[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 84 (Wednesday, May 1, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21633-21634]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-10766]


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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 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.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 1, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jarrod Goldfeder or Andrew McAllister, 
Office of AD/CVD Enforcement I, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone numbers: (202) 
482-0189 or (202) 482-1174, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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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 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 Initiation 
of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and 
Requests for Revocation in Part, 66 FR 38252 (July 23, 2001)). On 
February 1, 2002, the Department postponed the preliminary results of 
this review by 60 days. (See 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, 67 FR 
5788 (February 7, 2002)). Accordingly, the preliminary results are 
currently due not later than May 1, 2002.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Due to the number of companies and the complexity of the issues, 
including the collection of surrogate value information, it is not 
practicable to issue the preliminary results within the originally 
anticipated time limit (i.e., May 1, 2002). (See Memorandum from Team 
to Richard W. Moreland, ``Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary 
Results,'' dated, April 26, 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 by an additional 60 
days, (i.e., until not later than July 1, 2002).
    This notice is published pursuant to sections 751(a)(1) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act.

    April 25, 2002
Richard W. Moreland,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor AD/CVD Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 02-10766 Filed 4-30-02; 8:45 am]
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