[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43229-43230]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21337]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-301-602]


Certain Fresh Cut Flowers from Colombia: Extension of Time Limit 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the 
time limit for the preliminary results in the administrative review of 
the antidumping duty order on certain fresh cut flowers (flowers) from 
Colombia, covering the period March 1, 1995, through February 29, 1996, 
since it is not practicable to complete the review within the time 
limits mandated by the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act), as amended, 19 
U.S.C. 1675(a)(3)(A).

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 21, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Graham or Carole Showers, 
Import Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 3099, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone 
(202) 482-4105 or 482-3217, respectively.

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act), are references to the provisions effective 
January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to the Act 
by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless otherwise 
indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are to the 
current regulations, as amended by the interim regulations published in 
the Federal Register on May 11, 1995 (60 FR 25130).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 22, 1996, the Department initiated an administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on flowers from Colombia, covering 
the period March 1, 1995, through February 29, 1996 (61 FR 17685). In 
our notice of initiation, we stated that we intended to issue the final 
results of this review no later than March 31, 1997.

Postponement of Preliminary Results 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. However, 
if it is not

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practicable to issue the preliminary results in 245 days, section 
751(a)(3)(A) allows the Department to extend this time period to 365 
days.
    We determine that it is not practicable to issue the preliminary 
results within 245 days because the review involves collecting and 
analyzing information from a large number of companies. Further, there 
are new legal issues to address because this is the first review of 
this antidumping duty order under the new law.
    Accordingly, the deadline for issuing the preliminary results of 
this review is now no later than March 31, 1997. The deadline for 
issuing the final results of this review will be 120 days from the 
publication of the preliminary results.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

    Dated: August 15, 1996.
Susan H. Kuhbach,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-21337 Filed 8-20-96; 8:45 am]
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