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probative value, as certain information

included in the margin calculations in

the petition is from public sources

concurrent, for the most part, with the

POI (e.g., international freight and

insurance, customs duty, interest rates).

However, with respect to certain other

data included in the margin calculations

of the petition (e.g., gross United States

and home market unit prices), neither

the respondents nor other interested

parties provided the Department with

further relevant information, and the

Department is aware of no other

independent source of information that

would enable it to further corroborate

the remaining components of the margin

calculation in the petition. The

implementing regulation for section 776

of the Act, codified at 19 CFR 351.308(c)

states, ‘‘[t]he fact that corroboration may

not be practicable in a given

circumstance will not prevent the

Secretary from applying an adverse

inference as appropriate and using the

secondary information in question.’’

Additionally, we note that the SAA at

870 specifically states that, where

‘‘corroboration may not be practicable in

a given circumstance,’’ the Department

may nevertheless apply an adverse

inference. Accordingly, we find, for

purposes of this preliminary

determination, that this information is

corroborated to the extent practicable.

All Others Rate

Section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act

provides that, where the estimated

weighted-averaged dumping margins

established for all exporters and

producers individually investigated are

zero or de minimis or are determined

entirely under section 776 of the Act,

the Department may use any reasonable

method to establish the estimated allothers rate for exporters and producers

not individually investigated. Our

recent practice under these

circumstances has been to assign, as the

‘‘all others’’ rate, the simple average of

the margins in the petition. We have

done so in this case. See, e.g., Notice of

Final Determinations of Sales at Less

Than Fair Value: Certain Cold-Rolled

Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel

Products From Argentina, Japan and

Thailand, 65 FR 5520, 5528 (February 4,

2000).

Suspension of Liquidation

For entries of SSHP from Japan, we

are directing the U.S. Customs Service

to suspend liquidation of those entries

that are entered, or withdrawn from

warehouse, for consumption on or after

the date of publication of this notice in

the Federal Register. We are also

instructing the Customs Service to

require a cash deposit or the posting of

a bond equal to the dumping margin, as

indicated in the chart below. These

instructions suspending liquidation will

remain in effect until further notice.

Manufacturer/exporter Margin

(percent)

Sanyo Special Tube ................. 156.81

Sumitomo Metal Industries ....... 156.81

All Others .................................. 62.14

ITC Notification

In accordance with section 733(f) of

the Act, we have notified the ITC of our

determination. If our final antidumping

determination is affirmative, the ITC

will determine whether these imports

are materially injuring, or threaten

material injury to, the U.S. industry.

The deadline for that ITC determination

would be the later of 120 days after the

date of the preliminary determination or

45 days after the date of our final

determination.

Public Comment

Case briefs must be submitted no later

than 30 days after the publication of this

notice in the Federal Register. Rebuttal

briefs must be filed within five business

days after the deadline for submission of

case briefs. A list of authorities used, a

table of contents, and an executive

summary of issues should accompany

any briefs submitted to the Department.

Executive summaries should be limited

to five pages total, including footnotes.

Section 774 of the Act provides that

the Department will hold a hearing to

afford interested parties an opportunity

to comment on arguments raised in case

or rebuttal briefs, provided that such a

hearing is requested by any interested

party. If a request for a hearing is made

in an investigation, the hearing will

tentatively be held two days after the

deadline for submission of the rebuttal

briefs, at the U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

Parties should confirm by telephone the

time, date, and place of the hearing 48

hours before the scheduled time.

Interested parties who wish to request

a hearing, or to participate if one is

requested, must submit a written

request within 10 days of the

publication of this notice. Requests

should specify the number of

participants and provide a list of the

issues to be discussed. Oral

presentations will be limited to issues

raised in the briefs. If this investigation

proceeds normally, we will make our

final determination no later than 75

days after the date of issuance of this

preliminary determination.

This determination is published

pursuant to sections 733(f) and 777(i)(1)

of the Act.

Dated: April 21, 2000.

Troy H. Cribb,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–570–848]

Notice of Extension of Time Limit for

Preliminary Results of Administrative

Antidumping Review and New Shipper

Reviews: Freshwater Crawfish Tail

Meat From the People’s Republic of

China

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 1, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jacqueline Arrowsmith or Maureen

Flannery, AD/CVD Enforcement, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington D.C. 20230;

telephone: (202) 482–4052 or (202) 482–

3020, respectively.

The Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the statute are references to

the provisions effective January 1, 1995,

the effective date of the amendments

made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act)

by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

In addition, unless otherwise indicated,

all citations to the Department’s

regulations are to the current

regulations, codified at 19 CFR part 351

(1999).

Background

In accordance with 19 CFR

§ 351.213(b)(2), the Department received

requests from the following companies

that we conduct an administrative

review of their sales: Huaiyin Foreign

Trade Corp. (30); Huaiyin Foreign Trade

Corp. (5); Huaiyin Foreign Trade Corp.;

Yancheng Baolong Biochemical

Products Co., Ltd.; Qingdao Rirong

Foodstuff Co., Ltd.; Lianyungang

Haiwang Aquatic Products Co., Ltd.;

Yancheng Haiteng Aquatic Products and

Foods Co., Ltd.; and Yancheng Foreign

Trade Corp. Petitioner in the

proceeding, the Crawfish Processors

Alliance, also requested an

administrative review of the following:

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China Everbright Trading Company;

Binzhou Prefecture Foodstuffs Import &

Export Corp.; Huaiyin Foreign Trade

Corporation; Huaiyin Foreign Trade

Corporation (5); Yancheng Foreign

Trade Corporation; Jiangsu Cereals, Oils

& Foodstuffs Import & Export Corp.;

