Sugar From the European Community: Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Five-Year Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-408-046]

Sugar From the European Community: Extension of Time Limit for

Preliminary Results of Five-Year Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit for preliminary results of

five-year (``sunset'') review.

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

the time limit for the preliminary results of the sunset review on the

countervailing duty order on sugar from the European Community. Based

on adequate responses from domestic and respondent interested parties,

the Department is conducting a full sunset review to determine whether

revocation of the order would be likely to lead to continuation or

recurrence of a countervailable subsidy. As a result of this extension,

the Department intends to issue its preliminary results not later than

April 19, 1999.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 25, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott E. Smith or Melissa G. Skinner,

Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S.

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

Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6397, or (202) 482-1560

respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Extension of Preliminary Results

The Department has determined that the sunset review of the

countervailing duty order on sugar from the European Community is

extraordinarily complicated. In accordance with section 751(c)(5)(C)(v)

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), the Department may

treat a review as extraordinarily complicated if it is a review of a

transition order (i.e., an order in effect on January 1, 1995). See

section 751(c)(6)(C) of the Act. The Department is extending the time

limit for completion of the preliminary results of this review until

not later than April 19, 1999, in accordance with section 751(c)(5)(B)

of the Act. The final results of this review will, therefore, be due

not later than August 27, 1999.

Dated: January 19, 1999.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 99-1642 Filed 1-22-99; 8:45 am]

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