[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 198 (Wednesday, October 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55090-55091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27569]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Roller Chain, Other Than Bicycle, From Japan: Postponement of 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review (A-588-
028)

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

ACTION: Extension of time limits for preliminary results of antidumping 
duty administrative review.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is extending the time limits of the 
preliminary results of the antidumping duty administrative review of 
the antidumping finding on roller chain, other than bicycle, from 
Japan, covering the period April 1, 1997, through March 31, 1998, since 
it is not practicable to complete the review within the time limits 
mandated by Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act), 
as amended.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 14, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ron Trentham or Cameron Werker, Antidumping Duty and Countervailing 
Duty Enforcement, Office Four, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-
6320 and 482-3874, respectively.

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 May 22, 1998 (63 FR 29370, May 29, 1998) the Department of 
Commerce (the Department) initiated an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on roller chain, other than bicycle, from Japan, 
covering the period April 1, 1997, through March 31, 1998. In our 
notice of initiation, we stated that we intended to issue the final 
results of this review no later than April 30, 1999. On August 6, 1998, 
Kaga Industries Co. Ltd., Sugiyama Chain, and Izumi Chain Manufacturing 
Co. Ltd., respectively, submitted requests for postponement of the 
preliminary results on roller chain, other than bicycle from Japan, due 
to the complexity of issues presented by the review, including model 
match issues stemming from the 1996-1997 administrative review and the 
limited resources of both respondents and the Department.

Postponement of Preliminary Results of Review

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act requires the Department to make a 
preliminary determination within 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of an order for which a review is requested and 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 365 
days and 180 days, respectively.

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    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary 
results of this review within the original time frame because of the 
large number of respondents and the complexity of the legal and 
methodological issues in this review (see Decision Memorandum from 
Holly Kuga, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary to Robert LaRussa, 
Assistant Secretary).
    Accordingly, the deadline for issuing the preliminary results of 
this review is now due no later than April 29, 1999. The deadline for 
issuing the final results of this review will be no later than 120 days 
from the publication of the preliminary results.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(3)(A)).

    Dated: October 7, 1998.
Holly Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Group II.
[FR Doc. 98-27569 Filed 10-13-98; 8:45 am]
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