[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 73 (Friday, April 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 20137]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-9372]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-815]


Sulfanilic Acid From the People's Republic of China: Notice of 
Extension of Time Limit for Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 14, 2000.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the 
time limit for the preliminary results of the administrative review of 
the antidumping duty order on sulfanilic acid from the People's 
Republic of China. The review covers the period August 1, 1998 through 
July 31, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sean Carey or Robert James, AD/CVD 
Enforcement Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-
3964 or (202) 482-0649, respectively.

Postponement of Preliminary Results of Review

    On October 1, 1999, the Department published a notice of initiation 
of an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on sulfanilic 
acid from the People's Republic of China, 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.
    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act, 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. However, if it is not practicable to 
complete the preliminary results within this time period, section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the Department to extend the time limit 
for a preliminary determination to a maximum of 365 days.
    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 to no later than August 30, 2000. See Memorandum 
from Richard O. Weible to Joseph A. Spetrini, dated April 3, 2000, 
which is on file in the Central Records Unit, Room B-099 of the main 
Commerce Building. This extension is in accordance with section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

    Dated: April 3, 2000.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement Group III.
[FR Doc. 00-9372 Filed 4-13-00; 8:45 am]
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