99-5941. Canned Pineapple Fruit from Thailand: Notice of Extension of Time Limits for Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 10, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 11824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5941]


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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 [phone] and [phone], 
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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