[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 156 (Friday, August 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 49223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20442]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-805]


Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From Mexico: Extension of 
Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 11, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Drury at (202) 482-0195 or Linda 
Ludwig at (202) 482-3833, 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/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 review 
within these time periods, 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 determination to 180 days 
(or 300 days if the Department does not extend the time limit for the 
preliminary determination) from the date of publication of the 
preliminary determination.

Background

    On December 28, 1999, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Mexico, covering the period 
November 1, 1998 through October 31, 1999 (64 FR 72644). The 
preliminary results are currently due no later than August 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. Therefore the 
Department is extending the time limit for completion of the 
preliminary results until no later than November 29, 2000. See Decision 
Memorandum from Richard O. Weible to Joseph A. Spetrini, dated August 
1, 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: August 1, 2000.
Richard O. Weible,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD Enforcement Group III.
[FR Doc. 00-20442 Filed 8-10-00; 8:45 am]
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