Honey From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Preliminary Intent To Rescind of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration [A-570-863] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that Jiangsu Runchen Agricultural/Sideline Foodstuff Co., Ltd. (Runchen) did not make a bona fide sale of honey for the period of review (POR) December 1, 2017 through November 30, 2018. Therefore, Commerce preliminarily intends to rescind this administrative review. Interested parties are invited to comment on the preliminary results of this review. DATES: Applicable December 4, 2019. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jasun Moy or Kabir Archuletta, AD/CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-8194 or (202) 482-2593, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On March 14, 2019, Commerce initiated an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on honey from the People's Republic of China (China) in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), with respect to three companies: Runchen; Inner Mongolia Komway Import & Export Co., Ltd.; and Shenzhen Long Sheng Shang Mao Ltd. [ 1 ] On June 24, 2019, Commerce rescinded its review of two of these companies, leaving Runchen as the sole mandatory respondent in this review. [ 2 ] In accordance with 19 CF…