[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 87 (Thursday, May 6, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24370-24371]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11284]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-201-810]
Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From Mexico:
Postponement of Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of extension of time limits for preliminary results of
countervailing duty administrative review.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Department) is extending by no
longer than 120 days the time limit of the preliminary results of the
administrative review of the countervailing duty order on certain cut-
to-length carbon steel plate from Mexico, covering the period January
1, 1997, through December 31, 1997, since it is not practicable to
complete this review within the time limits mandated by the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1675 (a)(3)(A)).
EFFECTIVE DATE: May 6, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dana Mermelstein or Eric Greynolds,
Office of CVD/AD Enforcement VI, Import Administration, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone (202) 482-
0984 and 482-6071, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Applicable Statute
Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are
references to the provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by
the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA) effective January 1, 1995 (the
Act). In addition, unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the
Department's regulations are to the regulations as codified at 19 CFR
Part 351 (April 1998).
Background
On September 29, 1998, the Department initiated an administrative
review of the countervailing duty order on certain cut-to-length carbon
steel plate from Mexico, covering the period January 1, 1997, through
December 31, 1997 (63 FR 51893). In our notice of initiation, we stated
our intention to issue the final results of this review no later than
August 31, 1999. The preliminary results of review are
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currently due no later than May 3, 1999. Due to the complexity of the
issues and the fact that certain subsidy allegations are being examined
for the first time, the Department has determined that it is not
practicable to complete this review within the time limits mandated by
the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675 (a)(3)(A)).
Postponement of Preliminary Results 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/finding 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 a
maximum of 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. See Memorandum
from Bernard Carreau to Robert S. LaRussa, ``Extension of Preliminary
Results: Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from Mexico,'' dated
April 13, 1999.
The deadline for issuing the preliminary results of this review is
now no later than August 31, 1999, which is the full amount of time the
Department can extend the preliminary results under section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. The deadline for issuing the final results of
this review will be no later than 120 days from the publication of the
preliminary results.
Dated: April 13, 1999.
Bernard Carreau,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group II.
[FR Doc. 99-11284 Filed 5-5-99; 8:45 am]
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