[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 220 (Wednesday, November 15, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66502-66503]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-19294]


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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 Limits for the Preliminary Results of the 11\th\ Administrative 
Review and New Shipper Reviews

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 15, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irene Gorelik, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6905.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 22, 2005, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of a review of fresh garlic from

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the People's Republic of China (``PRC''), covering the period November 
1, 2004, through October 31, 2005. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation 
in Part, 70 FR 76024 (December 22, 2005). On December 28, 2005, the 
Department published a notice of initiation of new shipper reviews of 
fresh garlic from the PRC covering the period November 1, 2004, through 
October 31, 2005. See Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic of China: 
Initiation of New Shipper Reviews, 70 FR 76765 (December 28, 2005).
    On April 28, 2006, the Department aligned the statutory time lines 
of the 11\th\ administrative review and all but one of the new shipper 
reviews.\1\ On June 14, 2006, the Department published a notice of an 
extension of time limits for the 11\th\ administrative review and new 
shipper reviews. See Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic of China: 
Extension of Time Limits for the Preliminary Results of the 11\th\ 
Administrative Review and New Shipper Reviews, 70 FR 34304 (June 14, 
2006), which extended the deadline for the preliminary determination to 
October 2, 2006. On August 14, 2006, Qingdao Xintianfeng Foods Company 
Ltd. (``QXF''), whose new shipper review had not been aligned with the 
administrative review, agreed to waive the new shipper time limits, 
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(j)(3).\2\ On August 23, 2006, QXF submitted 
a letter stating that it agreed to the alignment of the new shipper 
review with the 11\th\ administrative review and thus waiving the new 
shipper time limits. On August 14, 2006, the Department aligned the 
statutory time lines of the 11\th\ administrative review with QXF's new 
shipper review.\3\
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    \1\ See the Department's letter to All Interested Parties, dated 
April 28, 2006.
    \2\ See the Department's letter to All Interested Parties, dated 
August 14, 2006, where the Department notes that QXF agreed to waive 
the new shipper time limits.
    \3\ Id.
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    In August 2006, the Department conducted verifications of sales and 
factors of production (``FOP'') for the five new shipper reviews and 
one administrative review company. On September 19, 2006, the 
Department published a second notice of an extension of time limits for 
the 11th administrative review and new shipper reviews, which extended 
the deadline for the preliminary determination to November 16, 2006. 
See Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic of China: Extension of Time 
Limits for the Preliminary Results of the 11th Administrative Review 
and New Shipper Reviews, 71 FR 54796 (September 19, 2006).

Extension of Time Limit of Preliminary Results

    The Department determines that completion of the preliminary 
results of these reviews within the statutory time period is not 
practicable, given the extraordinarily complicated nature of the 
proceeding. The 11\th\ administrative review and new shipper reviews 
cover nine companies, and to conduct the sales and factor analyses for 
each requires the Department to gather and analyze a significant amount 
of information pertaining to each company's sales practices and 
manufacturing methods. The Department requires more time within which 
to complete our analysis. Furthermore, the five new shipper reviews 
involve extraordinarily complicated methodological issues such as the 
use of intermediate input methodology, potential affiliation issues and 
the examination of importer information. Additionally, the Department 
requires additional time to analyze the verification findings of the 
new shipper reviews.
    Therefore, given the number and complexity of issues in this case, 
and in accordance with sections 751(a)(3)(A) and 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of 
the Act, we are extending the time period for issuing the preliminary 
results of review by 14 days until November 30, 2006. The final results 
continue to be due 120 days after the publication of the preliminary 
results.
    This notice is published pursuant to sections 751(c)(3)(A) and 
751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.214(h)(i)(1).

    Dated: November 7, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-19294 Filed 11-14-06; 8:45 am]
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