[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 187 (Monday, September 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 51563]
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[FR Doc No: 98-25867]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-122-601]


Brass Sheet and Strip From Canada, Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit for preliminary results.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the 
time limit for the preliminary results of the antidumping duty 
administrative review of Brass Sheet and Strip from Canada. The review 
covers one manufacturer/exporter of the subject merchandise to the 
United States and the period January 1, 1997 to December 31, 1997.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 28, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul M. Stolz or Tom Futtner, Program 
Manager, Office of Antidumping/Countervailing Duty Enforcement, Office 
4, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-4474 or (202) 482-3814 
respectively.

Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 1930 
(``the Act'') 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.

Extension of Preliminary Results

    The Department initiated this administrative review on February 27, 
1998 (63 FR 10002). 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 this 
review within the statutory time limit of 365 days. The Department has 
determined that it is not practicable to issue its preliminary results 
within the original time limit. (See Decision Memorandum from Holly A. 
Kuga, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD Enforcement, Group II 
to Robert LaRussa, Assistant Secretary for Import Administration. 
September 21, 1998.) Therefore, the Department is extending the time 
limit for completion of the preliminary results until January 31, 1999.
    The deadline for the final results of this review will continue to 
be 120 days after publication of the preliminary results.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(3)(A)).

    Dated: September 22, 1998.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-25867 Filed 9-25-98; 8:45 am]
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