Brake Rotors From the People's Republic of China: Postponement of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Administrative Review and First Administrative Review

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 217 (Tuesday, November 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 63026]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30144]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-570-846]


Brake Rotors From the People's Republic of China: Postponement of 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Administrative 
Review and First Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of extension of the time limit for the preliminary 
results in the antidumping duty new shipper administrative review and 
first administrative review of the antidumping duty order on brake 
rotors from the People's Republic of China.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the 
time limit for the preliminary results of the antidumping duty new 
shipper administrative review and first administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on brake rotors from the People's Republic of 
China (PRC). This review covers the period October 1, 1996, through 
March 31, 1998.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 10, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Smith or Everett Kelly, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-1766 or (202) 482-4194, respectively.

Postponement of Preliminary Results of Review

    The Department initiated a new shipper review of the antidumping 
duty order on brake rotors from the PRC (63 FR 28355) on May 22, 1998 
and, on May 29, 1998, initiated the first administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on brake rotors from the PRC (63 FR 29370). 
Pursuant to section 351.214(j)(3) of its regulations, and with the 
agreement of Yantai Chen Fu Machinery Co. Ltd., (Yantai Chen Fu) the 
Department is conducting the 1996-1998 administrative review and the 
new shipper review of Yantai Chen Fu concurrently. The current deadline 
for the preliminary results in these reviews is January 4, 1999. In 
accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (``the 
Act''), as amended, we determine that it is not practicable to complete 
these reviews within the original time frame because of the large 
number of respondents.1 Further, in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act, the Department finds the concurrent new 
shipper review extraordinarily complicated because it is being 
conducted with the administrative review of a large number of 
respondents. Thus the Department is extending the time limit for 
completion of the preliminary results until April 30, 1999, which is 
365 days after the last day of the anniversary month of the order.
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    \1\ The administrative review respondents are Yantai Import and 
Export Co., Southwest Technical Import & Export Co.,Yangtze 
Machinery Co., MMB International Inc., Hebei Metals and Minerals 
Import and Export Co., Jilin Provincial Machinery & Equipment Import 
and Export Co., Shangdong Jiyuang Enterprise Co., Longjing Walking 
Tractor Works Foreign Trade Import and Export Co., Qindao Metals, 
Minerals & Machinery Import and Exports Co., Shanxi Macjinery and 
Equipment Import and Export Co., Xianghe Zichen Casting Co., Yenhere 
Co., China Non-Market Economy Entity, China National Automotive 
Industry Import and Export Co., Shandong Laizhou CAPCO Industry, 
Shenyang Honbase Machinery Co. Ltd., Lai Zhou Luyuan Automobile 
Fitting Co., Ltd., China National Machinery and Equipment Import and 
Export (Xinjiang) Corporation, Ltd. The new shipper is Yantai Chen 
Fu Machinery Co., Ltd.
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    The final determination will occur within 120 days of the 
publication of the preliminary results.

    Dated: November 4, 1998.
Louis Apple,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-30144 Filed 11-9-98; 8:45 am]
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