[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 152 (Monday, August 9, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 48201]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18155]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-122-850]


Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Antidumping Duty 
Determination: Live Swine From Canada

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is postponing the preliminary 
determination in the antidumping duty investigation on live swine from 
Canada from August 25, 2004 until no later than October 14, 2004. This 
extension is made pursuant to section 733(c)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 9, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cole Kyle at (202) 482-1503 or Andrew 
Smith at (202) 482-1276, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

Postponement of Preliminary Determination

    On April 14, 2004, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
published the initiation of the antidumping duty investigation of 
imports of live swine from Canada. See Notice of Initiation of 
Antidumping Investigation: Live Swine from Canada, 69 FR 19815 (April 
14, 2004) (``Initiation Notice''). The Initiation Notice stated that we 
would make our preliminary determination for this antidumping duty 
investigation no later than August 25, 2004, 140 days after the date on 
which the Department initiated this investigation.
    Pursuant to section 733(c)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (``the Act''), the 
Department can extend the period for reaching a preliminary 
determination until no later than the 190th day after the date on which 
the administrating authority initiates an investigation if:
    (B) The administrating authority concludes that the parties 
concerned are cooperating and determines that
    (i) The case is extraordinarily complicated by reason of
    (I) The number and complexity of the transactions to be 
investigated or adjustments to be considered,
    (II) The novelty of the issues presented, or
    (III) The number of firms whose activities must be investigated, 
and
    (ii) Additional time is necessary to make the preliminary 
determination.
    Regarding the first requirement, we find that all concerned parties 
are cooperating in this case.
    Regarding the second requirement, we find that this case is 
extraordinarily complicated because of the novelty of the issues 
presented. First, the product in this investigation, live swine, is 
inherently unique from the manufactured or processed agricultural 
products that the Department typically encounters in antidumping duty 
investigations. Further, the corporate structures and production 
processes of the respondents involved in this investigation are highly 
complex in that several of the respondents are affiliated with other 
live swine producers and are involved in substantial further 
manufacturing activities in the United States. Accordingly, the 
Department requires additional time to analyze the questionnaire 
responses submitted, determine how to proceed with respect to the 
unique issues presented, and collect additional information concerning 
these issues before the preliminary determination.
    Pursuant to section 733(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we have determined 
that this case is extraordinarily complicated and that additional time 
is necessary to make our preliminary determination. Therefore, we are 
postponing the preliminary determination until no later than October 
14, 2004, 190 days after the date on which the Department initiated 
this investigation, in accordance with section 733(c)(1) of the Act.
    This notice is published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) of the Act.

    Dated: August 3, 2004.
Jeffrey May,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group I.
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