[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 84 (Monday, May 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25310-25311]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10806]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-802]


Gray Portland Cement and Clinker: Notice of Extension of Time 
Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit for preliminary results of 
antidumping duty administrative review.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: May 1, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George Callen or Robin Gray, AD/CVD 
Enforcement, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0180 and (202) 482-4023 
respectively.

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The Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective 
date of the amendments made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act) by the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless otherwise indicated, 
all citations to the Department of Commerce's (the Department's) 
regulations are to 19 C.F.R. Part 351 (1998).

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    The Department of Commerce (the Department) received a request to 
conduct an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on Gray 
Portland Cement and Clinker from Mexico. On October 1, 1999, the 
Department initiated this administrative review covering the period 
August 1, 1998, through August 31, 1999.
    Because of the complexity and timing of certain issues in this 
case, it is not practicable to complete this review within the time 
limit mandated by section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. Following initiation 
of the administrative review, we received an allegation of sales below 
cost. We have completed our analysis of the cost allegation and are in 
the process of conducting a cost investigation. However, since we did 
not receive the allegation of sales below cost until more than three 
months after initiation of the administrative review, we are unable to 
complete our analysis before the current deadline. Therefore, the 
Department is extending the time limit for the preliminary results to 
August 30, 2000. The Department intends to issue the final results of 
review 120 days after the publication of the preliminary results. This 
extension of the time limit is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).

    Dated: April 19, 2000.
Richard Moreland,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 00-10806 Filed 4-28-00; 8:45 am]
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