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[Federal Register: March 10, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-828, A-823-805]

 

Postponement of Preliminary Antidumping Duty Determinations: 
Silicomanganese From the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Ukraine

AGENCIES: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 10, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Ready (PRC) or Edward Easton (Ukraine), Office of Antidumping 
Investigations, Import Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; 
telephone (202) 482-2613 or (202) 482-1777, respectively.

Postponement

    On December 2, 1993, the Department initiated antidumping duty 
investigations of silicomanganese from the RPC and Ukraine. The notice 
of initiation stated that we would issue our preliminary determinations 
on or before April 21, 1994 (58 FR 64553, December 8, 1993).
    We determine that these cases are extraordinarily complicated 
because of the novel issues presented in each. In the case of the PRC, 
information available to the Department indicates that there are many 
producer/exporters of the subject merchandise. To date, however, we 
have not been able to identify or contact large numbers of these 
companies. In the case of Ukraine, the dramatic changes occurring in 
the domestic economy have complicated the assessment necessary for 
selection of surrogate countries for the investigation. The inability 
at this time to select surrogate countries prevents our valuation of 
the factors of production in Ukraine. In addition, we determine that 
the parties in these investigations are cooperating and that additional 
time is necessary to make the preliminary determinations.
    For these reasons, we determine that these investigations are 
extraordinarily complicated in accordance with section 
733(c)(1)(B)(i)(II) of Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 
that additional time is necessary to make these preliminary 
determinations in accordance with section 733(c)(1)(B)(ii) of the Act. 
The statutory deadline for issuing these determinations will now be not 
later than June 10, 1994.
    This notice is published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) of the Act 
and 19 CFR 353.15(d).

    Dated: March 2, 1994.

Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 94-5454 Filed 3-9-94; 8:45 am]
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