[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 79 (Wednesday, April 24, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 20093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-10069]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-507-501; C-507-601]


Certain In-Shell Pistachios from Iran and Certain In-Shell 
Roasted Pistachios from Iran: Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary 
Results of Countervailing Duty New Shipper Reviews

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

ACTION: Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of 
Countervailing Duty New Shipper Reviews.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 24, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric B. Greynolds or Darla Brown, AD/
CVD Enforcement, Office VI, Group II, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-2786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Time Limits:

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department of Commerce (the Department) to make a 
preliminary determination within 180 days after the date on which the 
review is initiated and a final determination within 90 days after the 
date the preliminary determination is issued. However, if the 
Department concludes that the case is extraordinarily complicated such 
that it cannot complete the review within these time periods, section 
751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act allows the Department to extend the time 
limit for the preliminary determination to a maximum of 300 days and 
150 days for the final determination from the date of publication of 
the preliminary determination.

Background

    On November 7, 2001, and November 27, 2001, the Department 
published notices of initiation of new shipper reviews of the 
countervailing duty orders on certain in-shell pistachios from Iran and 
certain in-shell roasted pistachios from Iran covering the period 
October 1, 2000 through September 30, 2001 (66 FR 59277 and 66 FR 
59235, respectively). The preliminary results are currently due no 
later than April 29, 2002 for certain in-shell pistachios and May 18, 
2002 for certain in-shell roasted pistachios.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Review

    We determine that these cases are extraordinarily complicated 
because there are a large number of complex issues which require 
thorough consideration and analysis by the Department, including 
allegations of new subsidy programs that were not examined during the 
original investigations and a complex system of exchange rates in Iran. 
Consequently, we are not able to complete the preliminary results of 
these reviews within the time limit. Therefore, the Department is 
extending the time limit for completion of the preliminary results for 
both of these new shipper reviews until no later than August 27, 2002. 
This date is the full 120 days extension for the new shipper review of 
in-shell pistachios. We intend to issue the final results no later than 
90 days after the publication of the preliminary results notice.This 
extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act.

    Dated: April 18, 2002
Bernard T. Carreau,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-10069 Filed 4-23-02; 8:45 am]
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