[Federal Register: August 3, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 148)]
[Notices]
[Page 44563]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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 Limit for the Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Effective August 3, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sochieta Moth or Brian Ledgerwood, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 5, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0168 and (202) 482-3836, respectively.
Background
The Department of Commerce (the Department) published an
antidumping duty on fresh garlic from the People's Republic of China on
November 16, 1994. See Antidumping Duty Order: Fresh Garlic from the
People's Republic of China, 59 FR 28462. On December 27, 2004, the
Department published the Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 69 FR
77181, in which it initiated an administrative review of this order for
the period November 1, 2003, through October 31, 2004, for nineteen
exporters: Clipper Manufacturing Ltd.; Fook Huat Tong Kee Pte., Ltd.;
H&T Trading Company; Heze Ever-Best International Trade Co., Ltd.;
Huaiyang Hongda Dehydrated Vegetable Company; Jinan Yipin Corporation,
Ltd.; Jining Trans-High Trading Co., Ltd.; Jining Yun Feng Agriculture
Products Co., Ltd.; Jinxiang Dong Yun Freezing Storage Co., Ltd.;
Jinxiang Hongyu Freezing and Storing Co., Ltd.; Jinxiang Shanyang
Freezing and Storage Co., Ltd.; Linshu Dading Private Agricultural
Products Co., Ltd.; Pizhou Guangda Import and Export Co., Ltd.;
Shanghai Ever Rich Trade Company; Shanghai LJ International Trading
Co., Ltd.; Sunny Import & Export Limited; Taian Ziyang Food Co., Ltd.;
Weifang Shennong Foodstuff Co., Ltd.; and Zhengzhou Harmoni Spice Co.,
Limited.
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results
Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act), provides that the Department will issue the preliminary results
of an administrative review of an antidumping duty order within 245
days after the last day of the anniversary month of the date of
publication of the order. The Act provides further that the Department
may extend that 245-day period to 365 days if it determines it is not
practicable to complete the review within the foregoing time period.
The Department has determined that it is not practicable to
complete the preliminary results by the current deadline of August 2,
2005. There are a number of complex factual and legal questions related
to the calculation of the antidumping margins in this administrative
review, in particular the analysis of the valuation of the factors of
production. We require additional time to issue supplemental
questionnaires, review the responses, and conduct verification if
necessary. Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the
Act, the Department is extending the time limit for the preliminary
results by 100 days, until no later than November 10, 2005.
We are issuing this notice in accordance with sections 751(a)(3)(A)
and 777(i) of the Act.
Dated: July 28, 2005.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-4127 Filed 8-2-05; 8:45 am]
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