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Reserve Bank. However, the Federal

Reserve Bank does not track or publish

exchange rates for Brazilian currency.

Therefore, we made currency

conversions based on the daily

exchange rates from the Dow Jones

Business Information Service, as

published in the Wall Street Journal.

Section 773A(a) directs the

Department to use a daily exchange rate

in order to convert foreign currencies

into U.S. dollars, ignoring any

‘‘fluctuations.’’ We determine that a

fluctuation exists when the daily

exchange rate differs from a benchmark

rate by 2.25 percent or more. The

benchmark rate is defined as the rolling

average of the rates for the past 40

business days. When we determined

that a fluctuation existed, we

substituted the benchmark rate for the

daily rate. For a complete discussion of

the Department’s exchange rate

methodology, See, ‘‘Change in Policy

Regarding Currency Conversions’’ (61

FR 9434, March 8, 1996).

Preliminary Results

As a result of this review, we

preliminarily determine that the

following weighted-average dumping

margin exists for the period August 16,

1993 through February 28, 1995:

Manufacturer/producer/exporter Margin

(percent)

Companhia de Ferro Ligas da

Bahia ..................................... 0.00

Parties to this proceeding may request

disclosure within five days of the

publication of this notice and any

interested party may request a hearing

within 10 days of publication. Any

hearing, if requested, will be held 44

days after the date of publication, or the

first working day thereafter. Interested

parties may submit case briefs and/or

written comments no later than 30 days

after the date of publication. Rebuttal

briefs and rebuttals to written

comments, limited to issues raised in

such briefs or comments, may be filed

no later than 37 days after the date of

publication. The Department will

publish a notice of the final results of

the administrative review, which will

include the results of its analysis of

issues raised in any such written

comments or at the hearing, within 180

days from the issuance of these

preliminary results.

The Department shall determine, and

Customs shall assess, antidumping

duties on all appropriate entries.

Individual differences between USP and

NV may vary from the percentages

stated above. The Department will issue

appraisement instructions directly to

Customs. The final results of this review

shall be the basis for the assessment of

antidumping dumping duties on entries

of merchandise covered by the

determination and for future deposits of

estimated duties.

Furthermore, the following deposit

requirements will be effective upon

completion of the final results of these

administrative reviews for all shipments

of ferrosilicon from Brazil entered, or

withdrawn from warehouse, for

consumption on or after the publication

date of the final results of these

administrative reviews, as provided by

section 751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) the cash

deposit rate for Ferbasa will be the rate

established in the final results of

administrative review; (2) for

merchandise exported by manufacturers

or exporters not covered in these

reviews but covered in the original

LTFV investigation or a previous

review, the cash deposit will continue

to be the most recent rate published in

the final determination or final results

for which the manufacturer or exporter

received a company-specific rate; (3) if

the exporter is not a firm covered in

these reviews, or the original

investigation, but the manufacturer is,

the cash deposit rate will be that

established for the manufacturer of the

merchandise in the final results of these

reviews, or the LTFV investigation; and

(4) if neither the exporter nor the

manufacturer is a firm covered in these

or any previous reviews, the cash

deposit rate will be 35.95 percent, the

‘‘all others’’ rate established in the

antidumping duty order (59 FR 11769,

March 14, 1994).

This notice also serves as a

preliminary reminder to importers of

their responsibility under 19 CFR

353.26(b) 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 administrative review and notice

are in accordance with section 751(a)(1)

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

Dated: April 29, 1996.

Susan G. Esserman,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

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Titanium Sponge From the Russian

Federation; Antidumping Duty

Administrative Review; Time Limits

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of extension of time

limits.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

(the Department) is extending the time

limit of the preliminary results of the

third administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on titanium

sponge from the Russian Federation.

The review covers one manufacturer/

exporter and two resellers of the subject

merchandise, covering the period

August 1, 1994 through July 31, 1995.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 8, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Amy S. Wei or Zev Primor, Office of

Antidumping Compliance, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

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

telephone: (202) 482–5253.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Because it

is not practicable to complete this

review within the time limits mandated

by Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Trade and

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by the

Uruguay Round Agreements Act of

1994, the Department is extending the

time limit for completion of the

preliminary results until September 3,

1996. See Memo to Susan G. Esserman

from Joseph A. Spetrini regarding

Extension of Time Limit for the

Preliminary Results of Administrative

Review, April 25, 1996. We will issue

our final results for this review by

January 2, 1997.

This extension is in accordance with

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

1930, as amended (19 U.S.C.

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

Dated: May 1, 1996.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Compliance.

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