[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 89 (Thursday, May 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 25172]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12048]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-351-824]


Silicomanganese From Brazil; Extension of Time Limit of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the 
time limit for the final results of the 1994-95 administrative review 
of the antidumping duty order on silicomanganese from Brazil. The 
Department has determined that it is not practicable to complete this 
review within the time limits mandated by section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). The review covers exports of 
this merchandise to the United States by one manufacturer/exporter, 
Companhia Paulista de Ferro-Ligas (CPFL) and Sibra Eletro-Siderurgica 
Brasileira S.A. (Sibra) (collectively ``Ferro-Ligas Group''), for the 
period June 17, 1994 through November 30, 1995.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 8, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hermes Pinilla or Thomas O. Barlow, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4733.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Act are references 
to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective date of the 
amendments made to the Act by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA).

Background

    On January 9, 1997, the Department published in the Federal 
Register (62 FR 1320) the preliminary results of 1994-95 administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on silicomanganese from Brazil (59 
FR 66003, December 22, 1994)). The period of review (POR) is June 17, 
1994 through November 30, 1995. In our notice of preliminary results of 
review we stated that we intended to publish the final results of this 
review within 120 days of publication of the preliminary results.

Postponement of Final Results of Review

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act requires the Department to make a 
final determination within 120 days after the date on which the 
preliminary determination is published. However, if it is not 
practicable to complete the review within the foregoing time, the 
Department may extend the 120 day period for making a final 
determination to 180 days.
    We determine that it is not practicable to issue the final results 
of this review within the 120-days for the reasons contained in the 
Memorandum from Richard W. Moreland to Robert S. LaRussa, April 30, 
1997, on file in Room B-099 of the Main Commerce Building.
    Accordingly, we are extending the deadline for making our final 
determination and issuing the final results in this review. We intend 
to issue the final results of review by July 8, 1997, which is 180 days 
after the publication of our preliminary results. This extension is in 
accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

    Dated: April 30, 1997.
Richard W. Moreland,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 97-12048 Filed 5-7-97; 8:45 am]
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