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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-848]


Notice of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review and New Shipper Reviews, Partial Rescission of the Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review, and Rescission of a New Shipper Review: 
Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat From the People's Republic of China

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on freshwater 
crawfish tail meat from the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 
response to requests from the Crawfish Processors Alliance (the 
petitioner); from respondents Qingdao Rirong Foodstuff Co. Ltd. 
(Qingdao Rirong), Lianyungang Haiwang Aquatic Products Co., Ltd. 
(Lianyungang Haiwang), Yancheng Haiteng Aquatic Products & Foods, Co., 
Ltd. (Yancheng Haiteng), Huaiyin Foreign Trade Corporation No. 30 
(Huaiyin30), Yancheng Baolong Biochemical Products Co., Ltd. (Baolong 
Biochemical), and from importers Ocean Harvest Wholesale Inc. (Ocean 
Harvest), Maritime Trading Company (Maritime Trading), and Boston 
Seafood Processors (Boston Seafood). The period of review is from 
September 1, 1998 through August 31, 1999.
    The Department is also conducting new shipper reviews in response 
to requests from Fujian Pelagic Fishery Group Company (Fujian Pelagic), 
Yangzhou Lakebest Foods Co., Ltd. (Yangzhou Lakebest), Suqian Foreign 
Trade Co., Ltd. (Suqian FTC), Qingdao Zhengri Seafood Co., Ltd. 
(Qingdao Zhengri), and Shantou SEZ Yangfeng Marine Products Company 
(Shantou SEZ). These reviews cover the period September 1, 1998 through 
August 31, 1999. See the Background section of this notice, below.
    We preliminarily determine that sales have been made below normal 
value (NV). The preliminary results are listed below in the section 
titled ``Preliminary Results of Review.'' If these preliminary results 
are adopted in our final results, we will instruct the U.S. Customs 
Service to assess antidumping duties based on the difference between 
the export price (EP) or constructed export price (CEP), as applicable, 
and NV. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary 
results. (See the ``Preliminary Results of Review'' section of this 
notice.)

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 11, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Gilgunn, Elfi Blum, Jacky 
Arrowsmith, or Maureen Flannery, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0648, (202) 482-0197, (202) 482-4052, or (202) 482-3020, respectively.

The Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act) are 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

    The Department published in the Federal Register an antidumping 
duty order on freshwater crawfish tail meat from the PRC on September 
15, 1997 (62 FR 48218). On September 30, 1999, in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.213(b)(1), the Department received requests for review from 
respondents Qingdao Rirong, Lianyungang Haiwang, Yancheng Haiteng, 
Huaiyin30, and Baolong Biochemical. The Department also received a 
request from Ocean Harvest, which requested a review of Yancheng 
Foreign Trade Corporation (Yancheng FTC), and from Maritime Trading and 
Boston Seafood Processors, which each requested a review of Huaiyin30. 
In addition, the Department received a request from petitioner to 
conduct an administrative review of Qingdao Rirong, Lianyungang 
Haiwang, Yancheng Haiteng, Huaiyin Foreign Trade Corporation (Huaiyin 
FTC), Huaiyin, Hua Yin, Huaiyin30, Baolong Biochemical, China 
Everbright Trading Company (China Everbright), Binzhou Prefecture 
Foodstuffs Import & Export Corp. (Binzhou Foodstuffs), Yancheng FTC, 
Jiangsu Cereals, Oils & Foodstuff Import & Export Corp. (Jiangsu 
Cereals), Yancheng Baolong Aquatic Foods Co., Ltd. (Baolong Aquatic), 
Huaiyin Ningtai Fisheries Co., Ltd. (Huaiyin Ningtai), Nantong Delu 
Aquatic Food Co., Ltd. (Nantong Delu), Zhenfeng Foodstuff Company 
(Zhenfeng Foodstuff), Weishan Hongfa Lake Foodstuff Co., Ltd. (Weishan 
Hongfa), Ever Concord, Hua Yin Foreign Trading (Hua Yin FT), Huaiyin 
Foreign Trading (Huaiyin FT), Lianyungang Hailong Aquatic Product 
(Lianyungang Hailong), Qifaco, Seatrade International, Weishan Jinmuan 
Foodstuff (Weishan Jinmuan), Welly Shipping, aka Kenwa Shipping (Welly 
Shipping), Yancheng Foreign Trading, Jiangsu Baolong Group (Baolong 
Group), Asia-Europe, Jiangsu Yancheng Aquatic Products Freezing Plant 
(Yancheng Aquatic), and Yupeng Fishery. In addition, the petitioner 
requested an administrative review of Ningbo Nanlian Frozen Foods Co., 
Ltd. (Ningbo Nanlian) and Huaiyin Foreign Trade Corporation (No. 5) 
(Huaiyin5).\1\
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    \1\ In the 1997/1998 administrative review, the Department 
determined that the export operations of Ningbo Nanlian and Huaiyin5 
(Ningbo Nanlian/Huaiyin5) were intertwined such that the two 
companies appeared to be under common control and should receive a 
single antidumping duty rate. See proprietary versions of the 
Memorandum from Edward C. Yang to Joseph A. Spetrini: ``Relationship 
of Ningbo Nanlian Frozen Foods Company, Ltd. and Huaiyin Foreign 
Trade Corporation (5)'', dated April 7, 2000; ``Issues and Decision 
Memo for the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on 
Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat from the People's Republic of China--
March 26, 1997 through August 31, 1998,'' dated April 19, 2000. In 
light of this decision, the Department required Ningbo Nanlian and 
Huaiyin5 to submit consolidated questionnaire responses in the 
current administrative review.
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    On October 28, 1999, the Department initiated an antidumping 
administrative review of the following companies: Ningbo Nanlian, 
Huaiyin5, Qingdao Rirong, Lianyungang Haiwang, Yancheng Haiteng, 
Huaiyin FTC, Huaiyin, Hua Yin, Huaiyin30, Baolong Biochemical, China 
Everbright, Binzhou Foodstuffs, Yancheng FTC, Jiangsu

