Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 73 /Thursday, April 16, 1998 / Notices 18885

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–821–803 and A–834–803]

Titanium Sponge From the Russian

Federation and Republic of Kazakstan:

Postponement of Preliminary Results

of Antidumping Duty Administrative

Reviews

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Extension of time limits for

preliminary results of antidumping duty

administrative reviews.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

is extending by 60 days the time limit

of the preliminary results of the

antidumping duty administrative review

of the antidumping finding on titanium

sponge from the Russian Federation (A–

821–803) and the Republic of Kazakstan

(A–834–803), covering the period

August 1, 1996, through July 31, 1997,

since it is not practicable to complete

these reviews within the time limits

mandated by the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended (19 U.S.C. 1675 (a)(3)(A)).

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 16, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mark Manning or Wendy Frankel,

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) 482–3936 and 482–

5849, respectively.

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 Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act)

by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

In addition, unless otherwise indicated,

all citations to the Department of

Commerce’s regulations are to the

current regulations as codified at 19

CFR 351 (1998).

Background

On September 25, 1997 (62 FR 50292),

the Department of Commerce (the

Department) initiated administrative

reviews of the antidumping findings on

titanium sponge from the Russian

Federation and the Republic of

Kazakstan, covering the period August

1, 1996, through July 31, 1997. In our

notice of initiation, we stated our

intention to issue the final results of

these reviews no later than August 31,

1998. On February 10, 1998, the

Department determined that due to the

complexity of the legal and

methodological issues presented by

these reviews, it was not practicable to

complete these reviews within the time

limits mandated by the Act. See

Memorandum to Richard Moreland

Concerning the Extension of Case

Deadlines, dated February 5, 1998.

Accordingly, the Department postponed

the preliminary determinations by 60

days.

Postponement of Preliminary and Final

Results of Review

Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act

requires the Department to make a

preliminary determination within 245

days after the last day of the anniversary

month of an order/finding for which a

review is requested and 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 a maximum

of 365 days and 180 days, respectively.

On February 10, 1998, when the

Department first postponed the

preliminary determinations of these

cases, we evaluated the complexity of

the legal and methodological issues

presented by these reviews and

conservatively estimated that a 60 day

postponement would be sufficient to

allow for a complete analysis prior to

issuing the preliminary determinations.

However, after further development of

the issues presented in these reviews,

we now realize that our initial estimate

of the time needed to complete the

preliminary analysis in each case was

insufficient. Therefore, we determine

that it is not practicable to complete

these reviews within the current time

frame because of the complexity of the

legal and methodological issues in these

reviews and are postponing the

preliminary determinations of these

cases by an additional 60 days. See

Memorandum to Maria Harris Tildon

Concerning the Extension of Case

Deadlines dated April 6, 1998.

Due to the 60 day extension, the

deadline for issuing the preliminary

results of these reviews is now no later

than September 1, 1998. The deadline

for issuing the final results of these

reviews will be no later than 120 days

from the publication of the preliminary

results.

These extensions are in accordance

with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act (19

U.S.C. 1675 (a)(3)(A)).

Dated: April 7, 1998.

Maria Harris Tildon,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 98–10037 Filed 4–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C–489–502]

Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipe and

Tube and Welded Carbon Steel Line

Pipe From Turkey; Final Results and

Partial Rescission of Countervailing

Duty Administrative Reviews

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of final results of

countervailing duty administrative

reviews.

SUMMARY: On December 9, 1997, the

Department of Commerce published in

the Federal Register its preliminary

results of administrative reviews of the

countervailing duty orders on certain

welded carbon steel pipe and tube and

welded carbon steel line pipe from

Turkey for the period January 1, 1996

through December 31, 1996 (62 FR

64808). The Department has now

completed these administrative reviews

in accordance with section 751(a) of the

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended. For

information on the net subsidy for each

reviewed company, and for all nonreviewed companies, please see the

Final Results of Reviews section of this

notice. We will instruct the U.S.

Customs Service to assess

countervailing duties as detailed in the

Final Results of Reviews section of this

notice.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 16, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stephanie Moore or Maria MacKay,

Office of CVD/AD Enforcement VI,

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone:

(202) 482–3692 or (202) 482–2786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Pursuant to 19 CFR 355.22(a), these

reviews cover only those producers or

exporters of the subject merchandise for

which a review was specifically

requested. Accordingly, the review of

the order on certain welded carbon steel

pipe and tube (pipe and tube) covers