Honey From Argentina: Preliminary Results of New Shipper Review, 67850-67854 [E6-19899]

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• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• International Trade Administration

[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 226 (Friday, November 24, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67850-67854]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-19899]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-357-812]


Honey From Argentina: Preliminary Results of New Shipper Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In response to a request by the respondent Patagonik S.A. 
(Patagonik), the Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting 
a new shipper review of the antidumping order of honey from Argentina. 
The period of review (POR) is December 1, 2004, through December 31, 
2005.
    We preliminarily determine a zero margin in the case of sales of 
honey from Argentina from Patagonik. If these preliminary results are 
adopted in our final results of this new shipper review, we will 
instruct Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess antidumping 
duties based on the difference between the export price (EP) or 
constructed export price (CEP) and normal value (NV). Interested 
parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 24, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Cordell 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-
0649 or (202) 482-0408, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department published an antidumping duty order on honey from 
Argentina on December 10, 2001. See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order; 
Honey From Argentina, 66 FR 63672. On January 3, 2006, Patagonik, an 
Argentine exporter of subject merchandise, requested that the 
Department conduct a new shipper review. On January 20, 2006, the 
Department initiated this new shipper review. See Honey from Argentina: 
Initiation of New Shipper Antidumping Duty Review, 71 FR 4349 (January 
26, 2006).
    On January 30, 2006, the Department issued sections A, B, and C of 
the antidumping questionnaire to Patagonik, as well as a supplemental 
questionnaire to its unaffiliated customer in the United States. We 
received responses on February 16, 2006, March 2, 2006, and March 20, 
2006.
    The Department issued additional supplemental questionnaires on 
April 13, May 22, and July 31, 2006. We received responses to these 
additional supplemental questionnaires on May 8, June 9, and August 28, 
2006. The American Honey Producers Association and the Sioux Honey 
Association (petitioners) submitted comments on respondent's 
submissions on May 3, May 26, and July 14, 2006.
    On May 5, 2006, petitioners made a sales below cost allegation in 
this segment of the proceeding. Respondent and petitioners submitted 
comments on the allegation on May 16, and May 26, 2006, respectively. 
On June 27, 2006, the Department initiated a sales below cost 
investigation based upon petitioner's allegation and on July 18, 2006, 
the Department issued its section D questionnaire to the selected 
beekeepers and middleman, Colmenares Santa Rosa. On August 15, 2006, 
the beekeepers and the middleman submitted their response to the cost 
questionnaire. On September 7, 2006, the Department issued a 
supplemental cost questionnaire to which Patagonik's beekeepers and 
middleman replied on October 6, 2006.
    On June 30, 2006, the Department extended the time limit for 
issuance of the preliminary results of the new shipper review to 
November 16, 2006. See Notice of Extension of Time Limit for 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping New Shipper Review: Honey from 
Argentina, 71 FR 39304 (July 12, 2006).

Scope of the Review

    The merchandise covered by this order is honey from Argentina. The 
products covered are natural honey, artificial honey containing more 
than 50 percent natural honey by weight, preparations of natural honey 
containing more than 50 percent natural honey by weight, and flavored 
honey. The subject merchandise includes all grades and colors of honey 
whether in liquid, creamed, comb, cut comb, or chunk form, and whether 
packaged for retail or in bulk form.
    The merchandise covered by this order is currently classifiable 
under subheadings 0409.00.00, 1702.90.90, and 2106.90.99 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Although the 
HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, 
the Department's written description of the merchandise under this 
order is dispositive.

Bona Fide Sale Analysis

    For the reasons stated below, we preliminarily find that 
Patagonik's reported U.S. sales during the POR appear to be bona fide 
based on the totality of the facts on the record. Specifically, we find 
that: (1) The price of Patagonik's sale was within the range of the 
prices of other entries of subject merchandise from Argentina into the 
United States during the POR; (2) Patagonik's sale was made between 
Patagonik and unaffiliated parties at arm's length; and (3) there is no 
record evidence that indicates that Patagonik's sale was not made based 
on commercial principles. See the accompanying memo from David Cordell 
through Robert James, Program Manager, to Richard Weible, Office 
Director, entitled Bona Fide Nature of the Sale in the New Shipper 
Review of Patagonik S.A.: Honey from Argentina, dated November 16, 
2006.

