[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 190 (Friday, October 1, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 58893]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-2458]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-863]


Notice of Extension of Preliminary Results of New Shipper 
Antidumping Duty Reviews: Honey from the People's Republic of China

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting new 
shipper antidumping duty reviews of honey from the People's Republic of 
China (PRC) in response to requests by respondents Anhui Honghui 
Foodstuff (Group) Co., Ltd. (Anhui Honghui), Eurasia Bee's Products 
Co., Ltd. (Eurasia), Inner Mongolia Youth Trade Development Co., Ltd. 
(Inner Mongolia Youth), and Jiangsu Kanghong Natural Healthfoods Co., 
Ltd. (Jiangsu Kanghong). These reviews cover shipments to the United 
States for the period December 1, 2002, to November 30, 2003, by these 
four respondents. For the reasons discussed below, we are extending the 
preliminary results of these new shipper reviews by an additional 53 
days, to no later than November 19, 2004.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anya Naschak at (202) 482-6375 or 
Kristina Boughton at (202) 482-8173; AC/CVD Enforcement Office 9, NME/
China Unit, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230.

Background

    The Department received timely requests from Anhui Honghui, 
Eurasia, Foodworld International Club Limited (Foodworld), Inner 
Mongolia Youth, Jiangsu Kanghong, and Shanghai Shinomiel International 
Trade Corporation (Shanghai Shinomiel), 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 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 January 30, 2004, the Department found that the requests 
for review with respect to Anhui Honghui, Eurasia, Inner Mongolia 
Youth, and Jiangsu Kanghong met all the regulatory requirements set 
forth in 19 CFR 351.214(b) and initiated these new shipper antidumping 
duty reviews covering the period December 1, 2002, through November 30, 
2003. The Department did not initiate new shipper reviews for the 
remaining two companies (i.e., Foodworld and Shanghai Shinomiel). See 
Honey From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of New Shipper 
Antidumping Duty Reviews, 69 FR 5835 (February 6, 2004). In June and 
July 2004, the Department conducted verifications of the four companies 
under review in these proceedings. On June 1, 2004, the Department 
published an extension notice for the preliminary results of these new 
shipper antidumping duty reviews. See Honey From the People's Republic 
of China: Notice of Extension of Preliminary Results of New Shipper 
Antidumping Duty Reviews, 69 FR 30881. The preliminary results are 
currently due no later than September 27, 2004.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), and 19 CFR 351.214(i)(1) 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 
a 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 (19 
CFR 351.214 (i)(2)). 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. The Department needs additional time because of the 
continuing complexity of some of the issues. In particular, the 
Department needs additional time to research and analyze the 
appropriate surrogate value for raw honey. 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 extending the time limit for the 
completion of the preliminary results by an additional 53 days, to 
November 19, 2004, in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.214(i)(2). The final results will, in turn, be due 
90 days after the date of issuance of the preliminary results, unless 
extended.

    Dated: September 24, 2004.
Jeffrey A. May,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E4-2458 Filed 9-30-04; 8:45 am]
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