[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 20 (Thursday, January 30, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 4761]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-2196]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-863]


Honey From the People's Republic of China: Extension of Time 
Limit for Preliminary Results of New Shipper Antidumping Duty Review

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

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit for preliminary results of 
new shipper antidumping duty review.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 30, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angelica Mendoza or Donna Kinsella at 
(202) 482-3019 or (202) 482-0194, respectively; Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Enforcement Group III, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective 
date of the amendments made to the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act). In addition, unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the 
Department's regulations are references to the provisions codified at 
19 CFR part 351 (2002).

Background

    The Department received a timely request from Wuhan Bee Healthy 
Co., Ltd. (Wuhan), in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(c), for a new 
shipper review of the antidumping duty order on honey from the People's 
Republic of China (PRC), which has a December annual anniversary month 
and a June semiannual anniversary month. On July 31, 2002, the 
Department found that the request for review met all the regulatory 
requirements set forth in section 351.214(b) of the Department's 
regulations and initiated this new shipper antidumping review covering 
the period December 1, 2001, through May 31, 2002. See Honey from the 
People's Republic of China: Initiation of New Shipper Antidumping 
Reviews, 67 FR 50862 (August 6, 2002).\1\ The preliminary results are 
currently due no later than January 27, 2003.
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    \1\ On January 23, 2003, the Department rescinded Chengdu-
Dujiangyan Dubao Bee Industrial Co., Ltd.'s request (initiated on 
July 31, 2002) for a new shipper review.
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Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act, the Department may 
extend the deadline for completion of the preliminary results of a new 
shipper review if it determines that the case is extraordinarily 
complicated. The Department has determined that this case is 
extraordinarily complicated, and the preliminary results of this new 
shipper review cannot be completed within the statutory time limit of 
180 days. Specifically, a number of complex affiliation issues have 
been raised. The Department has issued supplemental questionnaires to 
collect additional information about these issues. In addition, we need 
more time to obtain additional information on sales and factors of 
production. Given the issues in this case, the Department finds that 
this case is extraordinarily complicated, and cannot be completed 
within the statutory time limit.
    Accordingly, the Department is fully extending the time limit for 
the completion of the preliminary results by 300 days, to May 27, 2003, 
in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and 
351.214(i)(2) of the Department's regulations. The final results will 
in turn be due 90 days after the date of issuance of the preliminary 
results, unless extended.

    Dated: January 23, 2003.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
[FR Doc. 03-2196 Filed 1-29-03; 8:45 am]
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