Verification

    As provided in section 782(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act), we verified sales and cost information provided by 
Patagonik, selected beekeepers, and the middleman/collector, using 
standard verification procedures such as the examination of relevant 
sales and financial records. The sales verification took place between 
September 11, 2006, and September 14, 2006. Sales verification results 
are outlined in the public and proprietary versions of our verification 
reports, which are on file in the Central Records Unit (CRU) in room B-
099 of the main Department building. See Memoranda to the File from 
David Cordell, Deborah Scott and Maryanne Burke through Richard Weible 
Office Director, entitled ``Verification of the Sales Response of 
Patagonik S.A.'', dated October 30, 2006. We conducted a cost 
verification with respect to the collector and two selected beekeeper 
cost respondents from October 23, 2006, to October 27,

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2006. See Memoranda to the File from Angela Strom and Heidi Schriefer 
to Neal Halper ``Verification of the Cost Responses of Colmenares Santa 
Rosa S.R.L.''; ``Verification of the Cost Response of Beekeeper 2''; 
and, ``Verification of the Cost Response of Beekeeper 4'', which will 
be released shortly.

Product Comparison

    In accordance with section 771(16) of the Act, we considered all 
sales of honey covered by the description in the ``Scope of the 
Review'' section of this notice, supra, which were sold in the 
respective third-country market during the POR to be the foreign like 
product for the purpose of determining appropriate product comparisons 
to honey sold in the United States. We matched products based on the 
physical characteristics reported by Patagonik in accordance with the 
Department's model match criteria. Where there were no sales of 
identical merchandise in the third-country market to compare to U.S. 
sales, we compared U.S. sales to the next most similar foreign like 
product on the basis of the characteristics and reporting instructions 
listed in the antidumping duty questionnaire and instructions, or to 
constructed value (CV), as appropriate.

Level of Trade

    In accordance with section 773(a)(1)(B)(i) of the Act, to the 
extent practicable, we determine NV based on sales in the third country 
market at the same level of trade (LOT) as EP or CEP. The NV LOT is 
that of the starting-price sales in the third country market or, when 
NV is based on CV, that of the sales from which we derive selling, 
general and administrative (SG&A) expenses and profit. For CEP, it is 
the level of the constructed sale from the exporter to an affiliated 
importer after the deductions required under section 772(d) of the Act.
    To determine whether NV sales are at a different LOT than CEP, we 
examine stages in the marketing process and selling functions along the 
chain of distribution between the producer and the unaffiliated 
customer. If the comparison-market sales are at a different LOT and the 
difference affects price comparability, as manifested in a pattern of 
consistent price differences between the sales on which NV is based and 
comparison-market sales at the LOT of the export transaction, we make 
an LOT adjustment under section 773(a)(7)(A) of the Act. Finally, for 
CEP sales, if the NV level is more remote from the factory than the CEP 
level and there is no basis for determining whether the difference in 
the levels between NV and CEP affects price comparability, we adjust NV 
under section 773(a)(7)(B) of the Act (the CEP-offset provision). See 
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Cut-to-
Length Carbon Steel Plate from South Africa, 62 FR 61731, 61732-33 
(November 19, 1997).
    Patagonik reported a single LOT for all U.S. and third-country 
sales. Patagonik claimed that its selling activities in both markets 
are identical, and nothing on the record appears to suggest otherwise. 
For Patagonik, we determine that all reported sales are made at the 
same LOT, and we have no need to make an LOT adjustment. See Analysis 
Memoranda for Patagonik, dated November 16, 2006.

Comparisons

    To determine whether sales of subject merchandise made by Patagonik 
to the United States were made at less than fair value, we compared the 
EP or CEP to the NV, as described below. Pursuant to section 777A(d)(2) 
of the Act, we compared the EP or CEP of individual U.S. transactions 
to the monthly weight-averaged NV of the foreign like product where 
there were sales at prices above the COP, as discussed in the ``Cost of 
Production Analysis'' section below.

