[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 61 (Friday, March 30, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 15105]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-5861]


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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 Final Results of the 11\th\ Administrative Review 
and New Shipper Reviews

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

EFFECTIVE DATE:  March 30, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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) 482-0413.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 11, 2006, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published the preliminary results of the administrative 
review and new shipper review of fresh garlic from the People's 
Republic of China (``PRC''), covering the period November 1, 2004, 
through October 31, 2005. See Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic 
of China: Partial Rescission and Preliminary Results of the Eleventh 
Administrative Review and New Shipper Reviews, 71 FR 71510 (December 
11, 2006).

Extension of Time Limit of Final Results

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (``the Act''), and section 351.213(h)(1) of the Department's 
regulations, the Department shall issue the preliminary results of an 
administrative review within 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of the date of publication of the antidumping duty 
order. The Act further provides that the Department shall issue the 
final results of a review within 120 days after the date on which the 
notice of the preliminary results was published in the Federal 
Register. However, if the Department determines that it is not 
practicable to complete the review within this time period, section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and section 351.213(h)(2) of the Department's 
regulations allow the Department to extend the 245-day period to 365 
days and the 120-day period to 180 days. Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of 
the Act also provides that we may extend the deadlines in a new shipper 
review if we determine that the case is extraordinarily complicated.
    The Department determines that it would not be practicable to 
complete the final results of the aligned administrative review and new 
shipper reviews within the statutory time period. The Department 
requires additional time to analyze voluminous comments regarding the 
nine companies involved in the instant reviews. This includes several 
issues the Department considers to be extraordinarily complicated, 
including, but not limited to, the intermediate valuation of the garlic 
bulb. Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, 
the Department is extending the time period for issuing the final 
results of this review by 60 days until June 9, 2007. However, since 
June 9th falls on a Saturday, the actual due date is June 11, 2007.
    This notice is published pursuant to sections 751(c)(3)(A) and 
751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act, and section 351.214(h)(i)(1) of the 
Department's Regulations.

    Dated: March 19, 2007.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-5861 Filed 3-29-07; 8:45 am]
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