[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 247 (Monday, December 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72314-72315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33498]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-201-806]


Carbon Steel Wire Rope from Mexico: Extension of Time Limits for 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and New 
Shipper Review

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

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limits for preliminary results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and New Shipper Review.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: December 27, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Hoadley or Maureen Flannery, AD/
CVD Enforcement, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, US Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 
Avenue, N.W., Washington DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0666 or (202) 
482-3020, 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 Departments's regulations are to the current 
regulations, codified at 19 CFR Part 351 (1999).

Background

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b)(2), Aceros Camesa, S.A. de 
C.V. (``Camesa''), a Mexican producer of subject merchandise, requested 
that we conduct an administrative review of its sales. Petitioners in 
the proceeding, the Committee of Domestic Steel Wire Rope and Specialty 
Cable Manufacturers (``the Committee''), also requested a review of 
Camesa's sales, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b)(1). We published a 
notice of initiation of this antidumping administrative review on April 
30, 1999 (64 FR 23269).
    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.214, Cablesa, S.A. de C.V. 
(``Cablesa''), a Mexican producer of subject merchandise, requested 
that we conduct a new shipper review of its sales. We published a 
notice of initiation of this new shipper review on May 7, 1999 (64 FR 
24573). After receiving a waiver of the normal time limits for a new 
shipper reivew from Cablesa under 19 CFR 351.214(j)(3), we decided to 
publish the results of this new shipper review simultaneously with the 
results of the administrative review. See 64 FR 61825 (November 15, 
1999).
    On November 30, 1999, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A), the 
Department issued an extension of the preliminary determination due 
date of both reviews by 7 days to December 8, 1999.

Extension of Time Limits for Final Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act directs the Department to make a 
preliminary determination within 245 days for each

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administrative review. This section provides, however, that ``if it is 
not practicable to complete the review within the foregoing time, the 
administrative authority may extend that 245-day period to 365 days . . 
.'' Because of the complexities enumerated in the Memorandum from 
Joseph A. Spetrini to Robert S. LaRussa, Extension of Time Limits for 
the Preliminary Results of Review of Steel Wire Rope from Mexico, dated 
December 7, 1999, the Department has determined that it is not 
practical to complete these reviews by December 8, 1999.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the 
Department is extending the time limits for the preliminary results of 
the administrative review and new shipper review by 113 days to March 
30, 2000.

    Dated: December 8, 1999.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement III.
[FR Doc. 99-33498 Filed 12-23-99; 8:45 am]
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