Date of Sale

    Section 351.401(i) of the Department's regulations states that the 
Department normally will use date of invoice, as recorded in the 
exporter's or producer's records kept in the ordinary course of 
business, as the date of sale, but may use a date other than the date 
of invoice if it better reflects the date on which material terms of 
sale are established. Patagonik reported invoice date as the date of 
sale for both markets. For Patagonik, the Department, consistent with 
prior practice, used the reported shipment date as the date of sale for 
both its third-country and U.S. markets when shipment occurred prior to 
invoice date. See Notice of Final Determinations of Sales at Less than 
Fair Value: Certain Durum Wheat and Hard Red Spring Wheat from Canada, 
68 FR 52741 (September 5, 2003), and accompanying Decision Memo at 
Comment 3.\1\
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    \1\ See page 16 of the Decision Memorandum, which is available 
on the Web at https://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn/summary/canada/03-22661-
1.pdf or in the Import Administration's CRU located at Room B-099, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20230.
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Export Price and Constructed Export Price

    Section 772(a) of the Act defines EP as ``the price at which the 
subject merchandise is first sold (or agreed to be sold) before the 
date of importation by the producer or exporter of subject merchandise 
outside of the United States to an unaffiliated purchaser in the United 
States or to an unaffiliated purchaser for exportation to the United 
States * * *,'' as adjusted under subsection (c). Section 772(b) of the 
Act defines CEP as ``the price at which the subject merchandise is 
first sold (or agreed to be sold) in the United States before or after 
the date of importation by or for the account of the producer or 
exporter of such merchandise or by a seller affiliated with the 
producer or exporter, to a purchaser not affiliated with the producer 
or exporter * * *,'' as adjusted under subsections (c) and (d). For 
purposes of this new shipper review, Patagonik classified its U.S. sale 
as EP because it was made before the date of importation directly to an 
unaffiliated purchaser in the U.S. market. For purposes of these 
preliminary results, we have accepted this classification.
    For those sales which we are classifying as EP transactions, we 
calculated EP in accordance with section 772(a) of the Act. We based EP 
on the FOB price for export to the unaffiliated importer in the U.S. 
market. We adjusted gross unit price for billing adjustments where 
applicable. We also made deductions for movement expenses in accordance 
with section 772(c)(2)(A) of the Act; these included, where 
appropriate, foreign inland freight, warehousing, insurance, 
consolidation, port charges and foreign brokerage and handling.

Affiliation

    On November 16, 2006, the Department determined that Colmenares 
Santa Rosa (CSR) and Patagonik are affiliated within the meaning of 
section 771(33) of the Act, and also that the two companies should be 
treated as a single entity for the purposes of this new shipper review 
and that the companies should receive a single antidumping duty rate. 
See memo from David Cordell through Robert James, Program Manager, to 
Richard Weible, Office Director, entitled Relationship between 
Patagonik S.A. and Colmenares Santa Rosa S.R.L. in the 2004-2005 New 
Shipper Review of Antidumping Order on Honey from Argentina from David 
Cordell through Robert James to Richard Weible, (Collapsing and 
Affiliation

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Memorandum), dated November 16, 2006.

Normal Value

1. Selection of Comparison Market

    In accordance with section 773(a)(1)(C) of the Act, to determine 
whether there was a sufficient volume of sales in the home market to 
serve as a viable basis for calculating NV (i.e., the aggregate volume 
of home market sales of the foreign like product is greater than or 
equal to five percent of the aggregate volume of U.S. sales), we 
compare each company's aggregate volume of home market sales of the 
foreign like product to its aggregate volume of U.S. sales of subject 
merchandise. For Patagonik, the aggregate volume of sales in the home 
market of the foreign like product was less than five percent of the 
aggregate volume of U.S. sales of the subject merchandise. Therefore, 
we determined for Patagonik that sales in the home market did not 
provide a viable basis for calculating NV.
    When sales in the home market are not suitable to serve as the 
basis for NV, section 773(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the Act provides that sales 
to a third-country market may be utilized if (i) The prices in such 
market are representative; (ii) the aggregate quantity of the foreign 
like product sold by the producer or exporter in the third-country 
market is five percent or more of the aggregate quantity of the subject 
merchandise sold in or to the United States; and (iii) the Department 
does not determine that a particular market situation in the third-
country market prevents a proper comparison with the U.S. price. 
Patagonik reported Germany as its largest third-country market during 
the POR, in terms of volume of sales by quantity (and with five percent 
or more of sales, by quantity, to the United States). The Department 
preliminarily determines that the prices in Germany are representative 
and no particular market situation exists that would prevent a proper 
comparison to EP or CEP. As a result, for Patagonik, NV is based on 
sales to Germany.
    In summary, therefore, NV for Patagonik is based on third-country 
market sales to unaffiliated purchasers made in commercial quantities 
and in the ordinary course of trade. For NV, we used the prices at 
which the foreign like product was first sold for consumption in the 
usual commercial quantities, in the ordinary course of trade, and, to 
the extent possible, at the same LOT as the EP or CEP, as appropriate. 
We calculated NV as noted in the ``Price-to-CV Comparisons'' and 
``Price-to-Price Comparisons'' sections of this notice.

