Antidumping: Roller chain, other than bicycle, from Japan,
[Federal Register: October 14, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 198)]
[Notices]
[Page 55090-55091]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Roller Chain, Other Than Bicycle, From Japan: Postponement of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review (A-588- 028)
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Extension of time limits for preliminary results of antidumping duty administrative review.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is extending the time limits of the preliminary results of the antidumping duty administrative review of the antidumping finding on roller chain, other than bicycle, from Japan, covering the period April 1, 1997, through March 31, 1998, since it is not practicable to complete the review within the time limits mandated by Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act), as amended.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 14, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron Trentham or Cameron Werker, Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Enforcement, Office Four, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482- 6320 and 482-3874, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Applicable Statute
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 Act by the Uruguay Rounds Agreements Act.
Background
On May 22, 1998 (63 FR 29370, May 29, 1998) the Department of Commerce (the Department) initiated an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on roller chain, other than bicycle, from Japan, covering the period April 1, 1997, through March 31, 1998. In our notice of initiation, we stated that we intended to issue the final results of this review no later than April 30, 1999. On August 6, 1998, Kaga Industries Co. Ltd., Sugiyama Chain, and Izumi Chain Manufacturing Co. Ltd., respectively, submitted requests for postponement of the preliminary results on roller chain, other than bicycle from Japan, due to the complexity of issues presented by the review, including model match issues stemming from the 1996-1997 administrative review and the limited resources of both respondents and the Department.
Postponement of Preliminary Results of Review
Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act requires the Department to make a preliminary determination within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of an order for which a review is requested and a final determination within 120 days after the date on which the preliminary determination is published. However, if it is not practicable to complete the review within the time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) allows the Department to extend this time period to 365 days and 180 days, respectively.
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We determine that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary results of this review within the original time frame because of the large number of respondents and the complexity of the legal and methodological issues in this review (see Decision Memorandum from Holly Kuga, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary to Robert LaRussa, Assistant Secretary).
Accordingly, the deadline for issuing the preliminary results of this review is now due no later than April 29, 1999. The deadline for issuing the final results of this review will be no later than 120 days from the publication of the preliminary results.
This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(3)(A)).
Dated: October 7, 1998. Holly Kuga, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Group II.
[FR Doc. 98-27569Filed10-13-98; 8:45 am]
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