Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat From the People's Republic of China

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-848]

Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Determination of Sales at

Less Than Fair Value: Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat From the People's

Republic of China

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 14, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Trainor, Elisabeth Urfer 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)

482-0666, (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 Rounds Agreements Act (URAA).

Postponement of Preliminary Determination

We have determined that this investigation is extraordinarily

complicated within the meaning of section 733(c)(1)(B)(i) of the Act,

due to the large number of potential respondents in this investigation,

and a request that we consider the PRC crawfish tail meat industry to

be a market-oriented industry.

Furthermore, we have determined that the parties concerned are

cooperating, as required by section 733(c)(1)(B) of the Act, and that

additional time is necessary to make this preliminary determination in

accordance with section 733(c)(1)(B) of the Act.

For these reasons, the deadline for issuing the preliminary

determination in this case is now no later than March 19, 1997.

This notice is published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) of the Act.

Dated: February 7, 1997.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement III.

[FR Doc. 97-3791 Filed 2-13-97; 8:45 am]

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