[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-570-828]


Silicomanganese From the People's Republic of China: Extension of 
Time Limit for Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 11, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Timothy Finn at (202) 482-0065 or 
James Terpstra at (202) 482-3965, Office of AD/CVD Enforcement 4, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Ave, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230.

Information

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department to make a preliminary determination 
within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of an 
order/finding for which a review is requested and a final determination 
within 120 days after the Date on which the preliminary determination 
is published. However, if it is not practicable to complete the review 
within the time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the 
Department to extend the time limit for the preliminary determination 
to a maximum of 365 days and for the final determination to 180 days 
(or 300 days if the Department does not extend the time limit for the 
preliminary determination) from the date of publication of the 
preliminary determination.

Background

    On January 25, 1999, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
silicomanganese from the People's Republic of China, covering the 
period December 1, 1997 through November 30, 1998 (64 FR 3682). On 
November 8, 1999, we published the preliminary results of review (64 FR 
60784). In our notice of preliminary results, we stated our intention 
to issue the final results of this review no later than March 7, 2000.

Extension of Final Results of Review

    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the final 
results of this review within the original time limit. Therefore we are 
extending the time limits for completion of the final results until no 
later than May 6, 2000. See Decision Memorandum from Holly A. Kuga to 
Robert S. LaRussa, dated December 17, 1999, which is on file in the 
Central Records Unit, Room B-099 of the main Commerce Building.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

    Dated: January 5, 2000.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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