[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 211 (Friday, October 31, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 62053]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-27494]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-549-813]


Canned Pineapple Fruit From Thailand: Notice of Extension of Time 
Limit of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 31, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marin Weaver at (202) 482-2336 or 
Charles Riggle at (202) 482-0650, 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.

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), and section 351.213(h)(2) of the Department's regulations require 
the Department to complete the preliminary results 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 canned pineapple fruit from Thailand, 
covering the period July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2002 (67 FR 55000). 
On September 25, 2002, the Department published a correction to the 
initiation (67 FR 60210). On March 27, 2003 the Department partially 
extended the preliminary results (68 FR 14941). On June 6, 2003, the 
Department further extended the preliminary results (68 FR 33910). On 
June 27, 2003, the Department published the preliminary results for 
this review. See Notice of Preliminary Results, Partial Rescission of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, and Preliminary Determination 
To Not Revoke Order in Part: Canned Pineapple Fruit From Thailand, 68 
FR 38291 (June 27, 2003). In our notice of preliminary results, we 
stated our intention to issue the final results of this review no later 
than 120 days after publication of the preliminary results. The final 
results are currently due on October 27, 2003.

Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of Review

    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the final 
results of this review within the original time limit for the reasons 
stated in our memorandum from Gary Taverman, Director, Office 5, to 
Holly Kuga, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement 
II, which is on file in the Central Records Unit, Room B-099 of the 
main Commerce building. Therefore, the Department is extending the time 
limit for completion of the final results until no later than November 
10, 2003.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

    Dated: October 27, 2003.
Holly Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement II.
[FR Doc. 03-27494 Filed 10-30-03; 8:45 am]
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