[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 25 (Thursday, February 6, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 6114]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-2955]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-357-812]


Honey From Argentina: Initiation of New Shipper Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 6, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phyllis Hall or Donna Kinsella at 
(202) 482-1398 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.

The Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended. 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 Nutrin, S.A., the 
exporter and Nutrin Corporation, its affiliated U.S. company 
(collectively, Nutrin) in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(c), for a new 
shipper review of the antidumping duty order on honey from Argentina, 
which has a December annual anniversary month. See Notice of 
Antidumping Duty Order; Honey from Argentina, 66 FR 63672 (December 10, 
2001). As required by 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i), (ii) and (iii)(A), the 
company identified above and its supplier of subject merchandise have 
certified that they did not export honey to the United States during 
the period of investigation (POI), and that neither have been 
affiliated with any exporter or producer which did export honey during 
the POI. Pursuant to the Department's regulations at 19 CFR 
351.214(b)(2)(iv)(A), Nutrin submitted documentation establishing the 
date on which it first shipped the subject merchandise to the United 
States, the volume of that first shipment, and the date of the first 
sale to an unaffiliated customer in the United States.
    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act, as amended, and 
19 CFR 351.214(d)(i), and based on information on the record, we are 
initiating a new shipper review for Nutrin S.A.

Scope

    The merchandise under review is honey from Argentina. For purposes 
of this review, the products covered are natural honey, artificial 
honey containing more than 50 percent natural honey by weight, 
preparations of natural honey containing more than 50 percent natural 
honey by weight, and flavored honey. The subject merchandise includes 
all grades and colors of honey whether in liquid, creamed, comb, cut 
comb, or chunk form, and whether packaged for retail or in bulk form.
    The merchandise under review is currently classifiable under 
subheadings 0409.00.00, 1702.90.90, and 2106.90.99 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS 
subheadings are provided for convenience and U.S. Customs Service 
(Customs) purposes, the Department's written description of the 
merchandise under this order is dispositive.

Initiation of Review

    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(d)(1), we are initiating a new shipper review of the 
antidumping duty order on honey from Argentina. Therefore, we intend to 
issue the preliminary results of this review not later than 180 days 
after the date on which the review is initiated. We intend to issue the 
final results of this review within 90 days after the date on which the 
preliminary results were issued.
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(ii)(A) of the Department's 
regulations, the period of review (POR) for a new shipper review 
initiated in the month immediately following the annual anniversary 
month, the review will normally cover as appropriate entries, exports 
or sales during the period from the date of suspension of liquidation 
under this part to the end of the month immediately preceding the first 
anniversary month. Therefore, the POR for this new shipper review is:

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        Antidumping duty proceeding             Period to be reviewed
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Nutrin, S.A...............................  05/11/01--11/30/02
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    We will instruct the Customs Service to allow, at the option of the 
importer, the posting, until the completion of the review, of a single 
entry bond or security in lieu of a cash deposit for each entry of the 
merchandise exported by the above-listed company. This action is in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(e). Interested parties that need access 
to proprietary information in this new shipper review should submit 
applications for disclosure under administrative protective orders in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and 351.306. This initiation and notice 
are in accordance with section 751(a) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)) 
and 19 CFR 351.214(d).

    Dated: January 31, 2003.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
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