Postponement of Final Antidumping Determination: Stainless Steel Wire Rod From Germany

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-428-824]

Postponement of Final Antidumping Determination: Stainless Steel

Wire Rod From Germany

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sunkyu Kim or Everett Kelly, Import

Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington D.C.

20230; telephone (202) 482-2613 or (202) 482-4194, respectively.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 17, 1998.

The Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of

1930, as amended (``the Act''), are references 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 the regulations at 19 CFR Part 351 (62 FR 27296, May

19, 1997).

Postponement of Final Determination

Pursuant to section 735(a)(2) of the Act, on March 2, 1998, Krupp

Edelstahlprofile GmbH and Krupp Hoesch Steel Products Inc.

(collectively ``Krupp''), producers/exporters of the subject

merchandise, requested that the Department postpone its final

determination to 135 days after publication of the Department's

preliminary determination. In addition, Krupp requested that the

Department extend the period for provisional measures to not more than

six months. In accordance with 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2), because (1) our

preliminary determination is affirmative, (2) Krupp accounts for a

significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise, and (3)

no compelling reasons for denial exist, we are granting the

respondent's request and are postponing the final determination until

no later than July 20, 1998, which is 135 days after the publication of

the preliminary determination (see Notice of Preliminary Determination

of Sales at Less than Fair Value: Stainless Steel Wire Rod from Germany

(63 FR 10847 March 5, 1998)). Suspension of liquidation will be

extended accordingly.

Case briefs or other written comments in at least 10 copies must be

submitted to the Assistant Secretary for Import Administration no later

than June 1, 1998, and rebuttal briefs no later than June 8, 1998. A

list of authorities used and an executive summary of issues should

accompany any briefs submitted to the Department. Such summary should

be limited to five pages total, including footnotes. In accordance with

section 774 of the Act, we will hold a public hearing, if requested, to

afford interested parties an opportunity to comment on arguments raised

in case or rebuttal briefs. Tentatively, the hearing will be held on

June 15, 1998, time and room to be determined, at the U.S. Department

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

D.C. 20230. Parties should confirm by telephone the time, date, and

place of the hearing 48 hours before the scheduled time.

Interested parties who wish to request a hearing, or to participate

if one is requested, must submit a written request to the Assistant

Secretary for Import Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room

1870, within thirty days of the publication of this notice. Requests

should contain: (1) The party's name, address, and telephone number;

(2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of the issues to be

discussed. Oral presentations will be limited to issues raised in the

briefs.

This notice of postponement is published pursuant to 19 CFR

351.210(g).

Dated: March 10, 1998.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 98-6898 Filed 3-16-98; 8:45 am]

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