[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 43 (Friday, March 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 10621]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5506]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-588-823]


Professional Electric Cutting Tools From Japan: Postponement of 
Preliminary Results of Fifth Administrative Review of Antidumping Duty 
Order

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

ACTION: Notice of extension of the time limit for the preliminary 
results in the fifth administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order on professional electric cutting tools from Japan.

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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
is extending the time limit for the preliminary results of the fifth 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on professional 
electric cutting tools (``PECTs'') from Japan. This review covers the 
period July 1, 1997, through June 30, 1998.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 5, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Ledgerwood or Barbara Wojcik-
Betancourt, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3836 or (202) 482-0629, 
respectively.

Postponement of Preliminary Results of Administrative Review

    The Department initiated the fifth administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on PECTs from Japan on August 27, 1998 (63 FR 
45796). The current deadline for the preliminary results in this review 
is April 2, 1999. In accordance with section 751 (a)(3)(A) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930 (``the Act''), as amended, the Department finds that 
it is not practicable to complete this administrative review within the 
original time frame. Specifically, the Department finds that additional 
time is needed to adequately consider the issues related to the 
possible revocation of the antidumping duty order, in part, on PECTs 
from Japan that are produced by the Makita Corporation and that are 
also exported by the Makita Corporation. (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 
until August 2, 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. 99-5506 Filed 3-4-99; 8:45 am]
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