[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 26 (Thursday, February 7, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5788-5789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-2992]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-855]


Certain Non-Frozen Apple Juice Concentrate From the People's 
Republic of China: Notice of Extension of Time Limit for the 
Preliminary Results of the First Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of Extension of Time Limit.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit for the 
preliminary results of the first administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain non-frozen apple juice concentrate 
from the People's Republic of China. The period of review is from 
November 23, 1999 through May 31, 2001. This extension is made pursuant 
to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by the 
Uruguay Rounds Agreement Act.

DATES: February 7, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sally Hastings or Andrew Covington, 
Office of AD/CVD Enforcement I, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone numbers: 
(202) 482-3464 or (202) 482-3534, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statutes and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective date 
of the amendments made to the Tariff Act of 1930, (the Act) by the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act, and all citations to the Department of 
Commerce's (the Department's) regulations are to 19 CFR Part 351 
(2001).

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act requires the Department to issue 
the preliminary results of an administrative review within 245 days 
after the last day of the anniversary month of an order for which a 
review is requested and a final

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determination within 120 days after the date on which the preliminary 
results are published. However, if it is not practicable to complete 
the review within the time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act 
allows the Department to extend these deadlines to a maximum of 365 
days and 180 days, respectively.

Background

    On July 23, 2001, the Department published the notice of initiation 
of the antidumping administrative review on certain non-frozen apple 
juice concentrate from the People's Republic of China (PRC) covering 
the period from November 23, 1999 through May 31, 2001. (See Notice of 
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part, 66 FR 38252 (July 23, 
2001)). The preliminary results are currently due no later than March 
2, 2002.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Due to the number of companies and complexity of the issues, 
including the gathering of the surrogate value information, it is not 
practicable to issue the preliminary results within the originally 
anticipated time limit (i.e., March 2, 2002). Therefore, in accordance 
with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department is extending the 
time limit for the completion of preliminary results in this case 60 
days, (i.e., no later than May 1, 2002).
    This notice is published pursuant to sections 751(a)(1) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act.

    February 1, 2002.
Richard W. Moreland,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-2992 Filed 2-6-02; 8:45 am]
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