[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 154 (Thursday, August 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41830-41831]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-20018]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-831]


Fresh Garlic From the People's Republic of China: Notice of 
Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
New Shipper Review and the Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit for the preliminary results 
of antidumping duty new shipper review and the preliminary results of 
antidumping duty administrative review.

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

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preliminary results of the new shipper review and the preliminary 
results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
fresh garlic from the People's Republic of China. The new shipper 
review covers one exporter, Clipper Manufacturing Company Ltd. The 
period of review is June 1, 2000, through November 30, 2000.\1\ The 
administrative review covers six manufacturers/exporters, Fook Huat 
Tong Kee Pte., Ltd., and Taian Fook Huat Tong Kee Foods Co., Ltd. 
(collectively FHTK), Rizhao Hanxi Fisheries and Comprehensive 
Development Co., Ltd. (Rizhao), Zhejiang Materials Industry (Zhejiang), 
and Wo Hing (H.K.) Trading Co. (Wo Hing). The period of review for the 
administrative review is November 1, 1999, through October 31, 2000.
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    \1\ The period of review for the new shipper review was 
established in accordance with Sec. 351.214(g)(1)(ii)(B) of our 
regulations.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: August 9, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hermes Pinilla or Edythe Artman, AD/
CVD Enforcement, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 
482-3477 or (202) 482-3931, respectively.

The Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective 
date of the amendments made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act) by the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless otherwise indicated, 
all citations to the Department of Commerce's (the Department's) 
regulations are to 19 CFR part 351 (2000).

Background

    On November 8, 2000, the Department published a notice of 
opportunity to request an administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order on fresh garlic from the People's Republic of China (PRC) (65 FR 
66965). On November 27, 2000, Jinan Import and Export Co. (Jinan) 
requested a review of exports of its merchandise to the United States. 
On November 30, 2000, Fook Huat Tong Kee Pte., Ltd., and Taian Fook 
Huat Tong Kee Foods Co., Ltd. (collectively FHTK), requested a review 
of their exports to the United States. On the same day, the petitioner, 
the Fresh Garlic Producers Association and its individual members, 
requested reviews of the following producers and/or exporters of the 
subject merchandise: FHTK; Rizhao Hanxi Fisheries and Comprehensive 
Development Co., Ltd. (Rizhao); Zhejiang Materials Industry (Zhejiang); 
Wo Hing (H.K.) Trading Co. (Wo Hing); Feidong; and an unidentified 
producer or exporter responsible for a shipment of fresh garlic 
imported by Good Time Produce, Inc. We published a notice of initiation 
of administrative review on December 28, 2000. See Fresh Garlic From 
the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Administrative 
Antidumping Duty Review, 65 FR 82322 (Jan. 3, 2001). On November 29, 
2000, as amended on December 8, 2000, a legal representative submitted 
a request for a new shipper review in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and Sec. 351.214(c) of the Department's 
regulations on behalf of Clipper Manufacturing Ltd. (Clipper). On 
January 3, 2001, we initiated a new shipper review for Clipper. See 
Fresh Garlic From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of New 
Shipper Antidumping Duty Review, 66 FR 350 (Jan. 3, 2001). On February 
9, 2001, the petitioner submitted a request for alignment of the new 
shipper and administrative reviews. Clipper responded to the Department 
that it did not object to the petitioner's request. See Memorandum to 
the File regarding alignment of new shipper and administrative reviews 
(Feb. 19, 2001). Therefore, we are conducting these two reviews 
simultaneously.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results for Administrative 
and New Shipper Reviews

    A number of complex factual and legal questions related to the 
calculation of dumping margins have arisen in the administrative and 
new shipper reviews. Therefore, it is not practicable to complete these 
reviews within the time limits mandated by section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act. As a result, we are extending the time limit for the preliminary 
results regarding these reviews to August 17, 2001.

    Dated: August 2, 2001.
Richard W. Moreland,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement I.
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