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Cereals, Baolong Aquatic, Huaiyin Ningtai, Nantong Delu, Zhenfeng 
Foodstuff, Weishan Hongfa, Ever Concord, Hua Yin FT, Huaiyin FT, 
Lianyungang Hailong, Qifaco, Seatrade International, Weishan Jinmuan, 
Welly Shipping, Yancheng Foreign Trading, Baolong Group, Asia-Europe, 
Yancheng Aquatic, and Yupeng Fishery. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation 
in Part, 64 FR 60161 (November 4, 1999). This administrative review 
covers the period September 1, 1998 through August 31, 1999.
    On September 19, 1999, the Department received a request from 
Yixing Ban Chan Foods, and on September 30, 1999, the Department 
received requests from Fujian Pelagic, Yangzhou Lakebest, Suqian FTC, 
Qingdao Zhengri, and Shantou SEZ for new shipper reviews of the 
antidumping duty order on freshwater crawfish tail meat from the PRC. 
These requests were made pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act 
and section 351.214(b) of the Department's regulations, which state 
that, if the Department receives a request for review from an exporter 
or producer of the subject merchandise stating that it did not export 
the merchandise to the United States during the period covered by the 
original investigation (the POI) and that such exporter or producer is 
not affiliated with any exporter or producer who exported the subject 
merchandise during that period, the Department shall conduct a new 
shipper review to establish an individual weighted-average dumping 
margin for such exporter or producer, if the Department has not 
previously established such a margin for the exporter or producer.
    The regulations require that the exporter or producer shall include 
in its request, with appropriate certifications: (i) The date on which 
the merchandise was first entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption, or, if it cannot certify as to the date of first entry, 
the date on which it first shipped the merchandise for export to the 
United States, or if the merchandise has not yet been shipped or 
entered, the date of sale; (ii) a list of the firms with which it is 
affiliated; (iii) a statement from such exporter or producer, and from 
each affiliated firm, that it did not, under its current or a former 
name, export the merchandise during the POI; and (iv) in an antidumping 
proceeding involving inputs from a non-market-economy (NME) country, a 
certification that the export activities of such exporter or producer 
are not controlled by the central government. See 19 CFR 351.214(b)(ii) 
and (iii).
    The requests received from Yixing Ban Chang, Fujian Pelagic, 
Yangzhou Lakebest, Suqian FTC, Qingdao Zhengri, and Shantou SEZ were 
accompanied by information and certifications establishing the 
effective date on which each company first shipped and entered 
freshwater crawfish tail meat for consumption in the United States, the 
volume of each shipment, and the date of first sale to an unaffiliated 
customer in the United States. Each of these five companies certified 
that it was not affiliated with any company which exported freshwater 
crawfish tail meat from the PRC during the POI. In addition, Yixing Ban 
Chang, Fujian Pelagic, Yangzhou Lakebest, Suqian FTC, Qingdao Zhengri, 
and Shantou SEZ each certified that its export activities are not 
controlled by the central government. On November 1, 1999, the 
Department initiated these new shipper reviews covering the period 
September 1, 1998 through August 31, 1999. See Freshwater Crawfish Tail 
Meat From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of New-Shipper 
Antidumping Administrative Review, 64 FR 61833 (November 15, 1999). On 
February 25, 2000, Yixing Ban Chang withdrew its request for review, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.214 (f)(1). On August 4, 2000, the 
Department published the rescission of the new shipper review of Yixing 
Ban Chang. See Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat From the People's Republic 
of China: Notice of Partial Rescission of New Shipper Antidumping Duty 
Review, 65 FR 47958 (August 4, 2000).
    On May 22, 2000 and May 24, 2000, Fujian Pelagic, Qingdao Zhengri, 
Shantou SEZ, Suqian FTC, and Yangzhou Lakebest, in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.214(j)(3), agreed to waive the new shipper time limits 
applicable to their reviews so that the Department might conduct their 
new shipper reviews concurrently with the 1998/99 administrative review 
of crawfish tail meat from the PRC. On August 2, 2000, we aligned the 
deadlines for the new shipper reviews of Fujian Pelagic, Qingdao 
Zhengri, Shantou SEZ, Suqian FTC, and Yangzhou Lakebest with the 
deadlines of the 1998/99 administrative review. See Freshwater Crawfish 
Tail Meat From the People's Republic of China: Postponement of Time 
Limits for Preliminary Results of New Shipper Antidumping Reviews, 65 
FR 48466 (August 8, 2000).
    Due to extraordinarily complicated issues in this case, on May 11, 
2000 the Department extended the deadline for completion of the 
preliminary results of the administrative review to September 29, 2000. 
See Notice of Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results of 
Administrative Antidumping Review: Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat from 
the People's Republic of China, 65 FR 33297 (May 23, 2000).

Scope of Reviews

    The product covered by these reviews 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 (HTS) under item numbers 0306.19.00.10 and 0306.29.00.00. 
The HTS subheadings are provided for convenience and Customs purposes 
only. The written description of the scope of this order is 
dispositive.