Yancheng Baolong Aquatic Foods Co.;

Huaiyin Ningtai Fisheries Co., Ltd.;

Nantong Delu Aquatic Food Co., Ltd.;

Ningbo Nanlian Frozen Foods

Company, Ltd.; Qingdao Rirong

Foodstuff Co.; Lianyungang Haiwang

Aquatic Products Company Ltd.;

Yancheng Baolong Biochemical

Products Co., Ltd.; Zhenfeng Foodstuff

Co.; Weishan Hongfa Lake Foodstuff

Co., Ltd.; Ever Concord; Hua Yin

Foreign Trading; Huaiyin Foreign

Trading; Lianyungang Hailong Aquatic

Product; Qiafco; Seatrade International;

Weishan Jinmuan Foodstuff; Welly

Shipping, aka Kenwa Shipping;

Yancheng Foreign Trading; Jiangsu

Baolong Group; Asia-Europe; Jiangsu

Aquatic Products Freezing Plant; and

Yupeng Fishery. We published a notice

of initiation of this antidumping duty

administrative review on November 4,

1999 (64 FR 60161).

On February 1, 2000, the Crawfish

Processor Alliance, petitioner in this

case, withdrew their request for review

for the following companies: China

Everbright Trading Company; Binzhou

Prefecture Foodstuffs Import & Export

Corp.; Jiangsu Cereals, Oils & Foodstuffs

Import & Export Corp.; Yancheng

Baolong Aquatic Foods Co.; Huaiyin

Ningtai Fisheries Co., Ltd.; Nantong

Delu Aquatic Food Co., Ltd.; Ever

Concord; Lianyungang Hailong Aquatic

Product; Qiafco; Seatrade International;

Welly Shipping, aka Kenwa Shipping;

and Yancheng Foreign Trading.

In accordance with 19 CFR § 351.214,

Yixing Ban Chang Foods Co., Ltd.;

Fujian Pelagic Fishery Group Company;

Shantou SEZ Yangfeng Marine Products

Company; Yangzhou Lakebest Foods,

Co., Ltd.; Suquian Foreign Trade Co.,

Ltd.; and Qingdao Zhengri Seafood Co.

Ltd. requested that we conduct a new

shipper review of their sales. We

published a notice of initiation of these

new shipper reviews on November 15,

1999 (64 FR 61833).

On February 25, 2000, Yixing Ban

Chang Foods Co., Ltd. withdrew its

request for review.

Extension of Time Limits for

Preliminary Results

The Department has determined that

the issues are extraordinarily

complicated and it is not practicable to

complete this review within the time

limits mandated by section

751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and sections

351. 213(h)(2) and 351.214(i)(2) of the

Department’s regulations. See the

Memorandum from Edward C. Yang to

Joseph A. Spetrini, Extension of Time

Limits for the Preliminary Results of

Administrative Review and New

Shipper Reviews of Freshwater Crawfish

Tail Meat from the People’s Republic of

China, dated April 7, 2000.

Therefore, in accordance with these

sections, the Department is extending

the time limits for the preliminary

results to August 27, 2000.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD

Enforcement III.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–570–848]

Notice of Extension of Time Limit for

Preliminary Results of New-Shipper

Antidumping Review: Freshwater

Crawfish Tail Meat From the People’s

Republic of China

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 1, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sarah Ellerman or Maureen Flannery,

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone:

(202) 482–4106 and (202) 482–3020,

respectively.

The Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended (the Act) are to the provisions

effective January 1, 1995, the effective

date of the amendments made to the Act

by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

In addition, unless otherwise indicated,

all citations to the Department’s

regulations are to 19 CFR part 351

(1999).

Background

On March 30, 1999,the Department

received a request from Yancheng

Haiteng Aquatic Products & Foods Co.,

Ltd. to conduct a new shipper review of

the antidumping duty order on

freshwater crawfish tail meat from the

People’s Republic of China. On May 6,

1999, the Department published its

initiation of this new shipper review

covering the period of September 1,

1998 through February 28, 1999 (64 FR

24328). On March 15, 2000, the

Department published the preliminary

results of review (65 FR 13939).

Extension of Time Limits for Final

Results

Because of the complexities

enumerated in the Memorandum from

Edward C. Yang to Joseph A. Spetrini,

Extension of Time Limit for the Final

Results of New Shipper Review of

Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat from the

People’s Republic of China, dated April

7, 2000, we find this review to be

extraordinarily complicated and thus

are unable to complete these reviews

within the time limits mandated by

section 351.214(i)(2) of the Department’s

regulations.

Therefore, in accordance with section

351.214(i)(2) of the Department’s

regulations, the Department is extending

the time period for issuing the final

results of review until June 23, 2000.

Dated: April 7, 2000.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD

Enforcement Group III.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Notice of Initiation of Five-Year

(‘‘Sunset’’) Reviews of Antidumping

Duty Orders: Furfuryl Alcohol From the

People’s Republic of China and

Thailand

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section

751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended (‘‘the Act’’), the Department of

Commerce (‘‘the Department’’) is

automatically initiating five-year

(‘‘sunset’’) reviews of the antidumping

duty orders listed below. The

International Trade Commission (‘‘the

Commission’’) is publishing

concurrently with this notice its notices

of Institution of Five-Year Reviews

covering these same orders.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Martha V. Douthit, or Carole A.

Showers, Office of Policy, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, at (202) 482–5050, or (202)

482–3217, respectively, or Vera Libeau,

Office of Investigations, U.S.

International Trade Commission, at

(202) 205–3176.