[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 23, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 33297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-12975]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-848]


Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of 
Administrative 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 23, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Gilgunn 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) 
482-0648 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 that we conduct an administrative review of the sales of the 
following: Huaiyin Foreign Trade Corp. (30); 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. 
Maritime Trading, a U.S. importer, requested that we conduct an 
administrative review of Huaiyin Foreign Trade Corp. a.k.a. Huaiyin 
Foreign Trade Corp. (5). Petitioner in the proceeding, the Crawfish 
Processors Alliance, also requested an administrative review of the 
following: 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, a.k.a. Kenwa Shipping; and Yancheng 
Foreign Trading.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Because of the complexity and timing of certain issues in this 
case, it is not practicable to complete this review within the time 
limit mandated by section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. In the Department's 
Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat From The People's Republic of China: 
Final Results of Administrative Antidumping Duty and New Shipper 
Reviews, and Final Rescission of New Shipper Review, 65 FR 20948 (April 
19, 2000) covering the 1997-98 review period (final results), the 
Department addressed a number of extraordinarily complicated issues, 
including the relationship between certain exporters. Based on the 
final results, the Department has required certain exporters to submit 
a consolidated response. The consolidate response is due on June 12, 
2000. Therefore, it is not practicable to complete this review within 
the time limits mandated by section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and section 
351. 213(h)(2) of the Department's regulations. See the Memorandum from 
Edward C. Yang to Troy H. Cribb, Extension of Time Limits for the 
Preliminary Results of Administrative Review of Freshwater Crawfish 
Tail Meat from the People's Republic of China, dated May 11, 2000.
    Therefore, in accordance with these sections, the Department is 
extending the time limits for the preliminary results to September 29, 
2000.

    Dated: May 11, 2000.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement III.
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