Partial Rescission of Administrative Review

    On February 1, 2000, petitioner withdrew its request for review for 
Everbright, Binzhou Foodstuffs, Jiangsu Cereals, Baolong Aquatic, 
Huaiyin Ningtai, Nantong Delu, Ever Concord, Lianyungang Hailong, 
Qifaco, Seatrade International, Weishan Jinmuan, Welly Shipping, and 
Yancheng Foreign Trading. The Department's regulations at 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(1) provide that a party may withdraw its request for review 
within 90 days of the date of publication of the notice of initiation 
of the requested review. The petitioner withdrew its request for review 
of these companies within the 90-day period. Therefore, because there 
were no other requests for review of these companies, we are rescinding 
our review of China Everbright, Binzhou Foodstuffs, Jiangsu Cereals, 
Baolong Aquatic, Huaiyin Ningtai, Nantong Delu, Ever Concord, 
Lianyungang Hailong, Qifaco, Seatrade International, Weishan Jinmuan, 
Welly Shipping, and Yancheng Foreign Trading. We note that although 
petitioner withdrew its request for ``Yancheng Foreign Trading,'' it 
did not withdraw its request for review of ``Yancheng FTC.'' Both 
petitioner and Ocean Harvest requested a review of Yancheng FTC, and we 
are continuing that review.
    On March 14, 2000, Qingdao Rirong informed the Department that it 
had no shipments of the subject merchandise to

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the United States during the period of review (POR). On June 1, 2000, 
Zhenfeng Foodstuff informed the Department that it had no shipments of 
the subject merchandise to the United States during the period of 
review (POR). We also determined that Weishan Hongfa and Yancheng 
Aquatic made no exports of subject merchandise during the POR. We also 
received section D responses from Weishan Hongfa submitted by Baolong 
Biochemical for its review, and from Yancheng Aquatic, submitted by 
Yancheng Haiteng for its review. These responses stated, respectively, 
that Weishan Hongfa and Yancheng Aquatic did not export to the United 
States during the POR. We independently confirmed that Qingdao Rirong, 
Zhenfeng Foodstuff, Weishan Hongfa and Yancheng Aquatic had no 
shipments during the POR. The Department's regulations at 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(3) provide that the Department may rescind a review with 
respect to a company if that company made no exports of subject 
merchandise during the POR. Therefore, in accordance with section 
351.213(d)(3) of the Department's regulations, we are finally 
rescinding our review of Qingdao Rirong, Zhenfeng Foodstuff, Weishan 
Hongfa, and Yancheng Aquatic.
    Based on information obtained at verification, we determine that 
Baolong Biochemical did not make any sales to the United States during 
the POR. (See Verification section below and memorandum from Joseph A. 
Spetrini to Troy H. Cribb ``Yancheng Baolong Biochemical Products 
(Baolong Biochemical): Intent to Rescind Administrative Review'' dated 
September 29, 2000 (Baolong Biochemical Rescission Memo).) The 
Department's regulations at 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3) provide that the 
Department may rescind a review with respect to a company if that 
company made no exports of subject merchandise during the POR. 
Therefore, in accordance with section 351.213(d)(3) of the Department's 
regulations, we are preliminarily rescinding our review of Baolong 
Biochemical.
    The petitioner requested a review for Huaiyin, Hua Yin, Hua Yin FT, 
and Huaiyin FT. The Department had no addresses or other identifying 
information regarding these four companies. We contacted petitioner and 
requested addresses, but petitioner was unable to furnish addresses for 
these names. These names appear to be variant or erroneous spellings of 
exporters whose names include the word ``Huaiyin.'' The Department's 
regulations at 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3) provide that the Department may 
rescind a review with respect to a company if that company made no 
exports of subject merchandise during the POR. Therefore, in accordance 
with section 351.213(d)(3) of the Department's regulations, we are 
preliminarily rescinding our review of Huaiyin, Hua Yin, Hua Yin FT, 
and Huaiyin FT. We preliminarily determine that subject merchandise 
entering the United States under one of these names is covered by this 
review only to the extent that the exporter is in fact Huaiyin FTC, 
Huaiyin5, or Huaiyin30, which are separately covered by this review.

Application of Facts Available

    Section 776(a)(2) of the Act provides that if any interested party: 
(A) Withholds information that has been requested by the Department; 
(B) fails to provide such information in a timely manner or in the form 
or manner requested; (C) significantly impedes an antidumping 
investigation; or (D) provides such information but the information 
cannot be verified, the Department shall use the facts otherwise 
available in reaching the applicable determination under this title. 
See Dynamic Random Access Memory Semiconductors of One Megabit or Above 
From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review and Notice of Intent Not To Revoke Order in Part, 
64 FR 30481 (June 8, 1999); Silicon Metal From The People's Republic of 
China; Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 63 FR 
37850 (July 14, 1998); Silicon Metal From The People's Republic of 
China; Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 
63 FR 11654 (March 10, 1998).
    Huaiyin FTC, Yupeng Fishery, Baolong Aquatic, and Asia Europe 
failed to respond to the Department's antidumping questionnaire. In 
addition, Lianyungang Haiwang failed to respond to the Department's 
supplemental questionnaire. As a result, we were unable to obtain the 
information necessary to conduct a review. Therefore, in accordance 
with section 776(a)(2)(A) of the Act, we are applying facts available 
to Huaiyin FTC, Yupeng Fishery, Lianyungang Haiwang, Baolong Aquatic, 
and Asia Europe. Since we have also determined that Baolong Group was 
the same company as Baolong Aquatic and Asia Europe during the POR (see 
Verification section below and the Baolong Biochemical Rescission 
Memo), we are applying adverse facts available to the Baolong Group.
    It is the Department's policy that a respondent's eligibility for 
separate rates must be evaluated in each administrative review and must 
be based on respondent's claim for a separate rate in each 
administrative review, regardless of any separate rate the respondent 
received in the past. See Manganese Metal from the People's Republic of 
China, Final Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 63 FR 12441 (March 13, 1998). However, for 
companies for which no questionnaire response is on the record, we are 
unable to evaluate whether a separate rate would be appropriate. In the 
instant administrative review, Huaiyin FTC, Asia-Europe, Baolong 
Aquatic (aka Baolong Group), Yupeng Fishery, and Lianyungang Haiwang 
failed to provide complete and accurate responses which could be used 
in the determination of separate rates. Therefore, consistent with 
Department practice, we are treating these companies, together with all 
other PRC companies that have not established that they are entitled to 
separate rates, as a single enterprise subject to government control. 
Furthermore, we have determined the rate to be applied to this single 
enterprise, a PRC-wide rate based on adverse facts available, in 
accordance with section 776(b) of the Act.
    Section 776(b) of the Act provides that the Department may apply 
adverse facts available to a respondent when that respondent fails to 
cooperate to the best of its ability. Section 776(b) of the Act states 
that adverse facts available may include information derived from the 
petition, the final determination, a previous administrative review, or 
other information placed on the record. As adverse facts available, we 
are using the rate for Huaiyin 30, 240.34 percent, the highest rate in 
this segment of the proceeding, which is also the highest rate in any 
segment of the proceeding.
    Section 776(c) of the Act provides that when the Department relies 
on secondary information, the Department shall, to the extent 
practicable, corroborate that information with independent sources 
reasonably at the Department's disposal. The Statement of 
Administrative Action (SAA) accompanying the URAA clarifies that the 
petition is secondary information. See SAA, H.R. Doc. 103-316 at 870 
(1994). The SAA also clarifies that ``corroborate'' means to determine 
whether the information used has probative value. Id. In this instance, 
we are using an actual calculated rate from a company covered in this 
review. Thus, we consider this rate to have probative value. 
Accordingly, pursuant to section

