[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 199 (Wednesday, October 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 53593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27293]


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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 Administrative Review

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

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit for the 
preliminary results in the administrative review of the antidumping 
order on certain fresh cut flowers from Colombia, covering the period 
March 1, 1996, through February 28, 1997, since it is not practicable 
to complete the review within the time limits mandated by section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1675 
(a)(3)(A).

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 15, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marian Wells or Rosa Jeong, Import 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 3099, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-
6309 or 482-1278, 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 (URAA). In addition, unless 
otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department of Commerce's (the 
Department's) regulations are to the regulations codified at 19 CFR 
part 353 (April 1997).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 15, 1997, the Department initiated an administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on Fresh Cut Flowers from Colombia 
(Flowers), covering the period March 1, 1996, through February 28, 1997 
(62 FR 18312). In our notice of initiation, we stated that we intended 
to issue the final results of this review no later than March 31, 1998.

Postponement of the Preliminary Results

    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 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 of the large number of respondents and 
the complexity of the legal and methodological issues in this review.
    Accordingly, the deadline for issuing the preliminary results of 
this review is now no later than January 26, 1998. 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: October 8, 1997.
Richard W. Moreland,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary AD/CVD Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 97-27293 Filed 10-14-97; 8:45 am]
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