[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 78 (Friday, April 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 21396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-9995]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-423-602]


Industrial Phosphoric Acid From Belgium: Extension of Time Limit 
for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 21, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frank Thomson at (202) 482-4793 or 
Nithya Nagarajan at (202) 482-5253, 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 
or 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 
preliminary results of review within this time period, 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 and for the 
final results to 180 days (or 300 days if the Department does not 
extend the time limit for the preliminary results) from the date of 
publication of the preliminary results.

Background

    On October 1, 1999, the Department published a notice of initiation 
of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on industrial 
phosphoric acid from Belgium, covering the period August 1, 1998 
through July 31, 1999 (64 FR 53318). The preliminary results are 
currently due no later than May 3, 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 June 17, 2000. See Decision 
Memorandum from Tom Futtner to Holly A. Kuga, dated April 13, 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: April 13, 2000.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration, Group II.
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