[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 21, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14173-14174]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-4068]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-570-851


Certain Preserved Mushrooms from the People's Republic of China: 
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of the 2005 New Shipper 
Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 21, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex Villanueva or Matthew Renkey, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 
482-3208 and (202) 482-2312, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 19, 1999, the Department published in the Federal 
Register an amended final determination and antidumping duty order on 
certain preserved mushrooms from the PRC. See Notice of Amendment of 
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping 
Duty Order: Certain Preserved Mushrooms from the People's Republic of 
China, 64 FR 8308 (February 19, 1999). The Department received a timely 
request from Guangxi Eastwing Trading Co., Ltd. (``Eastwing''), in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(c), for a new shipper review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain preserved mushrooms from the People's 
Republic of China, which has a February annual anniversary month and an 
August semi-annual anniversary month. On September 30, 2005, the 
Department initiated a review with respect to Eastwing. See Certain 
Preserved Mushrooms from the People's Republic of China: Initiation of 
New Shipper Review, 70 FR 58686 (October 7, 2005).
    The Department has issued the initial antidumping duty 
questionnaire and supplemental questionnaires to Eastwing. The deadline 
for completion of the preliminary results is currently March 29, 2006.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(``the Act''), and 19 CFR 351.214(i)(1) require the Department to issue 
the preliminary results of a new shipper review within

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180 days after the date on which the new shipper review was initiated 
and final results of a review within 90 days after the date on which 
the preliminary results were issued. The Department may, however, 
extend the deadline for completion of the preliminary results of a new 
shipper review to 300 days if it determines that the case is 
extraordinarily complicated. See 19 CFR 351.214(i)(2).
    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(i)(2), the Department determines that this review is 
extraordinarily complicated and that it is not practicable to complete 
the new shipper review within the current time limit. Specifically, the 
Department requires additional time to analyze all questionnaire 
responses, to conduct verification of the responses submitted, and to 
examine whether Eastwing's U.S. sale was made on a bona fide basis. 
Accordingly, the Department is extending the time limit for the 
completion of the preliminary results by 90 days to June 27, 2006, in 
accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(i)(2). The final results, in turn, will be due 90 days after 
the date of issuance of the preliminary results, unless extended.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(2) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: March 14, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-4068 Filed 3-20-06; 8:45 am]
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