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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
A–357–812
Honey from Argentina: Notice of
Partial Rescission of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(the Department) is partially rescinding
its administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on honey from
Argentina for the period December 1,
2006, to November 30, 2007 with
respect to eleven companies. This
rescission, in part, is based on the
timely withdrawal of the request for
review by the interested parties that
requested the review. A complete list of
the companies for which the
administrative review is being rescinded
is provided in the background section
below.
AGENCY:
EFFECTIVE DATE:
June 16, 2008
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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, Room 7866, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–2657 or
(202) 482–0649, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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BACKGROUND:
On December 3, 2007, the Department
published in the Federal Register its
notice of opportunity to request an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on honey from
Argentina. See Antidumping or
Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity
to Request Administrative Review, 72
FR 67889 (December 3, 2007). In
response, on December 31, 2007, 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 for the period December 1,
2006, through November 30, 2007. The
petitioners requested that the
Department conduct an administrative
review of entries of subject merchandise
made by thirteen Argentine producers/
exporters.1 In addition, the Department
received requests for review from four
Argentine exporters included in the
petitioners’ request. Furthermore, the
Department received one request from
an exporter that was not included in
petitioners’ request for review.
On January 28, 2008, the Department
initiated a review of the 14 companies2
for which an administrative review was
requested. See Initiation of
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews and Request for
Revocation in Part, 73 FR 4829 (January
28, 2008).
On February 19, 2007, petitioners
timely withdrew their requests for
review of the following companies:
AGLH S.A., Algodonera Avellaneda
S.A., Bomare S.A. (Bodegas Miguel
Armengol), Mercoline S.A., Productos
Afer S.A., and Seabird Argentina S.A.
On March 18, 2008, petitioners timely
withdrew their requests for review of El
Mana S.A., HoneyMax S.A., and Nexco
S.A. On May 22, 2008, both petitioners
and CAA/Mielar submitted letters
withdrawing their requests for an
administrative review of CAA/Mielar.
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the order
is honey from Argentina. The products
covered are natural honey, artificial
honey containing more than 50 percent
1 Petitioners requested Compania Apicola
Argentina S.A. (CAA) and Mielar S.A. (Mielar) as
separate entities. However, in a previous segment
of this proceeding, the Department treated these
two companies as a single entity.
2 The Federal Register notice lists 15 companies
but, as explained in footnote 1, CAA and Mielar are
currently being treated as a single entity based on
decisions made in a previous segment of this
proceeding. Accordingly, there are a total of 14
companies for which reviews were requested.
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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 under the scope of
the 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 U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) purposes, the
Department’s written description of the
merchandise under this order is
dispositive.
Rescission, in Part, of Administrative
Review
Section 351.213(d)(1) of the
Department’s regulations provides that
the Department will rescind an
administrative review if the party that
requested the review withdraws its
request for review within 90 days of the
date of publication of the notice of
initiation of the requested review, or
withdraws at a later date if the
Department determines it is reasonable
to extend the time limit for withdrawing
the request.
The petitioners timely withdrew their
requests for an administrative review
within the 90-day deadline for the
following companies: AGLH S.A.,
Algodonera Avellaneda S.A., Bomare
S.A. (Bodegas Miguel Armengol), El
Mana S.A., HoneyMax S.A., Mercoline
S.A., Nexco S.A., Productos Afer S.A.,
and Seabird Argentina S.A. Because the
petitioners were the only party to
request administrative review of each of
these companies, we are rescinding the
review with regard to AGLH S.A.,
Algodonera Avellaneda S.A., Bomare
S.A. (Bodegas Miguel Armengol), El
Mana S.A., HoneyMax S.A., Mercoline
S.A., Nexco S.A., Productos Afer S.A.,
and Seabird Argentina S.A.
With respect to CAA/Mielar, both
petitioners and CAA/Mielar withdrew
their review requests after the 90-day
deadline, despite petitioners’ and CAA/
Mielar’s claims to the contrary in their
May 22, 2008 requests for withdrawal.