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776(b) of the Act, we are applying the rate of 240.34 percent to 
Huaiyin FTC, Baolong Aquatic, Asia-Europe, the Baolong Group, Yupeng 
Fishery, and Lianyungang Haiwang, as well as for the PRC entity. See 
Determination of Adverse Facts Available in the Administrative Review 
of Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat from the People's Republic of China 
(Adverse Facts Available Memorandum), dated September 29, 2000.
    We were unable to verify a significant portion of Huaiyin30's 
questionnaire responses. Specifically, we found that (1) Huaiyin30 
failed to report a factory which supplied it subject merchandise sold 
during the POR; and (2) we could not verify the significant parts of 
Huaiyin30's reported factors of production for another factory. 
Therefore, consistent with sections 776 (a) of the Act, we have 
determined to assign an antidumping margin based on partial facts 
available to Huaiyin30. See the proprietary memorandum, ``Determination 
of Partial Facts Available for Huaiyin Foreign Trade Corporation (30) 
in the Administrative Review of Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat from the 
People's Republic of China,'' dated September 29, 2000.

Duty Absorption

    On December 15, 1999, the petitioners requested that the Department 
determine whether antidumping duties had been absorbed during the POR 
for freshwater crawfish tail meat from Fujian Pelagic, Yangzhou 
Lakebest, Suqian FTC, Qingdao Zhengri, and Shantou SEZ in the new 
shipper reviews, and for Ningbo Nanlian/Huaiyin5, Huaiyin30, 
Lianyungang Haiwang, Nantong Delu, Yancheng Haiteng, Yancheng FTC, and 
Baolong Biochemical in the administrative review.\2\ Section 751(a)(4) 
of the Act provides for the Department, if requested, to determine 
during an administrative review initiated two or four years after 
publication of the order, whether antidumping duties have been absorbed 
by a foreign producer or exporter, if the subject merchandise is sold 
in the United States through an affiliated importer. In this case, 
Ningbo Nanlian/Huaiyin5 and Yancheng Haiteng sold to the United States 
through an affiliated importer. In addition, Yancheng FTC's reported 
sales included sales in which Yancheng FTC acted as the exporter of 
record for sales made by Nantong Delu to Ocean Harvest, its affiliated 
U.S. importer. Because the order underlying this review was issued in 
1997, and this review was initiated in 1999, we are making a duty 
absorption determination in this segment of the proceeding.
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    \2\ The Petitioner also requested duty absorption reviews for a 
number of companies for which we are rescinding the administrative 
review. As such, the petitioner's request for duty absorption 
reviews with regard to these companies is moot and we do not address 
them here.
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    Prior to these preliminary results, we requested that Ningbo 
Nanlian/Huaiyin5, and Yancheng Haiteng place on the record evidence 
that unaffiliated purchasers will ultimately pay the antidumping duties 
to be assessed on entries during the review period for the respective 
class or kind of merchandise, and that Yancheng FTC and Ocean Harvest 
place such evidence on the record with respect to Nantong Delu. Nantong 
Delu and Ocean Harvest stated that we can ascertain that Ocean Harvest 
passed the cost of the estimated duties on to its customers by 
comparing Ocean Harvest's price to its customers with the entered value 
of the subject merchandise. None of these companies provided any 
evidence, nor is there any evidence on the record, that the 
unaffiliated purchasers of subject merchandise sold by Ningbo Nanlian/
Huaiyin5, Yancheng Haiteng, or Nantong Delu will ultimately pay the 
antidumping duties to be assessed on entries during the review period. 
Accordingly, based on the record, we cannot conclude that the 
unaffiliated purchasers in the United States will pay the ultimately 
assessed duties. Therefore, we preliminarily find that for Ningbo 
Nanlian/Huaiyin5 and Yancheng Haiteng, antidumping duties have been 
absorbed by the affiliated importer during the POR. In addition, we 
preliminarily find that antidumping duties have been absorbed by the 
Ocean Harvest for sales in which Yancheng FTC acted as the exporter for 
Nantong Delu during the POR. (See ``Memorandum to the File from Thomas 
Gilgunn; Analysis for the Preliminary Results of Administrative Review 
of Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat from the People's Republic of China: 
Ningbo Nanlian Frozen Foods Co., Ltd./Huaiyin Foreign Trade Corp. 
(5),'' dated September 29, 2000, ``Memorandum to the File from Sarah 
Ellerman; Analysis for the Preliminary Results of Administrative Review 
of Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat from the People's Republic of China: 
Yancheng Haiteng Aquatic Products and Foods Co., Ltd.,'' dated 
September 29, 2000), and ``Memorandum to the File from Elfi Blum-Page; 
Analysis for the Preliminary Results of Administrative Review of 
Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat from the People's Republic of China: 
Yancheng Foreign Trade Corporation,'' dated September 29, 2000.)

