[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 86 (Tuesday, May 4, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24567-24568]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-10094]


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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 three new

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shipper reviews of the antidumping duty order on freshwater crawfish 
tail meat from the People's Republic of China that were initiated on 
October 31, 2003 (68 FR 62774). Preliminary results of these reviews 
are extended until no later than July 30, 2004. This extension is made 
pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act).

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 4, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scot Fullerton or Matt Renkey, Office 
of AD/CVD Enforcement VII, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
1386 or (202) 482-2312, 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 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: Qingdao Xiyuan 
Refrigerate Food Co., Ltd. (Qingdao Refrigerate); Siyang Foreign 
Trading Corporation (Siyang) and its producer, Anhui Golden Bird 
Agricultural Products Development Co., Ltd.; and Yancheng Fuda Foods 
Co., Ltd. (Yancheng Fuda). 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 October 31, 2003, the Department initiated these new 
shipper reviews covering the period July 1, 2002, through August 31, 
2003 for Siyang, and September 1, 2002 through August 31, 2003 for 
Qingdao Refrigerate and Yancheng Fuda. See Freshwater Crawfish Tail 
Meat From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Antidumping New 
Shipper Reviews, November 6, 2003 (68 FR 62774). The preliminary 
results of these reviews were scheduled for April 28, 2004.

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 regarding ownership 
issues, as well as supplemental questions regarding relationships 
between various companies. 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
    July 30, 2004.
    This notice is published pursuant to sections 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: April 27, 2004.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
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