[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 50 (Monday, March 15, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 12121]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-5797]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-357-812]


Honey from Argentina: Notice of Partial Rescission of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of partial rescission of antidumping duty administrative 
review.

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SUMMARY: On January 22, 2004, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published in the Federal Register (69 FR 3117) a notice 
announcing the initiation of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on honey from Argentina. The period of review 
(POR) is December 1, 2002, to November 30, 2003. This review has now 
been partially rescinded for certain companies because the requesting 
parties withdrew their requests.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 15, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Sheba or Donna Kinsella, 
Enforcement Group III, Office 8, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room 7866, Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone 
(202) 482-0145 and (202) 482-0194, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Scope of the Review

    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 and Border 
Protection (Customs) purposes, the Department's written description of 
the merchandise under this order is dispositive.

Background

    On December 31, 2003, the American Honey Producers Association and 
the Sioux Honey Association ( collectively ``petitioners'') requested 
an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on honey from 
Argentina in response to the Department's notice of opportunity to 
request a review published in the Federal Register. See Notice of 
Antidumping Duty Order: Honey from Argentina, 66 FR 63672 (December 10, 
2001). The petitioners requested the Department conduct an 
administrative review of entries of subject merchandise made by 13 
Argentine producers/exporters. In addition, the Department received 
requests for reviews from 6 of the Argentine exporters included in the 
petitioners' request. Prior to the Department's initiation of review, 
on January 15, 2004, petitioners filed a withdrawal of request for 
review of the following four companies: ConAgra Argentina S.A., 
Establecimiento Don Angel S.r.L., Food Way S.A., and Mielar, S.A. The 
Department subsequently initiated a review on the remaining 9 
companies. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 69 FR 3117 
(January 22, 2004).
    On February 18, 2004, petitioners submitted a withdrawal of request 
for review of Compania Europea Americana, S.A. and Radix S.r.L. See 
Letter from petitioners to the Department, Partial Withdrawal of 
Request for Second Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order 
on Honey From Argentina, dated February 18, 2004, which is on file in 
the Central Records Unit (CRU), room B-099 of the main Commerce 
Department Building.
    The applicable regulation, 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), states that if a 
party that requested an administrative review withdraws the request 
within 90 days of the publication of the notice of initiation of the 
requested review, the Secretary will rescind the review. The 
petitioners made a request for withdrawal within the 90-day deadline, 
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). Because the petitioners were 
the only party to request the administrative review of the above listed 
companies, we have accepted the withdrawal request. Therefore, for 
Compania Europea Americana, S.A. and Radix S.r.L., we are rescinding 
this review of the antidumping duty order on honey from Argentina 
covering the period December 1, 2002, through November 30, 2003.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(l) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4) of the 
Department's regulations.

    Dated: March 5, 2004.
James J. Jochum,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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