However, the Department finds it
reasonable to extend the withdrawal
deadline for CAA/Mielar because the
Department has not yet devoted
significant time or resources to this
review. Further, we find that neither
petitioners’ nor CAA/Mielar’s
withdrawal of their requests for a review
of CAA/Mielar constitutes an abuse of
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our procedures. See, e.g., Persulfates
from the People’s Republic of China:
Notice of Rescission of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review, 71 FR
13810, 13811 (March 17, 2006). As a
result, we are rescinding this review
with regard to CAA/Mielar.
The Department will issue
appropriate assessment instructions
directly to U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) 15 days after the
publication of this notice. The
Department will direct CBP to assess
antidumping duties for these companies
at the cash deposit rate in effect on the
date of entry for entries during the
period December 1, 2006 to November
30, 2007.
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)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.
Dated: June 9, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
(A–351–838)
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp
from Brazil: Notice of Rescission of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 16, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate
Johnson or Rebecca Trainor, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 2, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–4929 or (202)482–
4007, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On February 4, 2008, the Department
of Commerce (the Department)
published in the Federal Register a
notice of ‘‘Opportunity to Request
Administrative Review’’ of the
antidumping duty order on certain
frozen warmwater shrimp from Brazil
for the period February 1, 2007, through
January 31, 2008. See Antidumping or
Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity
to Request Administrative Review, 73
FR 6477 (February 4, 2008). The
Department received timely requests
from the petitioner,1 and the Louisiana
Shrimp Association, in accordance with
19 CFR 351.213(b), for an administrative
review of the antidumping duty order
on certain frozen warmwater shrimp
from Brazil. On April 7, 2008, the
Department published a notice of
initiation of an administrative review of
the antidumping duty order on certain
frozen warmwater shrimp from Brazil
with respect to 43 companies. See
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from
Brazil, Ecuador, India and Thailand:
Notice of Initiation of Administrative
Reviews, 73 FR 18754 (April 7, 2008)
(Initiation Notice).
The Department stated in its initiation
of this review that it intended to rely on
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) data to select respondents. See
Initiation Notice. However, our review
of the CBP database showed no entries
of certain frozen warmwater shrimp
originating in Brazil, subject to AD/CVD
duties, during the period February 1,
2007 to January 31, 2008. See April 9,
2008, Memorandum to the File from
Kate Johnson and Rebecca Trainor
entitled ‘‘Release of POR Entry Data
from CBP’’. We released the results of
our CBP data query to interested parties
and invited them to comment on the
CBP data and respondent selection. On
April 17, 2008, the petitioner submitted
comments, which we addressed in the
May 29, 2008, Memorandum to James
Maeder, Director, Office 2, AD/CVD
Operations from Kate Johnson and
Rebecca Trainor, Senior Case Analysts,
Office 2, AD/CVD Operations, entitled
‘‘Intent to Rescind Administrative
Review.’’
On April 30, 2008, we sent a ‘‘No
Shipments Inquiry’’ to CBP to confirm
that there were no shipments or entries
of frozen warmwater shrimp from Brazil
during the POR. We received no
information from CBP to contradict the
results of our data query that there were
no shipments or entries of subject
merchandise to the United States during
the period of review (POR).
Rescission of Review
Section 351.213(d)(3) of the
Department’s regulations stipulates that
the Secretary may rescind an
administrative review if there were no
entries, exports, or sales of the subject
merchandise during the POR. As there
were no entries, exports, or sales of the
subject merchandise during the POR, we
are rescinding this review of the
antidumping duty order on certain
frozen warmwater shrimp from Brazil
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3). We
intend to issue assessment instructions
to CBP 15 days after the date of
publication of this notice of rescission
of administrative review.
This notice is published in
accordance with section 751 of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19
CFR 351.213(d)(4).
Dated: June 9, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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1 The petitioner is the Ad Hoc Shrimp Trade
Action Committee.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
A-357-812
Honey from Argentina: Notice of Partial Rescission of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is partially
rescinding its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on
honey from Argentina for the period December 1, 2006, to November 30,
2007 with respect to eleven companies. This rescission, in part, is
based on the timely withdrawal of the request for review by the
interested parties that requested the review. A complete list of the
companies for which the administrative review is being rescinded is
provided in the background section below.
