[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 54 (Monday, March 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 14941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-6868]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-853]


Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Antidumping Duty 
Determination: Circular Seamless Stainless Steel Hollow Products From 
Japan

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 20, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Constance Handley and Charles Riggle, 
Office 5, DAS Group II, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-0631 
or (202) 482-0650, respectively.

Postponement of Preliminary Determination

    The Department of Commerce (the Department) is postponing the 
preliminary determination in the antidumping duty investigation of 
circular seamless stainless steel hollow products from Japan. The 
deadline for issuing the preliminary determination in this 
investigation is now April 24, 2000.
    On November 15, 1999, the Department initiated an antidumping 
investigation of circular seamless stainless steel hollow products from 
Japan. See Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigation: Circular 
Seamless Stainless Steel Hollow Products From Japan, 64 FR 62385, 
(November 19, 1999). The notice stated that the Department would issue 
its preliminary determinations no later than 140 days after the date of 
initiation (i.e., April 3, 2000).
    The Department has now concluded, consistent with section 
733(c)(1)(B) of the Act, that this case is extraordinarily complicated, 
and that additional time is necessary to issue the preliminary 
determination due to the complexity of certain issues raised in this 
case, including issues of affiliation, sales reporting, and product 
coverage. See Memorandum from Gary Taverman to Holly Kuga dated March 
14, 2000. Therefore, in light of the fact that a party to this 
proceeding has been cooperating, pursuant to section 733(c)(1) of the 
Act, the Department is postponing the deadline for issuing this 
determination 21 days (i.e., until April 24, 2000).
    This extension is in accordance with section 733(c) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.205(b)(2).

    Dated: March 14, 2000.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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