[Federal Register: October 1, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 190)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-863]
Notice of Extension of Preliminary Results of New Shipper
Antidumping Duty Reviews: Honey from the People's Republic of China
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting new
shipper antidumping duty reviews of honey from the People's Republic of
China (PRC) in response to requests by respondents Anhui Honghui
Foodstuff (Group) Co., Ltd. (Anhui Honghui), Eurasia Bee's Products
Co., Ltd. (Eurasia), Inner Mongolia Youth Trade Development Co., Ltd.
(Inner Mongolia Youth), and Jiangsu Kanghong Natural Healthfoods Co.,
Ltd. (Jiangsu Kanghong). These reviews cover shipments to the United
States for the period December 1, 2002, to November 30, 2003, by these
four respondents. For the reasons discussed below, we are extending the
preliminary results of these new shipper reviews by an additional 53
days, to no later than November 19, 2004.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anya Naschak at (202) 482-6375 or
Kristina Boughton at (202) 482-8173; AC/CVD Enforcement Office 9, NME/
China Unit, Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20230.
Background
The Department received timely requests from Anhui Honghui,
Eurasia, Foodworld International Club Limited (Foodworld), Inner
Mongolia Youth, Jiangsu Kanghong, and Shanghai Shinomiel International
Trade Corporation (Shanghai Shinomiel), in accordance with 19 CFR
351.214(c), for new shipper reviews of the antidumping duty order on
honey from the PRC, which has a December annual anniversary month and a
June semiannual anniversary month. See Notice of Amended Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty
Order; Honey from the People's Republic of China, 66 FR 63670 (December
10, 2001). On January 30, 2004, the Department found that the requests
for review with respect to Anhui Honghui, Eurasia, Inner Mongolia
Youth, and Jiangsu Kanghong met all the regulatory requirements set
forth in 19 CFR 351.214(b) and initiated these new shipper antidumping
duty reviews covering the period December 1, 2002, through November 30,
2003. The Department did not initiate new shipper reviews for the
remaining two companies (i.e., Foodworld and Shanghai Shinomiel). See
Honey From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of New Shipper
Antidumping Duty Reviews, 69 FR 5835 (February 6, 2004). In June and
July 2004, the Department conducted verifications of the four companies
under review in these proceedings. On June 1, 2004, the Department
published an extension notice for the preliminary results of these new
shipper antidumping duty reviews. See Honey From the People's Republic
of China: Notice of Extension of Preliminary Results of New Shipper
Antidumping Duty Reviews, 69 FR 30881. The preliminary results are
currently due no later than September 27, 2004.
Extension of Time Limits for 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 deadline for
completion of the preliminary results of a new shipper review to 300
days if it determines that the case is extraordinarily complicated (19
CFR 351.214 (i)(2)). The Department has determined that this case is
extraordinarily complicated, and the preliminary results of this new
shipper review cannot be completed within the statutory time limit of
180 days. The Department needs additional time because of the
continuing complexity of some of the issues. In particular, the
Department needs additional time to research and analyze the
appropriate surrogate value for raw honey. Given the issues in this
case, the Department finds that this case is extraordinarily
complicated, and cannot be completed within the statutory time limit.
Accordingly, the Department is extending the time limit for the
completion of the preliminary results by an additional 53 days, to
November 19, 2004, 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.
Dated: September 24, 2004.
Jeffrey A. May,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E4-2458 Filed 9-30-04; 8:45 am]