[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 169 (Wednesday, September 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 47766]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22786]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-839, A-583-833]
Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Antidumping Duty
Determinations: Certain Polyester Staple Fiber From the Republic of
Korea and Taiwan
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 1, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vincent Kane (Republic of Korea) or
Alysia Wilson (Taiwan), AD/CVD Enforcement, Group I, Office 1, Import
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 1870, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-0176
or 482-0108, respectively.
Postponement of Preliminary Determinations
On April 29, 1999, the Department of Commerce (the Department)
published its notice of initiation of antidumping investigations of
certain polyester staple fiber from the Republic of Korea and Taiwan.
See Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigations: Certain Polyester
Staple Fiber from the Republic of Korea and Taiwan, 64 FR 23053, 23055.
The notice stated we would issue our preliminary determinations by
September 9, 1999.
On August 16, 1999, pursuant to section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), E.I. DuPont de Nemours, Inc.; Arteva
Specialities S.a..r.l., d/b/a KoSa; Wellman, Inc.; and Intercontinental
Polymers, Inc. (the petitioners) 1 requested that the
Department postpone the issuance of the preliminary determinations in
these investigations. The petitioners' request for postponement was
timely, and the Department finds no compelling reason to deny the
request. Therefore, we are postponing the deadline for issuing these
determinations until no later than September 29, 1999.
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\1\ E.I. DuPont de Nemours, Inc. is not a petitioner in the
Taiwan case.
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This extension and notice are in accordance with section 733(c) of
the Act.
Dated: August 25, 1999.
Bernard T. Carreau,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-22786 Filed 8-31-99; 8:45 am]
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