[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 42 (Thursday, March 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 10444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5395]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-588-837]


Large Newspaper Printing Presses and Components Thereof, Whether 
Assembled or Unassembled, From Japan: Postponement of Preliminary 
Results of the First and Second Administrative Reviews of Antidumping 
Duty Order

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

ACTION: Notice of extension of the time limit for the preliminary 
results in the first and second administrative reviews of the 
antidumping duty order on large newspaper printing presses from Japan.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is extending 
the time limit for the preliminary results of the first and second 
administrative reviews of the antidumping duty order on large newspaper 
printing presses from Japan. These reviews cover the period September 
5, 1996, through August 31, 1998 for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 
(``MHI'') 1 and for the period September 1, 1997, through 
August 31, 1998 for Tokyo Kikai Seisakusho (``TKS'').2
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    \1\ The initiation of the first administrative review of this 
antidumping duty order on LNPPs from Japan with respect to MHI 
(covering the period September 5, 1996 through August 31, 1997) was 
deferred at the request of the petitioner, until the initiation of 
the second administrative review (covering the period September 1, 
1997 through August 31, 1998). Thus both reviews with respect to MHI 
are being conducted concurrently.
    \2\ There was no request for an administrative review of the 
LNPP order with respect to TKS for the period September 5, 1996 
through August 31, 1997.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: March 4, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate Johnson, at (202) 482-4929, or 
Dinah McDougall, at (202) 482-3773, Office of AD/CVD Enforcement, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, D.C., 20230.

POSTPONEMENT OF PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW: The 
Department initiated reviews of the antidumping duty order on LNPP from 
Japan on October 29, 1998 (63 FR 58009) for MHI, and on November 30, 
1998 (63 FR 6548) for TKS. The current deadline for the preliminary 
results in these reviews is June 2, 1999. In accordance with section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, the Department 
finds that it is not practicable to complete the first and second 
administrative reviews of the antidumping order on large newspaper 
printing presses from Japan within this time limit. Specifically, the 
Department finds that additional time is needed to adequately consider 
the complexity of the issues involved in these reviews. (See memorandum 
from Holly Kuga to Robert LaRussa, dated February 26, 1999). Thus the 
Department is extending the time limit for completion of the 
preliminary results of these reviews until September 30, 1999, which is 
365 days after the last day of the anniversary month of the order. The 
final determination will occur within 120 days of the publication of 
the preliminary results.

    Dated: February 26, 1999.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-5395 Filed 3-3-99; 8:45 am]
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