Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 215 / Monday, November 6, 2000 / Notices 66525

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–570–848]

Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat From

the People’s Republic of China:

Initiation of New Shipper Antidumping

Administrative Reviews

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Initiation of New

Shipper Antidumping Administrative

Reviews.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

(the Department) has received a request

from China Kingdom Import & Export

Co., Ltd. (China Kingdom), Shouzhou

Huaxiang Foodstuffs Co., Ltd.

(Shouzhou), Coastal (Jiang Su) Foods

Co., Ltd. (Coastal), and Shanghai Taoen

International Trading Co., Ltd.

(Shanghai Taoen) to conduct new

shipper administrative reviews of the

antidumping duty order on freshwater

crawfish tail meat from the People’s

Republic of China (PRC). In accordance

with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff

Act of 1930 and 19 CFR 351.214(d) of

the Department’s current regulations,

we are initiating these new shipper

administrative reviews.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 6, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Abdelali Elouaradia or Samantha

Denenberg, 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) 482–1374 or (202)482–1386,

respectively.

The Applicable Statute and Regulations

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(2000).

Background

On September 29, 2000, the

Department received timely requests, in

accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of

the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(c), for new

shipper administrative reviews of this

antidumping duty order which has a

September anniversary month and a

March semi-anniversary month.

Initiation of Review

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i)

and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), in its

September 29, 2000 request for review,

China Kingdom certified that it did not

export the subject merchandise to the

United States during the period of

investigation (POI) and that it is not

affiliated with any company which

exported subject merchandise to the

United States during the POI. Pursuant

to 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B), China

Kingdom further certified that its export

activities are not controlled by the

central government of the PRC.

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i)

and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), in its

September 29, 2000 request for review,

Shouzhou certified that it did not export

the subject merchandise to the United

States during POI and that it is not

affiliated with any company which

exported subject merchandise to the

United States during the POI. Pursuant

to 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B),

Shouzhou further certified that its

export activities are not controlled by

the central government of the PRC.

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i)

and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), in its

September 29, 2000 request for review,

Coastal certified that it did not export

the subject merchandise to the United

States during the POI and that it is not

affiliated with any company which

exported subject merchandise to the

United States during the POI. Pursuant

to 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B), Coastal

further certified that its export activities

are not controlled by the central

government of the PRC.

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i)

and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), in its

September 29, 2000 request for review,

Shanghai Taoen certified that it did not

export the subject merchandise to the

United States during the POI and that it

is not affiliated with any company

which exported subject merchandise to

the United States during the POI.

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B),

Shanghai Taoen further certified that its

export activities are not controlled by

the central government of the PRC. All

of the above requests also included all

documentation required under 19 CFR

351.214(b)(2)(iv).

In accordance with section

751(a)(2)(B) and 19 CFR 351.214(d), we

are initiating new shipper reviews of the

antidumping duty order on freshwater

crawfish tail meat from the PRC.

In accordance with 19 CFR

351.214(g)(1)(i)(A) of the Department’s

regulations, the period of review (POR)

for a new shipper review initiated in the

month immediately following the

anniversary month will be the twelvemonth period immediately preceding

the semiannual anniversary month.

Therefore, the POR for these new

shippers is:

Antidumping duty proceeding Period to be

reviewed

Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat from the PRC, A–570–848:

China Kingdom Import & Export Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................ 9/01/99–8/31/00

Shouzhou Huaxiang Foodstuffs Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................. 9/01/99–8/31/00

Coastal (Jiang Su) Foods Co., Ltd ...................................................................................................................................... 9/01/99–8/31/00

Shanghai Taoen International Trading Co., Ltd .................................................................................................................. 9/01/99–8/31/00

Concurrent with the publication of

this initiation notice, we will instruct

the U.S. Customs Service to allow, at the

option of the importer, the posting of a

bond or security in lieu of a cash

deposit for each entry of the

merchandise exported by the companies

listed above, until the completion of the

review. This action is in accordance

with 19 CFR 351.214(e).

The interested parties must submit

applications for disclosure of business

proprietary information under

administrative protective order in

accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and

351.306.

This initiation and notice are in

accordance with section 751(a) of the

Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)) and 19 CFR

351.214.

Dated: October 31, 2000.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD

Enforcement Group III.

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