[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 71 (Thursday, April 14, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19730-19731]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-1761]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-863]


Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Honey from the People's 
Republic of China

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 14, 2005.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department of Commerce (the Department) published the 
preliminary results of the antidumping duty administrative review on 
honey from the People's Republic of China on December 27, 2004, which 
included a decision to extend the final results deadline by 30 days 
until May 26, 2005. See Honey From the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Results, Partial Rescission, and Extension of Final Results 
of Second Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 69 FR 77184.

Extension of Time Limits 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)(1) of the Department's 
regulations, the Department shall issue the preliminary results of an 
administrative review within 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of the date of publication of the order. The Act 
further provides that the Department shall issue the final results of 
review within 120 days after the date on which the notice of the 
preliminary results was published in the Federal Register. However, if 
the Department determines that it is not

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practicable to complete the review within this time period, section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and section 351.213(h)(2) of the Department's 
regulations allow the Department to extend the 245-day period to 365 
days and the 120-day period to 180 days. Due to the fact that in this 
case the Department is conducting verifications subsequent to the 
preliminary results of the administrative review, although 
verifications are normally conducted prior to issuing the preliminary 
results, and therefore requires additional time to complete the 
verifications and issue its findings, the Department determines that it 
is not practicable to complete this administrative review within the 
current time limit.
    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and section 351.213(h) of the 
Department's regulations allow the Department to extend the deadline 
for the final results of a review to a maximum of 180 days from the 
date on which the notice of the preliminary results was published. For 
the reasons noted above, the Department is extending the time limit for 
the completion of these final results until no later than Monday, June 
27, 2005, which is the next business day after 180 days from the date 
on which the notice of the preliminary results was published.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with Section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

    Dated: April 8, 2005.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-1761 Filed 4-13-05; 8:45 am]
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