70 FR 38102, July 1, 2005

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-357-812

Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Review: Honey from Argentina

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Sheba or Robert James, 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-
0145 and (202) 482-0469, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 30, 2004, the American Honey Producers Association and 
the Sioux Honey Association (collectively petitioners) requested an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on honey from 
Argentina in response to the Department of Commerce's (the Department) 
notice of opportunity to request a review published in the Federal 
Register. See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation: Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 
69 FR 69889 (December 1, 2003). The petitioners requested that the 
Department conduct an administrative review of entries of subject 
merchandise made by twenty-four Argentine producers/exporters. In 
addition, the Department received requests for reviews from three of 
the Argentine exporters included in the petitioners' request, plus a 
request for review by one additional exporter, El Mana S.A. (El Mana). 
The Department initiated a review on the above twenty-five companies on 
January 31, 2005. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 70 FR 4818 
(January 31, 2005).
    Subsequent to the Department's initiation of review, on February 
22, 2005, the petitioners filed a withdrawal of request for review for 
fifteen of the companies. See letter from petitioners to the 
Department, Honey From Argentina, (February 22, 2005), on file in the 
Central Records Unit (CRU), room B-099 of the main Department building. 
On February 24, 2005, both petitioners and Nexco S.A. (Nexco) (an 
exporter) submitted letters withdrawing their individual requests for 
review of Nexco. See letters from petitioners and from Nexco to the 
Department, Honey From Argentina, (February 24, 2005), on file in the 
CRU. Also on February 24, 2005, petitioner rescinded its withdrawal 
with respect to Mielar S.A. (Mielar). See id. On March 9, 2005, El Mana 
submitted a letter withdrawing its request for administrative review. 
See letter from El Mana to the Department, Honey From Argentina, (March 
9, 2005), on file in the CRU. On March 31, 2005, petitioners submitted 
a withdrawal of request for review of two additional companies: 
Compania Apicola Argentina (CAA), Mielar, and TransHoney S.A. 
(TransHoney). See Letter from petitioners to the Department, Honey From 
Argentina, (March 31, 2005), on file in the CRU. On April 15, 2005, the 
Department rescinded its review for the companies named in petitioners' 
and respondents' withdrawals of request for review. See Honey from 
Argentina: Notice of Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 70 FR 19927 (April 15, 2005).

Notice of Extension

    Pursuant to the time limits for administrative reviews set forth in 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 
the current deadlines are September 1, 2005, for the preliminary 
results and December 30, 2005, for the final results of this 
administrative review. The Department, however, may extend the deadline 
for completion of the preliminary results of a review if it determines 
it is not practicable to complete the preliminary results within the 
statutory time limit. See 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and section 
351.213(h)(2) of the Department's regulations. In this case the 
Department has determined it is not practicable to complete this review 
within the statutory time limit because of complex issues involved in 
this review,

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including the requested partial revocation of the dumping order with 
respect to Asociaci[oacute]n de Cooperativas Argentinas.
    Therefore, the Department is extending the time limit for 
completion of the preliminary results until December 20, 2005, 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.

    Dated: June 27, 2005.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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