Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Antidumping Duty Determination: Bulk Aspirin From the People's Republic of China

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-853]

Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Antidumping Duty

Determination: Bulk Aspirin From the People's Republic of China

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 21, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marian Wells or Rosa Jeong, AD/CVD

Enforcement, Group I, Office 1, Import Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, Room 1870, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-6309 or 482-3853,

respectively.

Postponement of Preliminary Determination

On June 23, 1999, the Department of Commerce (the Department)

published its notice of initiation of antidumping investigation of bulk

aspirin from the People's Republic of China (PRC). See Initiation of

Antidumping Duty Investigation: Bulk Aspirin From the People's Republic

of China, 64 FR 33463. The initiation notice stated that we would issue

our preliminary determination by November 4, 1999. On October 8, 1999,

pursuant to section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended

(the Act), Rhodia, Inc., the petitioner, requested that the Department

postpone the issuance of the preliminary determination in this

investigation. The petitioner's request for postponement was timely,

and the Department finds no compelling reason to deny the request.

Therefore, we are postponing the deadline for issuing the preliminary

determination until no later than December 21, 1999.

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

the Act.

Dated: October 15, 1999.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 99-27572 Filed 10-20-99; 8:45 am]

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