Canned Pineapple Fruit from Thailand: Notice of Extension of Time Limits for Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-549-813]

Canned Pineapple Fruit from Thailand: Notice of Extension of Time

Limits for Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 10, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles Riggle or Kris Campbell,

Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-0650 and (202) 482-3813,

respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Postponement of Preliminary Results

On August 27, 1998, the Department of Commerce initiated the third

administrative review of the antidumping duty order on canned pineapple

fruit from Thailand, covering the period July 1, 1997, through June 30,

1998 (63 FR 45796). The current deadline for the preliminary results of

this review is April 2, 1999. Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of

1930, as amended (``the Act''), requires the Department to make a

preliminary determination in an administrative review within 245 days

after the last day of the anniversary month of an order for which a

review is requested. However, if it is not practicable to complete the

review within the time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) allows the

Department to extend this time period to up to 365 days.

We determine that it is not practicable to complete this review

within the original time frame because this review involves collecting

and analyzing information from a large number of companies, including

investigating sales below the cost of production for several companies.

Although section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows for an extension of up

to 120 days, we believe at this time that only a limited extension of

the deadline is necessary to analyze the complex legal and

methodological issues involved in this case. Accordingly, the

Department is extending the time limit for completion of the

preliminary results of this administrative review by 60 days, or until

June 1, 1999. We plan to issue the final results of this administrative

review within 120 days after publication of the preliminary results.

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

Act.

Dated: March 3, 1999.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 99-5941 Filed 3-9-99; 8:45 am]

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