[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 173 (Wednesday, September 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-21579]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-357-812]
Honey From Argentina: Notice of Extension of Time Limit for
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Drury, Dena Crossland or Angelica
Mendoza, 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) 482-0195, (202) 482-3362 or (202) 482-3019, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 1, 2008, the Department of Commerce (``the
Department'') published a notice of opportunity to request an
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on honey from
Argentina for the period of review (``POR'') of December 1, 2007,
through November 30, 2008. See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty
Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request
Administrative Review, 73 FR 72764 (December 1, 2008).
In response, on December 30, 2008, the Asociacion de Cooperativas
Argentinas (``ACA'') requested an administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on honey from Argentina for the period December
1, 2007, through November 30, 2008. On December 31, 2008, the American
Honey Producers Association and Sioux Honey Association (collectively,
``petitioners'') requested an administrative review of the antidumping
duty order on honey from Argentina for the period December 1, 2007,
through November 30, 2008. Specifically, petitioners requested that the
Department conduct an administrative review of entries of subject
merchandise made by 17 Argentine producers/exporters.\1\ Also on
December 31, 2008, Nexco S.A. (``Nexco'') requested an administrative
review of the antidumping duty order on honey from Argentina for the
period December 1, 2007, through November 30, 2008. ACA and Nexco were
included in the petitioners' request for review.
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\1\ Petitioners requested Compania Apicola Argentina S.A. and
Mielar S.A.as separate entities. However, in a previous segment of
this proceeding, the Department treated these two companies as a
single entity.
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On February 2, 2009, the Department published the notice initiating
this administrative review for the 17 companies for which an
administrative review was requested. See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, Request for Revocation In
Part, 74 FR 5821 (February 2, 2009) (``Initiation Notice'').
The Department received a request for administrative review from
Patagonik S.A. (``Patagonik'') in response to the December 1, 2008,
opportunity to request an administrative review. However, its request
was dated January 2, 2009, after the December 31, 2008, deadline. On
January 23, 2009, the Department returned the letter requesting an
administrative review to Patagonik, stating that the request was
untimely and that the Department would not initiate a review based on
this request. See Letter from the Department of Commerce to Patagonik
S.A., dated January 23, 2009. On February 23, 2009, Patagonik submitted
a letter requesting that the Department reconsider its decision not to
initiate a review based on Patagonik's request. Patagonik provided
information to the Department indicating the reasons for the untimely
filing of the request. After examining the information, the Department
again declined to initiate an administrative review based on
Patagonik's request. See Letter from the Department of Commerce to
Patagonik S.A., dated March 17, 2009.
On March 6, 2009, petitioners timely withdrew their requests for
review of the following companies: AGLH S.A., Algodonera Avellaneda
S.A., Alimentos Naturales-Natural Foods, Alma Pura, Bomare S.A.
(Bodegas Miguel Armengol), Compania Apicola Argentina S.A. and Mielar
S.A., Compania Inversora Platense S.A., EL Mana S.A., HoneyMax S.A.,
Interrupcion S.A., Miel Ceta SRL, Patagonik S.A., Productos Afer S.A.,
Seabird Argentina S.A., and Seylinco S.A. On April 17, 2009, the
Department published a partial rescission of this administrative review
with respect to these companies. See Honey from Argentina: Notice of
Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 74 FR
17815 (April 17, 2009).
On June 10, 2009, both petitioners and Nexco withdrew their
requests for administrative review with respect to Nexco. The
Department published a partial rescission of this administrative review
with respect to Nexco on July 16, 2009. See Honey from Argentina:
Notice of Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,
74 FR 34550 (July 16, 2009).
Currently, the preliminary results of this administrative review
covering ACA are due on September 2, 2009.
Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results of Review
Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (``the Act''), and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), the Department may
extend the deadline for completion of the preliminary results of a
review by 120 days if it determines that it is not practicable to
complete the preliminary results within 245 days after the last day of
the anniversary month of the date of publication of the order for which
the administrative review was requested. Due to the complexity of the
issues involved, including the need to solicit more information from
ACA, including its date of sale methodology and sales to third country
markets, and to conduct verification of ACA's response in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.222(f)(2)(ii), the Department has determined that it is
not practicable to complete this review within the original time
period. Accordingly, the Department is extending the time limit for the
preliminary results by 107 days to not later than December 18, 2009, in
accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
The deadline for the final results of this review will continue to
be 120 days after publication of the preliminary results.
This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(a)(3)(A)
and 777(i) of the Act.
Dated: August 26, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations.
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