[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23822-23823]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11160]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[C-533-063]


Certain Iron Metal Castings From India: Postponement of 
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limits for preliminary results of 
countervailing duty administrative review.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Department) is extending by no 
longer than 120 days the time limit of the preliminary results of the 
administrative review of the countervailing duty order on certain iron 
metal castings from India (C-533-063), covering the period January 1, 
1997, through December 31, 1997, since it is not practicable to 
complete this review within the time limits mandated by the Tariff Act 
of

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1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1675 (a)(3)(A)).

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 4, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristen Johnson or Michael Grossman, 
Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Enforcement, Group II, Office 
Six, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone (202) 482-4406 and (202) 482-2305, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to the provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by 
the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA) effective January 1, 1995 (the 
Act). In addition, unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the 
Department's regulations are to the regulations as codified at 19 
C.F.R. Part 351 (April 1998).

Background

    On November 30, 1998, the Department initiated an administrative 
review of the countervailing duty order on certain iron metal castings 
from India, covering the period January 1, 1997, through December 31, 
1997 (63 FR 65748). In our notice of initiation, we stated our 
intention to issue the final results of this review no later than 
October 31, 1999. The preliminary results of review are currently due 
no later than July 5, 1999. Due to the number of producers/exporters of 
the subject merchandise covered by this review, the Department has 
determined that it is not practicable to complete this review within 
the time limits mandated by the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675 (a)(3)(A)).

Postponement of Preliminary Results of Review

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act requires the Department to make a 
preliminary determination within 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of an order/finding for which a review is requested 
and a final determination within 120 days after the date on which the 
preliminary determination is published. 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 a 
maximum of 365 days and 180 days, respectively.
    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary 
results of this review within the original time frame. See Memorandum 
from Bernard Carreau to Robert S. LaRussa, ``Extension of Preliminary 
Results: Certain Iron Metal Castings from India (C-533-063),'' dated 
April 27, 1999.
    The deadline for issuing the preliminary results of this review is 
now no later than November 2, 1999, which is the full amount of time 
the Department can extend the preliminary results under section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act (19 U.S.C. 1675 (a)(3)(A)).

    Dated: April 28, 1999.
Bernard Carreau,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group II.
[FR Doc. 99-11160 Filed 5-3-99; 8:45 am]
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