[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 137 (Thursday, July 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 38257]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18870]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-122-826, A-428-822, A-274-802, and A-307-813]


Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Antidumping Duty 
Determinations: Steel Wire Rod From Canada, Germany, Trinidad and 
Tobago, and Venezuela

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 17, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexander Braier (Canada and Trinidad 
and Tobago), at (202) 482-3818; Judith Wey Rudman (Germany), at (202) 
482-0192; or David J. Goldberger (Venezuela), at (202) 482-4136, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
20230.

POSTPONEMENT OF PRELIMINARY DETERMINATIONS: On March 18, 1997, the 
Department of Commerce (the Department) initiated antidumping duty 
investigations of imports of steel wire rod from Canada, Germany, 
Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela (62 FR 13854, March 24, 1997). The 
notice of initiation stated that unless extended, we would issue our 
preliminary determinations not later than August 5, 1997.
    On July 3, 1997, petitioners, Connecticut Steel Corp., Co-Steel 
Raritan, GS Industries, Inc., Keystone Steel & Wire Co., North Star 
Steel Texas, Inc., and Northwestern Steel & Wire Co., made a timely 
request for a postponement of the preliminary determinations in these 
investigations to 190 days after initiation, or September 24, 1997. 
This request was made pursuant to section 733(c)(1) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 353.15(c) of the Department's 
regulations. Petitioners requested a postponement to ensure that the 
Department has adequate time to analyze the responses in these complex 
investigations. Therefore, for the reasons identified by the 
petitioners and absent any compelling reasons to deny the request, the 
Department is postponing the date of the preliminary determinations in 
these investigations until no later than September 24, 1997.
    This notice is published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) of the Act, 
and 19 CFR 353.15(d).

    Dated: July 11, 1997.
Jeffrey P. Bialos,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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