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allows the Department to extend the
time limit for the preliminary
determination to a maximum of 365
days after the last day of the anniversary
month.
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary
Results of Review
We determine that it is not practicable
to complete the preliminary results of
this administrative review within the
original time limit because the
Department requires additional time to
analyze questionnaire responses, issue
supplemental questionnaires, conduct
verification, and to evaluate surrogate
value submissions.
Therefore, the Department is
extending the time limit for completion
of the preliminary results of the
administrative review by 120 days. The
preliminary results will now be due no
later than February 28, 2011, the first
business day following 120 days from
the current deadline. The final results
continue to be due 120 days after the
publication of the preliminary results.
We are issuing and publishing this
notice in accordance with sections
751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i) of the Act.
Dated: September 8, 2010.
Susan H. Kuhbach,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
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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
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
AGENCY:
The U.S. 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, 2008, to November 30,
2009 with respect to fifteen 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administrative review is being rescinded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. Additionally, the Department is
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extending the preliminary results of this
administrative review to no later than
January 7, 2011.
DATES: Effective Date: September 14,
2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Cordell or Ericka Ukrow, 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) 482–0408 and (202)
482–0405, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 1, 2009, the Department
published in the Federal Register 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, 74 FR 62743
(December 1, 2009). In response and
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(b)(2), on
December 31, 2009, the Asociacion de
Cooperativas Argentinas S.A. (ACA),
Nexco S.A. (Nexco), and Compania
Inversora Platense S.A. (CIPSA)
requested an administrative review of
the antidumping duty order on honey
from Argentina for the period December
1, 2008, through November 30, 2009.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(b)(1), the
American Honey Producers Association
and the Sioux Honey Association
(collectively, petitioners), also on
December 31, 2009, requested that the
Department conduct an administrative
review of the antidumping duty order
on honey from Argentina for the
December 1, 2008, through November
30, 2009 period of review (POR) of
entries of subject merchandise made by
eighteen Argentine producers/exporters.
On January 29, 2010, the Department
initiated a review on seventeen
companies 1 for which an administrative
review was requested. See Initiation of
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, Request for
Revocation in Part, and Deferral of
1 The Federal Register notice lists eighteen
companies; however, the Department received a
timely request by ACA to defer for one year the
initiation of the December 1, 2008, through
November 30, 2009 administrative review of its
sales and entries of honey subject to the
antidumping duty order on honey from Argentina
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(c). The
Department received no objections to this request
from any party cited in 19 CFR 351.213(c)(1)(ii),
and therefore deferred for one year the initiation of
the review for such exporter in accordance with 19
CFR 351.213(c). See Initiation Notice, 75 FR at
4772–73.
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Initiation of Administrative Review, 75
FR 4770 (January 29, 2010) (Initiation
Notice). On February 17, 2010, the
Department informed interested parties
to this administrative review of its
intent to limit the number of companies
to be examined. The Department
encouraged all interested parties to
submit comments regarding the use of
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
entry data for respondent selection
purposes. See the Memorandum to the
File, ‘‘United States Customs and Border
Protection Entry Data for Selection of
Respondents for Individual Review,’’
dated February 17, 2010. On March 5,
2010, the Department selected the four
producers/exporters with the largest
export volume during the POR as
mandatory respondents: HoneyMax S.A.
(HoneyMax), Nexco S.A. (Nexco),
Patagonik S.A. (Patagonik), and
TransHoney S.A. (TransHoney). See the
Memorandum to Richard Weible,
‘‘Administrative Review of the
Antidumping Duty Order on Honey
from Argentina: Respondent Selection
Memorandum,’’ dated March 5, 2010.
On March 9, 2010, the Department
issued its antidumping duty
questionnaire to all four mandatory
respondents. On March 31, 2010 and
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1),
petitioners timely withdrew their
request for review of Honey Max. On
April 7, 2010, petitioners and Nexco
timely withdrew their requests for
review for Nexco. On April 16, 2010,
petitioners timely withdrew their
request for review with respect to all
companies except TransHoney,
Patagonik, CIPSA, and ACA.
Accordingly, the Department informed
interested parties of its intent to rescind
the review for all companies except
TransHoney, Patagonik, and CIPSA, to
continue with its deferral of the review
with respect to ACA, and to select
CIPSA as a mandatory respondent. See
the Memorandum to the File, ‘‘2008/
2009 Administrative Review of the
Antidumping Duty Order on Honey
from Argentina: Selection of New
Mandatory Respondent,’’ dated April 19,
2010.
