[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 193 (Wednesday, October 4, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 59173]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25464]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-475-811]


Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel From Italy: Notice of Extension 
of Time Limit for Final Results of Antidumping Administrative Review

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

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

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the 
time limit for the final results of the antidumping duty administrative 
review of grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES) from Italy. The period 
of review is August 1, 1998 through July 31, 1999.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 4, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maureen McPhillips or Nancy Decker, 
Office of AD/CVD Enforcement Group III, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone 
(202) 482-0193 or (202) 482-0196, respectively.

The Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 1930 
(the Act), as amended, are references to the provisions effective 
January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to the Act 
by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, all citations to the 
Department's regulations are to the regulations at 19 CFR Part 351 
(1999).

Background

    On August 31, 1999, AST requested that the Department conduct an 
administrative review of its exports of grain-oriented electrical 
steel. The Department initiated this administrative review on October 
1, 1999 (64 FR 53318). On September 7, 2000, we published the 
preliminary results of review in the Federal Register (65 FR 54215).

Extension of Time Limit for Final Results

    During this review complex issues have been raised regarding the 
classification of AST's sales of GOES to the United States. In order to 
analyze this issue appropriately, the Department sent an additional 
supplementary questionnaire after the publication of the Preliminary 
Results. Due to the time constraints placed on the respondent to answer 
this questionnaire and petitioners to comment on the response, we 
require an extension. Therefore, because it is not practicable to 
complete this review within the time limits mandated by section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department is extending the time limit for 
the final results to be 180 days from the date of the publication of 
the preliminary results. Therefore, our final results are due no later 
than March 6, 2001. 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: September 27, 2000.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD Enforcement Group III.
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