[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 3, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 44563]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-4127]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-831]


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

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

DATES: Effective August 3, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sochieta Moth or Brian Ledgerwood, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 5, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0168 and (202) 482-3836, respectively.

Background

    The Department of Commerce (the Department) published an 
antidumping duty on fresh garlic from the People's Republic of China on 
November 16, 1994. See Antidumping Duty Order: Fresh Garlic from the 
People's Republic of China, 59 FR 28462. On December 27, 2004, the 
Department published the Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 69 FR 
77181, in which it initiated an administrative review of this order for 
the period November 1, 2003, through October 31, 2004, for nineteen 
exporters: Clipper Manufacturing Ltd.; Fook Huat Tong Kee Pte., Ltd.; 
H&T Trading Company; Heze Ever-Best International Trade Co., Ltd.; 
Huaiyang Hongda Dehydrated Vegetable Company; Jinan Yipin Corporation, 
Ltd.; Jining Trans-High Trading Co., Ltd.; Jining Yun Feng Agriculture 
Products Co., Ltd.; Jinxiang Dong Yun Freezing Storage Co., Ltd.; 
Jinxiang Hongyu Freezing and Storing Co., Ltd.; Jinxiang Shanyang 
Freezing and Storage Co., Ltd.; Linshu Dading Private Agricultural 
Products Co., Ltd.; Pizhou Guangda Import and Export Co., Ltd.; 
Shanghai Ever Rich Trade Company; Shanghai LJ International Trading 
Co., Ltd.; Sunny Import & Export Limited; Taian Ziyang Food Co., Ltd.; 
Weifang Shennong Foodstuff Co., Ltd.; and Zhengzhou Harmoni Spice Co., 
Limited.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), provides that the Department will issue the preliminary results 
of an administrative review of an antidumping duty order within 245 
days after the last day of the anniversary month of the date of 
publication of the order. The Act provides further that the Department 
may extend that 245-day period to 365 days if it determines it is not 
practicable to complete the review within the foregoing time period.
    The Department has determined that it is not practicable to 
complete the preliminary results by the current deadline of August 2, 
2005. There are a number of complex factual and legal questions related 
to the calculation of the antidumping margins in this administrative 
review, in particular the analysis of the valuation of the factors of 
production. We require additional time to issue supplemental 
questionnaires, review the responses, and conduct verification if 
necessary. Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act, the Department is extending the time limit for the preliminary 
results by 100 days, until no later than November 10, 2005.
    We are issuing this notice in accordance with sections 751(a)(3)(A) 
and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: July 28, 2005.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-4127 Filed 8-2-05; 8:45 am]
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