Live Swine From Canada: Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Five-Year Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-122-404]

Live Swine From Canada: Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary

Results of Five-Year Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce

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

five-year (``sunset'') review

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is extending

the time limit for the preliminary results of the sunset review on the

countervailing duty order on live swine from Canada. Based on adequate

responses from domestic and respondent interested parties, the

Department is conducting a full sunset review to determine whether

revocation of the order would be likely to lead to continuation or

recurrence of a countervailable subsidy. As a result of this extension,

the Department intends to issue its preliminary results not later than

June 21, 1999.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 29, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott E. Smith or Melissa G. Skinner,

Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Pennsylvania Avenue and 14th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6397, or (202) 482-1560

respectively.

Extension of Preliminary Results

The Department has determined that the sunset review of the

countervailing duty order on live swine from Canada is extraordinarily

complicated. In accordance with section 751(c)(5)(C)(v) of the Tariff

Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), the Department may treat a

review as extraordinarily complicated if it is a review of a transition

order (i.e., an order in effect on January 1, 1995). See section

751(c)(6)(C) of the Act. The Department is extending the time limit for

completion of the preliminary results of this review until not later

than June 21, 1999, in accordance with section 751(c)(5)(B) of the Act.

The final results of this review will, therefore, be due not later than

October 28, 1999.

Dated: March 22, 1999.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 99-7524 Filed 3-26-99; 8:45 am]

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