[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 248 (Thursday, December 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66872-66873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31836]


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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 Final Results of Antidumping Duty New 
Shipper Review and the Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review

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

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

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit for the 
final results of the new shipper and administrative reviews of the 
antidumping duty order on fresh garlic from the People's Republic of 
China. The new shipper review covers one exporter, Clipper 
Manufacturing Co. Ltd. The period of review is June 1, 2000, through 
November 30, 2000.\1\ The administrative review covers four 
manufacturers/exporters and the period November 1, 1999, through 
October 31, 2000. At the request of the petitioner, the two reviews 
have been aligned and are being conducted simultaneously.
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    \1\ The period of review for the new shipper review was 
established in accordance with 19 CFR 351.(g)(1)(ii)(B)

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EFFECTIVE DATE: December 27, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hermes Pinilla or Edythe Artman, AD/
CVD Enforcement 3, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 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 and all citations to the Department of

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Commerce's regulations are to 19 CFR part 351 (2000).

Background

    On February 9, 2001, the petitioner submitted a request for 
alignment of the new shipper and administrative reviews. Clipper 
Manufacturing Co. Ltd. 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.
    On August 24, 2001, the Department published the preliminary 
results of the new shipper and administrative reviews of the 
antidumping duty order on fresh garlic from the People's Republic of 
China. See Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic of China; 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping New Shipper Review, Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, and Partial 
Rescission of Administrative Review, 66 FR 44596 (August 24, 2001). We 
invited parties to comment on our preliminary results. With respect to 
the new shipper review, we received comments from the petitioner and 
the new shipper, Clipper Manufacturing Co. Ltd. We received comments 
from the petitioner and one of the respondents, Fook Huat Tong Kee 
Pte., Ltd., and Taian Fook Huat Tong Kee Foods Co., Ltd. (collectively 
FHTK), that pertained to the administrative review. The final results 
for these reviews are currently due no later than December 22, 2001.

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

    The comments we received concerning our preliminary results present 
a number of complex factual and legal questions about the assignment of 
antidumping duty margins. In addition, we have determined that, in the 
new shipper review, we may need additional information in order to 
complete our analysis in that review. Therefore, it is not practicable 
to complete the reviews within the time limits mandated by section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. Consequently, we are extending the time limit 
for the final results of the reviews to February 2, 2002.

    Dated: December 18, 2001.
Richard W. Moreland,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement I.
[FR Doc. 01-31836 Filed 12-26-01; 8:45 am]
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