[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 70 (Monday, April 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17990-17991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9687]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[C-423-806]


Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel From Belgium; Extension of Time Limit 
for Countervailing Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit for countervailing duty 
administrative review.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit for the 
preliminary results of the first administrative review of the 
countervailing duty order on cut-to-length carbon steel plate from 
Belgium, covering the period January 1, 1996 through December 31, 1996. 
This extension is made pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 13, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Cassel or Lorenza Olivas, 
Office of CVD/AD Enforcement VI, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 
482-2786.

Postponement

    Under the Act, the Department of Commerce (the Department) may 
extend the deadline for completion of an administrative review if it 
determines that it is not practicable to complete the review within the 
statutory time limit of 365 days. The Department finds that it is not 
practicable to complete the

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calendar year 1996 administrative review cut-to-length carbon steel 
plate from Belgium within this time limit. (See Memorandum from Richard 
W. Moreland, dated March 26, 1998, to Robert S. LaRussa ``Cut-to-Length 
Carbon Steel Plate from Belgium: Extension of the Deadline for the 
Preliminary Results of the 1996 Administrative Review'', which is a 
public document on file in the Central Records Unit.)
    In accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 
as amended by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, the Department will 
extend the time for completion of the preliminary results of this 
review from May 3, 1998 to no later than August 31, 1998.

    Dated: April 1, 1998.
Maria Tildon,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement, Group II.
[FR Doc. 98-9687 Filed 4-10-98; 8:45 am]
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