2. Cost of Production

Background
    As noted above, on May 5, 2006, petitioners made a sales below cost 
allegation in this segment of the proceeding. Respondent and 
petitioners submitted comments on the allegation on May 16, and May 26, 
2006, respectively. On June 20, 2006, the Department initiated a sales 
below cost investigation.
A. Cost of Production Analysis
    As previously stated, Patagonik is an exporter, not a producer, of 
subject merchandise in this review. On February 16, 2006, Patagonik 
submitted a list of its unaffiliated honey suppliers, which identified 
companies, individuals, and cooperatives operating as either producers 
(beekeepers) or intermediary parties (collectors) in Patagonik's honey 
purchases. The list was updated in exhibit A-16 in Patagonik's May 8, 
2006 and August 4, 2006 responses. To calculate a COP and CV for the 
merchandise under consideration, the Department followed the same 
methodology relied upon in the first administrative review. The 
Department selected its five largest beekeepers and honey collector 
from Patagonik's list of suppliers. See Memorandum to the File: 
``Selection of Cost of Production Respondents,'' dated June 27, 2006.
B. Calculation of COP
    In accordance with section 773(b)(3) of the Act, we calculated a 
COP for each beekeeper supplier based on the sum of the cost of 
materials and fabrication for the foreign like product, plus amounts 
for general and administrative (G&A) and financial expenses. Since all 
the beekeepers utilized the intermediary party, Colmenares Santa Rosa, 
S.R.L. (CSR), to supply honey to Patagonik for its export sales, we 
used the collecting costs associated with CSR (i.e., the selected honey 
collector) and added such costs to the individual COP reported by each 
beekeeper supplier. We then calculated a simple average of the COP 
figures, inclusive of collecting costs, to obtain a final COP figure 
for Patagonik. We note that our final COP represents the costs incurred 
over the cost reporting period (CRP) covering June 1, 2004 to May 31, 
2005, which differs from the established POR in this new shipper 
review. The CRP was established to capture the cost of producing honey 
for a complete production season.
Collector Cost Adjustments
    For purposes of allocating the collecting costs incurred by CSR, we 
used the actual honey received less returns at the CSR warehouse during 
the CRP as opposed to reported estimated purchased volumes. We also 
included the cost of blending as a component of the collector's costs, 
captured the full labor costs associated with the manager of CSR and 
excluded income taxes from the total reported collector costs. See 
Memorandum from Angela Strom to Neal M. Halper ``Cost of Production and 
Constructed Value Adjustments for the Preliminary Results-Collector'', 
dated November 16, 2006.
Beekeeper Cost Respondent Adjustments
    We relied on the COP data submitted by each beekeeper in its cost 
questionnaire response, except for the following adjustments.
Common Adjustments
    Due to the limited source documents maintained by the individual 
beekeeper cost respondents, we were unable to confirm management's 
estimates related to the reported amounts for the consumption of 
surplus honey or sugar as feed for the hives. Because the reported feed 
amounts were based on management's estimates, we compared the reported 
feed costs to publicly available data. As a result, we adjusted the 
reported feed costs for Beekeepers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 to reflect the 
data available from public sources.
Individual Beekeeper Adjustments
Beekeeper 1
    We made no beekeeper specific adjustments.
Beekeeper 2
    1. We adjusted the reported rental cost for land to reflect the 
market value of the actual quantity of honey that was bartered for the 
land use.
    2. We increased the reported costs for both the depreciation 
expense of additional fixed assets and other additional expenses 
identified at the cost verification.
    3. We adjusted the reported drum cost calculation by revising the 
reported market value of a drum to reflect the per unit purchase price 
actually paid by Beekeeper 2 during the cost reporting period.
Beekeeper 3
    We made no beekeeper specific adjustments.

