[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 171 (Thursday, September 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 46999]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23811]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-122-829, A-533-814, A-588-844, A-580-830, A-469-808, A-583-829]
Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Antidumping Determinations:
Stainless Steel Round Wire from Canada, India, Japan, the Republic of
Korea, Spain, and Taiwan
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 3, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gabriel Adler or Thomas Schauer,
Offices of AD/CVD Enforcement II and III, respectively, Import
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230;
telephone (202) 482-1442 or (202) 482-4852, respectively.
Postponement of Preliminary Determinations
On May 6, 1998, the Department of Commerce (the Department)
initiated antidumping investigations of stainless steel round wire from
Canada, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Spain, and Taiwan. The
notice stated we would issue our preliminary determinations no later
than September 23, 1998. On August 24, 1998, pursuant to section 733(c)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), ACS Industries, Inc.,
Al Tech Specialty Steel Corp., Branford Wire & Manufacturing Company,
Carpenter Technology Corp., Handy & Harman Specialty Wire Group,
Industrial Alloys, Inc., Loos & Company, Inc., Sandvik Steel Company,
Sumiden Wire Products Corporation, and Techalloy Company, Inc. (the
petitioners) requested that the Department postpone for 50 days the
issuance of the preliminary determinations in these investigations.
Given that (1) the petitioners' request for postponement was timely and
(2) the Department finds no compelling reason for the request to be
denied, we are postponing the deadline for issuing these determinations
until no later than November 12, 1998.
This extension is in accordance with section 733(c)(1)(A) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.205(b)(2).
Dated: August 27, 1998.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-23811 Filed 9-2-98; 8:45 am]
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