Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Antidumping Duty Determinations: Certain Polyester Staple Fiber From the Republic of Korea and Taiwan

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-839, A-583-833]

Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Antidumping Duty

Determinations: Certain Polyester Staple Fiber From the Republic of

Korea and Taiwan

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 12, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vincent Kane (Republic of Korea) or

Alysia Wilson (Taiwan), AD/CVD Enforcement, Group I, Office 1, Import

Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 1870, 14th Street and

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

2815 or 482-0108, respectively.

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations

On April 29, 1999, the Department of Commerce (the Department)

published its notice of initiation of antidumping investigations of

certain polyester staple fiber from the Republic of Korea and Taiwan.

See Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigations: Certain Polyester

Staple Fiber from the Republic of Korea and Taiwan, 64 FR 23053. The

initiation notice stated that we would issue our preliminary

determinations by September 9, 1999. On August 25, 1999, at the request

of E.I. DuPont de Nemours, Inc.; Arteva Specialities S.a.r.l., d/b/a

KoSa; Wellman, Inc.; and Intercontinental Polymers, Inc. (hereinafter

collectively referred to as ``the petitioners'') 1, the

Department extended the preliminary determination until no later than

September 29, 1999. See Notice of Postponement of Preliminary

Antidumping Duty Determinations: Certain Polyester Staple Fiber from

the Republic of Korea and Taiwan, 64 FR 47766 (September 1, 1999).

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\1\ E.I. DuPont de Nemours, Inc. is not a petitioner in the

Taiwan case.

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On September 29, 1999, pursuant to section 733(c)(1)(A) of the

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, the petitioners requested that the

Department postpone the preliminary determinations in these

investigations. Since the Department finds no compelling reason to deny

the request, we are postponing the deadline for issuing these

determinations until no later than October 4, 1999.

This extension and notice are in accordance with section 733(c) of

the Act.

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Dated: September 29, 1999.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

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