[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 151 (Friday, August 4, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47958-47959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19829]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-848]


Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat From the People's Republic of 
China: Notice of Final Results of New Shipper Antidumping Duty Review

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

ACTION: Notice of final results of new shipper antidumping duty review.

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SUMMARY: On March 15, 2000, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the preliminary results of the new shipper review of sales to 
the United States by Yancheng Haiteng Aquatic Products & Foods Co., 
Ltd. (Yancheng Haiteng) of freshwater crawfish tail meat (crawfish) 
from the People's Republic of China (PRC) (65 FR 13939). This review 
covers the period September 1, 1998 through February 28, 1999. We 
received no comments on our preliminary results, but we have made

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changes to the program to account for clerical errors. In addition, we 
revised our results to reflect information received from the U.S. 
Customs Service. The final weighted-average dumping margin for Yancheng 
Haiteng is listed below in the section entitled Final Results of the 
Review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 4, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Gilgunn or Sarah Ellerman, AD/
CVD Enforcement Group III, Import Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 
20230, telephone: (202) 482-0648 or (202) 482-4106, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute

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

Background

    On March 15, 2000, the Department published preliminary results of 
a new shipper review of the antidumping order on crawfish from the PRC 
for Yancheng Haiteng (65 FR 13939). We invited parties to comment on 
our preliminary results of review. We received no comments. The 
Department has conducted this new shipper review in accordance with 
section 751 of the Act.

Scope of Review

    The product covered by this review is freshwater crawfish tail 
meat, in all its forms (whether washed or with fat on, whether purged 
or unpurged), grades and sizes; whether frozen, fresh, or chilled; and 
regardless of how it is packed, preserved, or prepared. Excluded from 
the scope of the order are live crawfish and other whole crawfish, 
whether boiled, frozen, fresh, or chilled. Also excluded are saltwater 
crawfish of any type, and parts thereof. Freshwater crawfish tail meat 
is currently classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States (HTSUS) under item numbers 0306.19.00.10 and 
0306.29.00.00. The HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and 
Customs purposes only. The written description of the scope of this 
order is dispositive.

Comments From Interested Parties and Changes Since the Preliminary 
Results

    We received no comments from interested parties in response to our 
preliminary results. We corrected clerical errors made in the 
preliminary results. For more information regarding these corrections, 
see the Memorandum to the File From Sarah Ellerman; Analysis for the 
Final Results of New Shipper Review of Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat 
from the People's Republic of China: Yancheng Haiteng Aquatic Products 
and Foods, Co., Ltd., dated July 24, 2000.
    In addition, we received certain information from the U.S. Customs 
Service. As a result of this new information, we applied facts 
available to Yancheng Haiteng. For more information, refer to the 
Memorandum to Troy H. Cribb from Joseph A. Spetrini; Issues for the 
Final Results of New Shipper Review of Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat 
From the People's Republic of China; Yancheng Haiteng Aquatic Products 
and Foods Co., Ltd., dated July 24, 2000.

Final Results of Review

    We determine that the following percentage weighted-average margin 
exists for the period September 1, 1998 through February 28, 1999:

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                                                                 Margin
                    Manufacturer/exporter                      (percent)
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Yancheng Haiteng Aquatic Products & Foods Co., Ltd...........      36.42
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    The Department shall determine, and the U.S. Customs Service shall 
assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. The Department 
will issue appropriate instructions directly to the U.S. Customs 
Service. Furthermore, the following cash deposit rates will be 
effective upon publication of this notice of final results of review 
for all shipments of freshwater crawfish tail meat from the PRC 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the 
publication date, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) 
for Yancheng Haiteng, which was found to merit a separate rate for the 
final results of this review, the cash deposit rate will be the rate 
stated above; (2) for previously-reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters 
with separate rates, the cash deposit rate will be the company-specific 
rate established for the most recent period; (3) for all other PRC 
exporters, the cash deposit rate will be the PRC-wide rate, 201.63 
percent; and (4) for non-PRC exporters of subject merchandise from the 
PRC, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the PRC 
supplier of that exporter. These deposit rates, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until publication of the final results of the next 
administrative review.

    Dated: July 24, 2000.
Troy H. Cribb,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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