[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 65 (Thursday, April 5, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 16768]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-6385]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(C-357-813)


Honey from Argentina: Notice of Rescission of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 5, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elfi Blum, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
6, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0197.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 1, 2006, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published a notice of opportunity to request an 
administrative review of the countervailing duty order on Honey from 
Argentina. See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 
71 FR 69543 (December 1, 2006). On December 29, 2006, the American 
Honey Producers Association and the Sioux Honey Association 
(petitioners) timely requested that the Department conduct an 
administrative review of the countervailing duty order on honey from 
Argentina for the period January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006. 
Shortly thereafter, the Department published a notice of the initiation 
of the countervailing duty administrative review of honey from 
Argentina for the period January 1, 2006 through December 21, 2006. See 
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews, 72 FR 5005 (February 2, 2007). On March 9, 2007, petitioners 
withdrew their request for this administrative review of the 
countervailing duty order of honey from Argentina. No other party 
requested an administrative review of this countervailing duty order.

Rescission of Review

    The Department's regulations at section 351.213(d)(1) provide that 
the Department will rescind an administrative review if the party that 
requested the review withdraws its request for review within 90 days of 
the date of publication of the notice of initiation of the requested 
review, or withdraws its request at a later date if the Department 
determines that it is reasonable to extend the time limit for 
withdrawing the request. Petitioners, the only requestors of this 
review, submitted their request for withdrawal in a timely manner. 
Therefore, the Department is rescinding the administrative review of 
the countervailing duty order on honey from Argentina for the period 
January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006. The Department intends to 
issue assessment instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
within 15 days of publication of this notice.

Notification Regarding APOs

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with section 351.305 of the 
Department's regulations, which continues to govern business 
proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding. Timely 
written notification of the return/destruction of APO materials or 
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to 
comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which is 
subject to sanction.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 
section 351.213(d)(4) of the Department's regulations.

    Dated: March 30, 2007.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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