[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 130 (Monday, July 7, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38396-38397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-15309]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-570-831


Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic of China: Notice of 
Extension of Time Limits for the Final Results of the Twelfth New 
Shipper Reviews

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 7, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Blaine Wiltse 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) 482-6345 
and (202) 482-0413, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 1, 2008, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
published the preliminary results of these new shipper reviews, 
covering the period November 1, 2006, through April

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30, 2007. See Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Results of the 12th New Shipper Reviews, 73 FR 24042 (May 
1, 2008) (``Preliminary Results''). The final results for these new 
shipper reviews are currently due no later than July 21, 2008, the next 
business day after 90 days from the date of issuance of the preliminary 
results of review.\1\
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    \1\ In the Preliminary Results we inadvertently stated that the 
issuance of the final results would be 90 days from the publication 
of the preliminary results of review. However, in accordance with 
Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(``the Act''), and 19 CFR 351.214(i)(1), the date of issuance of the 
final results will be based the date of issuance of the Preliminary 
Results.
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Extension of Time Limit for the Final 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 180 days after 
the date on which the new shipper review was initiated and to issue 
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 final results of a new shipper 
review to 150 days if it determines that the case is extraordinarily 
complicated. See section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.214(i)(2).
    In order to allow parties additional time to submit comments 
regarding the Department's Preliminary Results, and the verifications 
associated with these new shipper reviews, the Department extended the 
deadline for the submission of case and rebuttal briefs. See Letter to 
All Interested Parties, ``New Shipper Review of Fresh Garlic from the 
People's Republic of China: Briefing Schedule Extension,'' from 
Catherine Bertrand, Program Manager, Office 9, dated June 19, 2008. As 
a result of this extension, and the extraordinarily complicated issues 
raised in these new shipper reviews, including surrogate valuation, 
intermediate input methodology and an analysis of the bona fide nature 
of the sales under review, it is not practicable to complete these new 
shipper reviews within the current time limit. Accordingly, the 
Department is extending the time limit for completion of the final 
results of these reviews by 60 days (for a total of 150 days after the 
issuance of the preliminary results) to September 19, 2008, in 
accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(i)(2).
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: June 30, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-15309 Filed 7-3-08; 8:45 am]
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