[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 70 (Thursday, April 12, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 18461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-6956]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-863]


Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of Fourth 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and the Eighth New Shipper 
Review: Honey From the People's Republic of China

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 12, 2007

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judy Lao or Patrick Edwards, 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-
7924 and (202) 482-8029, respectively.

Background

    The Department of Commerce (the Department) published the 
preliminary results of the antidumping duty administrative review and 
the new shipper reviews on honey from the People's Republic of China 
(PRC) on January 3, 2007. See Honey from the People's Republic of 
China: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 72 FR 102 (January 3, 2007) and Honey from the 
People's Republic of China: Intent to Rescind, in Part, and Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Reviews, 72 FR 111 (January 3, 
2007). On October 25, 2006, the Department aligned the new shipper 
review proceeding with the administrative review. See Memorandum to All 
Interested Parties and File, through Abdelali Elouaradia, Program 
Manager, ``2004-2005 New Shipper Review of Honey from the People's 
Republic of China: Waive of New Shipper Time Limits and Alignment of 
the New Shipper Review with the Administrative Review,'' dated October 
25, 2006.

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 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1), 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 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2) allow the Department 
to extend the 245-day period to 365 days and the 120-day period to 180 
days.
    Due to the complexity of the issues involved and the time required 
to analyze the numerous surrogate value information submissions and 
arguments raised in parties' briefs, as well as the demands of other 
proceedings handled by the office administering these reviews, the 
Department has determined that it is not practicable to complete these 
reviews within the original time period.
    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h) 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 the final 
results for the fourth antidumping duty administrative review and the 
eighth new shipper review until no later than July 2, 2007, which is 
180 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)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: April 6, 2007.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
 [FR Doc. E7-6956 Filed 4-11-07; 8:45 am]
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