[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 72 (Thursday, April 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19876-19877]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-9238]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-428-827, A-475-828, A-557-809, A-565-801]


Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Antidumping Duty 
Determinations: Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From Germany, 
Italy, Malaysia and the Philippines

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 13, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For Germany: Carrie Blozy or Rick 
Johnson at (202) 482-0165 and (202) 482-3818, respectively; for Italy, 
Helen Kramer or Linda Ludwig at (202) 482-0405 and (202) 482-3833, 
respectively; for Malaysia, Becky Hagen or Rick Johnson at (202) 482-
3362 and (202) 482-3818, respectively; for the Philippines, Fred Baker 
or Robert James at (202) 482-2924 and (202) 482-0649, respectively, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230.

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations

    The Department of Commerce (the Department) is postponing the 
preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty investigations of 
stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from Germany, Italy, Malaysia 
and the Philippines. The deadline for issuing the preliminary 
determinations in these investigations is now July 26, 2000.
    On January 18, 2000, the Department initiated antidumping 
investigations of stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from Germany, 
Italy, Malaysia and the Philippines. See Initiation of Antidumping Duty 
Investigation: Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Germany, 
Italy, Malaysia and the Philippines, 65 FR 4595, (January 31, 2000). 
The notice stated that the Department would issue its preliminary 
determinations no later than140 days after the date of initiation 
(i.e., June 6, 2000).
    The Department has now concluded, consistent with section 
733(c)(1)(B) of the Act, that these cases are extraordinarily 
complicated, and that additional time is necessary to issue the 
preliminary determinations due to the complexity of certain issues 
raised in these cases, including the complexity of the transactions to 
be investigated and adjustments to be considered and the novelty of the 
issues presented. See Memorandum from Richard Weible and Edward Yang to 
Joseph A. Spetrini dated April 7, 2000. Therefore, in light of the fact 
that parties to this proceeding have been cooperating, pursuant to 
section 733(c)(1) of the Act, the Department is postponing the deadline

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for issuing these determinations 50 days (i.e., until July 26, 2000).
    This extension is in accordance with section 733(c) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.205(b)(2).

    Dated: April 7, 2000.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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