[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 83 (Tuesday, April 30, 2002)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-848]


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

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 30, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Holly Hawkins or Scott Lindsay, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-0414 and (202) 482-0780, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations are to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act). In addition, unless otherwise indicated, 
all citations to the Department's regulations are to 19 CFR part 351 
(2001).

Background

    On September 20, 2001, the Department of Commerce received a 
request from Shouzhou Huaxiang Foodstuffs, Co., Ltd. to conduct a new 
shipper review of the antidumping duty order on freshwater crawfish 
tail meat from the People's Republic of China. On September 28, 2001, 
the Department received a similar request from North Supreme Seafood 
(Zhejiang) Co., Ltd. On November 8, 2001, the Department found that the 
requests for review met all of the regulatory requirements set forth in 
section 351.214(b) of the Department's regulations and initiated these 
new shipper antidumping reviews covering the period September 1, 2001, 
through August 31, 2001. See Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat From the 
People's Republic of China: Initiation of New Shipper Antidumping 
Review, 66 FR 56536 (November 8, 2001). The preliminary results are 
currently due no later than April 30, 2002.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act, the Department may 
extend the deadline for completion of the preliminary results of a new 
shipper review if it determines that the case is extraordinarily 
complicated. The Department has determined that this case is 
extraordinarily complicated, and the preliminary results of this new 
shipper review cannot be completed within the statutory time limit of 
180 days. The Department has issued supplemental questionnaires on the 
respondents' claims concerning affiliation and date of sale. In 
addition, we requested information on entry documentation. Given the 
issues in this case, the Department finds that this case is 
extraordinarily complicated. Accordingly, the Department is extending 
the time limit for the completion of the preliminary results by 97 
days, to August 5, 2002, in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of 
the Act and 351.214(i)(2) of the Department's regulations. The final 
results will in turn be due 90 days after the date of issuance of the 
preliminary results, unless extended.

    Dated: April 23. 20002
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration, Group III.
[FR Doc. 02-10611 Filed 4-29-02; 8:45 am]
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