[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 216 (Thursday, November 7, 2002)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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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 Antidumping Duty New Shipper Reviews

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received 
timely requests to conduct new shipper reviews of the antidumping duty 
order on freshwater crawfish tail meat from the People's Republic of 
China. In accordance with 19 CFR 341.214(d), we are initiating a review 
for Qingdao Jin Yong Xiang Aquatic Foods Co. Ltd. (Qingdao JYX) and its 
producer Hefei Zhongbao Aquatic Co., Ltd. (Hefei Zhongbao); Siyang 
Foreign Trading Corporation (Siyang) and its producer Anhui Golden Bird 
Agricultural Products Development Co., Ltd. (Anhui). We are also 
initiating a new shipper review for Hubei Qianjiang Houhu Frozen & 
Processing Factory (Hubei Houhu) and for Zhoushan Huading Seafood Co., 
Ltd. (Zhoushan Huading), each of which both produced and exported 
freshwater crawfish tail meat from the People's Republic of China 
(``PRC'').

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 7, 2002.

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

Applicable Statute and Regulations

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department received timely requests from Hubei Houhu, Qingdao 
JYX, Siyang, and Zhoushan Huading, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.214(c), for new shipper reviews of the antidumping duty order on 
freshwater crawfish tail meat from the PRC, which has a September 
anniversary month.
    As required by 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i), (ii), and (iii)(A), each 
company identified above 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 did export freshwater crawfish tail meat 
during the POI. Pursuant to 19 CFR 341.214(b)(2)(iii)(B), the company 
has further certified that its export activities are not controlled by 
the central government of the PRC. Further, pursuant to the 
Department's regulations at 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iv), each company 
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 subsequent shipments, 
and the date of the first sale to an unaffiliated customer in the 
United States. For Siyang and Qingdao JYX, both of which exported the 
subject merchandise but did not produce it, complete certifications, as 
required by section 351.214(b)(2)(ii), were also submitted by Anhui 
(the producer of crawfish tail meat exported by Siyang) and by Hefei 
Zhongbao (the producer of crawfish tail meat exported by Qingdao JYX).
    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(b) of the Department's regulations, we find that the requesters 
(Hubei Houhu, Zhoushan Huading, Siyang and its producer Anhui, and 
Qingdao JYX and its producer Hefei) submitted all of the information 
required by the statute and the Department's regulations.

Initiation of Review

    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(ii)(I) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.214(d)(1), we are initiating new shipper reviews of the 
antidumping duty order on freshwater crawfish tail meat from the PRC. 
We intend to issue the preliminary results of these reviews no later 
than 180 days after the date on which the review is initiated.

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                                                        Period to be
  Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review Proceedings         reviewed
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Hubei Qianjiang Houhu Frozen and Processing            09/01/01-08/31/02
 Factory; Qingdao Jin Yong Xiang Aquatic Foods
 Co., Ltd./Hefei Zhongbao Aquatic Foods Co., Ltd.
 Siyang Foreign Trading Corporation/Anhui Golden
 Bird Agricultural Products Development Co., Ltd.
 Zhoushan Huading Seafood Co., Ltd................
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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 subject 
merchandise from the above-listed companies. Zhoushan Huading and Hubei 
Houhu each have certified that they both produce and export the subject 
merchandise, the sales of which were the basis of these new shipper 
review requests. Therefore, we will apply the bonding option under 19 
CFR 251.107(b)(1)(i) only to subject merchandise for which each is both 
the producer and exporter. Qingdao JYX has identified Hefei Zhongbao 
Aquatic Co., Ltd. as the producer of the subject merchandise for the 
sales under review. in addition, Siyang has identified Anhui Golden 
Bird Agricultural Products Development Co., Ltd. (Anhui) as the 
producer of the subject merchandise for the sales under review. We will 
apply the bonding option under 19 CFR 351.107(b)(1)(i) only to entries 
of subject merchandise from these two exporters for which the 
respective producers under review are the suppliers.
    Interested parties that need access to proprietary information in 
this new shipper review should submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective orders in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and 
351.306.
    This initiation and notice are in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(2)(B)) and 19 CFR 
351.214(d).

    Dated: November 1, 2002.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secertary for Import Administration, Group III.
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