[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 12, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60611-60612]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-2574]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-337-806]


Individually Quick Frozen Red Raspberries From Chile; Extension 
of Time Limit for the Final Results of the Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit for the 
final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order on individually quick frozen red raspberries from Chile. The 
period of review is December 31, 2001, through June 30, 2003. This 
extension is made pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 12, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cole Kyle or Yasmin Bordas, Office 1, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington DC 20230; at telephone (202) 482-1503 and (202) 482-3813, 
respectively.

Background

    On August 6, 2004, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on individually quick frozen red raspberries 
from Chile

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covering the period December 31, 2001, through June 30, 2003 (69 FR 
47869). The final results for the antidumping duty administrative 
review of individually quick frozen red raspberries from Chile are 
currently due no later than December 6, 2004.

Extension of Time Limits for Final Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act (``the Act''), requires the Department to 
issue the preliminary results of an administrative review within 245 
days after the last day of the anniversary month of an antidumping duty 
order for which a review is requested and issue the final results 
within 120 days after the date on which the preliminary results are 
published. However, if it is not practicable to complete the review 
within the time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the 
Department to extend these deadlines to a maximum of 365 days and 180 
days, respectively.
    The Department recently received case briefs from the parties 
involved in this administrative review. The written arguments submitted 
in the case briefs include complicated issues involving the 
Department's cost of production methodologies in this case. It is not 
practicable to complete this review within the originally anticipated 
time limit (i.e., by December 6, 2004), because we need additional time 
to analyze the written arguments. Therefore, the Department is 
extending the time limit for completion of the final results to no 
later than February 2, 2005, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Act.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: October 5, 2004.
Jeffrey May,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E4-2574 Filed 10-8-04; 8:45 am]
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