[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 20, 1999)] [Notices] [Page 3065] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-1243] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A-580-812] Dynamic Random Access Memory Semiconductors of One Megabit or Above (DRAMs) From the Republic of Korea: Postponement of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. ACTION: Extension of time limit for preliminary results of antidumping duty administrative review. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the time limit for the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on DRAMs from the Republic of Korea, covering the period May 1, 1997, through April 30, 1998, since it is not practicable to complete the review within the time limit mandated by section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). EFFECTIVE DATE: January 20, 1999. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: John Conniff, Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Enforcement, Office Four, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington DC 20230, telephone 202/482- 1009. 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 Act by the Uruguay Rounds Agreements Act. In addition, unless stated otherwise, all citations to the Department's regulations are to the current regulations codified at 19 CFR 351 (1998). Background On June 29, 1998 (63 FR 35188), the Department initiated an administrative review of the antidumping order on DRAMs from the Republic of Korea, covering the period May 1, 1997 through April 30, 1998. Postponement of Preliminary Result 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 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 365 days and 180 days, respectively. We determine that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary results of this review within the original time frame because of the complexity of the legal and methodological issues involved in this review (see January 4, 1999 Memorandum from Holly Kuga, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary to Robert LaRussa, Assistant Secretary). Accordingly, the deadline for issuing the preliminary results of this review is now due no later than June 1, 1999. The deadline for issuing the final results of this review will be no later than 120 days from the publication of the preliminary results. This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675 (a)(3)(A)). Dated: January 13, 1999. Holly Kuga, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Group II. [FR Doc. 99-1243 Filed 1-19-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P