Verification

    As provided in section 782(i) of the Act, we conducted a 
verification of the responses of the following companies: Huaiyin30, 
Ningbo Nanlian/Huaiyin5, Yancheng Haiteng, Yancheng FTC, Baolong 
Biochemical, Fujian Pelagic, Suqian FTC, Yangzhou Lakebest, Shantou 
SEZ, and Qingdao Zhengri. These include all companies for which we are 
conducting a new shipper review. We used standard verification 
procedures, including on-site inspection of the manufacturers' 
facilities and the examination of relevant sales and financial records. 
Our verification results are outlined in the public versions of the 
verification reports.

New Shippers

    Based on the questionnaire responses received from Fujian Pelagic, 
Suqian FTC, Yangzhou Lakebest, Shantou SEZ, and Qingdao Zhengri, and 
our verification thereof, we preliminarily determine that these 
companies have met the requirements to qualify as new shippers during 
the POR. We have determined that they made their first sale or shipment 
of subject merchandise to the United States during the POR, that these 
sales were bona fide sales made in normal commercial quantities, and 
that these companies were not affiliated with any exporter or producer 
that previously shipped to the United States.

Separate Rates

    Ningbo Nanlian/Huaiyin5, Huaiyin30, Yancheng Haiteng, Yancheng FTC, 
Fujian Pelagic, Yangzhou Lakebest, Suqian FTC, Qingdao Zhengri, and 
Shantou SEZ have requested separate, company-specific rates. In their 
questionnaire responses, the above companies state that they are 
independent legal entities. Ningbo Nanlian/Huaiyin5, Qingdao Zhengri, 
Yangzhou Lakebest, Shantou SEZ, and Yancheng Haiteng have furthermore 
reported they are PRC-foreign joint ventures.
    To establish whether a company operating in an NME country is 
sufficiently independent to be entitled to a separate rate, the 
Department analyzes each exporting entity under the test established in 
the Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Sparklers 
from the People's Republic of China, 56 FR 20588 (May 6, 1991), as 
amplified by the Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: 
Silicon Carbide from the People's Republic of China, 59 FR 22585

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(May 2, 1994). Under this policy, exporters in NMEs are entitled to 
separate, company-specific margins when they can demonstrate an absence 
of government control, both in law and in fact, with respect to export 
activities. Evidence supporting, though not requiring, a finding of de 
jure absence of government control over export activities includes: (1) 
An absence of restrictive stipulations associated with an individual 
exporter's business and export licenses; (2) any legislative enactments 
decentralizing control of companies; and (3) any other formal measures 
by the government decentralizing control of companies. De facto absence 
of government control over exports is based on four factors: (1) 
Whether each exporter sets its own export prices independently of the 
government and without the approval of a government authority; (2) 
whether each exporter retains the proceeds from its sales and makes 
independent decisions regarding the disposition of profits or financing 
of losses; (3) whether each exporter has the authority to negotiate and 
sign contracts and other agreements; and (4) whether each exporter has 
autonomy from the government regarding the selection of management.

De Jure Control

    With respect to the absence of de jure government control over the 
export activities of all the companies reviewed, evidence on the record 
indicates that Ningbo Nanlian/Huaiyin5, Yancheng Haiteng, Huaiyin30, 
Yancheng FTC, Fujian Pelagic, Yangzhou Lakebest, Suqian FTC, Qingdao 
Zhengri, and Shantou SEZ are not controlled by the government. All of 
the above companies submitted evidence of their legal right to set 
prices independent of all government oversight. The business licenses 
of every company indicates that each is permitted to engage in the 
exportation of crawfish. We find no evidence of de jure government 
control restricting any of the reviewed companies from the exportation 
of crawfish. See ``Separate Rate Analysis in the d Administrative 
Review and New Shipper Review of Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat from the 
People's Republic of China,'' dated September 29, 2000 (Separate Rates 
Memorandum), which is on file in the Central Records Unit (room B099 of 
the Main Commerce Building).
    No export quotas apply to crawfish. Prior verifications have 
confirmed that there are no commodity specific export licenses required 
and no quotas for the seafood category ``Other,'' which includes 
crawfish, in China's Tariff and Non-Tariff Handbook for 1996. In 
addition, we have previously confirmed that crawfish is not on the list 
of commodities with planned quotas in the 1992 PRC Ministry of Foreign 
Trade and Economic Cooperation document entitled Temporary Provisions 
for Administration of Export Commodities. (See Freshwater Crawfish Tail 
Meat From The People's Republic of China; Preliminary Results of New 
Shipper Review, 64 FR 8543 (February 22, 1999) and Freshwater Crawfish 
Tail Meat From the People's Republic of China; Final Results of New 
Shipper Review, 64 FR 27961 (May 24, 1999) (Ningbo New Shipper 
Review).)
    The following laws, which have been placed on the record of this 
review, indicate a lack of de jure government control over companies 
owned by ``all the people'' and that control over these enterprises has 
been transferred from the government to the enterprises themselves. The 
Administrative Regulations of the People's Republic of China for 
Controlling the Registration of Enterprises as Legal Persons (Legal 
Persons Law), issued on July 13, 1988 by the State Administration for 
Industry and Commerce of the PRC and placed on the record of these 
reviews, provide that, to qualify as legal persons, companies must have 
the ``ability to bear civil liability independently'' and the right to 
control and manage their businesses. These regulations also state that 
as an independent legal entity, a company is responsible for its own 
profits and losses. (See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value: Manganese Metal from the People's Republic of China, 
60 FR 56046 (November 6, 1995) (Manganese Metal). The People's Republic 
of China All People's Ownership Business Law (Company Law), also on the 
record of these reviews, states that a foreign company shall bear civil 
responsibility for the operational activities of its branch 
organization in China. At verification, we saw that business licenses 
for Ningbo Nanlian/Huaiyin5, Yancheng Haiteng, Huaiyin5, Huaiyin30, 
Yancheng FTC, Fujian Pelagic, Yangzhou Lakebest, Suqian FTC, Qingdao 
Zhengri, and Shantou SEZ were established in accordance with these 
laws.
    Yancheng Haiteng, Yangzhou Lakebest, Yancheng FTC, and Shantou SEZ 
provided copies of the Foreign Trade Law, which identifies the rights 
and responsibilities of business enterprises with foreign investment, 
grants autonomy to foreign trade operators in management decisions, and 
establishes the foreign trade operator's accountability for profits and 
losses. Therefore, with respect to the absence of de jure control over 
export activity, we determine that these firms are independent legal 
entities. Yancheng Haiteng placed on the record of this review The 
Sino-Foreign Equity Joint Venture Law of the PRC, which grants export 
rights to Sino-foreign equity joint venture companies without 
additional approval from a government entity. Qingdao Zhengri, Yancheng 
Haiteng, Ningbo Nanlian/Huaiyin5, Yangzhou Lakebest and Shantou SEZ 
also cited this law in their responses.

