[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 140 (Thursday, July 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 45037]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18413]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-819, A-557-810, A-570-859]


Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Antidumping Duty 
Determinations: Steel Wire Rope From India, Malaysia, and the People's 
Republic of China

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 20, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Kemp, Office V, AD/CVD 
Enforcement, Group II, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-1276.

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations

    The Department of Commerce (the Department) is postponing the 
preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty investigations of 
steel wire rope from India, Malaysia, and the People's Republic of 
China (PRC).
    On March 17, 2000, the Department initiated antidumping 
investigation of steel wire rope from India, Malaysia, the PRC, and 
Thailand.\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigations: Steel 
Wire Rope from India, Malaysia, the People's Republic of China, and 
Thailand, 65 FR 16173 (March 27, 2000). The notice stated that the 
Department would issue its prelimiary determinations no later than 140 
days after the date of initiation (i.e., August 4, 2000).
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    \1\ The International Trade Commission issued a negative 
preliminary determination in the case involving Thailand, on April 
20, 2000. Therefore, that case was terminated.
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    On July 7, 2000, pursuant to section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended, the Committee of Domestic Steel Wire Rope and 
Specialty Cable Manufacturers (the petitioners) requested that the 
Department postpone the issuance of 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, we are postponing the deadline for issuing these 
determinations until September 25, 2000.
    This extension is in accordance with section 733(c) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.205(b)(2).

    Dated: July 13, 2000.
Troy H. Cribb,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 00-18413 Filed 7-19-00; 8:45 am]
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