[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 242 (Friday, December 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 78474]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-31941]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-357-813]


Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Countervailing Duty 
Determination: Honey from Argentina.

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit for the 
preliminary determination in the countervailing duty investigation of 
honey from Argentina from January 2, 2001 until no later than March 5, 
2001. This extension is made pursuant to section 703(c)(1)(A) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 15, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dana Mermelstein or Doug Campau, 
Office of AD/CVD Enforcement VII, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-
1391 or (202) 482-1395, respectively.
    Postponement of Preliminary Determination: On October 26, 2000, the 
Department initiated the countervailing duty investigation of honey 
from Argentina. See Notice of Initiation of Countervailing Duty 
Investigation: Honey From Argentina, 65 FR 65835 (November 2, 2000). On 
December 5, 2000, petitioners made a timely request pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.205(e) for a postponement of the preliminary determination in 
accordance with section 703(c)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act). Petitioners requested a postponement because of the 
complicated nature of the case, to allow petitioners adequate time to 
analyze submitted responses, and to allow time for the Department to 
determine the extent to which particular subsidies are being used.
    For reasons identified by the petitioners, we see no compelling 
reason not to postpone the preliminary determination. See Memorandum 
from Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement Joseph A. 
Spetrini to Assistant Secretary for Import Administration Troy H. 
Cribb, dated December 8, 2000 (on file in the public file of the 
Central Records Unit, Room B-099 of the Department of Commerce). 
Therefore, we are postponing the preliminary determination under 
section 703(c)(1)(A) of the Act. We will make our preliminary 
determination in this investigation no later than March 5, 2001.
    This notice of postponement is published pursuant to section 
703(c)(2) of the Act.

    Dated: December 8, 2000.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD Enforcement Group III.
[FR Doc. 00-31941 Filed 12-14-00; 8:45 am]
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