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Beekeeper 4
    1. We adjusted the reported production quantities based on our cost 
verification findings.
    2. During the cost reporting period, Beekeeper 4 hired a contractor 
to operate his hives and the fee was a set percentage of the honey 
production. Therefore, we adjusted the reported contractor fee 
calculation to reflect the contractor's percentage of the revised honey 
production quantities at market value.
    3. We adjusted the reported drum cost calculation to reflect the 
revised production quantities.
Beekeeper 5
    1. We adjusted the reported costs to include an unreconciled 
difference between the reported costs and the beekeeper's books and 
records from the overall cost reconciliation.
    2. We adjusted the reported costs to include directors' fees 
reported in the beekeeper's fiscal year financial statements.
    See Memorandum from Heidi K. Schriefer to Neal M. Halper ``Cost of 
Production and Constructed Value Adjustments for the Preliminary 
Results--Patagonik S.A. Beekeeper Respondents'' dated November 16, 
2006.
C. Test of Third-Country Prices and Results of the Cost of Production 
Test
    In determining whether to disregard third country market sales made 
at prices below the COP, in accordance with sections 773(b)(1)(A) and 
(B) of the Act, we examined: (1) Whether, within an extended period of 
time, such sales were made in substantial quantities; and (2) whether 
such sales were made at prices which permitted the recovery of all 
costs within a reasonable period of time in the normal course of trade. 
Where less than 20 percent of the respondent's third country market 
sales of a given model (i.e., CONNUM) were at prices below the COP, we 
did not disregard any below-cost sales of that model because we 
determined that the below-cost sales were not made within an extended 
period of time and in ``substantial quantities.'' Where 20 percent or 
more of the respondent's third country market sales of a given model 
were at prices less than COP, we disregarded the below-cost sales 
because: (1) They were made within an extended period of time in 
``substantial quantities,'' in accordance with sections 773(b)(2)(B) 
and (C) of the Act, and (2) based on our comparison of prices to the 
weighted-average COPs for the POR, they were at prices which would not 
permit the recovery of all costs within a reasonable period of time, in 
accordance with section 773(b)(2)(D) of the Act. Therefore, for 
purposes of this new shipper review, we disregarded below-cost sales 
made by Patagonik where 20 percent or more of the respondent's third 
country market sales of a given model were at prices less than COP, and 
used the remaining sales as the basis for determining NV, in accordance 
with section 773(b)(1) of the Act.
    Our cost test for Patagonik revealed that for third country market 
sales of certain models, less than 20 percent of the sales of those 
models were at prices below the COP. We therefore retained all such 
sales in our analysis and used them as the basis for determining NV. 
Our cost test also indicated that for other models sold by Patagonik, 
more than 20 percent of the third country market sales of those models 
were sold at prices below COP within an extended period of time and 
were at prices which would not permit the recovery of all costs within 
a reasonable period of time. Thus, in accordance with section 773(b)(1) 
of the Act, we excluded these below-cost sales from our analysis and 
used the remaining above-cost sales as the basis for determining NV.

Price-to-Price Comparisons

    For those product comparisons for which there were sales at prices 
above the COP, we based NV on the third-country market prices to 
unaffiliated purchasers. In accordance with section 773(a)(6)(B) of the 
Act, we made adjustments, where applicable, for movement expenses. In 
accordance with section 773(a)(6)(C) of the Act, we made circumstance-
of-sale adjustments for credit and other direct selling expenses where 
appropriate. We adjusted gross unit price for billing adjustments where 
applicable. We note that certain claimed direct expenses in the third-
country market are being re-classified as either indirect selling 
expenses or as part of the cost of production, for the reasons outlined 
in the accompanying Analysis Memoranda. See Patagonik's Sales Analysis 
Memorandum, dated November 16, 2006, and Patagonik's COP Memorandum, 
dated November 16, 2006.

