[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 243 (Monday, December 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 71111]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32793]
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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 review 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 review results of the administrative
review of the antidumping duty order on dynamic random access memory
semiconductors of one megabit or above (``DRAMs'') from the Republic of
Korea, covering the period May 1, 1998, through April 30, 1999, 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: December 20, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: John Conniff, Antidumping Duty and
Countervailing Duty Enforcement, Group II, 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 as of 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 30, 1999 (64 FR 35124), the Department initiated an
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on DRAMs from the
Republic of Korea, covering the period May 1, 1998 through April 30,
1999. On November 17, 1999, Micron Technology, Inc. (``Micron''), the
petitioner, submitted a request for postponement of the preliminary
determination on DRAMs from Korea, citing the number and the complexity
of the issues involved in the administrative review, including many
complex accounting issues.
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
review results within the original time frame (January 30, 2000 )
because of the complex legal and methodological issues involved in this
review segment (see December 10, 1999, Memorandum from Holly Kuga,
Deputy Assistant Secretary to Robert LaRussa, Assistant Secretary).
Accordingly, the deadline for issuing the preliminary results of this
review is now no later than May 30, 2000. The final determination will
occur within 120 days of the publication of the preliminary results.
These extensions are in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the
Act (19 U.S.C. 1675 (a)(3)(A)).
Dated: December 13, 1999.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration, Group II.
[FR Doc. 99-32793 Filed 12-17-99; 8:45 am]
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