[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 75 (Monday, April 19, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20857-20858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-8803]


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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 Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 19, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angelica Mendoza or Brandon Farlander 
at (202) 482-3019 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

    On December 10, 2001, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the antidumping duty order on honey from the People's 
Republic of China (PRC). 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 
December 17, 2002, the Department published an opportunity to request 
an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on honey from 
the PRC for the period May 11, 2001, through November 30, 2002 (67 FR 
77222). On December 31, 2002, the Department received a timely request 
from the American Honey Producers Association and the Sioux Honey 
Association (collectively, petitioners) requesting that the Department 
conduct an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on honey 
exported to the United States from the following PRC honey producers/
exporters: (1) Anhui Native Produce Import & Export Corp. (Anhui); (2) 
Henan Native Produce and Animal By-Products Import & Export Company 
(Henan); (3) High Hope International Group Jiangsu Foodstuffs Import 
and Export Corp. (High Hope); (4) Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 
Native Produce and Animal By-Products Import & Export Corp. (Inner 
Mongolia); (5) Kunshan Foreign Trade Company (Kunshan); (6) Shanghai 
Eswell Enterprise Co., Ltd. (Shanghai Eswell); (7) Shanghai Xiuwei 
International Trading Co., Ltd. (Shanghai Xiuwei); (8) Sichuan-
Dujiangyan Dubao Bee Industrial Co., Ltd. (Sichuan Dubao); (9) Wuhan 
Bee Healthy Co., Ltd. (Wuhan); and (10) Zhejiang Native Produce and 
Animal By-Products Import & Export Corp.
    On December 31, 2002, we received a timely request from Zhejiang 
Native Produce and Animal By-Products Import & Export Corp., a.k.a. 
Zhejiang Native Produce and Animal By-Products Import and Export Group 
Corporation (Zhejiang), requesting that the Department conduct an 
administrative review of its honey shipments to the United States 
during the period May 11, 2001, through November 30, 2002. On

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January 22, 2003, the Department initiated the first administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on honey from the PRC, for the 
period of May 11, 2001, through November 30, 2002, in order to 
determine whether merchandise imported into the United States is being 
sold at less than fair value with respect to these ten companies. See 
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Review 
and Requests for Revocations in Part, 68 FR 3009 (January 22, 2003) 
(Administrative Review Initiation).\1\
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    \1\ In a separate proceeding, the Department also received 
timely requests from Shanghai Xiuwei and Sichuan Dubao, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(c), for new shipper reviews of the 
antidumping duty order on honey from the PRC, which has a December 
annual anniversary month. On February 5, 2003, we initiated new 
shipper reviews for Shanghai Xiuwei and Sichuan Dubao. See 
Initiation of New Shipper Antidumping Duty Reviews, 68 FR 5868 
(February 5, 2003). The POR for the new shipper reviews of these two 
companies is identical to the POR for the administrative review.
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    On January 27, 2003, the Department clarified that the period of 
review (POR) for High Hope, Kunshan, Zhejiang, Wuhan, Shanghai Xiuwei, 
and Sichuan Dubao is February 10, 2001, through November 30, 2002. See 
Memorandum to the File through Donna L. Kinsella, Case Manager, Office 
8; POR for Exporters of Honey From the People's Republic of China With 
Affirmative Critical Circumstances Findings (January 27, 2003).
    On July 25, 2003, the Department extended the due date for the 
preliminary results of this review (68 FR 44046). On December 16, 2003, 
the Department published the preliminary results of this review (68 FR 
69988).

Extension of Time Limit for Final Results

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department may 
extend the deadline for completion of the final results of an 
administrative review if it determines that it is not practicable to 
complete the final results within the statutory time limit of 120 days 
from the date on which the preliminary results were published. The 
Department has determined that it is not practicable to complete the 
final results of this review within the statutory time limit. Due to 
the complexity of the surrogate value issues raised in the case briefs, 
it is not practicable to complete this review within the time limits 
mandated by section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and section 19 CFR 
351.213(h)(1) of the Department's regulations. Therefore, the 
Department is extending the time limit for the completion of these 
final results by 14 days. Accordingly, the final results will now be 
due no later than April 28, 2004.
    This notice is published in accordance with section 751(1)(3)(A) of 
the Act and section 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2) of the Department's 
regulations.

    Dated: April 13, 2004.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
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