[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 13 (Thursday, January 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 3204]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1373]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-853]


Notice of Postponement of Final Antidumping Determination and 
Extension of Provisional Measures: Bulk Aspirin From the People's 
Republic of China

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

EFFECTIVE DATE:  January 20, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Blanche Ziv, Rosa Jeong or Ryan 
Langan, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4207, (202) 482-3853, and 
(202) 482-1279, respectively.

The Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 1930 
(``the Act''), as amended, 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 (URAA). In addition, all citations 
to the Department's regulations are to 19 CFR part 351 (1998).

Postponement of Final Determination and Extenison of Provisional 
Measures

    On December 21, 1999, the Department issued its affirmative 
preliminary determination in this proceeding. The notice stated we 
would issue our final determination not later than 75 days after the 
date of the preliminary determination. See, Notice of Preliminary 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Bulk Aspirin from the 
People's Republic of China, 65 FR 116 (January 3, 2000).
    On December 28, 1999, pursuant to section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act, 
Shandong Xinhua Pharmaceutical Factory (``Shandong''), a named 
respondent in this investigation, requested the Department to postpone 
the final determination in this investigation. On January 4, 2000, 
Shandong also requested an extension of the provisional measures (i.e., 
suspension of liquidation) to not more than six months, in accordance 
with the Department's regulations (19 CFR 351.210(e)(2)) and section 
735(a)(2) of the Act.
    Because our preliminary determination is affirmative, the 
respondent requesting the postponement represents a significant 
proportion of exports of the subject merchandise from the People's 
Republic of China, and no compelling reasons for denial exist, we are 
extending this final determination to not later than 135 days after the 
publication of the preliminary determination (i.e., May 17, 2000). 
Suspension of liquidation will be extended accordingly.
    This notice of postponement is published pursuant to section 735(a) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(g).

    Dated: January 13, 2000.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 00-1373 Filed 1-19-00; 8:45 am]
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