[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 243 (Monday, December 20, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75915-75916]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-3744]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-863]


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

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

DATES: Effective Dates: December 20, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristina Boughton at (202) 482-8173 or 
Bobby Wong at (202) 482-0409; AD/CVD Operations, Office 9, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20230.

Background

    The Department of Commerce (the Department) received a timely 
request from Foodworld International Club Limited (Foodworld), in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(c), for a new shipper review 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 July 30, 2004, the Department found 
that the request for review with respect to Foodworld met all of the 
regulatory requirements set forth in 19 CFR 351.214(b) and initiated 
this new shipper antidumping duty review covering the period December 
1, 2003, to March 31, 2004. See Honey From The People's Republic of 
China: Initiation of New Shipper Antidumping Duty Review, 69 FR 47407 
(August 5, 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

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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. Specifically, the 
Department needs additional time because of the complexity of some of 
the issues, including valuing raw honey and several packaging inputs, 
as well as issuing supplemental questionnaires requesting additional 
information. 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 90 days, from January 26, 
2005, to April 26, 2005, 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: December 10, 2004.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
 [FR Doc. E4-3744 Filed 12-17-04; 8:45 am]
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