Commerce Extends Time Limits for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain Orange Juice from Brazil
November 2, 2009On April 27, 2009, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) published a notice of initiation of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain orange juice from Brazil. The period of review is March 1, 2008, through February 28, 2009, and the preliminary results are currently due no later than December 1, 2009. The review covers two producers/exporters of the subject merchandise to the United States.
Pursuant to § 751(a)(3)(A) of Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), Commerce shall make a preliminary determination in an administrative review of an antidumping order within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of the date of publication of the order. Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act further provides, however, that Commerce may extend the 245-day period up to 365 days if it determines it is not practicable to complete the review within the foregoing time period. Commerce has determined that it is not practicable to complete this administrative review within the time limits mandated by § 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act because it is unable to conduct verifications required for both respondents before the preliminary results. Therefore, Commerce has fully extended the deadline for completing the preliminary results until March 31, 2010. The deadline for the final results of the review continues to be 120 days after the publication of the preliminary results.
For further information, contact: Elizabeth Eastwood or Hector Rodriguez, AD/CVD Operations, Office 2, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; phone: (202) 482-3874 or (202) 482-0629, respectively.
