[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 149 (Wednesday, August 4, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47080-47081]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-17820]


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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 for the 
preliminary results of the new 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) for 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). Preliminary 
results of this review are extended until no later than August 26, 
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: August 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, NW., Washington DC 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 Department's 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

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Department's 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 duty order on freshwater crawfish tail meat from the 
People's Republic of China from the following: Qingdao Refrigerate; 
Siyang and its producer, Anhui Golden Bird Agricultural Products 
Development Co., Ltd.; and 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 periods September 1, 
2002 through August 31, 2003 for Qingdao Refrigerate and Yancheng Fuda; 
and July 1, 2002 through August 31, 2003 for Siyang. See Freshwater 
Crawfish Tail Meat From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of 
New Shipper Reviews, 68 FR 62774 (November 6, 2003). The preliminary 
results of these reviews were scheduled for April 28, 2004. The 
Department extended the time limits for completion of the preliminary 
results to July 30, 2004. See Notice of Extension of Time Limit of New 
Shipper Reviews: Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat From the People's 
Republic of China, 69 FR 24567 (May 4, 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. Because the Department needs additional time to explore 
various ownership issues and to issue additional supplemental 
questionnaires, the Department has determined that these reviews are 
extraordinarily complicated, and the preliminary results of these new 
shipper reviews cannot be completed within the statutory time limit of 
180 days. 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 no later than August 26, 2004.
    This notice is published pursuant to sections 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: July 29, 2004.
Jeffrey A. May,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group I.
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