[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 198 (Thursday, October 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 55700]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26722]


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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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