[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 3065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1243]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-812]
Dynamic Random Access Memory Semiconductors of One Megabit or
Above (DRAMs) From the Republic of Korea: Postponement of Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Extension of time limit for preliminary results of antidumping
duty administrative review.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the
time limit for the preliminary results of the administrative review of
the antidumping duty order on DRAMs from the Republic of Korea,
covering the period May 1, 1997, through April 30, 1998, since it is
not practicable to complete the review within the time limit mandated
by section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act).
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 20, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: John Conniff, Antidumping Duty and
Countervailing Duty Enforcement, Office Four, Import Administration,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington DC 20230, telephone 202/482-
1009.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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 Act by the Uruguay Rounds Agreements
Act.
In addition, unless stated otherwise, all citations to the
Department's regulations are to the current regulations codified at 19
CFR 351 (1998).
Background
On June 29, 1998 (63 FR 35188), the Department initiated an
administrative review of the antidumping order on DRAMs from the
Republic of Korea, covering the period May 1, 1997 through April 30,
1998.
Postponement of Preliminary Result of Review
Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act requires the Department to make a
preliminary determination within 245 days after the last day of the
anniversary month of an order for which a review is requested and a
final determination within 120 days after the date on which the
preliminary determination is published. 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 365
days and 180 days, respectively.
We determine that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary
results of this review within the original time frame because of the
complexity of the legal and methodological issues involved in this
review (see January 4, 1999 Memorandum from Holly Kuga, Acting Deputy
Assistant Secretary to Robert LaRussa, Assistant Secretary).
Accordingly, the deadline for issuing the preliminary results of this
review is now due no later than June 1, 1999. The deadline for issuing
the final results of this review will be no later than 120 days from
the publication of the preliminary results.
This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the
Act (19 U.S.C. 1675 (a)(3)(A)).
Dated: January 13, 1999.
Holly Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Group II.
[FR Doc. 99-1243 Filed 1-19-99; 8:45 am]
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