[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 13716]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-6268]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-817]


Oil Country Tubular Goods from Mexico: Extension of Time Limit 
for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 14, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phyllis Hall at (202) 482-1398 or Dena 
Aliadinov at (202) 482-2667, 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 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 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 September 9, 1999, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
Oil Country Tubular Goods from Mexico, covering the period August 1, 
1998 through July 31, 1999 (64 FR 48983). The preliminary results are 
currently due no later than May 2, 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 August 30, 2000. See Decision 
Memorandum from Richard Weible to Joseph A. Spetrini, dated March 8, 
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: March 8, 2000.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD Enforcement, Group III.
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