Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From Mexico: Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-201-810]

Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From Mexico: Extension

of Time Limit for Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative

Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

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

countervailing duty administrative review.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 9, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Norbert Gannon at (202) 482-1487 and

Eric B. Greynolds at (202) 482-6071, Office of AD/CVD Enforcement VI,

Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S.

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

Washington, D.C. 20230.

Time Limits

Statutory Time Limits

Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (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) of the Act allows the

Department to extend the time limit for the preliminary results to a

maximum of 365 days and for the final results to 180 days (or 300 days

if the Department does not extend the time limit for the preliminary

results) from the date of the publication of the preliminary results.

Background

On September 29,1998, the Department published a notice of

initiation of administrative review of the countervailing duty order on

certain cut-to-length plate from Mexico, covering the period January 1,

1997, through December 31, 1997 (63 FR 51893). On September 8, 1999,

(64 FR 48796), we published the preliminary results of review. In our

notice of preliminary results, we stated our intention to issue the

final results of this review no later than January 6, 2000.

Extension of Final Results of Review

We determine that it is not practicable to complete the final

results of this review within the original time limit. Therefore the

Department is extending the time limits for completion of the final

results until no later than March 6, 2000. See Decision Memorandum from

Bernard Carreau to Robert S. LaRussa, dated October 28, 1999, which is

on file in the Central Records Unit.

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

Act.

Dated: November 3, 1999.

Bernard Carreau,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group II.

[FR Doc. 99-29342 Filed 11-8-99; 8:45 am]

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