[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 234 (Monday, December 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 67454]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-32444]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-201-806]


Carbon Steel Wire Rope from Mexico: Extension of Time Limits for 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of Extension of Time Limits For Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: December 7, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Hoadley or Maureen Flannery, AD/CVD Enforcement, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-4106 or (202) 482-3020, respectively.

The 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. In addition, unless otherwise indicated, 
all citations to the Department's regulations are to the current 
regulations, codified at 19 CFR part 351, 62 FR 27295 (May 19, 1997).

Background

    On March 31, 1998, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
received requests from Aceros Camesa, S.A. de C.V. (Camesa) and from 
the Committee of Domestic Steel Wire Rope and Specialty Cable 
Manufacturers (Committee) for an antidumping duty administrative review 
of carbon steel wire rod from Mexico. On April 24, 1998, the Department 
published its initiation of this antidumping duty administrative review 
covering the period of March 1, 1998 through February 28, 1998 (63 FR 
20378).

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act directs the Department to make a 
preliminary determination within 245 days for each administrative 
review. The section provides, however, that ``if it is not practicable 
to complete the review within the foregoing time, the administrative 
authority may extend that 245-day period to 365 days. . . .'' Because 
of the complexities enumerated in the Memorandum from Joseph A. 
Spetrini to Robert S. LaRussa, Extension of Time Limit for the 
Preliminary Results of Review of Steel Wire Rope from Mexico, dated 
November XX, 1998, it is not practicable to complete this review within 
the 245-day time limit.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the 
Department is extending the time limit for the preliminary results by 
90 days to March 1, 1998.

    Dated: November 24, 1998.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement III.
[FR Doc. 98-32444 Filed 12-4-98; 8:45 am]
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