Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Dynamic Random Access Memory Semiconductors of One Megabit and Above (DRAMs) From Taiwan

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-832]

Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Determination of Sales at

Less Than Fair Value: Dynamic Random Access Memory Semiconductors of

One Megabit and Above (DRAMs) From Taiwan

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 4, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Futtner or Alexander Amdur,

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Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S.

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

Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3814 or (202) 482-5346,

respectively.

POSTPONEMENT OF PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION: On November 18, 1998, the

Department initiated the antidumping duty investigation of imports of

DRAMs from Taiwan. The notice of initiation stated that we would issue

our preliminary determination by April 1, 1999 (63 FR 60404, November

18, 1998).

On February 18, 1999, petitioner, Micron Technology, Inc., made a

timely request pursuant to19 CFR 351.205(e) of the Department's

regulations for a postponement of the preliminary determination,

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

(the Act). Petitioner requested a postponement in order to allow

additional time for the Department to analyze the anticipated

voluminous, and unusually complex, sales and cost of production issues

in this investigation.

For the reasons identified by petitioner, we are postponing the

preliminary determination under section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act (See

memorandum from Holly Kuga to Robert LaRussa, dated February 26, 1999).

We will make our preliminary determination no later than May 21, 1999.

This notice is published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) of the Act

and 19 CFR 351.205(f).

Dated: February 26, 1999.

Holly Kuga,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Group II, AD/CVD Enforcement, Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 99-5394 Filed 3-3-99; 8:45 am]

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