[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 11, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59738-59739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-16819]


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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 
Nanjing Merry Trading Co., Ltd. (``Nanjing Merry''), Leping Lotai Foods 
Co., Ltd. (``Leping Lotai''), Weishan Hongrun Aquatic Co., Ltd. 
(``Weishan Hongrun''), and Shanghai Strong International Trading Co., 
Ltd. (``Shanghai Strong''). These reviews cover shipments to the United 
States for the period September 1, 2005, to February 28, 2006, by these 
four respondents. For the reasons discussed below, we are extending the 
preliminary results of the new shipper reviews of Nanjing Merry, Leping 
Lotai, and Weishan Hongrun by an additional 90 days, and the new 
shipper review of Shanghai Strong by an additional 65 days, to no later 
than January 23, 2007.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  October 11, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin Begnal or Mike Quigley; 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-
1442 and (202) 482-4047, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department received timely requests from Nanjing Merry, Leping 
Lotai, Weishan Hongrun, and Shanghai Strong 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 May 5, 2006, the 
Department found that the requests for review with respect to Nanjing 
Merry, Leping Lotai, and Weishan Hongrun met all of the regulatory 
requirements set forth in 19 CFR 351.214(b) and initiated these new 
shipper antidumping duty reviews covering the period September 1, 2005, 
through February 28, 2006. See Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat From the 
People's Republic of China: Initiation of Antidumping Duty New Shipper 
Reviews, 71 FR 26453 (May 5, 2006).
    On May 31, 2006, the Department found that the request for review 
with respect to Shanghai Strong met all of the regulatory requirements 
set forth in 19 CFR 351.214(b) and initiated a new shipper antidumping 
duty review covering the period September 1, 2005, through February 28, 
2006. See Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat From the People's Republic of 
China: Initiation of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review, 71 FR 30866 
(May 31, 2006).

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 four 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

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statutory time limit of 180 days. Accordingly, the Department is 
extending the time limit for the completion of the preliminary results 
of the new shipper reviews of Nanjing Merry, Leping Lotai, and Weishan 
Hongrun by 90 days from the original October 25, 2006, deadline. 
Additionally, the Department is extending the time limit for the 
completion of the preliminary results of the new shipper review of 
Shanghai Strong by 65 days from the original November 19, 2006, 
deadline. The preliminary results for all four new shipper reviews will 
now be due January 23, 2007, 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: September 3, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration
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