[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 180 (Friday, September 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 50493]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24299]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-549-502]


Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of the 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain Welded Carbon Steel 
Pipes and Tubes From Thailand

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

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit for final results of 
antidumping duty administrative review.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is extending 
the time limit for the final result for the 1997-1998 antidumping duty 
administrative review for the antidumping order on certain welded 
carbon steel pipes and tubes from Thailand. This review covers the 
period March 1, 1997 through February 28, 1998. The extension is made 
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.

EFFECTIVE DATES: September 17, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Totaro at (202) 482-1374; AD/CVD 
Enforcement Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.

The Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 1930 
(``the Act'') 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.

Postponement of Final Results

    On April 13, 1999, the Department published in the Federal Register 
the preliminary results for this review. See 64 FR 17998. Section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act requires the Department to complete an 
administrative review within 120 days of publication of the preliminary 
results. If it is not practicable to complete the review within the 
120-day time limit, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the 
Department to extend the time limit to 180 days from the date of 
publication of the preliminary results. On August 18, 1999, the 
Department published in the Federal Register an extension of the time 
limit for the final results of this review until September 10, 1999. 
See 64 FR 44892. However, the Department has determined that it is not 
practicable to issue its final results within this time limit (See 
Decision Memorandum from Joseph A. Spetrini to Robert S. LaRussa dated 
September 10, 1999). We are therefore fully extending the deadline for 
the final results in this review to 180 days from the date on which the 
notice of preliminary results was published. The fully extended 
deadline for the final results is October 12, 1999.

    Dated: September 10, 1999.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Enforcement Group III.
[FR Doc. 99-24299 Filed 9-16-99; 8:45 am]
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