De Facto Control

    With respect to the absence of de facto control over export 
activities, the information presented indicates that the management of 
Ningbo Nanlian/Huaiyin5, Yancheng Haiteng, Huaiyin30, Yancheng FTC, 
Fujian Pelagic, Yangzhou Lakebest, Suqian FTC, Qingdao Zhengri, and 
Shantou SEZ are responsible for all decisions such as the determination 
of export prices, profit distribution, marketing strategy, and contract 
negotiations. Our analysis indicates that there is no government 
involvement in the daily operations or the selection of management for 
any of these companies. In addition, we have found that these 
respondents' pricing and export strategy decisions are not subject to 
any outside entity's review or approval, and that there are no 
governmental policy directives that affect these decisions.
    There are no restrictions on the use of respondent's revenues of 
profits, including export earnings. Each company's general manager has 
the right to negotiate and enter into contracts, and may delegate this 
authority to employees within the company. There is no evidence that 
this authority is subject any level of governmental approval. Each 
company has stated that its management is selected by its board of 
directors and or its employees and that there is no government 
involvement in the selection process. Lastly, decisions made by 
respondents concerning purchases of subject merchandise from other 
suppliers are not subject to government approval. For more information, 
see Separate Rates Memorandum. Consequently, because evidence on the 
record indicates an absence of government control, both in law and in 
fact, over their export activities, we preliminarily determine that 
these exporters are entitled to separate rates. For further discussion 
of the Department's preliminary determination that these exporters are 
entitled to separate rates, see Separate Rate Memorandum.

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Normal Value Comparisons

    To determine whether respondents' sales of the subject merchandise 
to the United States were made at prices below NV, we compared their 
United States prices to NV, as described in the ``United States Price'' 
and ``Normal Value'' sections of this notice.

United States Price

    For Ningbo Nanlian/Huaiyin5 and Yancheng Haiteng, in part, and for 
Yancheng FTC's sales made on behalf of Nantong Delu, we based United 
States price on CEP in accordance with section 772(b) of the Act, 
because the first sales to unaffiliated purchasers were made after 
importation. We calculated CEP based on packed prices from the U.S. 
affiliate's warehouse to the first unaffiliated purchaser in the United 
States. We made the following deductions from the starting price (gross 
unit price), where applicable: foreign inland freight, international 
(ocean) freight, U.S. customs duty, brokerage and handling expenses, 
the affiliated purchaser's U.S. credit expenses, and the affiliated 
purchaser's indirect selling expenses. See sections 772(c) and (d) of 
the Act. Because U.S. customs duty, brokerage and handling expenses, 
credit expenses, and indirect selling expenses, are market-economy 
costs incurred in U.S. dollars, we used actual costs rather than 
surrogate values for these deductions to gross unit price.
    For Huaiyin30, Yancheng FTC, Fujian Pelagic, Yangzhou Lakebest, 
Suqian FTC, Qingdao Zhengri, Shantou SEZ, and, in part, for Ningbo 
Nalian/Huaiyin5 and Yancheng Haiteng, we based United States price on 
EP in accordance with section 772(a) of the Act, because the first 
sales to unaffiliated purchasers were made prior to importation, and 
CEP was not otherwise warranted by the facts on the record. We 
calculated EP based on packed prices from the exporter to the first 
unaffiliated purchaser in the United States. We deducted foreign inland 
freight and brokerage and handling expenses in the home market from the 
starting price (gross unit price) in accordance with Section 772(c) of 
the Act.
    The Department has also preliminarily determined that Fujian 
Pelagic's sales to Pacific Coast Fishery Corporation (Pacific Coast) 
should be treated as EP sales. For more information, see the business 
proprietary version of the memorandum entitled ``New-Shipper Review of 
Freshwater Crawfish Tail meat from the People's Republic of China (PRC) 
(A-570-848): Sales Verification Report for Fujian Pelagic Fishery Group 
Company (Fujian Pelagic Group),'' dated September 29, 2000.

