[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 24 (Friday, February 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 5766]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2816]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-421-701]
Brass Sheet and Strip From The Netherlands: Notice of Extension
of Time Limits for Sixth Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: February 5, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jarrod Goldfeder or John Brinkmann,
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-1784 and (202) 482-5288,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Postponement of Preliminary Results
On September 29, 1998, the Department initiated the sixth
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on brass sheet and
strip from The Netherlands, covering the period August 1, 1997 through
July 31, 1998 (63 FR 51893). The current deadline for the preliminary
results of this review is May 3, 1999. Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act
(``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. Because of several complex
issues unique to this review, it is not practicable to complete the
review within the current time frame. Therefore, the Department is
extending the time limit for completion of the preliminary results of
this administrative review by 120 days, or until August 31, 1999. We
plan to issue the final results of this administrative review within
120 days after publication of the preliminary results.
Submission of New Factual Information
In response to OBV's request for revocation of this order, the
Department is allowing parties to submit information regarding the
likelihood of future dumping. Pursuant to section 351.222(b)(2) of the
Department's regulations (1998), the Department may revoke an order in
part ``if the Secretary concludes that: (1) One or more exporters or
producers covered by the order have sold the merchandise at not less
than normal value for a period of at least three consecutive years; (2)
It is not likely that those persons will in the future sell the subject
merchandise at less than normal value; and (3) The exporter or producer
agrees to immediate reinstatement of the order if the Secretary
concludes that dumping has resumed.
In past reviews the Department has established a process for the
submission of factual information on the issue of whether likelihood of
future dumping exists (see Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review and Notice of Intent Not to Revoke Order: Dynamic
Random Access Memory Semiconductors of One Megabit or Above from the
Republic of Korea, 62 FR 12794 (March 18, 1997)). Thus, at this time,
we are providing all interested parties the opportunity to submit any
such information which they believe the Department should consider when
determining the likelihood of future dumping.
The deadline for submission of this information for consideration
in the preliminary results is April 1, 1999. Additionally, parties will
be allowed until April 15, 1999, to submit rebuttal comments.
This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the
Act.
Dated: February 2, 1999.
Richard W. Moreland,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-2816 Filed 2-4-99; 8:45 am]
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