[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 202 (Thursday, October 20, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 61117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-5790]


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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: Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat from the 
People's Republic of China

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') is conducting new 
shipper antidumping duty reviews of freshwater crawfish tail meat from 
the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') in response to requests by 
respondents Shanghai Sunbeauty Trading Co., Ltd., (``Shanghai 
Sunbeauty''), Jiangsu Jiushoutang Organisms-Manufactures Co., Ltd., 
(``Jiangsu JOM''), and Qingdao Wentai Trading Co., Ltd., (``Qingdao 
Wentai''). These reviews cover shipments to the United States for the 
period September 1, 2004, to February 28, 2005, by these three 
respondents. For the reasons discussed below, we are extending the 
preliminary results of these new shipper reviews by an additional 120 
days, to no later than February 23, 2006.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 20, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scot Fullerton or Stephen 
Berlinguette; AD/CVD Operations, Office 9, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-1386 and (202) 482-3740, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department received timely requests from Shanghai Sunbeauty, 
Jiangsu JOM, and Qingdao Wentai in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(c) 
for new shipper reviews of the antidumping duty order on freshwater 
crawfish tail meat from the PRC. On April 29, 2005, the Department 
found that the requests for review with respect to Shanghai Sunbeauty, 
Jiangsu JOM, and Qingdao Wentai 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, 2004, through February 
28, 2005. See Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat From the People's Republic 
of China: Initiation of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Reviews, 70 FR 
23987 (May 6, 2005).

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 the review is extraordinarily 
complicated as the Department must gather additional publicly available 
information, issue additional supplemental questionnaires, and conduct 
verifications of the three respondents. Based on the timing of the case 
and the additional information that must be gathered and verified, 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 120 days from the original October 26, 2005, 
deadline, to February 23, 2006, 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. This notice is published pursuant 
to sections 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: October 14, 2005.
Gary Taverman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-5790 Filed 10-19-05; 8:45 am]
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