[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 16 (Friday, January 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3660-3661]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1761]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[A-791-802]


Furfuryl Alcohol From the Republic of South Africa: Extension of 
Time Limit of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the 
time limit for the preliminary results in the administrative review of 
the antidumping duty order on furfuryl alcohol from the Republic of 
South Africa (RSA), covering the period December 16, 1994, through May 
31, 1996, since it is not practicable to complete the review within the 
time limits mandated by the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act), as amended, 
19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(3)(A).

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 24, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Oudkirk or William Crow, Office 
of AD/CVD Enforcement II, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-2336 
or 482-0116, respectively.

APPLICABLE STATUTE AND REGULATIONS: Unless otherwise indicated, all 
citations to the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), are 
references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective 
date of the amendments made

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to the Act by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless 
otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are 
to the current regulations, as amended by the interim regulations 
published in the Federal Register on May 11, 1995 (60 FR 25130).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

     On August 8, 1996, the Department initiated an administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on furfuryl alcohol from the RSA, 
covering the period December 16, 1994, through May 31, 1996 (61 FR 
41374). In our notice of initiation, we stated that we intended to 
issue the final results of this review no later than June 30, 1997.

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 for which a review is requested. However, 
if it is not practicable to issue the preliminary results in 245 days, 
section 751(a)(3)(A) allows the Department to extend this time period 
to 365 days.
    We determine that it is not practicable to issue the preliminary 
results within 245 days because there are complex legal and 
methodological issues to address, such as duty reimbursement and 
fictitious market allegations, in this first review of this antidumping 
duty order under the new law.
     Accordingly, the deadline for issuing the preliminary results of 
this review is now no later than June 30, 1997. The deadline for 
issuing the final results of this review will be 120 days from the 
publication of the preliminary results.
     This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

    Dated: January 14, 1997.
Barbara R. Stafford,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration
[FR Doc. 97-1761 Filed 1-23-97; 8:45 am]
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