[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 24 (Friday, February 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 5766]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2816]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-421-701]


Brass Sheet and Strip From The Netherlands: Notice of Extension 
of Time Limits for Sixth Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 5, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jarrod Goldfeder or John Brinkmann, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-1784 and (202) 482-5288, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Postponement of Preliminary Results

    On September 29, 1998, the Department initiated the sixth 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on brass sheet and 
strip from The Netherlands, covering the period August 1, 1997 through 
July 31, 1998 (63 FR 51893). The current deadline for the preliminary 
results of this review is May 3, 1999. Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act 
(``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. 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 up to 365 days. Because of several complex 
issues unique to this review, it is not practicable to complete the 
review within the current time frame. Therefore, the Department is 
extending the time limit for completion of the preliminary results of 
this administrative review by 120 days, or until August 31, 1999. We 
plan to issue the final results of this administrative review within 
120 days after publication of the preliminary results.

Submission of New Factual Information

    In response to OBV's request for revocation of this order, the 
Department is allowing parties to submit information regarding the 
likelihood of future dumping. Pursuant to section 351.222(b)(2) of the 
Department's regulations (1998), the Department may revoke an order in 
part ``if the Secretary concludes that: (1) One or more exporters or 
producers covered by the order have sold the merchandise at not less 
than normal value for a period of at least three consecutive years; (2) 
It is not likely that those persons will in the future sell the subject 
merchandise at less than normal value; and (3) The exporter or producer 
agrees to immediate reinstatement of the order if the Secretary 
concludes that dumping has resumed.
    In past reviews the Department has established a process for the 
submission of factual information on the issue of whether likelihood of 
future dumping exists (see Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review and Notice of Intent Not to Revoke Order: Dynamic 
Random Access Memory Semiconductors of One Megabit or Above from the 
Republic of Korea, 62 FR 12794 (March 18, 1997)). Thus, at this time, 
we are providing all interested parties the opportunity to submit any 
such information which they believe the Department should consider when 
determining the likelihood of future dumping.
    The deadline for submission of this information for consideration 
in the preliminary results is April 1, 1999. Additionally, parties will 
be allowed until April 15, 1999, to submit rebuttal comments.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

    Dated: February 2, 1999.
Richard W. Moreland,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration.
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