[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 234 (Monday, December 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67453-67454]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-32434]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-428-602]


Brass Sheet and Strip From Germany: Postponement of Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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 by 120 days the time 
limit of the preliminary results of the antidumping duty administrative 
review of the antidumping duty on brass sheet

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and strip from Germany covering the period March 1, 1997, through 
February 28, 1998, since it is not practicable to complete this review 
within the time limits mandated by the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 7, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Magd Zalok or Gabriel Adler, AD/CVD 
Enforcement Group I, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-
4162 and 482-1442, 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 Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act) by the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA). In addition, unless otherwise 
indicated, all citations to Department of Commerce (Department) 
regulations refer to the regulations codified at 19 CFR part 351 (April 
1998).

Postponement of Preliminary Results of Review

    On April 24, 1998, the Department initiated an administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on brass sheet and strip from 
Germany, covering the period of March 1, 1997, through February 28, 
1998. See Notice of Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 63 FR 20378 
(April 24, 1998).
    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act requires the Department to make a 
preliminary determination in an administrative review within 245 days 
after the last day of the anniversary month of an order for which a 
review is requested. Per this requirement, the deadline for the 
preliminary results of this review would have been December 1, 1998. 
However, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act provides that when it is not 
practicable to complete the review within the specified time period, 
the Department may extend this time period by 120 days. Since the 
Department has determined that it is not practicable to issue the 
preliminary results of this review by December 1, 1998, the Department 
is extending the time limit for issuance of these results by 120 days. 
See Memorandum from Richard W. Moreland to Robert S. LaRussa, dated 
December 1, 1998.
    In accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, we plan to 
issue the final results of this administrative review within 120 days 
after publication of the preliminary results.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

    Dated: December 1, 1998.
Richard W. Moreland,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-32434 Filed 12-4-98; 8:45 am]
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