[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 234 (Monday, December 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67455-67456]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-32442]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-580-807]


Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip From Korea; 
Postponement of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty New Shipper 
Administrative Review and Partial Rescission of Review

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

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit and partial rescission of 
review.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the 
time limit for the preliminary results of the new shipper 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on polyethylene 
terephthalate, film, sheet, and strip (PET film) from Korea. The 
Department is also rescinding the

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review with respect to Kohap, Ltd. (Kohap). The review covers two 
manufacturers/exporters of the subject merchandise and the period June 
1, 1997 through May 31, 1998.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 7, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael J. Heaney or John Kugelman, Office of AD/CVD Enforcement, Group 
III, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-4475 or 482-0649, 
respectively.

Postponement of Preliminary Results of Review and Rescission of 
Review With Respect To Kohap

    On July 16, 1998, the Department initiated this new shipper review 
of the antidumping duty order on PET film from Korea, manufactured by 
H.S. Industries and Kohap, Ltd. (63 FR 38371). The current deadline for 
the preliminary results is January 12, 1999. We have determined that 
this review is extraordinarily complicated, and that we are unable to 
complete it within the original timeframe. (See Memorandum to the File 
dated November 24, 1998.)
    Accordingly, the deadline for issuing the preliminary results is 
now due no later than May 12, 1999. The deadline for issuing the final 
results will be no later than 90 days from the publication of the 
preliminary results.
    On August 21, 1998, Kohap withdrew its request for a new shipper 
administrative review. Accordingly, we are rescinding this new shipper 
review with respect to Kohap. Upon publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register, we will instruct the U.S. Customs Service to require 
cash deposits on all shipments of PET film manufactured by Kohap and 
entered or withdrawn from warehouse.
    This notice is in accordance with Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(2)(B)(iv)).

    Dated: November 29, 1998.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement, Group III.
[FR Doc. 98-32442 Filed 12-4-98; 8:45 am]
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