Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from Belgium; Extension of Time Limit for Countervailing Duty Administrative Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-423-806]

Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from Belgium; Extension of Time

Limit for Countervailing Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Countervailing Duty

Administrative Review.

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

time limit for the final results of the first administrative review of

the countervailing duty order on cut-to-length carbon steel plate from

Belgium. The review covers one manufacturer/exporter and the period

January 1, 1996 through December 31, 1996.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 17, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Cassel or Gayle Longest,

Office of CVD/AD Enforcement VI, Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-

2786.

APPLICABLE STATUTE: Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the

Tariff Act of 1920, as amended (the Act) are to the provisions

effective January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to

the Act by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA). In addition, unless

otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are

to 19 CFR part 351 (1998).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Because it is not practicable to complete

this review within the initial time limits established by section

751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), the

Department is extending the time limits for completion of the final

results until no later than March 8, 1999. This extension is necessary

due, in part, to the existence of complex, novel issues. (See

Memorandum from Holly A. Kuga, dated December 9, 1998, to Robert S.

LaRussa ``Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from Belgium: Extension of

the Deadline for the Final

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Results of the 1996 Administrative Review'', which is a public document

on file in the Central Records Unit.)

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

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

Dated: December 9, 1998.

Holly A. Kuga,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement, Group II.

[FR Doc. 98-33469 Filed 12-16-98; 8:45 am]

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