Polyethylene Terephthalate, Film, Sheet, and Strip From Korea; Postponement of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-807]

Polyethylene Terephthalate, Film, Sheet, and Strip From Korea;

Postponement of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit.

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

time limit for the preliminary results of the administrative review of

the antidumping duty order on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet,

and strip from Korea. The review covers two manufacturers/exporters of

the subject merchandise and the period June 1, 1997 through May 31,

1998.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 7, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael J. Heaney or John Kugelman, Office of AD/CVD Enforcement, Group

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

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

Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-4475 or 482-0649,

respectively.

Postponement of Preliminary Results of Review

On July 28, 1998, the Department initiated this administrative

review of the antidumping duty order on polyethylene terephthalate

film, sheet, and strip from Korea. (63 FR 40258). The current deadline

for the preliminary results is March 2, 1999. We determine that it is

not practicable to complete this review within the original time frame.

(See Memorandum to the File dated November 24, 1998.)

Accordingly, the deadline for issuing the preliminary results of

this review is now due no later than June 30, 1999. 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

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

Dated: November 21, 1998.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement, Group III.

[FR Doc. 98-32443 Filed 12-4-98; 8:45 am]

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