[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 158 (Wednesday, August 16, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47170-47171]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-13467]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-570-863


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

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 16, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen Kramer or Judy Lao, 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: 202-482-0405 
and 202-482-7924, respectively.



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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 1, 2006, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published the initiation of the administrative review of 
the antidumping duty order on honey from the People's Republic of China 
(``PRC''). See Notice of Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 71 FR 
5241 (February 1, 2006). This review covers the period December 1, 
2004, through November 30, 2005. The preliminary results of review are 
currently due no later than September 5, 2006.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Review

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (``the Act''), the Department shall make a preliminary 
determination in an administrative review of an antidumping duty order 
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 may extend that 245-day period to 365 days if it determines 
it is not practicable to complete the review within the foregoing time 
period. See Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
    Completion of the preliminary results within the 245-day period is 
not practicable because of the Department's verification schedule of 
the companies involved in this administrative review. It is also more 
practicable to align this administrative review with an ongoing new 
shipper review of honey from PRC. See Honey from the People's Republic 
of China: Notice of Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results 
of New Shipper Review, 71 FR 37904 (July 3, 2006). Therefore, in 
accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department is 
extending the time period for completion of the preliminary results of 
this review by 80 days until November 21, 2006.
    This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(a)(3)(A) 
and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: August 9, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-13467 Filed 8-15-06; 8:45 am]
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