On April 29, 2010, ACA timely
withdrew its request for review
submitted on December 31, 2009.2
2 The withdrawal of the request for review was
submitted by ACA based on the Department’s
notification in the Federal Register revoking the
antidumping duty order with respect to honey
exported by ACA effective December 1, 2008.
Because the order covering honey from Argentina
is revoked with respect to ACA, all entries of
subject merchandise exported by ACA will be
liquidated without antidumping duties.
Accordingly, there will be no relevant entries that
might be subject to an antidumping review. See
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Period of Review
The POR is December 1, 2008,
through November 30, 2009.
Scope of the Order
The product 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 subject to 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 customs,
the Department’s written description of
the merchandise under this order is
dispositive.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the
Secretary will rescind an administrative
review under this section, in whole or
in part, if a party that requested a review
withdraws the request within 90 days of
the date of publication of notice of
initiation of the requested review.
Based on petitioners’ and
respondents’ withdrawal of their
requests of administrative review within
the 90-day deadline, the Department is
rescinding, in part, the antidumping
duty administrative review on honey
from Argentina for the period December
1, 2008 to November 30, 2009 with
respect to the following companies:
AGLH S.A., Algodonera Avellaneda
S.A., Alimentos Naturales-Natural
Foods, Alma Pura, Bomare S.A.,
Compania Apicola Argentina S.A., El
Mana S.A., Interrupcion S.A., Mielar
S.A., Miel Ceta SRL., Productos Afer
S.A., Seabird Argentina S.A., Honey
Max, Nexco, and ACA.
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Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary
Results
Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (the 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
Honey from Argentina: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and
Determination to Revoke Order in Part, 75 FR 23674
(May 4, 2010).
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Notification Regarding Administrative
Protective Orders
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
Act.
Dated: September 8, 2010.
Susan H. Kuhbach,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
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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 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 gather cost
of production data for Patagonik’s
suppliers of honey and sales
information from CIPSA. The time
needed to analyze cost of production
data and CIPSA’s sales information 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 to the maximum
of 365 days.
In addition, the Department exercised
its discretion to toll deadlines for the
duration of the closure of the Federal
Government from February 5, through
February 12, 2010, as explained in the
memorandum from the Deputy
Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Import
Administration. Thus, all deadlines in
this segment of the proceeding were
extended by seven days. See
Memorandum to the Record from
Ronald Lorentzen, DAS for Import
Administration, regarding
‘‘Tolling of Administrative Deadlines
As a Result of the Government Closure
During the Recent Snowstorm,’’ dated
February 12, 2010. Therefore, the
deadline for the preliminary results of
this review became no later than
January 7, 2011. We intend to issue the
final results no later than 120 days after
publication of the notice of our
preliminary results of review.
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.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–533–820]
Certain Hot–Rolled Carbon Steel Flat
Products from India: Extension of Time
Limit for Preliminary Results of the
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 14, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher Hargett or James Terpstra,
AD/CVD Operations Office 3, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–4161 and (202)
482–3965, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On January 29, 2010, the Department
published a notice of initiation of
antidumping duty administrative review
of certain hot–rolled carbon steel flat
products from India for the period
December 1, 2008, through November
30, 2009. See Initiation of Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews, Request for Revocation in Part,
and Deferral of Initiation of
Administrative Review, 75 FR 4770
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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 U.S. 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, 2008, to November 30,
2009 with respect to fifteen 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. Additionally, the Department
is extending the preliminary results of this administrative review to
no later than January 7, 2011.
DATES: Effective Date: September 14, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Cordell or Ericka Ukrow, 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-
0408 and (202) 482-0405, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 1, 2009, the Department published in the Federal
Register 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, 74 FR
62743 (December 1, 2009). In response and pursuant to 19 CFR
351.213(b)(2), on December 31, 2009, the Asociacion de Cooperativas
Argentinas S.A. (ACA), Nexco S.A. (Nexco), and Compania Inversora
Platense S.A. (CIPSA) requested an administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on honey from Argentina for the period December
1, 2008, through November 30, 2009. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(b)(1),
the American Honey Producers Association and the Sioux Honey
Association (collectively, petitioners), also on December 31, 2009,
requested that the Department conduct an administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on honey from Argentina for the December 1,
2008, through November 30, 2009 period of review (POR) of entries of
subject merchandise made by eighteen Argentine producers/exporters.
