Vol. 60 No. 164 Thursday, August 24, 1995  p 44006 (Notice)  
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-843]  

Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Determination of Sales 
at Less Than Fair Value: Bicycles From the People's Republic 
of China (PRC) 

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 24, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shawn Thompson or Kate Johnson, 
Office of Antidumping Investigations, Import Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue 
NW., Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone (202) 482-1776 or (202) 
482-4929, respectively.  

Postponement of Final Determination  

   On April 25, 1995, the Department initiated an antidumping 
duty investigation of bicycles from the PRC. The notice of initiation 
stated that we would issue our preliminary determination on 
or before September 12, 1995 (60 FR 21065, May 1, 1995). On 
August 7, 1995, we received questionnaire responses from nine 
Chinese exporters of the merchandise subject to this investigation. 
   On August 18, 1995, petitioners requested a 20-day postponement 
of the preliminary determination, until October 2, 1995, pursuant 
to section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act). In addition, petitioners asserted that the Department 
is legally precluded from postponing the preliminary determination 
for the additional 30 days allowable under Section 733(c)(1)(B) 
because to do so would require a finding of cooperation by the 
respondents. Petitioners stated that, because only three of 
the original nine respondents are participating in this investigation, 
the Department cannot reasonably conclude that the respondents 
are cooperating.  
   We disagree with petitioners and are postponing the preliminary 
determination under section 733(c)(1)(B) of the Act for the 
full 50-days allowable. Not only have we received questionnaire 
responses from the three largest PRC exporters of subject merchandise 
but we have also received responses from six additional firms. 
All of these participating exporters are cooperating. Accordingly, 
we find that the ``parties concerned are cooperating,'' within 
the meaning of section 733(c)(1)(B).  
   Moreover, this investigation is rendered extraordinarily 
complicated by the large number of foreign producers. Furthermore, 
the process of identifying all exporters who sold subject merchandise 
to the United States during the period of investigation caused 
significant delays in issuing our questionnaire. In addition, 
it appears that establishing surrogate values for the factors 
of production will require more time than usual due to the complexity 
of the product.  
   For these reasons, pursuant to sections 733(c)(1)(B)(i) (II) 
and (III) of the Act, we determine that this investigation is 
extraordinarily complicated and that additional time is necessary 
to make the preliminary determination in accordance with 733(c)(1)(B)(ii) 
of the Act. We will make our preliminary determination no later 
than November 1, 1995.  
   This notice is published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) of 
the Act and 19 CFR 353.15(d).

   Dated: August 18, 1995. 

Barbara R. Stafford, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Investigations.