[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 80 (Monday, April 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20578-20579]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10998]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-570-838]


Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Honey From 
the People's Republic of China

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

ACTION: Notice of amendment to the agreement between the United States 
Department of Commerce and the Government of the People's Republic of 
China Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Honey from the 
People's Republic of China.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce and the Government of the People's 
Republic of China have signed an Amendment to the Agreement Suspending 
the Antidumping Investigation on Honey from China.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Abdelali Elouaradia at 202/482-2243, 
or

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James C. Doyle at 202/482-0159, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 4, 1998, the Department and the Government of the People's 
Republic of China initialed an Amendment to change the base period for 
calculating reference prices from the most recent six months of data to 
the most recent three months of data. The purpose of this amendment is 
to allow the reference prices to conform more closely to market 
conditions. The Department subsequently released the Amendment to 
interested parties for comment. After careful consideration by the 
Department of the comments submitted on March 24, 1998, and further 
consultations between the parties, the Department and the Government of 
the People's Republic of China signed a final Amendment on April 13, 
1998. The text of the final Amendment follows this notice.

    Dated: April 16, 1998.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

    The United States Department of Commerce and the Government of the 
People's Republic of China (PRC) hereby amend Section IV. REFERENCE 
PRICE of the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on 
Honey from the PRC, signed August 2, 1995 to read as follows:

Section IV. REFERENCE PRICE

    The reference prices are equal to the product of 92 percent and the 
weighted-average of the honey unit import values from all other 
countries based on the most recent three months of data at the time the 
reference price is calculated. The source of the unit import values is 
publicly available United States trade statistics from the United 
States Bureau of the Census.
    This amendment shall apply to all reference prices effective on and 
after July 1, 1998.

    Dated: April 10, 1998.
Robert S. LaRussa,
For the United States Department of Commerce.

    Dated: April 13, 1998.
Qian Changyong,
 For the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, PRC.
[FR Doc. 98-10998 Filed 4-24-98; 8:45 am]
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