[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 24, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9127-9128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4589]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-588-824]


Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from 
Japan: Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of the 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit for preliminary results of 
antidumping duty administrative review.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is extending 
the time limit for the preliminary results of the review of certain 
corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from Japan. This review 
covers two Japanese companies, Nippon Steel Corporation and Kawasaki 
Steel Corporation, and their respective affiliates for the period 
August 1, 1997 through July 31, 1998.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 24, 1999.


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick Johnson at (202) 482-3818; Office 
of AD/CVD Enforcement, Group III, Office 9, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20230.

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 (URAA).

Postponement of Preliminary Results

    The Department has determined that it is not practicable to issue 
its preliminary results of the administrative review within the 
original time limit of May 3, 1999. See Decision Memorandum from Joseph 
A. Spetrini, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Enforcement Group III to 
Robert LaRussa, Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, February 
17, 1999. The Department is extending the time limit for completion of 
the preliminary results until August 1, 1999 in accordance with Section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
    The deadline for the final results of this review will continue to 
be 120 days after publication of the preliminary results.

    Dated: February 18, 1999.
Roland L. MacDonald,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement Group III
[FR Doc. 99-4589 Filed 2-23-99; 8:45 am]
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