[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 106 (Thursday, June 4, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26842-26843]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-13067]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-357-813]


Honey From Argentina: Rescission of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review

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

DATES: Effective Date: June 4, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martha Douthit, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 6, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5050.

Background

    On December 1, 2008, the Department published a notice of 
opportunity to request an administrative review of the countervailing 
duty order on honey from Argentina. See Antidumping or Countervailing 
Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request 
Administrative Review, 73 FR 72764 (December 1, 2008). On December 31, 
2008, the American Honey Producers Association and the Sioux Honey 
Association (petitioners) timely requested an administrative review of 
the countervailing duty order on honey from Argentina for the period 
January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008. In accordance with 19 CFR 
351.221(c)(1)(i), the Department published a notice initiating an 
administrative review of the countervailing duty order on honey from 
Argentina. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part, 74 FR 5821 
(February 2, 2009).

Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review

    The Department's regulations provide 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. See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). On 
February 27, 2009, petitioners submitted a letter withdrawing their 
request of the review within the 90-day deadline. No other party 
requested a review of the order. Therefore, the Department is 
rescinding this administrative review of the countervailing duty order 
on honey from Argentina for the period January 1, 2008 through December 
31, 2008. The Department intends to issue appropriate assessment 
instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection 15 days after the 
date of publication of this notice.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as a final reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protection orders (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3) of the Department's 
regulations, which continues to govern business proprietary information 
in this segments of the proceeding. Timely written notification of the 
return/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 violation which is subject to 
sanction.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 
CFR 351.213(d)(4).


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    Dated: May 29, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. E9-13067 Filed 6-3-09; 8:45 am]
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