[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 42 (Thursday, March 2, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11285-11286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-5075]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-351-806]


Silicon Metal From Brazil: Extension of Time Limit for 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 2, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maisha Cryor at (202) 482-5831 or Ron 
Trentham at (202) 482-6320, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

Time Limits

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

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determination within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary 
month of an order 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 these time periods, 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 August 30, 1999, the Department published a notice of initiation 
of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on Silicon Metal 
from Brazil, covering the period July 1, 1998 through June 30, 1999 (64 
FR 47167). The preliminary results are currently due no later than 
April 1, 2000.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Review

    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary 
results of this review within the original time limit. Therefore, the 
Department is extending the time limit for completion of the 
preliminary results until no later than July 30, 2000. See Decision 
Memorandum from Thomas Futtner to Holly A. Kuga, dated February 25, 
2000, which is on file in the Central Records Unit, Room B-099 of the 
main Commerce building. We intend to issue the final results no later 
than 120 days after the publication of the preliminary results notice.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

    Dated: February 25, 2000.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration, Group II.
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