[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 35 (Thursday, February 21, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8006-8007]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-4185]


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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. 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.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 21, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hermes Pinilla or Edythe Artman, AD/

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CVD Enforcement 3, 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 and all citations to the Department of 
Commerce's regulations are to 19 CFR Part 351 (2001).
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 February 20, 2001. 
See Notice of Correction to the Extension of Time Limit for the Final 
Results of Antidumping New Shipper Review and the Final Results of 
Antidumping Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on 
Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic of China, 67 FR 4392 (January 
30, 2002).
Extension of Time Limits for Final Results for New Shipper and 
Administrative Reviews
    The comments we received concerning our preliminary results present 
a number of complex factual and legal questions pertaining to the bona 
fides of certain sales potentially subject to the antidumping duty 
order in this case. 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 March 6, 2002.

    February 13, 2002
Richard W. Moreland,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement I.
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