[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 221 (Friday, November 16, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64579-64580]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-22348]


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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 New Shipper Reviews

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

EFFECTIVE DATE:  November 16, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia Hancock, 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) 482-1394.

Background

    On July 12, 2007, the Department published a notice of initiation 
of new shipper reviews of fresh garlic from the PRC covering the period 
November 1, 2006, through April 30, 2007. See Fresh Garlic from the 
People's Republic of China: Initiation of New Shipper Reviews, 72 FR 
38057 (July 12, 2007). The preliminary results of these new shipper 
reviews are currently due no later than December 26, 2007.

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (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 day on which the review was initiated. See also 19 CFR 
351.214 (i)(1). The Act further provides that the Department may extend 
that 180-day period to 300 days if it determines that the case is 
extraordinarily complicated. See 19 CFR 351.214 (i)(2).

Extension of Time Limit of Preliminary Results

    The Department determines that these new shipper reviews involve 
extraordinarily complicated

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methodological issues such as the use of intermediate input 
methodology, potential affiliation issues, the examination of importer 
information and the evaluation of the bona fide nature of each 
company's sales. Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(i)(2), the Department is extending the 
time limit for these preliminary results by 90 days, until no later 
than March 25, 2008. The final results continue to be due 90 days after 
the publication of the preliminary results.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: November 5, 2007.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-22348 Filed 11-15-07; 8:45 am]
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