[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 89 (Monday, May 8, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26582-26583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-11459]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-469-807]


Stainless Steel Wire Rod From Spain: Extension of Time Limit for 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 8, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Howard Smith at (202) 482-5193 or 
Timothy Finn at (202) 482-0065, 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 of Commerce (``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. 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.

Background

    On November 4, 1999, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
stainless steel wire rod from Spain, covering the period March 5, 1998 
through August 31, 1999 (64 FR 60161). The preliminary

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results are currently due no later than June 1, 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. See Decision 
Memorandum from Tom Futtner to Holly A. Kuga, dated April 28, 2000, 
which is on file in the Central Records Unit, Room B-099 of the main 
Commerce building. Therefore the Department is extending the time limit 
for completion of the preliminary results until no later than September 
29, 2000. 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 28, 2000.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration, Group II.
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