Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of the Antidumping Administrative Review and New-Shipper Reviews: Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat From the People's Republic of China

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-848]

Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of the

Antidumping Administrative 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.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: December 3, 1999.

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

(1998).

Background

The Department of Commerce (the Department) received requests to

conduct an administrative review and new shipper reviews of the

antidumping duty order on freshwater crawfish tail meat from the

People's Republic of China. On October 29, 1998, the Department

initiated the antidumping administrative review covering the period

March 26, 1997 through August 31, 1998 (see Initiation of Antidumping

and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, Requests for Revocation

in Part and Deferral of Administrative Reviews, 63 FR 58009). On

November 5, 1998, the Department initiated new-shipper reviews covering

the period March 26, 1997 through August 31, 1998 (see Freshwater

Crawfish Tail Meat From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of

New-Shipper Antidumping Administrative Reviews, 63 FR 59762).

On September 30, 1999, the Department issued preliminary results of

review for both the administrative review and the new-shipper reviews

(see Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and

New Shipper Reviews, Partial Rescission of the Antidumping Duty

Administrative Review, and Rescission of the New Shipper Review for

Yancheng Baolong Biochemical Products, Co. Ltd.: Freshwater Crawfish

Tail Meat From the People's Republic of China, October 12, 1999, 64 FR

55236).

The Department has determined that because of certain complex

issues, it is not practicable to complete this review within the normal

time limits mandated by section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR

351.213 (h)(2) of the Department's regulations (see Memorandum from

Joseph A. Spetrini to Robert S. LaRussa, Extension of Time Limit for

the Final Results of the Antidumping Administrative Review and New

Shipper Reviews of Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat from the People's

Republic of China, dated November 19, 1999). Therefore, in accordance

with these sections, the Department is extending the time limits for

the final results to April 9, 2000.

This extension of time limits is in accordance with section

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2) of the Department's

regulations.

Dated: November 19, 1999.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement III.

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