[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 87 (Tuesday, May 6, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23961-23962]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-11178]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-337-803]


Fresh Atlantic Salmon From Chile: Extension of Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 6, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Salim Bhabhrawala or Constance Handley 
at (202) 482-1784 or (202) 482-0631, Office of AD/CVD Enforcement 5, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230.

Time Limits

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department of Commerce (the Department) to complete 
the preliminary results of an administrative review within 245 days 
after the last day of the anniversary month of an order/finding for 
which a review is requested and the final results within 120 days after 
the date on which the preliminary results are published. However, if it 
is not practicable to complete the review within these time periods, 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the Department to extend the 
time limit for the preliminary results to a maximum of 365 days after 
the last day of the anniversary month of an order/finding for which a 
review is requested, and for the final results to 180 days (or 300 days 
if the Department does not extend the time limit for the preliminary 
results) from the date of publication of the preliminary results.

Background

    On August 27, 2002, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published a notice of initiation of administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on fresh Atlantic salmon from Chile, covering 
the period July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2002. See Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests 
for Revocation in Part, 67 FR 55000 (August 27, 2003). The preliminary 
results of this proceeding were due no later than April 2, 2003.
    On March 17, 2003, the Department determined that it was not 
practicable to complete the preliminary results of this review within 
the original time limit and extended the time limit for the completion 
of the preliminary results until no later than May 1, 2003. See Fresh 
Atlantic Salmon from Chile: Extension of Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 68 FR 12671 (March 17, 2003); 
see also Memorandum from Gary Taverman, Director, Office 5 to Holly 
Kuga, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Re: Extension of Time Limit for 
Preliminary Results of Review (March 11, 2003), which is on file in the 
Central Records Unit, Room B-099 of the main Commerce building.
    On April 29, 2003, L.R. Enterprises submitted a letter withdrawing 
all of its requests for reviews. In its letter, L.R. Enterprises stated 
that it had no further interest in maintaining the order. Respondents 
Pesquera Eicosal Ltda., Cultivadora de Salmones Linao Ltda., and 
Salmones Tecmar S.A. also submitted letters withdrawing their requests 
for review.
    In addition, on the same day, U.S. fresh Atlantic salmon producers 
Atlantic Salmon of Maine, Cypress Island, Inc., Heritage Salmon Inc., 
Maine Nordic Salmon and Stolt Sea Farm Inc., submitted requests that 
the Department conduct a changed circumstances review for the purposes 
of revoking the order pursuant to Section 751(b)(1)(A) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.222(g). All of these U.S. producers stated that they were no 
longer interested in maintaining the order.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Review

    The Department needs time to consider L.R. Enterprises recent 
notification that it is no longer interested in maintaining the order, 
and the requests for a changed circumstances review. Because we are 
considering initiating a changed circumstance review in the near 
future, we determine that it is not practicable to complete the 
preliminary results of this review within the time limit. Therefore, 
the Department is further extending the time limit for completion of 
the preliminary results until no later than July 31, 2003. We intend to 
issue the final results no later than 120 days after publication of the 
preliminary results notice.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.


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    Dated: May 1, 2003.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement II.
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