Normal Value

    For companies located in NME countries, section 773(c)(1) of the 
Act provides that the Department shall determine NV using a factors-of-
production methodology if (1) the merchandise is exported from an NME 
country, and (2) available information does not permit the calculation 
of NV using home-market prices, third-country prices, or constructed 
value under section 773(a) of the Act.
    In every case conducted by the Department involving the PRC, the 
PRC has been treated as an NME country. Pursuant to section 
771(18)(C)(i) of the Act, any determination that a foreign country is 
an NME country shall remain in effect until revoked by the 
administering authority. None of the companies contested such treatment 
in these reviews. Accordingly, we have applied surrogate values to the 
factors of production to determine NV.
    We calculated NV based on factors of production in accordance with 
section 773(c)(4) of the Act and section 351.408(c) of our regulations. 
Consistent with the original investigation and the first administrative 
review of this order, we determined that India (1) is comparable to the 
PRC in level of economic development, and (2) is a significant producer 
of comparable merchandise. With the exception of the crawfish input, we 
valued the factors of production using publicly available information 
from India. For the crawfish input, we used Spanish import statistics 
for crawfish imported from Portugal. For further discussion, see 
Memorandum from The Crawfish Team, Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat from 
the People's Republic of China: Factor Values Memorandum, dated 
September 29, 2000 (Factor Values Memo). We used import prices to value 
many factors. As appropriate, we adjusted import prices by adding 
freight expenses to make them delivered prices.
    We valued the factors of production as follows:
     To value whole crawfish, we used the average Spanish 
import price for fresh (not frozen) crawfish imported from Portugal. In 
order to factor out seasonal fluctuations in the price of the Spanish 
import data, we valued whole crawfish using monthly data from the POR.
    We used the monthly Spanish import price data for whole crawfish 
imported from Portugal during the POR submitted by the petitioner on 
September 18, 2000. Petitioner stated that this information was 
``updated data from the Spanish Ministry of Customs'' obtained through 
Global Trade Information Services, Inc. On September 19, 2000, Ningbo 
Nanlian/Huaiyin5 stated that the Department should not use the 
petitioner's data since that information was obtained from a fee-based 
internet service, and thus is not publicly available. In addition, 
Ningbo Nanlian/Huaiyin5 cited discrepancies between the petitioner's 
data and official Spanish import data which Ningbo Nanlian/Huaiyin5 
submitted for one month. On September 20, 2000, the Department 
requested that Ningbo Nanlian/Huaiyin5 submit Spanish import data for 
all POR months to the record. (See Memorandum to the File, Freshwater 
Crawfish Tail Meat from the PRC: Request for Monthly Spanish Import 
Data for Whole Crawfish, dated September 21, 2000.) Ningbo Nanlian/
Huaiyin5 did not submit the requested information. Thus, we are using 
the only monthly data on the value of the whole crawfish that is 
available to us, that petitioners submitted. Since the factors of 
production were reported for a period concurrent with our valuation of 
the crawfish input, we did not adjust these factor values for 
inflation. See the Factor Values Memorandum for further discussion.
    To value the by-product of shells, we used a free-on-board (FOB) 
factory price quote for crab and shrimp shells from a Canadian seller 
of crustacean shells. (See Notice of Preliminary Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review and New Shipper Reviews, Partial Rescission 
of the Antidumping Administrative Review, and Rescission of the New 
Shipper Review for Yancheng Baolung Biochemical Products, Co., Ltd.: 
Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat from the People's Republic of China, 64 
FR 55236, October 12, 1999.) We adjusted this price to reflect 
deflation to the crawfish processing season.
    To value coal and electricity, we used data reported as the average 
Indian domestic prices within the categories of ``Steam Coal for 
Industry'' and ``Electricity for Industry,'' published in the 
International Energy Agency's publication, Energy Prices and Taxes, 
First Quarter, 2000. We adjusted the cost of coal to include an amount 
for transportation. For water, we relied upon public information from 
the October 1997 Second Water Utilities Data Book: Asian and Pacific 
Region, published by the Asian Development Bank.
    To achieve comparability of the energy and water prices to the 
factors reported for the crawfish processing

