Certain Fresh Cut Flowers From Colombia: Extension of Time Limit of Antidumping Administrative Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-301-602]

Certain Fresh Cut Flowers From Colombia: Extension of Time Limit

of Antidumping Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit for the

preliminary results in the administrative review of the antidumping

order on certain fresh cut flowers from Colombia, covering the period

March 1, 1996, through February 28, 1997, since it is not practicable

to complete the review within the time limits mandated by section

751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1675

(a)(3)(A).

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 15, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marian Wells or Rosa Jeong, Import

Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 3099, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-

6309 or 482-1278, respectively.

Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of

1930, as amended (the Act), are references to the provisions effective

January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to the Act

by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA). In addition, unless

otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department of Commerce's (the

Department's) regulations are to the regulations codified at 19 CFR

part 353 (April 1997).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On April 15, 1997, the Department initiated an administrative

review of the antidumping duty order on Fresh Cut Flowers from Colombia

(Flowers), covering the period March 1, 1996, through February 28, 1997

(62 FR 18312). In our notice of initiation, we stated that we intended

to issue the final results of this review no later than March 31, 1998.

Postponement of the Preliminary Results

Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act requires the Department to make a

preliminary determination 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 issue the preliminary results in 245 days,

section 751(a)(3)(A) allows the Department to extend this time period

to 365 days.

We determine that it is not practicable to issue the preliminary

results within 245 days because of the large number of respondents and

the complexity of the legal and methodological issues in this review.

Accordingly, the deadline for issuing the preliminary results of

this review is now no later than January 26, 1998. The deadline for

issuing the final results of this review will be 120 days from the

publication of the preliminary results.

This extension is in accordance with section 751 (a)(3)(A) of the

Act.

Dated: October 8, 1997.

Richard W. Moreland,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary AD/CVD Enforcement.

[FR Doc. 97-27293 Filed 10-14-97; 8:45 am]

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