[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 141 (Wednesday, July 23, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 43491]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-18747]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-357-812]


Honey From Argentina; Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary 
Results of Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of Extension of Time Limits.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the 
time limit for the preliminary results of the 2001-2002 administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on honey from Argentina. This 
review covers seven exporters of the subject merchandise to the United 
States and the period May 11, 2001 through November 30, 2002.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 23, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian J. Sheba at (202) 482-0145 or 
Donna Kinsella at (202) 482-0194, Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Enforcement Group III, Office Eight, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 22, 2003, in response to requests 
to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping and 
countervailing duty orders and findings with December anniversary 
dates, we published a notice of initiation of this administrative 
review in the Federal Register. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation 
in Part, 68 FR 3009. Reviews were requested for honey from Argentina 
(A-357-812) for the following exporters: Asociacion de Cooperativas 
Argentinas, Centauro S.A., Cia. Europeo Americana SA, Comexter, 
Robinson S.A., Compa Inversora Platense S.A., Compania Apicola 
Argentina SA, ConAgra Argentina S.A., Coope-Riel Ltda., Cooperativa 
DeAgua Potable y Otros, Establecimiento Don Angel S.r.L., Food Way, 
S.A., Francisco Facundo Rodriguez, Jay Bees, Jose Luis Garcia, HoneyMax 
S.A, Mielar S.A., Navicon S.A., Nexco S.A., Parodi Agropecuaria S.A., 
Radix S.r.L., Seylinco S.A., Times S.A., and Transhoney S.A.
    Petitioners submitted a withdrawal of request for review on January 
17, 2003 for the following companies: Centauro S.A., Comexter, Robinson 
S.A., Compa Inversora Platense S.A., ConAgra Argentina S.A., Coope-Riel 
Ltda., Cooperativa DeAgua Potable y Otros, Establecimiento Don Angel 
S.r.L., Food Way, S.A., Francisco Facundo Rodriguez, Jay Bees, Jose 
Luis Garcia, Navicon S.A., Parodi Agropecuaria S.A., and Times S.A. The 
Department rescinded this review with respect to the above companies on 
March 21, 2003. See Notice of Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 68 FR 13895. The Department also rescinded the 
reviews for Compania Apicola Argentina S.A. and Mielar S.A., who 
submitted withdrawals of their requests for review on March 18, 2003 
and March 26, 2003, respectively. See Notice of Partial Rescission of 
Antidumpting Duty Administrative Review, 68 FR 25568 (May 13, 2003).
    Pursuant to the time limits for administrative reviews set forth in 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Tariff 
Act), the current deadlines are September 2, 2003 for the preliminary 
results and December 31, 2003 for the final results. It is not 
practicable to complete this review within the normal statutory time 
limit due to a number of significant case issues, such as sales below 
cost, high inflation, and currency devaluation. Therefore, the 
Department is extending the time limit for completion of the 
preliminary results until December 8, 2003 in accordance with section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act. The deadline for the final results of 
this review will continue to be 120 days after publication of the 
preliminary results.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Tariff Act (19 U.S.C. 1675 (a)(3)(A) (2001)).

    Dated: July 16, 2003.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
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