Certain Iron Metal Castings From India: Postponement of Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-533-063]

Certain Iron Metal Castings From India: 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 (Department) 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 iron

metal castings from India (C-533-063), 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

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 4, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristen Johnson or Michael Grossman,

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, D.C. 20230; telephone (202) 482-4406 and (202) 482-2305,

respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are

references to the provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by

the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA) effective January 1, 1995 (the

Act). In addition, unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the

Department's regulations are to the regulations as codified at 19

C.F.R. Part 351 (April 1998).

Background

On November 30, 1998, the Department initiated an administrative

review of the countervailing duty order on certain iron metal castings

from India, covering the period January 1, 1997, through December 31,

1997 (63 FR 65748). In our notice of initiation, we stated our

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

October 31, 1999. The preliminary results of review are currently due

no later than July 5, 1999. Due to the number of producers/exporters of

the subject merchandise covered 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 of this review within the original time frame. See Memorandum

from Bernard Carreau to Robert S. LaRussa, ``Extension of Preliminary

Results: Certain Iron Metal Castings from India (C-533-063),'' dated

April 27, 1999.

The deadline for issuing the preliminary results of this review is

now no later than November 2, 1999, which is the full amount of time

the Department can extend the preliminary results under section

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

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

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

Dated: April 28, 1999.

Bernard Carreau,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group II.

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