Honey from Argentina: Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 50661-50662 [E7-17462]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 170 / Tuesday, September 4, 2007 / Notices conduct of Sunset Reviews.1 Please consult the Department’s regulations at 19 CFR Part 351 for definitions of terms and for other general information concerning antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings at the Department. This notice of initiation is being published in accordance with section 751(c) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(c). Dated: August 23, 2007. Gary Taverman, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration. [FR Doc. E7–17455 Filed 8–31–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–357–812] Honey from Argentina: Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is rescinding in part the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on honey from Argentina for the period December 1, 2005, to November 30, 2006 with respect to Mielar S.A. (Mielar)/ Compania Apicola Argentina (CAA).1 This partial rescission is based on the withdrawal of the requests for review by the interested parties that requested the review. Additionally, the Department is extending the preliminary results of this administrative review to no later than December 20, 2007. EFFECTIVE DATE: September 4, 2007. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Scott or Robert James, AD/CVD Operations, Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of rmajette on PROD1PC64 with NOTICES AGENCY: 1 In comments made on the interim final sunset regulations, a number of parties stated that the proposed five-day period for rebuttals to substantive responses to a notice of initiation was insufficient. This requirement was retained in the final sunset regulations at 19 CFR 351.218(d)(4). As provided in 19 CFR 351.302(b), however, the Department will consider individual requests for extension of that five-day deadline based upon a showing of good cause. 1 Petitioners requested that the Department review Mielar and CAA as separate entities. However, in a previous segment of this proceeding, the Department treated these two companies as a single entity, and no new evidence has been presented in this segment of the proceeding to warrant changing this treatment. VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:41 Aug 31, 2007 Jkt 211001 Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–2657 and (202) 482–0649, respectively. BACKGROUND: On December 1, 2006, the Department published a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on, inter alia, honey from Argentina. See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 71 FR 69543 (December 1, 2006). In response, the American Honey Producers Association and the Sioux Honey Association (collectively, petitioners) timely requested an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on honey from Argentina for the December 1, 2005, through November 30, 2006 period of review (POR). The petitioners requested that the Department conduct an administrative review of entries of subject merchandise made by nine Argentine producers/exporters. In addition, the Department received timely requests for review from six Argentine exporters included in the petitioners’ request and one timely request from a producer/exporter that was not included in petitioners’ requests for review. On February 2, 2007, the Department initiated a review on the ten companies2 for which an administrative review was requested. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 72 FR 5005 (February 2, 2007). On March 27, 2007, the Department indicated that it was selecting for review the four producers/ exporters with the largest export volume during the POR: Asociacion de Cooperativas Argentinas (ACA), Mielar/ CAA, Nexco S.A. (Nexco), and Seylinco, S.A. (Seylinco). See the memorandum, ‘‘Selection of Respondents’’ to Stephen J. Claeys, dated March 27, 2007 (Selection Memorandum). Based on the timely withdrawal of requests for review from the requesting parties, on June 19, 2007, the Department rescinded this review with respect to four companies, one of which was Nexco. See Honey from Argentina: Notice of Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 72 FR 33740 (June 19, 2007). On July 17, 2007, petitioners and respondent company Mielar/CAA withdrew their requests for review. See 2 The Federal Register notice lists 11 companies; however, as explained in the previous footnote, we are treating Mielar and CAA as a single entity based on our treatment of these two entities in a previous segment of this proceeding. PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 50661 Letters from petitioners and from Mielar/CAA to the Department, dated July 17, 2007, on file in the Central Records Unit (CRU), room B–099 of the main Department building. Rescission, in Part, of Administrative Review The applicable regulation, 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), states that if a party that requested an administrative review withdraws the request within 90 days of the publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review, the Secretary will rescind the review in whole or in part. Furthermore, the regulation states the Secretary may extend this time limit if the Secretary decides that it is reasonable to do so. Although both petitioners and Mielar/ CAA withdrew their requests for review after the 90-day deadline, the Department finds it reasonable to extend the withdrawal deadline because the Department has not yet devoted significant time or resources to this review, e.g., the Department has not yet conducted a sales–below cost investigation. As such, based on prior practice, the Department determines it is reasonable to extend the time limit in this case and rescind the review with respect to Mielar/CAA. See, e.g., Honey from Argentina: Notice of Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 71 FR 61018 (October 17, 2006). The Department will issue appropriate assessment instructions for Mielar/CAA directly to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) within 15 days of the publication of this notice. The Department will direct CBP to assess antidumping duties for Mielar/CAA at the cash deposit rates in effect on the date of entry for entries during the period December 1, 2005, through November 30, 2006. Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Tariff Act), requires the Department to complete the preliminary results of an administrative review within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of an order for which a review is requested. However, if it is not practicable to complete the review within this time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act allows the Department to extend the time limit for the preliminary results to a maximum of 365 days after the last day of the anniversary month of an order for which a review is requested. The Department has determined it is not practicable to complete this review within the statutory time limit because we require additional time to conduct E:\FR\FM\04SEN1.SGM 04SEN1 50662 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 170 / Tuesday, September 4, 2007 / Notices our sales–below-cost investigation. The time needed to analyze cost of production data and to develop fully the record in this administrative review makes it impracticable to complete the preliminary results of this review within the originally specified time limit. Accordingly, the Department is extending the time limit for completion of the preliminary results of this administrative review until no later than December 20, 2007. We intend to issue the final results no later than 120 days after publication of the preliminary results notice. Notification to Parties This notice serves as a reminder to importers of their responsibility under section 351.402(f) of the Department’s regulations to file a certificate regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this period of time. Failure to comply with this requirement could result in the Secretary’s presumption that reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties. This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with section 351.305(a)(3) of the Department’s regulations. Timely written notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation. This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 351.213(d)(4) of the Department’s regulations and sections 751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act. Dated: August 28, 2007. Stephen J. Claeys, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration. [FR Doc. E7–17462 Filed 8–31–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration rmajette on PROD1PC64 with NOTICES [A–428–830] Stainless Steel Bar from Germany: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative ReviewE349-E351 Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. AGENCY: VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:41 Aug 31, 2007 Jkt 211001 EFFECTIVE DATE: September 4, 2007. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brandon Farlander or Damian Felton, AD/CVD Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0182 and (202) 482–0133, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On March 7, 2002, the Department of Commerce (‘‘the Department’’) published an antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar from Germany. See Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Stainless Steel Bar from Germany, 67 FR 10382 (March 7, 2002). On October 10, 2003, the Department published an amended antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar from Germany. See Notice of Amended Antidumping Duty Orders: Stainless Steel Bar from France, Germany, Italy, Korea, and the United Kingdom, 68 FR 58660 (October 10, 2003). On March 2, 2007, the Department published its Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation: Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 72 FR 9505 (March 2, 2007). In response to timely requests made by petitioners,1 Schmiedewerke Groditz GmbH (‘‘SWG’’), and BGH Edelstahl Freital GmbH, BGH Edelstahl Lippendorf GmbH, BGH Edelstahl Lugau GmbH and BGH Edelstahl Siegen GmbH (collectively, ‘‘BGH’’), the Department initiated an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar from Germany covering the period March 1, 2006, through February 28, 2007. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 72 FR 20986 (April 27, 2007). On July 11, 2007, SWG withdrew its request for an administrative review. BGH requested that the Department extend the deadline for parties to withdraw their request for administrative review on July 26, 2007, and August 2 and 9, 2007. The Department granted these extension requests. On August 16, 2007, BGH and petitioners withdrew their requests for review. As a result of the timely withdrawal of the requests for review by 1 Carpenter Technology Corporation; Crucible Specialty Metals Division, Crucible Materials Corporation; Electralloy Corporation, a Division of G.O. Carlson, Inc.; North American Stainless; Outokumpu Stainless, Inc.; Universal Stainless and Alloy Products; and Valbruna Slater Steels Corporation (collectively ‘‘petitioners’’). PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 SWG, BGH, and petitioners, we are rescinding this administrative review. Scope of the Order For the purposes of this order, the term ‘‘stainless steel bar’’ includes articles of stainless steel in straight lengths that have been either hot–rolled, forged, turned, cold–drawn, cold–rolled or otherwise cold–finished, or ground, having a uniform solid cross section along their whole length in the shape of circles, segments of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), triangles, hexagons, octagons, or other convex polygons. Stainless steel bar includes cold–finished stainless steel bars that are turned or ground in straight lengths, whether produced from hot–rolled bar or from straightened and cut rod or wire, and reinforcing bars that have indentations, ribs, grooves, or other deformations produced during the rolling process. Except as specified above, the term does not include stainless steel semi– finished products, cut length flat–rolled products (i.e., cut length rolled products which if less than 4.75 mm in thickness have a width measuring at least 10 times the thickness, or if 4.75 mm or more in thickness having a width which exceeds 150 mm and measures at least twice the thickness), products that have been cut from stainless steel sheet, strip or plate, wire (i.e., cold–formed products in coils, of any uniform solid cross section along their whole length, which do not conform to the definition of flat–rolled products), and angles, shapes and sections. The stainless steel bar subject to this review is currently classifiable under subheadings 7222.11.00.05, 7222.11.00.50, 7222.19.00.05, 7222.19.00.50, 7222.20.00.05, 7222.20.00.45, 7222.20.00.75, and 7222.30.00.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (‘‘HTSUS’’). Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the scope of the order is dispositive. Rescission of Review The Department’s regulations at 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1) provide that the Department will rescind an administrative review, in whole or in part, if the party that requested a review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review or withdraws its request at a later date if the Department determines that it is reasonable to extend the time limit for withdrawing the request. SWG, BGH, and petitioners withdrew their requests E:\FR\FM\04SEN1.SGM 04SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 4, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50661-50662]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-17462]


