Antidumping: Viscose rayon staple fiber from Finland,
[Federal Register: March 26, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 58)]
[Notices]
[Page 14680]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-405-071]
Viscose Rayon Staple Fiber From Finland: Postponement of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Extension of time limit for final results of antidumping duty administrative review.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the time limit of the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of the antidumping finding on viscose rayon staple fiber from Finland, covering the period March 1, 1996, through February 28, 1997, since it is not practicable to complete the review within the time limit mandated by section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 26, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurel LaCivita or Alexander Amdur, Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Enforcement Office Four, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-4740 or 482-5346.
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 April 24, 1997 (62 FR 19988), the Department initiated an administrative review of the antidumping duty finding on viscose rayon staple fiber from Finland, covering the period March 1, 1996 through February 28, 1997. On December 10, 1997 (62 FR 65063), the Department published the preliminary determination in this review.
Postponement of Final Results of Review
Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act requires the Department to make 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 180 days after the date on which the preliminary determination is published.
Because of the complexity of the scope issues involved in this review, we determine that it is not practicable to complete this review within the original time frame.
Accordingly, the deadline for issuing the final results of this review will be no later than 180 days from the publication of the preliminary determination (June 8, 1998).
These extensions are in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675 (a)(3)(A)).
Dated: March 20, 1998. Richard Moreland, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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