[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 71 (Friday, April 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 17968]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-437-804, A-471-806]


Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Determinations of 
Antidumping Duty Investigations: Sulfanilic Acid from Hungary and 
Portugal

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 12, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jarrod Goldfeder (Hungary) at (202) 
482-0189 or S. Anthony Grasso (Portugal) at (202) 482-3853, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 
20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act), 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 (URAA). In addition, unless 
otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department of Commerce's (the 
Department's) regulations are to 19 CFR part 351 (April 2001).

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations

    On October 26, 2001, the Department published the initiation of the 
antidumping duty investigations of imports of sulfanilic acid from 
Hungary and Portugal. See Notice of Initiation of Antidumping Duty 
Investigations: Sulfanilic Acid from Hungary and Portugal, 66 FR 54214, 
54218 (October 26, 2001). The notice of initiation stated that we would 
make our preliminary determinations for these antidumping duty 
investigations no later than 140 days after the date of issuance of the 
initiation (i.e., March 7, 2002). On February 15, 2002, pursuant to 
section 733(c)(1) of the Act, the Department postponed the preliminary 
determinations of these antidumping duty investigations by 30 days, or 
until no later than April 8, 2002. See Notice of Postponement of 
Preliminary Determinations of Antidumping Investigations: Sulfanilic 
Acid from Hungary and Portugal, 67 FR 8525 (February 25, 2002).
    For the following reasons, we determine that these cases are 
extraordinarily complicated by reason of the novelty of the issues 
presented in these investigations and the need for additional time to 
make the preliminary determinations. First, these cases involve certain 
complex issues, including sales-below-cost allegations in both 
investigations. Second, the Department needs more time than that 
allotted under the current schedule to clarify certain information on 
the record of these investigations in order to make accurate 
preliminary determinations. Third, due to the late entry of appearance 
by the petitioner's counsel in the antidumping duty investigation on 
sulfanilic acid from Hungary, additional time is needed to ensure that 
the petitioner can participate fully, in particular by obtaining access 
to the Hungarian respondent's business proprietary information under an 
administrative protective order. Finally, we are extending the 
preliminary determinations for both Hungary and Portugal in order to 
keep both investigations on identical schedules.
    For the reasons identified by the Department, we are postponing the 
preliminary determinations by an additional 20 days, in accordance with 
section 733(c)(1) of the Act. We will make our preliminary 
determinations no later than April 26, 2002.
    This notice is published pursuant to sections 733(f) and 777(i) of 
the Act.

    Dated: April 4, 2002
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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