[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32361-32362]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-13730]



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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 Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review



AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.



FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Lindsay, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office 6, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0780.



SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 



Background



    On December 23, 2009, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 

published a notice of initiation of an administrative review of fresh 

garlic from the People's Republic of China covering the period November 

1, 2008 through October 31, 2009. See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, and Request for Revocation 

in Part, 74 FR 68229 (December 23, 2009). On February 12, 2010, the 

Department issued a memorandum that tolled the deadlines for all Import 

Administration cases by seven calendar days due to the Federal 

Government closure. See Memorandum for the Record from Ronald 

Lorentzen, DAS for Import Administration, Tolling of Administrative 

Deadlines as a Result of the Government Closure During the Recent 

Snowstorm, dated February 12, 2010. As a result, the preliminary 

results of this administrative review are currently due no later than 

August 9, 2010.



Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results



    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act), the Department shall issue preliminary results in an 

administrative review of an antidumping duty order within 245 days 

after the last day of the anniversary month of the order for which the 

administrative review was requested. However, if the Department 

determines that it is not practicable to complete the review within the 

aforementioned specified time limits, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act 

and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2) allow the Department to extend the 245-day 

period to 365 days.



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    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.213(h)(2), we determine that it is not practicable to complete the 

results of this review within the original time limit. The Department 

needs additional time to analyze a significant amount of information, 

which was recently submitted, and to determine whether any additional 

information is required. Therefore, in accordance with section 

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department has decided to extend the time 

limit for the preliminary results from 245 days to 365 days. The 

preliminary results will now be due no later than December 7, 2010. 

Unless extended, the final results continue to be due 120 days after 

the publication of the preliminary results, pursuant to section 

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1) of the Department's 

regulations.

    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 

751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.



    Dated: June 1, 2010.

John M. Andersen,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duty Operations.

[FR Doc. 2010-13730 Filed 6-7-10; 8:45 am]

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