[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 156 (Friday, August 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49229-49230]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20444]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-549-502]


Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of the 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain Welded Carbon Steel 
Pipes and Tubes from Thailand

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 11, 2000.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the 
time limit for the final results of the 1998-1999 antidumping duty 
administrative review for the antidumping order on certain welded 
carbon steel pipes and tubes from Thailand. This review covers the 
period March 1, 1998, through February 28, 1999. The extension is made 
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (hereinafter, ``the Act'').

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Javier Barrientos, AD/CVD Enforcement 
Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230, telephone (202) 482-2243.

Postponement of Final Results

    Under section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department may extend 
the deadline for completion of an administrative review if it 
determines that it is not practicable to complete the review within the 
statutory time limit of 365 days. In the instant case, the Department 
has determined that it is not practicable to complete the review within 
the statutory time limit. See Memorandum from Richard O. Weible to 
Joseph A. Spetrini (August 2, 2000).
    Because it is not practicable to complete this review within the 
time limits mandated by the Act (245 days from the last day of the 
anniversary month for preliminary results, 120 additional days for 
final results), in accordance with Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the 
Department is extending the time limit for the final results no later 
than October 4, 2000.


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    Dated: August 4, 2000.
Richard O. Weible,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement Group III.
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