[Federal Register: April 17, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 74)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-848]
Notice of Extension of Time Limit of Preliminary Results of New
Shipper Reviews: Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat From the People's
Republic of China
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit of the
preliminary results of the four new shipper reviews initiated on
November 1, 2002 (67 FR 67822) under the antidumping duty order on
freshwater crawfish tail meat from the People's Republic of China until
no later than August 28, 2003. The period of review is September 1,
2001, through August 31, 2002. This extension is made pursuant to
section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act).
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 17, 2003.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas Kirby or Dana Mermelstein,
Office of AD/CVD Enforcement VII, Import Administration, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3782 or (202) 482-1391, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Statutory Time Limits
Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and section 351.214(i)(1) of
the regulations 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 review within 90
days after the date on which the preliminary results were issued.
However, if the Department determines that the issues are
extraordinarily complicated, section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of
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the Act and section 351.214(i)(2) of the regulations allow the
Department to extend the deadline for the preliminary results to up to
300 days after the date on which the new shipper review was initiated.
Background
The Department received timely requests for new shipper reviews of
the antidumping order on freshwater crawfish tail meat from the
People's Republic of China from the following: exporter Qingdao Jin
Yong Xiang Aquatic Foods Co., Ltd., and its producer, Hefei Zhongbao
Aquatic Co. Ltd.; producer and exporter, Hubei Qianjiang Houhu Frozen &
Processing Factory; exporter Siyang Foreign Trading Corporation and its
producer, Anhui Golden Bird Agricultural Products Development Co.,
Ltd.; and from producer and exporter, Zhoushan Huading Seafood Co.,
Ltd. These requests were filed in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)
of the Act and section 351.214 of the Department's regulations. On
November 1, 2002 the Department initiated these new shipper reviews
covering the period September 1, 2001, through August 31, 2002. See
Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat From the People's Republic of China:
Initiation of Antidumping New Shipper Reviews, 67 FR 67822 (November 7,
2002). The preliminary results of these reviews were scheduled for
April 30, 2003.
Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act, the Department may
extend the deadline for completion of the preliminary results of a new
shipper review if it determines that the case is extraordinarily
complicated. The Department has determined that these cases are
extraordinarily complicated, and the preliminary results of these new
shipper reviews cannot be completed within the statutory time limit of
180 days. The Department finds that these new shipper reviews are
extraordinarily complicated because there are a number of issues that
must be addressed. For example, the Department has issued supplemental
questionnaires requesting additional information concerning the bona
fides of the sales under review, as well as supplemental questions
regarding labor factors and other factors. Given the issues in this
case, the Department may find it necessary to issue additional
supplemental questionnaires in these new shipper reviews. Therefore, in
accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and section
351.214(i)(2) of the regulations, the Department is extending the time
limit for the completion of the preliminary results to three hundred
(300) days from the date of initiation. The preliminary results will
now be due no later than August 28, 2003.
This notice is published pursuant to sections 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) and
777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: April 11, 2003.
Richard O. Weible,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
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