[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 52 (Friday, March 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 15219]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6597]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-848]


Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty 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: March 16, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Abdelali Elouaradia, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-1374.

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 
(2000).

Background

    On September 29, 2000, and in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(c), the Department received timely 
requests from China Kingdom Import & Export Co., Ltd., Shouzhou 
Huaxiang Foodstuffs Co., Ltd., Coastal (Jiang Su) Foods Co., Ltd, and 
Shanghai Taoen International Trading Co., Ltd. for the initiation of 
new shipper reviews of this antidumping duty order which has a 
September anniversary month and a March semiannual anniversary month. 
On November 6, 2000, the Department published its initiation of these 
new shipper reviews for the period September 1, 1999 through August 31, 
2000 (65 FR 66525).

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Due to the complexities enumerated in the memorandum from Barbara 
E. Tillman to Joseph A. Spetrini, dated March 9, 2001, we find that 
this case is extraordinarily complicated and thus are unable to make a 
preliminary determination by the current deadline of April 29, 2001. 
Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and 
section 351.214(i)(2) of the Department's regulations, the Department 
is extending the time period for issuing the preliminary results of 
these new shipper reviews by 120 days, until no later than August 27, 
2001.

    Dated: March 9, 2001.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD Enforcement Group III.
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