[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 216 (Thursday, November 7, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 67821]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-28342]


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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 Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
New-Shipper Reviews

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 7, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Holly Hawkins or Thomas Gilgunn, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0414 and (202) 482-4236, 
respectively.

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 codified at 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 were 
published on August 12, 2002. See ``Notice of Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty New Shipper Reviews: Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat 
from the People's Republic of China,'' 67 FR 52442 (August 12, 2002).

Extension of Time Limits for Final Results

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and section 
351.214(i)(2) of the Department's regulations, the Department may 
extend the deadline for completion of the final 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 final results of these new shipper 
reviews cannot be completed within the statutory time limit of 90 days 
after the date on which the preliminary results were issued. The 
Department needs more time to analyze the issues raised in the parties' 
briefs with respect to valuation and the bona fides of the sales. Given 
these issues, the Department finds that these reviews are 
extraordinarily complicated. Accordingly, the Department is extending 
the time limit for the completion of the final results by 44 days, to 
December 17, 2002, in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the 
Act and section 351.214(i)(2) of the Department's regulations.

    Dated: November 1, 2002.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
[FR Doc. 02-28342 Filed 11-6-02; 8:45 am]
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