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administrative protective order (APO) of

their responsibility concerning the

disposition of proprietary information

disclosed under APO in accordance

with Sections 351.305 and 351.306 of

the Department’s regulations. Timely

notification of return/destruction of

APO materials or conversion to judicial

protective order is hereby requested.

Failure to comply with the regulations

and the terms of an APO is a

sanctionable violation.

This administrative review and notice

are in accordance with sections

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

Dated: February 2, 2000.

Holly A. Kuga,

Acting Assistant Secretary, Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–2850 Filed 2–7–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–588–850, A–588–851, A–791–808]

Notice of Postponement of Final

Antidumping Duty Determinations and

Extension of Provisional Measures:

Certain Large Diameter Carbon and

Alloy Seamless Standard, Line and

Pressure Pipe from Japan and Certain

Small Diameter Carbon and Alloy

Seamless Standard, Line and Pressure

Pipe from Japan and the Republic of

South Africa

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 8, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Charles Riggle at (202) 482–0650 or

Constance Handley at (202) 482–0631,

AD/CVD Enforcement, Office V, DAS

Group II, Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue NW,

Washington, DC 20230.

Postponement of Final Determinations

The Department of Commerce (the

Department) is postponing the final

determinations in the antidumping duty

investigations of certain large diameter

carbon and alloy seamless standard, line

and pressure pipe from Japan and

certain small diameter carbon and alloy

seamless standard, line and pressure

pipe from Japan and the Republic of

South Africa.

On December 14, 1999, the

Department published its preliminary

determinations in these investigations.

See ‘‘Notice of Preliminary

Determinations of Sales at Less Than

Fair Value: Certain Large Diameter

Carbon and Alloy Seamless Standard,

Line and Pressure Pipe from Japan and

Certain Small Diameter Carbon and

Alloy Seamless Standard, Line and

Pressure Pipe from Japan and the

Republic of South Africa’’, 64 FR 69718

(December 14, 1999). The notice stated

that the Department would issue its

final determinations no later than 75

days after the date of issuance of the

notice.

Pursuant to section 735(a)(2)(A) of the

Act, on January 13, 2000, Sumitomo

Metal Industries (Sumitomo), a

respondent in the investigations

involving Japan, and Iscor Ltd. (Iscor),

the sole respondent in the investigation

involving South Africa, requested that

the Department postpone its final

determinations. Further to those

requests, the respondents requested that

the Department extend by 60 days the

application of the provisional measures

prescribed under paragraphs (1) and (2)

of section 773(d) of the Act. In

accordance with 19 CFR 351.210(b),

because: (1) these preliminary

determinations are affirmative; (2) the

requesting exporters account for a

significant proportion of exports of the

subject merchandise in their respective

investigations; and (3) no compelling

reasons for denial exist, we are granting

the respondents’ requests and are

postponing the final determinations

until no later than 135 days after the

publication of the preliminary

determinations in the Federal Register

(i.e., until no later than April 27, 2000).

Suspension of liquidation will be

extended accordingly.

This extension is in accordance with

section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act, and 19

CFR 351.210(b)(2).

Dated: January 31, 2000.

Holly A. Kuga,

Acting Assistant Secretary, Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–2841 Filed 2–7–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–351–505]

Certain Malleable Cast Iron Pipe

Fittings From Brazil: Preliminary

Results of Antidumping Administrative

Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of preliminary results of

antidumping administrative review.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

is conducting an administrative review

of the antidumping duty order on

certain malleable cast iron pipe fittings

from Brazil in response to a request

from a respondent, Indu ́stria de

Fundic ̧a

 ̃

o Tupy Ltda. This review covers

the period May 1, 1998, through April

30, 1999.

We preliminarily determine that sales

have been made below normal value.

Interested parties are invited to

comment on these preliminary results.

Parties who submit argument are

requested to submit with the argument

(1) a statement of the issue and (2) a

brief summary of the argument.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 8, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thomas Schauer or Richard Rimlinger,

Office of AD/CVD Enforcement, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230;

telephone (202) 482–0410 or (202) 482–

4477, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The 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 Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act)

by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act

(URAA). In addition, unless otherwise

indicated, all citations to the

Department of Commerce’s (the

Department’s) regulations are to 19 CFR

Part 351 (1998).

Background

On May 28, 1999, the Department

received a request from Indu ́stria de

Fundic ̧a

 ̃

o Tupy Ltda. (Tupy) to conduct

an administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on certain

malleable cast iron pipe fittings from

Brazil. On June 30, 1999, the

Department published a notice of

initiation of an administrative review of

Tupy, covering the period May 1, 1998,

through April 30, 1999, in the Federal

Register (64 FR 14860).

Scope of Review

Imports covered by this review are

shipments of certain malleable cast iron

pipe fittings, other than grooved, from

Brazil. In the original antidumping duty

order, these products were classifiable

in the Tariff Schedules of the United

States, Annotated, under item numbers

610.7000 and 610.7400. These products

are currently classifiable under item