[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 84 (Monday, May 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25308-25309]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10808]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-848]


Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of 
Administrative Antidumping Review and New Shipper Reviews: Freshwater 
Crawfish Tail Meat From the People's Republic of China

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 1, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacqueline Arrowsmith or Maureen 
Flannery, AD/CVD Enforcement, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4052 or (202) 482-3020, respectively.

The Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective 
date of the amendments made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act) by the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless otherwise indicated, 
all citations to the Department's regulations are to the current 
regulations, codified at 19 CFR part 351 (1999).

Background

    In accordance with 19 CFR Sec. 351.213(b)(2), the Department 
received requests from the following companies that we conduct an 
administrative review of their sales: Huaiyin Foreign Trade Corp. (30); 
Huaiyin Foreign Trade Corp. (5); Huaiyin Foreign Trade Corp.; Yancheng 
Baolong Biochemical Products Co., Ltd.; Qingdao Rirong Foodstuff Co., 
Ltd.; Lianyungang Haiwang Aquatic Products Co., Ltd.; Yancheng Haiteng 
Aquatic Products and Foods Co., Ltd.; and Yancheng Foreign Trade Corp. 
Petitioner in the proceeding, the Crawfish Processors Alliance, also 
requested an administrative review of the following:

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China Everbright Trading Company; Binzhou Prefecture Foodstuffs Import 
& Export Corp.; Huaiyin Foreign Trade Corporation; Huaiyin Foreign 
Trade Corporation (5); Yancheng Foreign Trade Corporation; Jiangsu 
Cereals, Oils & Foodstuffs Import & Export Corp.; Yancheng Baolong 
Aquatic Foods Co.; Huaiyin Ningtai Fisheries Co., Ltd.; Nantong Delu 
Aquatic Food Co., Ltd.; Ningbo Nanlian Frozen Foods Company, Ltd.; 
Qingdao Rirong Foodstuff Co.; Lianyungang Haiwang Aquatic Products 
Company Ltd.; Yancheng Baolong Biochemical Products Co., Ltd.; Zhenfeng 
Foodstuff Co.; Weishan Hongfa Lake Foodstuff Co., Ltd.; Ever Concord; 
Hua Yin Foreign Trading; Huaiyin Foreign Trading; Lianyungang Hailong 
Aquatic Product; Qiafco; Seatrade International; Weishan Jinmuan 
Foodstuff; Welly Shipping, aka Kenwa Shipping; Yancheng Foreign 
Trading; Jiangsu Baolong Group; Asia-Europe; Jiangsu Aquatic Products 
Freezing Plant; and Yupeng Fishery. We published a notice of initiation 
of this antidumping duty administrative review on November 4, 1999 (64 
FR 60161).
    On February 1, 2000, the Crawfish Processor Alliance, petitioner in 
this case, withdrew their request for review for the following 
companies: China Everbright Trading Company; Binzhou Prefecture 
Foodstuffs Import & Export Corp.; Jiangsu Cereals, Oils & Foodstuffs 
Import & Export Corp.; Yancheng Baolong Aquatic Foods Co.; Huaiyin 
Ningtai Fisheries Co., Ltd.; Nantong Delu Aquatic Food Co., Ltd.; Ever 
Concord; Lianyungang Hailong Aquatic Product; Qiafco; Seatrade 
International; Welly Shipping, aka Kenwa Shipping; and Yancheng Foreign 
Trading.
    In accordance with 19 CFR Sec. 351.214, Yixing Ban Chang Foods Co., 
Ltd.; Fujian Pelagic Fishery Group Company; Shantou SEZ Yangfeng Marine 
Products Company; Yangzhou Lakebest Foods, Co., Ltd.; Suquian Foreign 
Trade Co., Ltd.; and Qingdao Zhengri Seafood Co. Ltd. requested that we 
conduct a new shipper review of their sales. We published a notice of 
initiation of these new shipper reviews on November 15, 1999 (64 FR 
61833).
    On February 25, 2000, Yixing Ban Chang Foods Co., Ltd. withdrew its 
request for review.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    The Department has determined that the issues are extraordinarily 
complicated and it is not practicable to complete this review within 
the time limits mandated by section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and 
sections 351. 213(h)(2) and 351.214(i)(2) of the Department's 
regulations. See the Memorandum from Edward C. Yang to Joseph A. 
Spetrini, Extension of Time Limits for the Preliminary Results of 
Administrative Review and New Shipper Reviews of Freshwater Crawfish 
Tail Meat from the People's Republic of China, dated April 7, 2000.
    Therefore, in accordance with these sections, the Department is 
extending the time limits for the preliminary results to August 27, 
2000.

Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement III.
[FR Doc. 00-10808 Filed 4-28-00; 8:45 am]
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