[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 87 (Tuesday, May 6, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 23962]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-11173]


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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 Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received a 
timely request 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 (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.214(d), we are 
initiating this new shipper review for Shanghai Ocean Flavor 
International Trading Co., Ltd. (Shanghai Ocean Flavor) and its 
producer Jiangxi Quanfu Aquatic Foods Co., Ltd. (Jiangxi Quanfu).

EFFECTIVE DATE:  May 6, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Gilgunn or Addilyn Chams-
Eddine, 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)482-0648, respectively.

Background

    On March 28, 2003, the Department received a timely request from 
Shanghai Ocean Flavor, 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 and a March 
semiannual anniversary date.
    As required by 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(ii) and (iii)(A), Shanghai 
Ocean Flavor, an exporter 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. In addition, 
the producer, Jiangxi Quanfu, certified that it did not export 
freshwater crawfish tail meat to the United States and that it has 
never been affiliated with any exporter or producer who exported the 
subject merchandise to the United States during the POI. Shanghai Ocean 
Flavor has further certified, pursuant to the requirements of CFR 19 
351.214(b)(2)(iii) (B), that its export activities are not controlled 
by the central government of the PRC.
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iv), Shanghai Ocean Flavor 
submitted documentation establishing the date on which it first shipped 
the subject merchandise to the United States, the date of entry of the 
first shipment, the volume of that shipment, and the date of the first 
sale to an unaffiliated customer in the United States. Shanghai Ocean 
Flavor provided the same documentation for its one subsequent shipment.
    After reviewing the submissions with respect to the new shipper 
review request filed on behalf of Shanghai Ocean Flavor and Jiangxi 
Quanfu, the Department has found that the requirements set forth in 19 
CFR 351.214(b) for the initiation of a new shipper review have been 
met.

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. 
Based on our analysis of the information and documentation provided 
with the new shipper review request, as well as our analysis of 
proprietary import data from the U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border 
Protection (``BCBP''), we intend to carefully examine the bona fides of 
Shanghai Ocean Flavor's U.S. sales during the course of this new 
shipper review. We intend to issue the preliminary results of the 
review no later than180 days after the date on which the review is 
initiated.
    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(i)(B), 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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Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat from the                 09/01/02-02/28/03
 PRC:.....................................
Shanghai Ocean Flavor International
 Trading Co., Ltd.........................
Jiangxi Quanfu Aquatic Foods Co., Ltd.....
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    We will instruct the BCBP to allow, at the option of the importer, 
the posting, until the completion of the review, of a bond in lieu of a 
cash deposit for each entry of the merchandise exported by Shanghai 
Ocean Flavor. This action is in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(e). We 
will apply the bonding option under 19 CFR 351.107(b)(1)(i) only to 
entries of subject merchandise exported by Shanghai Ocean Flavor for 
which Jiangxi Quanfu, the producer under review, is the supplier.
    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 19 CFR 351.306.
    This initiation and notice are in accordance with sections 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Act (19 U.S.C.1675(a)) and 19 CFR 351.214(d).

    Dated: April 30, 2003.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
[FR Doc. 03-11173 Filed 5-5-03; 8:45 am]
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