[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 162 (Monday, August 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 50676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-21242]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-838]


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

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

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 31, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Becky Hagen or James Doyle, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-3362 (Hagen) and (202) 482-0159 (Doyle).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 5, 2000, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') and 
the Government of the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') initialed an 
Amendment to provide for the continuation of exports of honey from the 
PRC to the United States until August 1, 2001. The Department 
subsequently released the Amendment to interested parties for comment. 
No interested party filed comments and therefore the Department and the 
Government of the PRC signed a final Amendment on July 31, 2000. The 
text of the final Amendment follows this notice.

    Dated: August 10, 2000.
Troy H. Cribb,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Amendment to the Antidumping Suspension Agreement on Honey Between 
the United States Department of Commerce and the Government of the 
People's Republic of China

    The United States Department of Commerce (Department) and the 
Government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) hereby amend Section 
XII of the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Honey 
from the People's Republic of China, signed August 2, 1995, as amended, 
by adding the following language immediately after the first sentence 
of Section XII:
    In order to provide for the continuation of exports of honey from 
the PRC to the United States during and immediately following the 
Department's administrative review pursuant to section 751(a) of the 
Act and the five-year review by the Department and the International 
Trade Commission pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act, the export 
limits provided for in Section III of this Agreement, as amended, shall 
remain in force through August 1, 2001.
    If, after said date, the underlying proceeding remains suspended, 
the Government of the PRC and the Department will enter into 
consultations to agree upon export limits in order to permit future 
shipments under the Agreement. If, prior to said date, the underlying 
proceeding is terminated as a result of either the termination review 
or the sunset review, the Agreement, this Amendment and the export 
limits contained therein will be terminated.

    Dated: July 31, 2000.
Richard W. Moreland,
For the United States Department of Commerce.

    Dated July 31, 2000.

Shi Jianzin,
For the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, PRC.

[FR Doc. 00-21242 Filed 8-18-00; 8:45 am]
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