this review no later than

March 31, 1998. The preliminary results of review are currently due no

later than December 1, 1998. Due to the complexity of the legal and

methodological issues presented by this review, the Department has

determined that it is not practicable to complete this review within

the time limits mandated by the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675 (a)(3)(A)).

Postponement of Preliminary Results of Review

Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act requires the Department to make a

preliminary determination within 245 days after the last day of the

anniversary month of an order/finding for which a review is requested

and a final determination within 120 days after the date on which the

preliminary determination is published. However, if it is not

practicable to complete the review within the time period, section

751(a)(3)(A) allows the Department to extend this time period to a

maximum of 365 days and 180 days, respectively.

We determine that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary

results this review within the original time frame. See Memorandum from

Holly A. Kuga to Robert S. LaRussa, ``Extension of Preliminary Results:

Certain Hot-Rolled Lead and Bismuth Carbon Steel Products from the

United Kingdom (C-412-811)'', dated November 27, 1998.

The deadline for issuing the preliminary results of this review is

now no later than March 31, 1999, which is the full amount of time the

Department can extend the preliminary results under section

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. The deadline for issuing the final results of

this review will be no later than 120 days from the publication of the

preliminary results.

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

Act (19 U.S.C. 1675 (a)(3)(A)).

Dated: November 27, 1998.

Holly A. Kuga,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 98-32439 Filed 12-4-98; 8:45 am]

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