[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 155 (Wednesday, August 12, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43139-43140]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21633]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-549-502]


Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review of Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes 
from Thailand

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 12, 1998.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the 
time

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limit for the preliminary and final results of the 1996-97 antidumping 
duty administrative review for the antidumping order on certain welded 
carbon steel pipes and tubes from Thailand, pursuant to the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (hereinafter, 
``the Act'').

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Totaro or Dorothy Woster, AD/CVD 
Enforcement Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone (202) 482-1374 
or 482-3362, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under section 751(a)(3)(A) of 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. See Memorandum 
from Roland L. MacDonald to Robert S. LaRussa (August 5, 1998).
    Because 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 for the final results until 
October 5, 1998

    Dated: August 5, 1998.
Roland L. MacDonald,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD Enforcement Group III.
[FR Doc. 98-21633 Filed 8-11-98; 8:45 am]
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