On January 29, 2010, the Department initiated a review on seventeen
companies \1\ for which an administrative review was requested. See
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews, Request for Revocation in Part, and Deferral of Initiation of
Administrative Review, 75 FR 4770 (January 29, 2010) (Initiation
Notice). On February 17, 2010, the Department informed interested
parties to this administrative review of its intent to limit the number
of companies to be examined. The Department encouraged all interested
parties to submit comments regarding the use of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection entry data for respondent selection purposes. See the
Memorandum to the File, ``United States Customs and Border Protection
Entry Data for Selection of Respondents for Individual Review,'' dated
February 17, 2010. On March 5, 2010, the Department selected the four
producers/exporters with the largest export volume during the POR as
mandatory respondents: HoneyMax S.A. (HoneyMax), Nexco S.A. (Nexco),
Patagonik S.A. (Patagonik), and TransHoney S.A. (TransHoney). See the
Memorandum to Richard Weible, ``Administrative Review of the
Antidumping Duty Order on Honey from Argentina: Respondent Selection
Memorandum,'' dated March 5, 2010. On March 9, 2010, the Department
issued its antidumping duty questionnaire to all four mandatory
respondents. On March 31, 2010 and pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1),
petitioners timely withdrew their request for review of Honey Max. On
April 7, 2010, petitioners and Nexco timely withdrew their requests for
review for Nexco. On April 16, 2010, petitioners timely withdrew their
request for review with respect to all companies except TransHoney,
Patagonik, CIPSA, and ACA. Accordingly, the Department informed
interested parties of its intent to rescind the review for all
companies except TransHoney, Patagonik, and CIPSA, to continue with its
deferral of the review with respect to ACA, and to select CIPSA as a
mandatory respondent. See the Memorandum to the File, ``2008/2009
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Honey from
Argentina: Selection of New Mandatory Respondent,'' dated April 19,
2010.
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\1\ The Federal Register notice lists eighteen companies;
however, the Department received a timely request by ACA to defer
for one year the initiation of the December 1, 2008, through
November 30, 2009 administrative review of its sales and entries of
honey subject to the antidumping duty order on honey from Argentina
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(c). The Department received no
objections to this request from any party cited in 19 CFR
351.213(c)(1)(ii), and therefore deferred for one year the
initiation of the review for such exporter in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(c). See Initiation Notice, 75 FR at 4772-73.
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On April 29, 2010, ACA timely withdrew its request for review
submitted on December 31, 2009.\2\
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\2\ The withdrawal of the request for review was submitted by
ACA based on the Department's notification in the Federal Register
revoking the antidumping duty order with respect to honey exported
by ACA effective December 1, 2008. Because the order covering honey
from Argentina is revoked with respect to ACA, all entries of
subject merchandise exported by ACA will be liquidated without
antidumping duties. Accordingly, there will be no relevant entries
that might be subject to an antidumping review. See Honey from
Argentina: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
and Determination to Revoke Order in Part, 75 FR 23674 (May 4,
2010).
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Period of Review
The POR is December 1, 2008, through November 30, 2009.
Scope of the Order
The product 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 subject to 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 customs, the
Department's written description of the merchandise under this order is
dispositive.
Rescission, in Part, of Administrative Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Secretary will rescind an
administrative review under this section, in whole or in part, if a
party that requested a review withdraws the request within 90 days of
the date of publication of notice of initiation of the requested
review.
Based on petitioners' and respondents' withdrawal of their requests
of administrative review within the 90-day deadline, the Department is
rescinding, in part, the antidumping duty administrative review on
honey from Argentina for the period December 1, 2008 to November 30,
2009 with respect to the following companies: AGLH S.A., Algodonera
Avellaneda S.A., Alimentos Naturales-Natural Foods, Alma Pura, Bomare
S.A., Compania Apicola Argentina S.A., El Mana S.A., Interrupcion S.A.,
Mielar S.A., Miel Ceta SRL., Productos Afer S.A., Seabird Argentina
S.A., Honey Max, Nexco, and ACA.
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results
Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
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 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 gather cost of production data for Patagonik's
suppliers of honey and sales information from CIPSA. The time needed to
analyze cost of production data and CIPSA's sales information 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 to the maximum of 365 days.
Tolling of Deadlines
In addition, the Department exercised its discretion to toll
deadlines for the duration of the closure of the Federal Government
from February 5, through February 12, 2010, as explained in the
memorandum from the Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Import
Administration. Thus, all deadlines in this segment of the proceeding
were extended by seven days. See Memorandum to the Record from Ronald
Lorentzen, DAS for Import Administration, regarding
``Tolling of Administrative Deadlines As a Result of the Government
Closure During the Recent Snowstorm,'' dated February 12, 2010.
Therefore, the deadline for the preliminary results of this review
became no later than January 7, 2011. We intend to issue the final
results no later than 120 days after publication of the notice of our
preliminary results of review.
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.
Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders
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 Act.
Dated: September 8, 2010.
Susan H. Kuhbach,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations.
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