[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 61 (Friday, March 28, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 16640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-6449]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-570-831


Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic Republic of China: 
Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of the Twelfth Administrative 
Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 28, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia Hancock or Matthew Renkey, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 
482-1394 and (202) 482-2312, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 10, 2007, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published the preliminary results of this administrative review. See 
Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic of China: Notice of Preliminary 
Results and Preliminary Partial Rescission of the Twelfth 
Administrative Review, 72 FR 69652 (December 10, 2007) (``Preliminary 
Results''). The period of review for this administrative review is 
November 1, 2005, through October 31, 2006. The final results are 
currently due on April 8, 2008.

Extension of Time Limits for Final Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(``Act''), requires the Department to issue the final results in an 
administrative review of an antidumping duty order 120 days after the 
date on which the preliminary results are published. The Department 
may, however, extend the deadline for completion of the final results 
of an administrative review to 180 days if it determines it is not 
practicable to complete the review within the foregoing time period. 
See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).
    The Department finds that it is not practicable to complete the 
final results of the administrative review within this time limit. 
Specifically, after coordinating with the interested parties, the 
Department is extending the deadline for the final results to 
accommodate parties' public hearing requests so that parties may 
address all issues. Additionally, the Department requires additional 
time to complete the analysis of certain fact-intensive issues, such as 
questions regarding the selection of surrogate values, raised in the 
case briefs. For the reasons noted above, we are extending the time for 
the completion of the final results of this review by 60 days to June 
9, 2008.
    This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: March 14, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-6449 Filed 3-27-08; 8:45 am]
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