Antidumping: Circular seamless stainless steel hollow products from— Japan,

[Federal Register: March 20, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 54)]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-853]

Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Antidumping Duty Determination: Circular Seamless Stainless Steel Hollow Products From Japan

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 20, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Constance Handley and Charles Riggle, Office 5, DAS Group II, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-0631 or (202) 482-0650, respectively.

Postponement of Preliminary Determination

The Department of Commerce (the Department) is postponing the preliminary determination in the antidumping duty investigation of circular seamless stainless steel hollow products from Japan. The deadline for issuing the preliminary determination in this investigation is now April 24, 2000.

On November 15, 1999, the Department initiated an antidumping investigation of circular seamless stainless steel hollow products from Japan. See Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigation: Circular Seamless Stainless Steel Hollow Products From Japan, 64 FR 62385, (November 19, 1999). The notice stated that the Department would issue its preliminary determinations no later than 140 days after the date of initiation (i.e., April 3, 2000).

The Department has now concluded, consistent with section 733(c)(1)(B) of the Act, that this case is extraordinarily complicated, and that additional time is necessary to issue the preliminary determination due to the complexity of certain issues raised in this case, including issues of affiliation, sales reporting, and product coverage. See Memorandum from Gary Taverman to Holly Kuga dated March 14, 2000. Therefore, in light of the fact that a party to this proceeding has been cooperating, pursuant to section 733(c)(1) of the Act, the Department is postponing the deadline for issuing this determination 21 days (i.e., until April 24, 2000).

This extension is in accordance with section 733(c) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(b)(2).

Dated: March 14, 2000. Robert S. LaRussa, Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

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