[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 174 (Thursday, September 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48986-48987]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-23432]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-533-808]


Certain Stainless Steel Wire Rod From India: Extension of Time 
Limits for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Administrative Review

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

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

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is extending 
the time limit for the preliminary results of the antidumping 
administrative review on certain stainless steel wire rod from India.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 9, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Bailey or Rick Johnson, AD/CVD 
Enforcement, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0413 or (202) 482-3818, 
respectively.

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. In addition, unless otherwise 
indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are to the 
current regulations, codified at 19 CFR part 351 (1998).

Background

    On October 20, 1993, the Department published in the Federal 
Register (58 FR 54110) the antidumping duty order on certain stainless 
steel wire rod from India. On December 8, 1998, the Department 
published in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to request an 
administrative review of this antidumping duty order (63 FR 67646).
    On December 29, 1998, Viraj, an Indian producer, requested an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain 
stainless steel wire rod from India. In accordance with 19 CFR 
351.221(b), we initiated the review of Viraj on January 25, 1999 (64 FR 
3682), covering the period of December 1, 1997 through November 30, 
1998.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Because it is not practicable to complete this review within the 
time limits mandated by section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department 
is extending the time limits for the preliminary results 120 days to 
January 3, 2000 (for a further discussion, see Memorandum from Joseph 
A. Spetrini to Robert S. LaRussa, Extension of Time Limit for the 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Administrative Reviews: Certain

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Stainless Steel Wire Rod from India, dated August 25, 1999).
    The final results continue to be due 120 days after the publication 
of the preliminary results.

    Dated: August 31, 1999.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-23432 Filed 9-8-99; 8:45 am]
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