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 16, 2008
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, Room 7866, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482-2657 or (202) 482-0649, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
BACKGROUND:
On December 3, 2007, the Department published in the Federal
Register its notice of opportunity to request an administrative review
of the antidumping duty order on honey from Argentina. See Antidumping
or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation;
Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 72 FR 67889 (December 3,
2007). In response, on December 31, 2007, 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 for the period December 1, 2006, through November
30, 2007. The petitioners requested that the Department conduct an
administrative review of entries of subject merchandise made by
thirteen Argentine producers/exporters.\1\ In addition, the Department
received requests for review from four Argentine exporters included in
the petitioners' request. Furthermore, the Department received one
request from an exporter that was not included in petitioners' request
for review.
On January 28, 2008, the Department initiated a review of the 14
companies\2\ for which an administrative review was requested. See
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 73 FR 4829 (January 28,
2008).
On February 19, 2007, petitioners timely withdrew their requests
for review of the following companies: AGLH S.A., Algodonera Avellaneda
S.A., Bomare S.A. (Bodegas Miguel Armengol), Mercoline S.A., Productos
Afer S.A., and Seabird Argentina S.A. On March 18, 2008, petitioners
timely withdrew their requests for review of El Mana S.A., HoneyMax
S.A., and Nexco S.A. On May 22, 2008, both petitioners and CAA/Mielar
submitted letters withdrawing their requests for an administrative
review of CAA/Mielar.
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the 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 under the scope of the 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 U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) purposes, the Department's written
description of the merchandise under this order is dispositive.
Rescission, in Part, of Administrative Review
Section 351.213(d)(1) of the Department's regulations provides that
the Department will rescind an administrative review if the party that
requested the review withdraws its request for review within 90 days of
the date of publication of the notice of initiation of the requested
review, or withdraws at a later date if the Department determines it is
reasonable to extend the time limit for withdrawing the request.
The petitioners timely withdrew their requests for an
administrative review within the 90-day deadline for the following
companies: AGLH S.A., Algodonera Avellaneda S.A., Bomare S.A. (Bodegas
Miguel Armengol), El Mana S.A., HoneyMax S.A., Mercoline S.A., Nexco
S.A., Productos Afer S.A., and Seabird Argentina S.A. Because the
petitioners were the only party to request administrative review of
each of these companies, we are rescinding the review with regard to
AGLH S.A., Algodonera Avellaneda S.A., Bomare S.A. (Bodegas Miguel
Armengol), El Mana S.A., HoneyMax S.A., Mercoline S.A., Nexco S.A.,
Productos Afer S.A., and Seabird Argentina S.A.
With respect to CAA/Mielar, both petitioners and CAA/Mielar
withdrew their review requests after the 90-day deadline, despite
petitioners' and CAA/Mielar's claims to the contrary in their May 22,
2008 requests for withdrawal. However, the Department finds it
reasonable to extend the withdrawal deadline for CAA/Mielar because the
Department has not yet devoted significant time or resources to this
review. Further, we find that neither petitioners' nor CAA/Mielar's
withdrawal of their requests for a review of CAA/Mielar constitutes an
abuse of
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our procedures. See, e.g., Persulfates from the People's Republic of
China: Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,
71 FR 13810, 13811 (March 17, 2006). As a result, we are rescinding
this review with regard to CAA/Mielar.
The Department will issue appropriate assessment instructions
directly to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 15 days after the
publication of this notice. The Department will direct CBP to assess
antidumping duties for these companies at the cash deposit rate in
effect on the date of entry for entries during the period December 1,
2006 to November 30, 2007.
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)(1)
and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.
Dated: June 9, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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\1\ Petitioners requested Compania Apicola Argentina S.A. (CAA)
and Mielar S.A. (Mielar) as separate entities. However, in a
previous segment of this proceeding, the Department treated these
two companies as a single entity.
\2\ The Federal Register notice lists 15 companies but, as
explained in footnote 1, CAA and Mielar are currently being treated
as a single entity based on decisions made in a previous segment of
this proceeding. Accordingly, there are a total of 14 companies for
which reviews were requested.
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