[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 200 (Monday, October 18, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 61341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-2704]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-507-501]


Certain In-Shell Pistachios From the Islamic Republic of Iran: 
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit for preliminary results of 
countervailing duty administrative review.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: October 18, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Darla Brown or Eric B. Greynolds, AD/
CVD Enforcement, Office III, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
2786.

Time Limits

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') to make 
a preliminary determination within 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of an order for which a review is requested. However, 
if it is not practicable to complete the preliminary results of review 
within this time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the 
Department to extend the time limit for the preliminary determination 
to a maximum of 365 days.

Background

    On April 28, 2004, the Department initiated an administrative 
review of the countervailing duty order on certain in-shell pistachios 
from the Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran). See 69 FR 23170. The 
administrative review covers the period January 1, 2003, through 
December 31, 2003. The respondent in this administrative review is the 
Tehran Negah Nima Trading Company (Nima). The preliminary results are 
currently due no later than December 1, 2004.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Review

    Due to the fact that we have received several new subsidy 
allegations from petitioners and due to the complicated nature of this 
case, we find that it is not practicable for the Department to complete 
the preliminary results of the administrative review within the 245-day 
statutory time frame. Therefore, the Department is extending the time 
limits for completion of the preliminary results until March 31, 2005.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

    Dated: October 8, 2004.
Jeffrey A. May,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
 [FR Doc. E4-2704 Filed 10-15-04; 8:45 am]
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