Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat From the People's Republic of China: Extension of Preliminary Results of a New-Shipper Antidumping Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[A-570-848]

International Trade Administration

Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat From the People's Republic of

China: Extension of Preliminary Results of a New-Shipper Antidumping

Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limits for preliminary results of a

new-shipper antidumping duty review.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: March 16, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Gilgunn or Laurel LaCivita,

Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0648 and (202) 482-4236,

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).

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

On September 30, 1998, the Department of Commerce received a

request from Yancheng Baolong Biochemical Products Co., Ltd. to conduct

a new-shipper review of the antidumping duty order on freshwater

crawfish tail meat from the People's Republic of China. On October 30,

1998 (63 FR 59762 published November 5, 1998), the Department initiated

this new-shipper antidumping review covering the period March 26, 1997

through August 31, 1998.

The Department has determined that it is not practicable to

complete this review within the time limits mandated by section

751(a)(2)(B) of the Act. Therefore, in accordance with that section,

the Department is extending the time limits for the preliminary results

to July 17, 1999. This extension of time limits is in accordance with

section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act.

Dated: March 5, 1999.

Joseph A Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement III.

[FR Doc. 99-6289 Filed 3-15-99; 8:45 am]

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