[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 14, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 2112]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-830]


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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 Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review

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

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 14, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angelica Mendoza or Dena Aliadinov or 
Brandon Farlander at (202) 482-3019 or (202) 482-3362 or (202) 482-
0182, 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:

Background

    The Department received timely requests from Cheng Du Wai Yuan Bee 
Products Co., Ltd. (Wai Yuan) and Jinfu Trading Co., Ltd. (Jinfu), in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(c), for new shipper reviews 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. See Notice of Amended Final Determination 
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order; Honey from 
the People's Republic of China, 66 FR 63670 (December 10, 2001). On 
July 31, 2003, the Department found that the requests 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, 2002 through May 31, 2003. See 
Honey from the People's Republic of China: Initiation of New Shipper 
Antidumping Reviews, 68 FR 47537 (August 11, 2003). The preliminary 
results are currently due no later than January 27, 2004.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and section 351.214(i)(1) of 
the regulations require the Department to issue the preliminary results 
of a new shipper review within 180 days after the date on which the new 
shipper review was initiated, and final results of review within 90 
days after the date on which the preliminary results were issued. The 
Department may, however, extend the deadline for completion of the 
preliminary results of a new shipper review to 300 days 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, the 
Department needs additional time to research the appropriate surrogate 
values used to value raw honey. Moreover, the Department is also 
researching whether the sales that form the basis of the review request 
are bona fide sales. In this regard, the Department has issued 
supplemental questionnaires requesting additional information about the 
bona fides of the sales under review. 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 120 days, to May 26, 2004, 
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 8, 2004.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
[FR Doc. 04-830 Filed 1-13-04; 8:45 am]
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