[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 241 (Friday, December 15, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75502-75503]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-21442]


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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 further 
extending the preliminary results of the new shipper reviews of Nanjing 
Merry, Leping Lotai, Weishan Hongrun, and Shanghai Strong by an 
additional 30 days, to no later than February 22, 2007.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 15, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin Begnal or Scot Fullerton, 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) 482-1386, 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 already determined that the reviews are 
extraordinarily complicated in its initial notice extending the 
deadline for the preliminary results of these reviews where it extended 
the deadline for the preliminary results until January 23, 2007. See 
Notice of Extension of the Preliminary Results of New Shipper 
Antidumping Duty Reviews: Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat from the 
People's Republic of China, 71 FR 59738 (October 11, 2006). The 
Department, however, finds that it requires additional information from 
respondents for purposes of the preliminary results. Based on the 
timing of the case and the additional information that must be gathered 
and verified, the preliminary results of these new shipper reviews 
cannot be completed within the statutory time limit of 180 days. 
Accordingly, the Department is further extending the time limit for the 
completion of the preliminary results of the new shipper reviews of 
Nanjing Merry, Leping Lotai, Weishan Hongrun, and Shanghai Strong by 30 
days from the January 23, 2007 deadline.
    The preliminary results for all four new shipper reviews will now 
be due February 22, 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.

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    This notice is published pursuant to sections 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: December 8, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-21442 Filed 12-14-06; 8:45 am]
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