Currency Conversion

    The Department's preferred source for daily exchange rates is the 
Federal Reserve Bank. See Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review: Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from 
France, 68 FR 47049 (August 7, 2003). However, the Federal Reserve Bank 
does not track or publish exchange rates for the Argentine Peso. 
Therefore, we made currency conversions based on the daily exchange 
rates from Factiva, a Dow Jones & Reuters Retrieval Service. Factiva 
publishes exchange rates for Monday through Friday only. We used the 
rate of exchange on the most recent Friday for conversion dates 
involving Saturday and Sunday where necessary.

Preliminary Results of Review

    As a result of our review, we preliminarily determine the following 
weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period December 1, 2004, 
through December 30, 2005:

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                                                       Weighted-average
                      Exporter                              margin
                                                         (percentage)
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Patagonik S.A./Colmenares Santa Rosa S.R.L..........                0.00
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    The Department will disclose calculations performed within 5 days 
of the date of publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.224(b). An interested party may request a hearing within 30 days of 
publication. See 19 CFR 351.310(c). Any hearing, if requested, will be 
held 37 days after the date of publication of these preliminary 
results, or the first business day thereafter, unless the Department 
alters the date pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(d). Interested parties may 
submit case briefs or written comments no later than 30 days after the 
date of publication of these preliminary results of review. Rebuttal 
briefs and rebuttals to written comments, limited to issues raised in 
the case briefs and comments, may be filed no later than 35 days after 
the date of publication of this notice. Parties who submit arguments in 
these proceedings are requested to submit with the argument: 1) A 
statement of the issue, 2) a brief summary of the argument, and 3) a 
table of authorities. Further, parties submitting case briefs, rebuttal 
briefs, and written comments should provide the Department with an 
additional copy of the public version of any such argument on diskette. 
The Department will issue final results of this new shipper review, 
including the results of our analysis of the issues in any such case 
briefs, rebuttal briefs, and written comments or at a hearing, within 
120 days of publication of these preliminary results.

Assessment Rate

    The Department shall determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries. In accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), we

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calculated importer-specific ad valorem assessment rates for the 
merchandise based on the ratio of the total amount of antidumping 
duties calculated for the examined sales made during the POR to the 
total customs value of the sales used to calculate those duties. This 
rate will be assessed uniformly on all Patagonik/Colmenares entries of 
that particular importer made during the POR. The Department intends to 
issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of 
publication of the final results of review.

Cash Deposit

    At the initiation of this review, the Department issued cash 
deposit instructions based on the certifications that Patagonik was the 
exporter and that CSR was the supplier of subject merchandise. The 
Department has since determined that Patagonik and CSR are affiliated 
and, furthermore, that the Department should treat Patagonik and CSR as 
a single entity for purposes of this new shipper review. final, the 
combination from the cash deposit instructions issued at initiation 
will no longer apply. The See Collapsing and Affiliation Memorandum. As 
such, if this preliminary determination becomes Department would 
typically apply the combination cash deposit rate to the Patagonik/CSR 
entity and the producers who supplied Patagonik/CSR during the POR. 
However, in this particular instance, the number of producers in the 
form of unaffiliated beekeepers which supplied CSR/Patagonik during the 
POR is voluminous. The Preamble to the Department's regulations states 
``it may not be practicable to establish combination rates when there 
are a large number of producers, such as in certain agricultural 
cases.'' Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties: Final Rule, 62 FR 
27296, 27303 (May 19, 1997). The Department believes the unique 
circumstances envisaged in the Preamble are present in this particular 
review. Therefore the Department preliminarily determines that the 
numerous producers in this case make it impracticable to apply a 
combination rate.
    The following cash-deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this new shipper review for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise from Patagonik/CSR, entered or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication 
date as provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act. For shipments 
of subject merchandise exported by Patagonik/CSR, the cash deposit rate 
shall be the rate determined in the final results of the review. These 
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
publication of the final results of the next administrative review.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of 
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: November 16, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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