[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 153 (Friday, August 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42746-42747]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20933]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-201-802]


Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review of Gray Portland Cement From Mexico

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 8, 1997.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the 
time limit for the preliminary and final results of the administrative 
review for the antidumping order on Gray Portland Cement and Clinker 
from Mexico, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (hereinafter the 
``Act'').

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steven Presing, Nithya Nagarajan, Kristen Smith, or Kristen Stevens, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20230, telephone (202) 482-3793.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Act, the Department may extend the

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deadline for completion of an administrative review if it determines 
that it is not practicable to complete the review within the statutory 
time limit of 365 days. In the instant case, the deadline for the 
preliminary results of this review was extended from 245 days to 345 
days under section 751(a)(3)(A) due to an allegation from petitioners 
that respondent's sales were made below the cost of production. 62 FR 
3661 (1997). The Department has determined that it is not practicable 
to complete the review within this extended period because the case 
involves complex analysis and issues associated with the implementation 
of the new law.

    Since it is not practicable to complete this review within the 
extended period, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, 
the Department is extending the time limit as follows:

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                                                                            Initiation   Prelim due   Final due 
             Product                    Country          Review period         date         date        date*   
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Gray Portland Cement (A-201-802)  Mexico............     08/1/95-07/31/96      9/17/96       9/2/97     12/13/97
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* The Department shall issue the final determination 120 days after the publication of the preliminary          
  determination. This final due date is estimated based on publication of the preliminary notice five business  
  days after signature.                                                                                         

    Dated: July 28, 1997.
Roland L. MacDonald,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary For Enforcement III.
[FR Doc. 97-20933 Filed 8-7-97; 8:45 am]
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