[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 25, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4114-4115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-927]


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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: January 25, 2006.

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 16, 2005. Honey 
from the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Partial 
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 70 FR 74764 
(December 16, 2005).

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 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.
    On January 3, 2006, at the request of respondents, the Department 
granted all parties additional time to submit surrogate value 
information. The Department also extended the deadline for parties to 
submit briefs. As a result of these extensions and the complex issues 
raised in this review segment, including honey valuation and 
intermediate input methodology, the Department has determined 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 Friday, June 
9, 2006, which is 175 days from the date on which the notice of the 
preliminary results was published.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i) of the Act.


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    Dated: January 19, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-927 Filed 1-24-06; 8:45 am]
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