[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 101 (Thursday, May 26, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 30413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-2683]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-570-831


Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Fresh Garlic from the People's 
Republic of China

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 26, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Nunno, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
of China/Non-Market Economy Compliance, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone; 
(202) 482-0783.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department of Commerce (the Department) published the 
preliminary results of the antidumping duty administrative review on 
fresh garlic from the People's Republic of China on December 7, 2004, 
which included a decision to extend the final results deadline until 
May 30, 2005. See Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and 
Rescission in Part, 69 FR 70638 (December 7, 2004).

Extension of Time Limits for Final Results

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), and section 351.213(h)(1) of the Department's 
regulations, the Department shall issue the preliminary results of an 
administrative review within 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of the date of publication of the order. The Act 
further provides that the Department shall issue the final results of 
review within 120 days after the date on which the notice of the 
preliminary results was published in the Federal Register. However, if 
the Department determines that it is not practicable to complete the 
review within this time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 
section 351.213(h)(2) of the Department's regulations allow the 
Department to extend the 245-day period to 365 days and the 120-day 
period to 180 days. We have determined that it is not practicable to 
complete this review by May 30, 2005. Several significant issues were 
raised in the briefs which warrant further analysis, including matters 
pertaining to the appropriate calculation methodology for normal value 
and which surrogate companies should be used to derive surrogate costs 
for factory overhead, selling, general and administrative expenses, and 
profit.
    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and section 351.213(h) of the 
Department's regulations allow the Department to extend the deadline 
for the final results of a review to a maximum of 180 days from the 
date on which the notice of the preliminary results was published. For 
the reasons noted above, the Department is fully extending the time 
limit for the completion of these final results until no later than 
Monday, June 6, 2005, which is the next business day after 180 days 
from the date on which the notice of the preliminary results was 
published.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

    Dated: May 20, 2005.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-2683 Filed 5-25-05; 8:45 am]
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