[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 203 (Thursday, October 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 56738]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27572]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-570-853]


Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Antidumping Duty 
Determination: Bulk Aspirin From the People's Republic of China

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 21, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marian Wells or Rosa Jeong, AD/CVD 
Enforcement, Group I, Office 1, Import Administration, U.S. Department 
of Commerce, Room 1870, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-6309 or 482-3853, 
respectively.

Postponement of Preliminary Determination

    On June 23, 1999, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published its notice of initiation of antidumping investigation of bulk 
aspirin from the People's Republic of China (PRC). See Initiation of 
Antidumping Duty Investigation: Bulk Aspirin From the People's Republic 
of China, 64 FR 33463. The initiation notice stated that we would issue 
our preliminary determination by November 4, 1999. On October 8, 1999, 
pursuant to section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act), Rhodia, Inc., the petitioner, requested that the Department 
postpone the issuance of the preliminary determination in this 
investigation. The petitioner's request for postponement was timely, 
and the Department finds no compelling reason to deny the request. 
Therefore, we are postponing the deadline for issuing the preliminary 
determination until no later than December 21, 1999.
    This extension and notice are in accordance with section 733(c) of 
the Act.

    Dated: October 15, 1999.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-27572 Filed 10-20-99; 8:45 am]
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