[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 133 (Wednesday, July 12, 2006)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-10875]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-357-812


Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review: Honey from Argentina

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 12, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Cordell or Robert James, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0408 or(202) 482-0469, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department of Commerce (the Department) published an 
antidumping duty order on honey from Argentina on December 10, 2001 
(see Notice of Antidumping Duty Order; Honey From Argentina, 66 FR 
63672). On January 3, 2006, Patagonik S.A., an Argentine exporter of 
subject merchandise, requested that the Department conduct a new 
shipper review. On January 20, 2006, the Department initiated this new 
shipper review. See Honey from Argentina: Initiation of New Shipper 
Antidumping Duty Review, 71 FR 4349 (January 26, 2006). The preliminary 
results of this administrative review are currently due no later than 
July 19, 2006.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930 as 
amended (the Act), the Department shall issue preliminary results in a 
new shipper review of an antidumping duty order within 180 days after 
the date on which the new shipper review was initiated. The Act further 
provides, however, that the Department may extend the deadline for 
completion of the preliminary results of a new shipper review from 180 
days to 300 days if it determines that the case is extraordinarily 
complicated. See section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act. We determine that 
this new shipper review is extraordinarily complicated because of 
issues involving cost, third country sales, and the nature of the U.S. 
sale.
    Section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and section 351.214(i)(2) of the 
Department's regulations allow the Department to extend the deadline 
for the preliminary results to a maximum of 300 days from the date on 
which the new shipper review was initiated. For the reasons noted 
above, we are extending the time for the completion of preliminary 
results until no later than November 16, 2006, which is 300 days from 
the date on which the new shipper review was initiated. The deadline 
for the final results of this administrative review continues to be 90 
days after the publication of the preliminary results.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Act.

    Dated: June 30, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-10875 Filed 7-11-06; 8:45 am]
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