[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 152 (Monday, August 9, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48222-48223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18154]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-357-813]


Notice of Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review: Honey From Argentina

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit for the 
preliminary results of the administrative review of the countervailing 
duty order on honey from Argentina until no later than December 13, 
2004. The period of review (POR) is January 1, 2003, through December 
31, 2003. This extension is made pursuant to section 751(a)(1) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 9, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Gilgunn or Addilyn Chams-
Eddine, Office of AD/CVD Enforcement VII, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW.,

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Washington DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4236 or (202) 482-0648, 
respectively.

Background

    On December 31, 2003, the Department received a timely request from 
interested parties in accordance with section 751(a) of the Act and 
section 351.213(b) of the Department's regulations, for an 
administrative review of the countervailing duty order on honey from 
Argentina, which has a December anniversary date. On January 6, 2004, 
the Department initiated this administrative review covering the period 
January 1, 2003, through December 31, 2003. See Notice of Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Review and Request 
for Revocation in Part, 69 FR 3117 (January 22, 2004).

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 351.213(h)(1) of the regulations requires the Department to 
issue the preliminary results of review within 245 days after the last 
day of the anniversary month of the order or suspension agreement for 
which the administrative review was requested, and final results of the 
review within 120 days after the date on which notice of the 
preliminary results is published in the Federal Register. However, if 
the Department determines that it is not practicable to complete the 
review within the aforementioned specified time limits, section 
351.213(h)(2) allows the Department to extend the 245-day-period to 365 
days and to extend the 120-day period to 180 days. If the Department 
does not extend the time for issuing preliminary results, the 
Department may extend the time for issuing final results from 120 to 
300 days.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and section 
351.213(h)(2) of the regulations, the Department has determined that it 
is not practicable to complete the preliminary results in this 
administrative review by September 1, 2004. In this review, analyzing a 
new program may require additional information from the Government of 
Argentina (GOA). Furthermore, the Department intends to verify the GOA 
questionnaire responses. Therefore, the Department is extending the 
deadline for completion of the preliminary results of the 
administrative review of the countervailing duty order on honey from 
Argentina by 103 days. The preliminary results of the review will be 
issued not later than December 13, 2004.
    This notice is published pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: August 2, 2004.
Jeffrey A. May,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration Group I.
[FR Doc. 04-18154 Filed 8-6-04; 8:45 am]
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