[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 74 (Thursday, April 17, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18946-18947]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-9514]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-848]


Notice of Extension of Time Limit of Preliminary Results of New 
Shipper Reviews: Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat From the People's 
Republic of China

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit of the 
preliminary results of the four new shipper reviews initiated on 
November 1, 2002 (67 FR 67822) under the antidumping duty order on 
freshwater crawfish tail meat from the People's Republic of China until 
no later than August 28, 2003. The period of review is September 1, 
2001, through August 31, 2002. This extension is made pursuant to 
section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act).

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 17, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas Kirby or Dana Mermelstein, 
Office of AD/CVD Enforcement VII, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3782 or (202) 482-1391, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and section 351.214(i)(1) of 
the regulations require the Department to issue the preliminary results 
of a new shipper review within 180 days after the date on which the new 
shipper review was initiated, and final results of review within 90 
days after the date on which the preliminary results were issued. 
However, if the Department determines that the issues are 
extraordinarily complicated, section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of

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the Act and section 351.214(i)(2) of the regulations allow the 
Department to extend the deadline for the preliminary results to up to 
300 days after the date on which the new shipper review was initiated.

Background

    The Department received timely requests for new shipper reviews of 
the antidumping order on freshwater crawfish tail meat from the 
People's Republic of China from the following: exporter Qingdao Jin 
Yong Xiang Aquatic Foods Co., Ltd., and its producer, Hefei Zhongbao 
Aquatic Co. Ltd.; producer and exporter, Hubei Qianjiang Houhu Frozen & 
Processing Factory; exporter Siyang Foreign Trading Corporation and its 
producer, Anhui Golden Bird Agricultural Products Development Co., 
Ltd.; and from producer and exporter, Zhoushan Huading Seafood Co., 
Ltd. These requests were filed in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) 
of the Act and section 351.214 of the Department's regulations. On 
November 1, 2002 the Department initiated these new shipper reviews 
covering the period September 1, 2001, through August 31, 2002. See 
Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat From the People's Republic of China: 
Initiation of Antidumping New Shipper Reviews, 67 FR 67822 (November 7, 
2002). The preliminary results of these reviews were scheduled for 
April 30, 2003.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) 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 these cases are 
extraordinarily complicated, and the preliminary results of these new 
shipper reviews cannot be completed within the statutory time limit of 
180 days. The Department finds that these new shipper reviews are 
extraordinarily complicated because there are a number of issues that 
must be addressed. For example, the Department has issued supplemental 
questionnaires requesting additional information concerning the bona 
fides of the sales under review, as well as supplemental questions 
regarding labor factors and other factors. Given the issues in this 
case, the Department may find it necessary to issue additional 
supplemental questionnaires in these new shipper reviews. Therefore, in 
accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and section 
351.214(i)(2) of the regulations, the Department is extending the time 
limit for the completion of the preliminary results to three hundred 
(300) days from the date of initiation. The preliminary results will 
now be due no later than August 28, 2003.
    This notice is published pursuant to sections 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: April 11, 2003.
Richard O. Weible,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
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