Carbon Steel Wire Rope from Mexico: Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Administrative Review and New Shipper Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-806]

Carbon Steel Wire Rope from Mexico: Extension of Time Limit for

Preliminary Results of Antidumping Administrative Review and New

Shipper Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Extension of Time Limits For Preliminary Results of

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and New Shipper Review.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: December 9, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Hoadley or Maureen Flannery, AD/

CVD Enforcement, Import Administration, International Trade

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

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0666

or (202) 482-3020, respectively.

The Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are

references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective

date of the amendments made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act) by the

Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless otherwise indicated,

all citations to the Departments's regulations are to the current

regulations, codified at 19 CFR part 351 (1999).

Background

In accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b)(2), Aceros Camesa, S.A. de

C.V. (``Camesa''), a Mexican producer of subject merchandise, requested

that we conduct an administrative review of its sales. Petitioners in

the proceeding, the Committee of Domestic Steel Wire Rope and Specialty

Cable Manufacturers (``the Committee'') also requested a review of

Camesa's sales, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b)(1). We published a

notice of initiation of this antidumping duty administrative review on

April 30, 1999 (64 FR 23269).

In accordance with 19 CFR 351.214, Cablesa, S.A. de C.V.

(``Cablesa''), a Mexican producer of subject merchandise, requested

that we conduct a new shipper review of its sales. We published a

notice of initiation of this new shipper review on May 7, 1999 (64 FR

24573). After receiving a waiver of the normal time limits for a new

shipper review from Cablesa under 19 CFR 351.214(j)(3), we decided to

publish the results of this new shipper review simultaneously with the

results of the administrative review. See 64 FR 61825 (November 15,

1999).

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act directs the Department to make a

preliminary determination within 245 days for each administrative

review. The section provides, however, that ``if it is not practicable

to complete the review within the foregoing time, the administrative

authority may extend that 245-day period to 365 days * * * .'' Due to

the reasons enumerated in the Memorandum from Joseph A. Spetrini to

Robert S. LaRussa, Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results

of Review of Steel Wire Rope from Mexico, dated November 30, 1999, the

Department has determined that it is not practicable to complete this

review within the 245-day time limit.

Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the

Department is extending the time limits for the preliminary results of

the administrative review and new shipper review by seven days to

December 8, 1999.

Dated: November 30, 1999.

Barbara E. Tillman,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement III.

[FR Doc. 99-31982 Filed 12-8-99; 8:45 am]

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