[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 89 (Monday, May 10, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25024-25025]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11721]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-834-803]


Titanium Sponge From the Republic of Kazakhstan: Postponement of 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: 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 
by 120 days the time limit for the preliminary results of the 
antidumping duty administrative review of the antidumping finding on 
titanium sponge from the Republic of Kazakhstan (``Kazakhstan'') (A-
834-803), covering the period August 1, 1997, through July 31, 1998, 
since it is not practicable to complete this review within the time 
limits mandated by the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act'') (19 
U.S.C. 1675 (a)(3)(A)).

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 10, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Manning or Wendy Frankel,

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Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Enforcement, Office Four, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-3936 and 482-5849, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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 Act by the Uruguay Round Agreements 
Act. In addition, unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the 
Department of Commerce's regulations are to the current regulations as 
codified at 19 CFR 351 (1998).

Background

    On September 29, 1998 (63 FR 51893), the Department initiated an 
administrative review of the antidumping finding on titanium sponge 
from Kazakhstan, covering the period August 1, 1997, through July 31, 
1998. In our notice of initiation, we stated our intention to issue the 
final results of these reviews no later than August 31, 1999.

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 foregoing time, section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and section 351.213(h)(2) of the Department's 
regulations allows the Department to extend the time for making a 
preliminary and final determination to a maximum of 365 days and 180 
days, respectively.
    Due to the complexity of the legal and methodological issues 
presented by this review, the Department has determined that it is not 
practicable to complete the preliminary determination on this review 
within the time limit mandated by the Act (See Titanium Sponge from the 
Republic of Kazakhstan (A-834-803); Extension of Preliminary Results 
Review, dated April 29, 1999). Therefore, the Department is extending 
the deadline for issuing the preliminary results of this review until 
no later than August 31, 1999. The deadline for issuing the final 
results of this review will be no later than 120 days from the 
publication of the preliminary results.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act (19 U.S.C. 1675 (a)(3)(A)).

    Dated: April 30, 1999.
Bernard Carreau,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration
[FR Doc. 99-11721 Filed 5-7-99; 8:45 am]
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