[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 14 (Tuesday, January 22, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2855-2856]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1518]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-549-813]


Canned Pineapple Fruit from Thailand: Extension of Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 22, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Layton at (202) 482-0371 or 
Marin Weaver at (202) 482-2336, Office of AD/CVD Enforcement 5, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
20230.

Time Limits

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department to complete the preliminary results 
within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary

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month of an order/finding for which a review is requested and the final 
results within 120 days after the date on which the preliminary results 
are published. However, if it is not practicable to complete the review 
within these time periods, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the 
Department to extend the time limit for the preliminary results to a 
maximum of 365 days after the last day of the anniversary month of an 
order/finding for which a review is requested and for the final results 
to 180 days (or 300 days if the Department does not extend the time 
limit for the preliminary results) from the date of publication of the 
preliminary results.

Background

    On August 20, 2001, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published a notice of initiation of administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on canned pineapple fruit from Thailand, 
covering the period July 1, 2000, through June 30, 2001 (66 FR 43570). 
The preliminary results are currently due no later than April 2, 2002.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Review

    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary 
results of this review within the original time limit for the reasons 
stated in our memorandum from Gary Taverman to Bernard Carreau, which 
is on file in the Central Records Unit, Room B-099 of the main Commerce 
building. Therefore, the Department is extending the time limit for 
completion of the preliminary results until no later than July 31, 
2002. We intend to issue the final results no later than 120 days after 
publication of the preliminary results notice.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

    Dated: January 14, 2002.
Bernard Carreau,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for for AD/CVD Enforcement II.
[FR Doc. 02-1518 Filed 1-18-02; 8:45 am]
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