[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 83 (Tuesday, April 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 21218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-10610]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-848]


Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat From the People's Republic of 
China: Initiation of New Shipper Antidumping Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received a 
timely request from Weishan Zhenyu Foodstuff Co., Ltd. (Zhenyu) to 
conduct a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on 
freshwater crawfish tail meat from the People's Republic of China 
(PRC). In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended, and 19 CFR section 351.214(d) of the Department's 
regulations, we are initiating this new shipper review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 30, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Gilgunn or Holly Hawkins, 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) 
482-4236 or (202)482-0414, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). In 
addition, unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department's 
regulations are to the current regulations, codified at 19 CFR Part 351 
(2002).

Background

    On March 29, 2002, the Department received a timely request from 
Zhenyu, in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(c), for a new shipper review of this antidumping duty order on 
freshwater crawfish tail meat from the People's Republic of China 
(``PRC''), which has a September anniversary date.
    As required by 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i), (ii), and (iii)(A), Zhenyu, 
an exporter and producer of crawfish tail meat, has certified that it 
did not export freshwater crawfish tail meat to the United States 
during the period of investigation (``POI''), and that it has never 
been affiliated with any exporter or producer which exported freshwater 
crawfish tail meat to the United States during the POI. Zhenyu has 
further certified that its export activities are not controlled by the 
central government of the PRC, pursuant to the requirements of 19 CFR 
351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B). Pursuant to the Department's regulations at 19 
CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iv)(A), Zhenyu submitted documentation establishing 
the date on which it first shipped the subject merchandise to the 
United States, the date of entry of that first shipment, the volume of 
that shipment and the date of the first sale to an unaffiliated 
customer in the United States. After reviewing submissions with respect 
to the new shipper review request filed on behalf of Zhenyu, the 
Department has decided that it will initiate this request in accordance 
with section 351.214(b) of the Department's regulations. See Memo from 
Barbara E. Tillman to the File, dated April XX, 2002, discussing 
Zhenyu's request for new shipper review.

Initiation of Review

    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(d)(1), we are initiating a new shipper review of the 
antidumping duty order on freshwater crawfish tail meat from the PRC.
    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(i)(B) of the Department's 
regulations, the period of review (POR) for a new shipper review, 
initiated in the month immediately following the semiannual anniversary 
month, will be the six-month period immediately preceding the 
semiannual anniversary month. Therefore, the POR for this new shipper 
review is:

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          Antidumping duty proceeding             Period to be reviewed
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Fresh Water Crawfish Tail Meat from the PRC:...
Weishan Zhenyu Foodstuff (Zhenyu) Co., Ltd.....        09/01/01-02/28/02
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    We will instruct the Customs Service to allow, at the option of the 
importer, the posting, until the completion of the review, of a bond or 
security in lieu of a cash deposit for each entry of the merchandise 
exported by Zhenyu. This action is in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.214(e).
    The interested parties that need access to proprietary information 
in this new shipper review should submit applications for disclosure 
under administrative protective order in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 
and 351.306.
    This initiation and notice are in accordance with section 751(a) of 
the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)) and 19 CFR 351.214(d).

    April 23, 2002
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration, Group III.
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