[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 58 (Thursday, March 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 14680]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7964]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-405-071]


Viscose Rayon Staple Fiber From Finland: Postponement of Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Extension of time limit for final results of antidumping duty 
administrative review.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the 
time limit of the final results of the antidumping duty administrative 
review of the antidumping finding on viscose rayon staple fiber from 
Finland, covering the period March 1, 1996, through February 28, 1997, 
since it is not practicable to complete the review within the time 
limit mandated by section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act).

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 26, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurel LaCivita or Alexander Amdur, 
Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Enforcement Office Four, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-4740 or 482-5346.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute

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

Background

    On April 24, 1997 (62 FR 19988), the Department initiated an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty finding on viscose rayon 
staple fiber from Finland, covering the period March 1, 1996 through 
February 28, 1997. On December 10, 1997 (62 FR 65063), the Department 
published the preliminary determination in this review.

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 time period, section 
751(a)(3)(A) allows the Department to extend this time period to 180 
days after the date on which the preliminary determination is 
published.
    Because of the complexity of the scope issues involved in this 
review, we determine that it is not practicable to complete this review 
within the original time frame.
    Accordingly, the deadline for issuing the final results of this 
review will be no later than 180 days from the publication of the 
preliminary determination (June 8, 1998).
    These extensions are in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act (19 U.S.C. 1675 (a)(3)(A)).

    Dated: March 20, 1998.
Richard Moreland,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-7964 Filed 3-25-98; 8:45 am]
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