[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 3, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64026-64027]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-2998]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-560-817]


Notice of Postponement of Final Antidumping Duty Determination: 
Bottle-Grade Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Resin from Indonesia

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is postponing the final 
determination in the antidumping duty investigation on PET Resin from 
Indonesia from January 3, 2005, until no later than 135 days after 
publication of the preliminary determination in this investigation. 
This extension is made pursuant to section 735(a)(2) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended, by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 3, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Holland at (202) 482-1279 or 
Andrew McAllister at (202) 482-1174, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

Postponement of Final Determination

    On October 20, 2004, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') issued its affirmative preliminary determination in the 
antidumping duty investigation of Bottle-Grade Polyethylene 
Terephthalate (``PET'') Resin (``PET resin'') from Indonesia 
(publication pending). This notice stated we would issue our final 
determinations in these investigations within 75 days of the date of 
the preliminary determination. Section 735(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (``the Act''), provides that the Department may 
postpone a final determination until not later than 135 days after the 
date of the publication of the preliminary determination if, in the 
event of an affirmative preliminary determination, a request for such

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postponement is made by exporters who account for a significant 
proportion of exports of the subject merchandise, or in the event of a 
negative preliminary determination, a request for such postponement is 
made by the petitioner.
    The Department's regulations, at 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2), require that 
requests by respondents for postponement of a final determination be 
accompanied by a request for extension of provisional measures from a 
four-month period to not more than six months. Pursuant to section 
735(a)(2) of the Act, on October 25, 2004, P.T. Indorama Synthetics Tbk 
(``Indorama''), a mandatory respondent in the above-mentioned 
proceeding, requested that, in the event of an affirmative preliminary 
determination in this investigation, the Department postpone its final 
determination until not later than 135 days after the date of the 
publication of the preliminary determination in the Federal Register, 
and extend the provisional measures to not more than six months. In 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.210(b), because (1) our preliminary 
determination is affirmative, (2) the respondent accounts for a 
significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise, and (3) 
no compelling reasons for denial exist, we are granting the 
respondents' request and are postponing the final determination until 
no later than 135 days after the publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register. Suspension of liquidation will be extended 
accordingly, for not more than six months, i.e., 180 days.
    This notice is published pursuant to section 735(a) of the Act.

    Dated: October 27, 2004.
James J. Jochum,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E4-2998 Filed 11-2-04; 8:45 am]
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