[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55248-55249]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26586]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-580-839, A-583-833]


Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Antidumping Duty 
Determinations: Certain Polyester Staple Fiber From the Republic of 
Korea and Taiwan

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 12, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vincent Kane (Republic of Korea) or 
Alysia Wilson (Taiwan), AD/CVD Enforcement, Group I, Office 1, Import 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 1870, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-
2815 or 482-0108, respectively.

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations

    On April 29, 1999, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published its notice of initiation of antidumping investigations of 
certain polyester staple fiber from the Republic of Korea and Taiwan. 
See Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigations: Certain Polyester 
Staple Fiber from the Republic of Korea and Taiwan, 64 FR 23053. The 
initiation notice stated that we would issue our preliminary 
determinations by September 9, 1999. On August 25, 1999, at the request 
of E.I. DuPont de Nemours, Inc.; Arteva Specialities S.a.r.l., d/b/a 
KoSa; Wellman, Inc.; and Intercontinental Polymers, Inc. (hereinafter 
collectively referred to as ``the petitioners'') 1, the 
Department extended the preliminary determination until no later than 
September 29, 1999. See Notice of Postponement of Preliminary 
Antidumping Duty Determinations: Certain Polyester Staple Fiber from 
the Republic of Korea and Taiwan, 64 FR 47766 (September 1, 1999).
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    \1\ E.I. DuPont de Nemours, Inc. is not a petitioner in the 
Taiwan case.
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    On September 29, 1999, pursuant to section 733(c)(1)(A) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, the petitioners requested that the 
Department postpone the preliminary determinations in these 
investigations. Since the Department finds no compelling reason to deny 
the request, we are postponing the deadline for issuing these 
determinations until no later than October 4, 1999.
    This extension and notice are in accordance with section 733(c) of 
the Act.


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    Dated: September 29, 1999.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-26586 Filed 10-8-99; 8:45 am]
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