[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 170 (Friday, August 31, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 45964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21970]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-307-820, A-533-823, and A-834-807]


Silicomanganese from Kazakhstan, India and Venezuela; Notice of 
Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in Antidumping Duty 
Investigations

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

ACTION: Notice of postponement of preliminary determinations in 
antidumping duty investigations.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is postponing 
the preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty investigations 
of silicomanganese from Kazakhstan, India, and Venezuela from September 
13, 2001 until no later than October 15, 2001. This postponement is 
made pursuant to section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 31, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jean Kemp (Kazakhstan), at (202) 482-
4037, Sally Gannon (India), at (202) 482-0162, and Robert James 
(Venezuela), at (202) 482-0649, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:   

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective 
date of the amendments made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (``the Act'') by 
the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless otherwise 
indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are to the 
regulations codified at 19 CFR Part 351 (2000).

Postponement of Due Date for Preliminary Determinations

    On April 26, 2001, the Department initiated antidumping duty 
investigations of imports of silicomanganese from Kazakhstan, India, 
and Venezuela. The notice of initiation stated that we would issue our 
preliminary determinations no later than 140 days after the date of 
initiation. See 66 FR 22209 (May 3, 2001). Currently, the preliminary 
determinations in these investigations are due on September 13, 2001.
    On July 16, 2001, petitioners alleged, pursuant to section 
733(e)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.206, that critical circumstances 
exist with respect to imports of silicomanganese from India. On June 
28, 2001 and July 5, 2001, respondent Transnational Company Kazchrome 
(``Kazchrome'') in the Kazakh silicomanganese investigation and the 
Government of Kazakhstan, respectively, requested revocation, effective 
January 1, 2000, of Kazakhstan's non-market economy status under 
section 771(18) of the Act and graduation to a market economy. Also, on 
July 12, 2001, Kazchrome requested that the Department make a 
determination that the silicomanganese industry in Kazakhstan operates 
as a market-oriented industry.
    On August 17, 2001, petitioners made a timely request pursuant to 
19 CFR 351.205(e) for a 30-day postponement, pursuant to section 
733(c)(1)(A) of the Act. Petitioners stated that a postponement of the 
preliminary determinations is necessary in order to allow the 
Department to conduct more thorough investigations and to issue 
preliminary determinations based on a more complete record.
    Under section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act, if the petitioner makes a 
timely request for an extension of the period within which the 
preliminary determination must be made under subsection (b)(1), then 
the Department may postpone making the preliminary determination under 
subsection (b)(1) until not later than the 190th day after the date on 
which the administering authority initiates an investigation. 
Therefore, in accordance with petitioners' request for a postponement, 
the Department is postponing the preliminary determinations in these 
investigations for 30 days. Because the 30th day falls on a non-
business day, these preliminary determinations will be due no later 
than October 15, 2001.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f).

    Dated: August 24, 2001.
Richard W. Moreland,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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