[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 97 (Friday, May 19, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29121-29122]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-7681]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-848]


Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat from the People's Republic of 
China: Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review and New Shipper Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 19, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scot Fullerton or Erin Begnal, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 9, Import

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Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-1386 or (202) 482-1442, respectively.

Background

    On October 25, 2005, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
initiated an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
freshwater crawfish tail meat from the People's Republic of China. See 
Notice of Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 70 FR 61601 
(October 25, 2005). The review was initiated for 13 individually named 
firms, and the period of review (POR) is September 1, 2004, through 
August 31, 2005.\1\ Of the 13 named firms for which the Department 
initiated an administrative review, the reviews of 7 of these firms 
were rescinded on February 15, 2006. See Notice of Partial Rescission 
of Antidumping Administrative Review, 71 FR 7915 (February 15, 
2006).\2\
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    \1\ These firms are China Kingdom Import & Export Co., Ltd. (aka 
China Kingdom Import & Export Co., Ltd., aka Zongda Import & Export 
Co., Ltd.) (China Kingdom), Jiangsu Hilong International Trading 
Company, Ltd. (Jiangsu Hilong), Jiangsu Jiushoutang Organisms-
Manufactures Co., Ltd. (Jiangsu JOM), Shangai Sunbeauty Trading Co., 
Ltd. (Shanghai Sunbeauty), Ningbo Nanlian Frozen Foods Company, Ltd. 
(Ningbo Nanlian), Qingdao Jinyongxiang Aquatic Foods Co., Ltd. 
(Qingdao JYX), Qingdao Wentai Trading Co., Ltd. (Qingdao Wentai), 
Qingdao Zhengri Seafood Co., Ltd. (Qingdao Zhengri), Weishan Zhenyu 
Foodstuff Co., Ltd. (Weishan Zhenyu), Xuzhou Jinjiang Foodstuffs 
Co., Ltd. (Xuzhou Jinjiang), Yancheng Haiteng Aquatic Products & 
Foods Co., Ltd. (Yancheng Haiteng), Yancheng Hi-King Agriculture 
Developing Co., Ltd. (Yancheng Hi-King), and Yancheng Yaou Seafood 
Co., Ltd. (Yancheng Yaou).
    \2\ The seven firms for which the review was rescinded are China 
Kingdom, Jiangsu Hilong, Qingdao Zhengri, Weishan Zhenyu, Yancheng 
Haiteng, Yancheng Yaou, and Ningbo Nanlian.
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    The preliminary results of this administrative review for the 
remaining respondents (Jiangsu JOM, Shangai Sunbeauty, Qingdao JYX, 
Qingdao Wentai, Xuzhou Jinjiang, and Yancheng Hi-King) are currently 
due by June 2, 2006.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), the Department shall issue preliminary results in an 
administrative review of an antidumping duty order within 245 days 
after the last day of the anniversary month of the date of publication 
of the order for which a review is requested and the final results 
within 120 days after the date on which the preliminary results are 
published. However, if it is not practicable to complete the review 
within the specified time periods, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act 
allows the Department to extend these deadlines to a maximum of 365 
days and 180 days, respectively.
    The Department has determined that completion of the preliminary 
results within the originally anticipated time limit, i.e., by June 2, 
2006, is impracticable. The Department requires additional time to 
analyze the parties' responses to the Department's questionnaires, as 
well as to issue any necessary supplemental questionnaires and to 
conduct verifications. Consequently, it is not practicable to complete 
the review within the time specified under the Act. Therefore, the 
Department is extending the time limit for completion of these 
preliminary results by 120 days to September 30, 2006, in accordance 
with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
    Additionally, on February 16, 2006, and February 21, 2006, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(j)(3), Xuzhou Jinjiang and Xiping Opeck 
Food Co. Ltd., respectively, agreed to waive the time limits of their 
new shipper reviews, and agreed to have their reviews conducted 
concurrently with the administrative review of this order for the same 
POR. See Notice of Postponement of Time Limits for New Shipper 
Antidumping Duty Reviews in Conjunction With Administrative Review, 71 
FR 13963 (March 20, 2006). Therefore, the preliminary results of these 
new shipper reviews will also be extended by 120 days to September 30, 
2006. The deadline for the final results of these reviews continues to 
be 120 days after the publication of the preliminary results.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: May 15, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-7681 Filed 5-18-06; 8:45 am]
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