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review if the subject merchandise is 

sold in the United States through an 

importer that is affiliated with such 

exporter or producer. The request must 

include the name(s) of the exporter or 

producer for which the inquiry is 

requested. 

Interested parties must submit 

applications for disclosure under 

administrative protective orders in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. 

These initiations and this notice are 

in accordance with section 751(a) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 USC 

1675(a)), and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i). 

Dated: February 22, 2007. 

Stephen J. Claeys, 

Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import 

Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

C–357–813 

Preliminary Results of Full Sunset 

Review: Countervailing Duty Order on 

Honey from Argentina 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: On November 1, 2006, the 

Department of Commerce (the 

Department) initiated a sunset review of 

the countervailing duty (CVD) order on 

honey from Argentina, pursuant to 

section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 

as amended (the Act). On the basis of a 

notice of intent to participate and an 

adequate substantive response filed on 

behalf of the domestic interested parties 

and adequate substantive responses 

from respondent interested parties, the 

Department determined to conduct a 

full sunset review of this CVD order 

pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act 

and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(2). As a result of 

our analysis, the Department 

preliminarily finds that revocation of 

the countervailing duty order would be 

likely to lead to continuation or 

recurrence of a countervailable subsidy 

at the level indicated in the 

‘‘Preliminary Results of Review’’ section 

of this notice. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 28, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elfi 

Blum or Dana Mermelstein, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office 6, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–0197 or (202) 482–

1391, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On November 1, 2006, the Department 

initiated the first sunset review of the 

CVD order on honey from Argentina, 

pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act. 

See Initiation of Five-year (‘‘Sunset’’) 

Reviews, 71 FR 64242 (November 1, 

2006). The Department received notices 

of intent to participate from the 

American Honey Producers Association 

(AHPA) and the Sioux Honey 

Association (SHA), the petitioners in the 

original investigation (collectively, 

‘‘domestic interested parties’’), within 

the deadline specified in 19 CFR 

351.218(d)(1)(i). AHPA and SHA 

claimed interested party status as trade 

or business associations a majority of 

whose members manufacture, produce 

or wholesale a domestic like product for 

the United States under section 

771(9)(E) of the Act; SHA also claimed 

interested party status under section 

771(9)(C) of the Act, as domestic 

producers of processed and raw honey 

in the United States engaged in the 

manufacture, production, or wholesale 

of honey in the United States. The 

Department received substantive 

responses from the domestic interested 

parties and the following respondent 

interested parties: the Government of 

Argentina (GOA), Nexco, S.A (Nexco), 

HoneyMax, S.A (HoneyMax), and the 

Asociacio ́n de Cooperativas Argentinas 

(ACA). 

On December 20, 2006, the 

Department determined that the 

participation of the respondent 

interested parties was adequate, and 

that it was appropriate to conduct a full 

sunset review. See Memorandum to 

Stephen J. Claeys, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary, Import Administration, Re: 

Adequacy Determination: Sunset 

Review of the Countervailing Duty Order 

on Honey from Argentina dated 

December 20, 2006, and on file in the 

Central Records Unit (CRU), Room B–

099 of the main Commerce Building. 

Scope Of The Order 

The merchandise covered by this 

order is artificial honey containing more 

than 50 percent natural honeys by 

weight, preparations of natural honey 

containing more than 50 percent natural 

honeys by weight, and flavored honey. 

The subject merchandise includes all 

grades and colors of honey whether in 

liquid, creamed, combs, cut comb, or 

chunk form, and whether packaged for 

retail or in bulk form. The merchandise 

subject to this order is currently 

classifiable under subheadings 

0409.00.00, 1702.90, 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 covered by this order is 

dispositive. 

Analysis Of Comments Received 

All issues raised in this review are 

addressed in the Preliminary Issues and 

Decision Memorandum from Stephen J. 

Claeys, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Import Administration, to David M. 

Spooner, Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum), dated concurrently with 

this notice and which is hereby adopted 

by this notice. Parties can find a 

complete discussion of all issues raised 

in this review and the corresponding 

recommendation in this public 

memorandum which is on file in the 

CRU. In addition, a complete version of 

the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

can be accessed directly on the Web at 

http://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn. The paper copy 

and electronic version of the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum are 

identical in content. 

Preliminary Results Of Review 

The Department preliminarily 

determines that revocation of the CVD 

order would likely lead to continuation 

or recurrence of a countervailable 

subsidy. The net countervailable 

subsidy likely to prevail if the order 

were revoked is 5.85 percent. 

Interested parties may submit case 

briefs and hearing requests no later than 

50 days after the date of publication of 

these preliminary results, in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(i) and 19 CFR 

351.310(c). Rebuttal briefs, which must 

be limited to issues raised in the case 

briefs, may be filed not later than five 

days from the filing of the case briefs, 

in accordance with 19 CFR 351.309(d). 

If a hearing is requested, parties will be 

notified of the date, time and location. 

The Department will issue a notice of 

final results of this sunset review, which 

will include the results of its analysis of 

issues raised in any such briefs, no later 

than June 29, 2007. 

We are issuing and publishing these 

preliminary results and notice in 

accordance with sections 751(c), 752, 

and 777(i)(1) of the Act. 

Dated: February 20, 2007. 

David M. Spooner, 

Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration. 

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