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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 and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is rescinding in 
part the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on honey 
from Argentina for the period December 1, 2005, to November 30, 2006 
with respect to Mielar S.A. (Mielar)/ Compania Apicola Argentina 
(CAA).\1\ This partial rescission is based on the withdrawal of the 
requests for review by the interested parties that requested the 
review. Additionally, the Department is extending the preliminary 
results of this administrative review to no later than December 20, 
2007.
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    \1\ Petitioners requested that the Department review Mielar and 
CAA as separate entities. However, in a previous segment of this 
proceeding, the Department treated these two companies as a single 
entity, and no new evidence has been presented in this segment of 
the proceeding to warrant changing this treatment.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: September 4, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Scott 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-
2657 and (202) 482-0649, respectively.

BACKGROUND: On December 1, 2006, the Department published a notice of 
opportunity to request an administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order on, inter alia, honey from Argentina. See Antidumping or 
Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; 
Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 71 FR 69543 (December 1, 
2006). In response, the American Honey Producers Association and the 
Sioux Honey Association (collectively, petitioners) timely requested an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on honey from 
Argentina for the December 1, 2005, through November 30, 2006 period of 
review (POR). The petitioners requested that the Department conduct an 
administrative review of entries of subject merchandise made by nine 
Argentine producers/exporters. In addition, the Department received 
timely requests for review from six Argentine exporters included in the 
petitioners' request and one timely request from a producer/exporter 
that was not included in petitioners' requests for review.
    On February 2, 2007, the Department initiated a review on the ten 
companies\2\ for which an administrative review was requested. See 
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 72 FR 5005 (February 2, 
2007). On March 27, 2007, the Department indicated that it was 
selecting for review the four producers/exporters with the largest 
export volume during the POR: Asociacion de Cooperativas Argentinas 
(ACA), Mielar/CAA, Nexco S.A. (Nexco), and Seylinco, S.A. (Seylinco). 
See the memorandum, ``Selection of Respondents'' to Stephen J. Claeys, 
dated March 27, 2007 (Selection Memorandum). Based on the timely 
withdrawal of requests for review from the requesting parties, on June 
19, 2007, the Department rescinded this review with respect to four 
companies, one of which was Nexco. See Honey from Argentina: Notice of 
Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 72 FR 
33740 (June 19, 2007).
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    \2\ The Federal Register notice lists 11 companies; however, as 
explained in the previous footnote, we are treating Mielar and CAA 
as a single entity based on our treatment of these two entities in a 
previous segment of this proceeding.
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    On July 17, 2007, petitioners and respondent company Mielar/CAA 
withdrew their requests for review. See Letters from petitioners and 
from Mielar/CAA to the Department, dated July 17, 2007, on file in the 
Central Records Unit (CRU), room B-099 of the main Department building.

Rescission, in Part, of Administrative Review

    The applicable regulation, 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), states that if a 
party that requested an administrative review withdraws the request 
within 90 days of the publication of the notice of initiation of the 
requested review, the Secretary will rescind the review in whole or in 
part. Furthermore, the regulation states the Secretary may extend this 
time limit if the Secretary decides that it is reasonable to do so.
    Although both petitioners and Mielar/CAA withdrew their requests 
for review after the 90-day deadline, the Department finds it 
reasonable to extend the withdrawal deadline because the Department has 
not yet devoted significant time or resources to this review, e.g., the 
Department has not yet conducted a sales-below cost investigation. As 
such, based on prior practice, the Department determines it is 
reasonable to extend the time limit in this case and rescind the review 
with respect to Mielar/CAA. See, e.g., Honey from Argentina: Notice of 
Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 71 FR 
61018 (October 17, 2006). The Department will issue appropriate 
assessment instructions for Mielar/CAA directly to U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection (CBP) within 15 days of the publication of this 
notice. The Department will direct CBP to assess antidumping duties for 
Mielar/CAA at the cash deposit rates in effect on the date of entry for 
entries during the period December 1, 2005, through November 30, 2006.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Tariff Act), requires the Department to complete the preliminary 
results of an administrative review within 245 days after the last day 
of the anniversary month of an order for which a review is requested. 
However, if it is not practicable to complete the review within this 
time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act allows the 
Department to extend the time limit for the preliminary results to a 
maximum of 365 days after the last day of the anniversary month of an 
order for which a review is requested.
    The Department has determined it is not practicable to complete 
this review within the statutory time limit because we require 
additional time to conduct

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our sales-below-cost investigation. The time needed to analyze cost of 
production data and to develop fully the record in this administrative 
review makes it impracticable to complete the preliminary results of 
this review within the originally specified time limit. Accordingly, 
the Department is extending the time limit for completion of the 
preliminary results of this administrative review until no later than 
December 20, 2007. We intend to issue the final results no later than 
120 days after publication of the preliminary results notice.

Notification to Parties

    This notice serves as a reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under section 351.402(f) of the Department's regulations 
to file a certificate regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties 
prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this period of 
time. Failure to comply with this requirement could result in the 
Secretary's presumption that reimbursement of antidumping duties 
occurred and subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with section 351.305(a)(3) of the Department's 
regulations. Timely written notification of the return or destruction 
of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby 
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO 
is a sanctionable violation.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 
351.213(d)(4) of the Department's regulations and sections 751(a)(3)(A) 
and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act.

    Dated: August 28, 2007.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-17462 Filed 8-31-07; 8:45 am]
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