[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 80 (Monday, April 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 20585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11136]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-570-815]


Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review of Sulfanilic Acid From the Peoples' Republic of 
China

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 27, 1998.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the 
time limit for the preliminary results of the 1996-1997 administrative 
review for the antidumping order on Sulfanilic Acid from the PRC, 
pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by the Uruguay Round 
Agreements Act (hereinafter, ``the Act'').

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristin Stevens, Doug Campau or Steven 
Presing, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20230, telephone: (202) 482-3793.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Act, 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. In the instant case, the Department has 
determined that it is not practicable to complete the review within the 
statutory time limit.
    Since it is not practicable to complete this review within the time 
limits mandated by the Act (245 days from the last day of the 
anniversary month for preliminary results, 120 additional days for 
final results), in accordance with Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the 
Department is extending the time limit as follows:

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                                                                    Initiation      Prelim due       Final due  
            Product                 Country      Review period         date            date            date*    
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Sulfanilic Acid (A-570-815)....  PRC              8/1/96-7/31/97         9/25/97         7/03/98        10/31/98
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*The Department shall issue the final determination 120 days after the publication of the preliminary           
  determination.                                                                                                

    Dated: April 21, 1998.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement, Group III.
[FR Doc. 98-11136 Filed 4-24-98; 8:45 am]
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