Steel Wire Rope From the Republic of Korea: Extension of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-811]

Steel Wire Rope From the Republic of Korea: Extension of

Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

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

antidumping duty administrative review.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 10, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Kemp, at (202) 482-1276, or

Steven Presing, at (202) 482-5288, Office of AD/CVD Enforcement V,

Group II, Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Ave, NW,

Washington, DC 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 publication of the preliminary results.

Background

On April 30, 1999, the Department published a notice of initiation

of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on Steel Wire

Rope from the Republic of Korea, covering the period March 1, 1998

through February 28, 1999 (64 FR 23269). The preliminary results are

currently due no later than December 1, 1999.

Extension of Preliminary Results of Review

We determine that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary

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

Department is extending the time limit for completion of the

preliminary results until no later than March 30, 2000. See Decision

Memorandum from Bernard T. Carreau to Robert S. LaRussa, dated November

1, 1999, which is on file in the Central Records Unit. We intend to

issue the final results no later than 120 days after the publication of

the preliminary results notice.

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

Act.

Dated: November 4, 1999.

Bernard T. Carreau,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration, Group II.

[FR Doc. 99-29463 Filed 11-9-99; 8:45 am]

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