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did not respond to our questionnaire

(Jiangsu), and for all other PRC

exporters, the cash deposit rate will be

the PRC rate stated above; (3) for nonPRC exporters of subject merchandise

from the PRC, the cash deposit rate will

be the rate applicable to the PRC

supplier of that exporter.

These deposit rates shall remain in

effect until publication of the final

results of the next administrative

review.

Notification of Interested Parties

This notice also serves as a final

reminder to importers of their

responsibility under 19 CFR 353.26 to

file a certificate regarding the

reimbursement of antidumping duties

prior to liquidation of the relevant

entries during this review period.

Failure to comply with this requirement

could result in the Secretary’s

presumption that reimbursement of

antidumping duties occurred and the

subsequent assessment of double

antidumping duties.

This notice also serves as a reminder

to parties subject to administrative

protective orders (APOs) of their

responsibility concerning the

disposition of proprietary information

disclosed under APO in accordance

with 19 CFR 353.34(d)(1). Timely

written notification of the 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 section 751(a)(1)

of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)) and

section 353.22 of the Department’s

regulations.

Dated: February 28, 1997.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–5711 Filed 3–6–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

[A–351–806]

Silicon Metal From Brazil; Extension of

Time Limit for Antidumping Duty

Administrative Review

AGENCY: International Trade

Administration, Import Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit

for antidumping duty administrative

review.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

(the Department) is extending the time

limits for its preliminary results in the

administrative review of the

antidumping order on silicon metal

from Brazil. The review covers the

period July 1, 1995, through June 30,

1996.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 7, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Alexander Braier or James Doyle, AD/

CVD Enforcement, Group III,

International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and

Constitution Ave. N.W., Washington,

D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3818.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Because it

is not practicable to complete this

review within the original time limit,

the Department is extending the time

limit for the completion of the

preliminary results to May 14, 1997, in

accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by

the Uruguay Round Agreements Act

(URAA). (See Memorandum from

Joseph A. Spetrini to Robert S. LaRussa

on file in the public file of the Central

Records Unit, Room B–099 of the

Department of Commerce).

This extension is in accordance with

section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of

1930, as amended by the URAA (19 USC

1675(a)(3)(A)).

Dated: February 5, 1997.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Enforcement

Group III.

[FR Doc. 97–5626 Filed 3–6–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

[A–533–810]

Stainless Steel Bar From India:

Preliminary Results of Antidumping

Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of preliminary results of

antidumping duty administrative

review: Stainless steel bar from India.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

(‘‘the Department’’) is conducting an

administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on stainless

steel bar from India in response to a

request by one manufacturer/exporter,

Isibars Limited (‘‘Isibars’). This review

covers sales of the subject merchandise

to the United States during the period

August 4, 1994 through January 31,

1996.

We have preliminarily determined

that sales have not been made below

normal value (‘‘NV’). If these

preliminary results are adopted in our

final results of administrative review,

we will instruct the U.S. Customs

Service to liquidate subject entries

without regard to antidumping duties.

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: March 7, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jennifer Yeske or Zak Smith, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington D.C. 20230;

telephone (202) 482–0189 or (202) 482–

1279, respectively.

Applicable Statute and Regulations

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. In addition, unless

otherwise indicated, all citations to the

Department’s regulations are to the

current regulations, as amended by the

interim regulations published in the

Federal Register on May 11, 1995 (60

FR 25130).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On February 29, 1996, the Department

received a request from Isibars to

conduct an administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on stainless

steel bar from India. The Department

published in the Federal Register, on

March 19, 1996, a notice of initiation of

an administrative review of Isibars

covering the period August 4, 1994

through January 31, 1996 (61 FR 11184).

In a notice published on August 20,

1996, the Department extended the time

limit for the preliminary results of the

review until February 28, 1997 (61 FR

43042). The Department is now

conducting this review in accordance

with section 751 of the Act and section

353.22 of its interim regulations.

Scope of Review

Imports covered by this review are

shipments of stainless steel bar (‘‘SSB’’).

SSB means articles of stainless steel in

straight lengths that have been either

hot-rolled, forged, turned, cold-drawn,

cold-rolled or otherwise cold-finished,

or ground, having a uniform solid cross

section along their whole length in the

shape of circles, segments of circles,

ovals, rectangles (including squares),

triangles, hexagons, octagons, or other

convex polygons. SSB includes cold-