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periods applicable for the companies under review, we adjusted these 
factor values using the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) for India, as 
published in the International Financial Statistics (IFS) published by 
the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to reflect inflation through the 
applicable periods.
     To value plastic bags, cardboard boxes and adhesive tape, 
we relied upon Indian import data from the April 1998 through August 
1998 issues of Monthly Statistics of the Foreign Trade of India 
(Monthly Statistics). We adjusted these prices to reflect inflation to 
the crawfish processing season. We adjusted the values of packing 
materials to include freight costs incurred between the supplier and 
the factory, and we deflated to the period of production. For 
transportation distances used for the calculation of freight expenses 
on raw materials, we added to surrogate values from India a surrogate 
freight cost using the shorter of (a) the distances between the closest 
PRC port and the factory, or (b) the distance between the domestic 
supplier and the factory. See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value: Collated Roofing Nails From the People's Republic 
of China, 62 FR 51410 (October 1, 1997) (Roofing Nails).
     To value factory overhead, selling, general, and 
administrative expenses (SG&A), and profit, we calculated simple 
average rates using publicly available financial statements of three 
Indian seafood processing companies submitted in the original 
investigation for which more current data is now available, and applied 
these rates to the calculated cost of manufacture. See Factor Values 
Memorandum.
     For labor, we used the PRC regression-based wage rate at 
Import Administration's home page, Import Library, Expected Wages of 
Selected NME Countries, revised in May 2000. See http://ia.ita.doc.gov/wages/. Because of the variability of wage rates in countries with 
similar per capita gross domestic products, section 351.408(c)(3) of 
the Department's regulations requires the use of a regression-based 
wage rate. The source of these wage rate data on the Import 
Administration's Web site is found in the 1998 Year Book of Labour 
Statistics, International Labour Office (Geneva: 1998), Chapter 5: 
Wages in Manufacturing.
     We valued movement expenses as follows:
    To value truck freight expenses we used the seventeen price quotes 
from six different Indian trucking companies which were used in the 
antidumping investigation of Bulk Aspirin from the People's Republic of 
China, 65 FR 33805 (May 25, 2000). We adjusted the rates to reflect 
inflation through the POR using WPI for India in the IFS.
    To value brokerage and handling in the home market, we used 
information reported in the antidumping administrative review of 
Certain Stainless Steel Wire Rod From India; Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative and New Shipper Reviews, 63 FR 48184 
(September 9, 1998) (Stainless Steel Wire Rod from India), and also 
used in the Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat From the People's Republic of 
China: Final Results of Administrative Antidumping Duty and New Shipper 
Reviews, and Final Rescission of New Shipper Review, 65 FR 20948 (April 
19, 2000). We adjusted the rates to reflect inflation through the POR 
using WPI for India in the IFS.
    We used the average of the foreign brokerage and handling expenses 
reported in the U.S. sales listing portion of the public questionnaire 
response submitted in the antidumping review of Viraj Group, Ltd. in 
Stainless Steel Wire Rod from India. Charges were reported on a per 
metric ton basis. We adjusted these values to reflect inflation to the 
POR. For further discussion, see Factor Values Memorandum.
    To value ocean freight, we obtained publicly available price quotes 
from Sea Land Services for shipping frozen crawfish tail meat from the 
PRC to Long Beach, California in the United States. See Factor Values 
Memorandum. To adjust this rate to the POR, we used the closest 
corresponding monthly WPI and the WPI average for the POR.

Currency Conversion

    We made currency conversions pursuant to section 351.415 of the 
Department's regulations at the rates certified by the Federal Reserve 
Bank. (See http://ia.ita.doc.gov/exchange/index.html.)

Preliminary Results of Review

    We preliminarily determine that the following dumping margins 
exist:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                 Margin
            Manufacturer/ Exporter               Time period   (percent)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ningbo Nanlian/Huaiyin5......................  9/1/98-8/31/99     62.69
Yancheng Haiteng.............................  9/1/98-8/31/99     79.86
Huaiyin30....................................  9/1/98-8/31/99    240.34
Yancheng FTC.................................  9/1/98-8/31/99    166.93
Fujian Pelagic...............................  9/1/98-8/31/99    174.50
Yangzhou Lakebest............................  9/1/98-8/31/99     24.55
Suqian FTC...................................  9/1/98-8/31/99     19.97
Qingdao Zhengri..............................  9/1/98-8/31/99     16.09
Shantou SEZ..................................  9/1/98-8/31/99     18.96
PRC-Wide Rate................................  9/1/98-8/31/99    240.34
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Parties to the proceeding may request disclosure within 5 days of 
the date of publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.224(b). Any interested party may request a hearing within 30 days 
of publication in accordance with 19 CFR 351.310(c). Any hearing would 
normally be held 37 days after the publication of this notice, or the 
first workday thereafter, at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230. Individuals 
who wish to request a hearing must submit a written request within 30 
days of the publication of this notice in the Federal Register to the 
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, Room 1870, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230. Requests for a public hearing should contain: (1) 
The party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of 
participants; (3) the reason for attending; and (4) a list of the 
issues to be discussed. Interested parties may submit case briefs 
within 30 days of the date of publication of this notice in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2). Rebuttal briefs, which must be limited to 
issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed not later than 35 days 
after the date of publication. Parties who submit arguments are 
requested to submit with each argument (1) a statement of the issue and 
(2) a brief summary of the argument. If a hearing is held, an 
interested party may make an affirmative presentation only on arguments 
included in that party's case brief and may make a rebuttal 
presentation only on arguments included in that party's rebuttal brief. 
Parties should confirm by telephone the time, date, and place of the 
hearing 48 hours before the scheduled time.
    The Department intends to issue the final results of these 
administrative and new shipper reviews, which will include the results 
of its analysis of issues raised in the briefs, within 120 days from 
the date of publication of these preliminary results.
    Upon completion of these administrative and new shipper reviews, 
the Department shall determine, and the U.S. Customs Service shall 
assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. Individual 
differences between export price and NV may vary from the percentages 
stated above. The Department will issue appraisement instructions 
directly to

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the U.S. Customs Service upon completion of this review. The final 
results of this review shall be the basis for the assessment of 
antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by the final 
results of this review and for future deposits of estimated duties. For 
assessment purposes, we intend to calculate importer-specific 
assessment rates for freshwater crawfish tail meat from the PRC. For 
both EP and CEP sales, we will divide the total dumping margins 
(calculated as the difference between NV and EP (or CEP)) for each 
importer by the entered value of the merchandise. Upon the completion 
of this review, we will direct Customs to assess the resulting ad 
valorem rates against the entered value of each entry of the subject 
merchandise by the importer during the POR.
    Furthermore, the following deposit rates will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this administrative 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 for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash 
deposit rate for the reviewed firms will be the rates indicated 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 rate will be the PRC-wide rate, which is 240.34 percent; 
and (4) for all other 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.
    This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of 
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) of the Department's 
regulations to file a certificate regarding the reimbursement of 
antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during 
this review period. Failure to comply with this requirement could 
result in the Secretary's presumption that reimbursement of antidumping 
duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping 
duties.
    This administrative review, these new shipper reviews, and this 
notice are published in accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Act 
and sections 351.213, 351.214 and 351.221 of the Department's 
regulations.

    Dated: September 29, 2000.
Troy H. Cribb,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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