[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 23, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 14648]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-1282]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-848]


Notice of Extension of the Preliminary Results of New Shipper 
Antidumping Duty Reviews: Crawfish Tail Meat From the People's Republic 
of China

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 23, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scot Fullerton at (202) 482-1386 or 
Bobby Wong at (202) 482-0409; AD/CVD Operations, Office 9, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department of Commerce (the Department) received timely 
requests from Dafeng Shunli Import & Export Co., Ltd. (Shunli) and 
Shanghai Blessing Trade Co., Ltd (Shanghai Blessing) in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.214(c), for new shipper reviews of the antidumping duty 
order on crawfish tail meat from the PRC. See Freshwater Crawfish Tail 
Meat From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Antidumping 
Duty New Shipper Reviews, 69 FR 64028 (November 3, 2004). On October 
28, 2004, the Department found that the requests for review with 
respect to Shunli and Shanghai Blessing met all the regulatory 
requirements set forth in 19 CFR 351.214(b) and initiated these new 
shipper antidumping duty reviews covering the period September 1, 2003, 
through August 31, 2004. Id.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), and 19 CFR 351.214(i)(1) 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 
a review within 90 days after the date on which the preliminary results 
were issued. The Department may, however, extend the deadline for 
completion of the preliminary results of a new shipper review to 300 
days if it determines that the case is extraordinarily complicated (19 
CFR 351.214(i)(2)). The Department has determined that additional time 
is necessary to thoroughly evaluate surrogate value submissions, issue 
additional supplemental questionnaires, and gather additional publicly 
available factual information. Based on the timing of the case and 
necessary additional research, the preliminary results of this new 
shipper review cannot be completed within the statutory time limit of 
180 days. Accordingly, the Department is extending the time limit for 
the completion of the preliminary results by 66 days from the original 
April 25, 2005, deadline, to June 30, 2005, in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(i)(2). The final results 
will, in turn, be due 90 days after the date of issuance of the 
preliminary results, unless extended.

    Dated: March 16, 2005.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-1282 Filed 3-22-05; 8:45 am]
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