[Federal Register: October 14, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 198)]
[Notices]
[Page 55700]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-839, A-583-833]
Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Antidumping Duty
Determinations: Certain Polyester Staple Fiber from the Republic of
Korea and Taiwan
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 14, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vincent Kane (Republic of Korea) or
Alysia Wilson (Taiwan), AD/CVD Enforcement, Group I, Office 1, Import
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 1870, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-2815
or 482-0108, respectively.
Postponement of Preliminary Determinations
On April 29, 1999, the Department of Commerce (the Department)
published its notice of initiation of antidumping investigations of
certain polyester staple fiber from the Republic of Korea and Taiwan.
See Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigations: Certain Polyester
Staple Fiber from the Republic of Korea and Taiwan, 64 FR 23053. The
initiation notice stated that we would issue our preliminary
determinations by September 9, 1999. On August 25, 1999, at the request
of E.I. DuPont de Nemours, Inc.; Arteva Specialities S.a.r.l., d/b/a
KoSa; Wellman, Inc.; and Intercontinental Polymers, Inc. (hereinafter
collectively referred to as ``the petitioners'' 1), the
Department extended the preliminary determinations until no later than
September 29, 1999. See Notice of Postponement of Preliminary
Antidumping Duty Determinations: Certain Polyester Staple Fiber from
the Republic of Korea and Taiwan, 64 FR 47766 (September 1, 1999). On
September 29, 1999, at the request of petitioners, the Department
extended the preliminary determinations until no later than October 4,
1999.2
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\1\ E.I. DuPont de Nemours, Inc. is not a petitioner in the
Taiwan case.
\2\ At the time this notice was prepared, the postponement of
the preliminary determination until October 4, 1999 had not yet been
published in the Federal Register.
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Based on petitioners' September 29, 1999 request, we are further
extending the determinations in these investigations until no later
than October 29, 1999.
This extension and notice are in accordance with section 733(c) of
the Act.
Dated: October 4, 1999.
Richard W. Moreland,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-26722 Filed 10-13-99; 8:45 am]
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