[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 72 (Thursday, April 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19872-19873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-9241]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-560-810, A-580-843]


Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Antidumping Duty 
Determinations: Certain Expandable Polystyrene Resins From Indonesia 
and the Republic of Korea

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 13, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Valerie Ellis or David Layton, Office 
5, Group II, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-2336, or (202) 482-0371, 
respectively.

Postponement of Preliminary Determination

    The Department of Commerce (the Department) is postponing the 
preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty investigations of 
certain expandable polystyrene resins from Indonesia and the Republic 
of Korea. The deadline for issuing the preliminary determinations in 
these investigations is now June 20, 2000.
    On December 13, 1999, the Department initiated antidumping 
investigations of certain expandable polystyrene resins from Indonesia 
and the Republic of Korea. See Initiation of Antidumping Duty 
Investigations: Certain Expandable Polystyrene Resins from Indonesia 
and the Republic of Korea, 64 FR 71112 (December 20, 1999). The notice 
stated that the Department would issue its preliminary determinations 
no later than 140 days after the date of initiation (i.e., May 1, 
2000).
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.205(e), on March 29, 2000, the petitioners 
filed a request that the Department postpone the preliminary 
determinations in these investigations. The petitioners' request for 
postponement was timely, and the Department finds no compelling reason 
to deny the request. Therefore, in accordance with section 733(c)(1) of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), the Department is 
postponing the

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deadline for issuing these preliminary determinations until June 20, 
2000.
    This extension is in accordance with section 733(c) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.205(b)(2).

    Dated: April 5, 2000.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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