[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 45 (Thursday, March 6, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12079-12080]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-4390]


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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: March 6, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia Hancock and Paul Walker, 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 or (202) 482-0413, respectively.

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). On November 16, 2007 the Department extended the 
preliminary results of these new shipper reviews by ninety days. See 
Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic of China: Extension of Time 
Limits for the Preliminary Results of the New Shipper Reviews, 72 FR 
64579 (November 16, 2007). The preliminary results of these new shipper 
reviews are currently due no later than March 25, 2008.

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 methodological issues such as the use of 
intermediate input methodology, potential affiliation issues, the 
examination of importer information

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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 30 days, until no later than April 24, 
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: February 22, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-4390 Filed 3-5-08; 8:45 am]
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