Countervailing Duty Investigations of Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils From France, Italy, and the Republic of Korea; Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Final Determinations

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-427-815, C-475-825, and C-580-835]

Countervailing Duty Investigations of Stainless Steel Sheet and

Strip in Coils From France, Italy, and the Republic of Korea; Notice of

Extension of Time Limit for Final Determinations

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Extension of Time Limit.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit for the

final determinations of the investigations of stainless steel sheet and

strip in coils from France, Italy, and the Republic of Korea. This

extension is made pursuant to section 705(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of

1930, as amended by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 26, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marian Wells (France), Craig Matney

(Italy), or Eva Temkin (Republic of Korea), Import Administration,

International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington D.C. 20230; telephone

(202) 482-1167, (202) 482-1778, or (202) 482-4847, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Because, at the petitioners' request, these

investigations have been aligned with the concurrent antidumping duty

investigations of stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from France,

Italy, and the Republic of Korea, and the final determinations in those

investigations were extended (January 4, 1999, 64 FR 130 (France), 64

FR 116 (Italy), 64 FR 137 (Republic of Korea)), the Department of

Commerce is extending the time limit for completion of the final

determinations in the above-mentioned countervailing duty cases to not

later than May 19, 1999.

This notice is in accordance with section 705(a)(1) of the Tariff

Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(4).

Dated: February 18, 1999.

Richard W. Moreland,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 99-4854 Filed 2-26-99; 8:45 am]

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