[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 151 (Monday, August 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 40607]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19864]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[A-201-820]


Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Antidumping Duty 
Determination: Fresh Tomatoes From Mexico

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 5, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith Rudman (202-482-0192) or 
Jennifer Katt (202-482-0498), Office of AD/CVD Enforcement, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, DC 20230.

POSTPONEMENT OF PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION: On April 18, 1996, the 
Department of Commerce (the Department) initiated an antidumping duty 
investigation of fresh tomatoes from Mexico (61 FR 18377, April 25, 
1996). The notice of initiation stated that if this investigation 
proceeds normally, the Department would issue its preliminary 
determination by September 5, 1996.
    In accordance with section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930 
(the Act), on July 26, 1996, the petitioners 1 made a timely 
request for an extension of no more than 30 days of the period within 
which the preliminary determination must be made. Under section 
733(c)(1)(A) of the Act and section 353.15(c) of the Department's 
regulations if, not later than 25 days before the scheduled date for 
the preliminary determination, the Department receives a request for 
postponement of the preliminary determination from the petitioners, the 
Department will, absent compelling reasons for denial, grant the 
request. Given that there are no compelling reasons to deny this 
request, we are postponing our preliminary determination in this 
investigation until no later than October 7, 1996.
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    \1\ The petitioners in this investigation are: The Florida 
Tomato Growers Exchange; the Florida Tomato Exchange; the Tomato 
Committee of the Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association; the South 
Carolina Tomato Association; the Gadsden County Tomato Growers 
Association; and an Ad Hoc Group of Florida, California, Georgia, 
Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Virginia Tomato Growers.
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    This notice is published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) of the Act, 
and 19 CFR 353.15(d).

    Dated: July 30, 1996.
Barbara R. Stafford,
Deputy Assistant Secretary Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-19864 Filed 8-2-96; 8:45 am]
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