[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 53 (Friday, March 17, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 14535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-6690]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-475-811)


Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel From Italy: Extension of Time 
Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 17, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Samantha Denenberg at (202) 482-1386, 
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. The time limit for the final determination 
may be extended 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 October 1, 1999, the Department published a notice of initiation 
of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on Grain-
Oriented Electrical Steel from Italy, covering the period August 1, 
1998 through July 31, 1999 (64 FR 53318). 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 9, 
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 9, 2000.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD Enforcement Group III.
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