[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 7, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 38980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-16512]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-863]


Honey From the People's Republic of China: Extension of Time 
Limit for the Preliminary Results for New Shipper Review

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

DATES: Effective Date: July 7, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Josh Startup, 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) 482-5260.

Background

    On February 4, 2010, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
initiated this new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on 
honey from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''), covering the 
period December 1, 2008, through November 30, 2009. See Honey from the 
People's Republic of China: Initiation of New Shipper Antidumping Duty 
Reviews, 75 FR 5764 (February 4, 2010) (``Initiation''). The 
preliminary results of this new shipper review were due no later than 
July 28, 2010.
    On February 12, 2010, the Department exercised its discretion to 
toll the deadlines for all Import Administration cases by seven 
calendar days due to the February 5, through February 12, 2010, Federal 
Government closure. See ``Memorandum to the Record from Ronald 
Lorentzen, DAS for Import Administration, regarding `Tolling of 
Administrative Deadlines as a Result of the Government Closure During 
the Recent Snowstorm,''' dated February 12, 2010. As a result, the 
preliminary results of this new shipper review are currently due on 
August 4, 2010.

Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(``the Act''), and 19 CFR 351.214(i)(1) require the Department to issue 
the preliminary results of a new shipper review within 180 days after 
the date on which the new shipper review was initiated and final 
results of a review within 90 days after the date on which the 
preliminary results were issued. The Department may, however, extend 
the time period for completion of the preliminary results of a new 
shipper review to 300 days if it determines that the case is 
extraordinarily complicated. See section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act 
and 19 CFR 351.214(i)(2).
    The Department has determined that the review is extraordinarily 
complicated as the Department must gather additional publicly available 
information, issue additional supplemental questionnaires, and allow 
time for parties to comment on those responses. Based on the timing of 
the case and the additional information that must be gathered, the 
preliminary results of this new shipper review cannot be completed 
within the 180 day time limit. Accordingly, the Department is extending 
the time limit for the completion of the preliminary results of this 
new shipper review by 90 days. The preliminary results will now be due 
no later than November 2, 2010 in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(i)(2). The final results 
will, in turn, be due 90 days after the date of issuance of the 
preliminary results, unless extended.
    This notice is published pursuant to sections 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: June 30, 2010.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-16512 Filed 7-6-10; 8:45 am]
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