[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 193 (Wednesday, October 6, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 61697]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-25235]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-863]


Honey From the People's Republic of China: Extension of Time 
Limit for the Final Results for New Shipper Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

DATES: Effective Date: October 6, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Josh Startup, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5260.

Background

    On February 4, 2010, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
initiated this new shipper review (``NSR'') of the antidumping duty 
order on honey from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''), covering 
the period December 1, 2008, through November 30, 2009. See Honey from 
the People's Republic of China: Initiation of New Shipper Antidumping 
Duty Reviews, 75 FR 5764 (February 4, 2010). On February 12, 2010, the 
Department exercised its discretion to toll the deadlines for all 
Import Administration cases by seven calendar days due to the February 
5, through February 12, 2010, Federal Government closure. 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. On July 7, 2010, the Department exercised its 
discretion to extend the deadline for preliminary results of this NSR 
by 90 days, making the preliminary results due no later than November 
2, 2010. See Honey From the People's Republic of China: Extension of 
Time Limit for the Preliminary Results for New Shipper Review, 75 FR 
38980 (July 7, 2010). On September 10, 2010, the Department published 
the preliminary results of this NSR. See Honey from the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary Intent to Rescind New Shipper Reviews, 
75 FR 55307 (September 10, 2010). As a result, the final results of 
this NSR are currently due no later than December 1, 2010.

Extension of Time Limit for the Final Results

    Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(``Act''), and 19 CFR 351.214(i)(1) require the Department to issue the 
preliminary results of a NSR within 180 days after the date on which 
the NSR was initiated, and the final results of a review within 90 days 
after the date on which the preliminary results were issued. The 
Department may, however, extend the deadline for completion of the 
final results of a NSR by 60 days if it determines that the case is 
extraordinarily complicated. See section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act, 
and 19 CFR 351.214(i)(2).
    The Department has determined that the review is extraordinarily 
complicated because of issues related to surrogate valuation and the 
Department will need additional time to review the supplemental 
questionnaire responses received after the preliminary results. 
Therefore, the Department has determined that the final results of this 
NSR cannot be completed within the statutory time limit of 90 days. 
Accordingly, the Department is extending the time limit for the 
completion of the final results by 60 days until January 31, 2011, in 
accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(i)(2).\1\
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    \1\ Department practice dictates that where a deadline falls on 
a weekend, the appropriate deadline is the next business day. See 
Notice of Clarification: Application of ``Next Business Day'' Rule 
for Administrative Determination Deadlines Pursuant to the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005).
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    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 
751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(i)(2).

    Dated: September 30, 2010.
Susan H. Kuhbach,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-25235 Filed 10-5-10; 8:45 am]
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