[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 29 (Monday, February 14, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7478-7479]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-2739]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-357-813]


Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review: Honey From Argentina

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: February 14, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dara Iserson or Thomas Gilgunn at 
(202) 482-4052 and (202) 482-4236, respectively; AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 6, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230.

Background

    On January 15, 2004, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated an administrative review of the countervailing duty order on 
Honey from Argentina with respect to the Government of Argentina (GOA). 
See Notice of Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part, 69 FR 3117 
(January 22, 2004). The period of review (POR) is January 1, 2003, 
through December 31, 2003. On December 13, 2004, the Department 
released the preliminary results. See Honey from Argentina: Preliminary 
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 69 FR 7645 
(December 21, 2004).

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 351.213(h)(1) of the regulations requires the Department to 
issue the preliminary results of review within 245 days after the last 
day of the anniversary month of the order or suspension agreement for 
which the administrative review was requested, and the final results of 
an administrative review within 120 days after the date on which notice 
of preliminary results is published in the Federal Register. However, 
if the Department determines that it is not practicable to complete and 
review within the aforementioned specified time limits, section 
351.213(h)(2) allows the Department to extend the 245-day-period to 365 
days and to extend the 120-day period to 180 days.

Extension of Time Limit for Final Results

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act) and section 351.213(h)(2) of the regulations, due to 
the complexity of issues related to certain loan programs and because 
the Department intends to verify the GOA's questionnaire responses, the 
Department finds that it is not practicable to complete this review by 
the current deadline of April 20, 2005. Therefore, the Department is 
extending the deadline for completion of the final results of the 
administrative review of the countervailing duty order on honey from 
Argentina by 60 days. The final results of the review will now be due 
no later than June 19, 2005, which is 180 days after the publication of 
the preliminary results. This notice is published pursuant to sections 
751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: February 7, 2005.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 05-2739 Filed 2-11-05; 8:45 am]
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