[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 5, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 38656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-3488]


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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 New Shipper 
Reviews

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit for the 
preliminary results of new shipper reviews of the antidumping duty 
order on fresh garlic from the People's Republic of China until October 
25, 2005, pursuant to Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act). This extension applies to the new shipper 
reviews of Shanghai LJ International Trading Co., Ltd. and Zhangqiu 
Qingyuan Vegetable Co., Ltd., covering the period of November 1, 2003, 
through October 31, 2004.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 5, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Coleen Schoch or Brian Ledgerwood, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
45541 and (202) 482-3836, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On January 5, 2005, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
announced the initiation of the new shipper reviews of Shanghai LJ 
International Trading Co., Ltd. (Shanghai LJ), Zhangqiu Qingyuan 
Vegetable Co., Ltd. (Qingyuan) and Huaiyang Huamei Foodstuff Co., Ltd. 
(Huamei). See Notice of Initiation of New Shipper Antidumping Duty 
Reviews: Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic of China, 70 FR 779. 
The new shipper review of Huamei was rescinded by the Department on May 
25, 2005. See Notice of Initiation of New Shipper Antidumping Duty 
Reviews: Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic of China, 70 FR 30081.
    Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act provides that the Department 
will issue the preliminary results of a new shipper review of an 
antidumping duty order within 180 days after the date on which the new 
shipper review was initiated. The Act also provides that the Department 
may extend that 180-day period to 300 days if it concludes that the new 
shipper review is extraordinarily complicated. See also 19 CFR 
351.214(i).
    The Department has determined that these reviews are 
extraordinarily complicated and it is not practicable to complete the 
preliminary results by the current deadline of June 27, 2005. There are 
a number of complex factual, methodological, and legal issues related 
to the calculation of the antidumping margins for these new shipper 
reviews that are currently before the Department. Therefore, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(i)(2), the Department is extending the 
time limit for the preliminary results until no later than October 25, 
2005. We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(2)(B) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(I).

    Dated: June 27, 2005.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-3488 Filed 7-1-05; 8:45 am]
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