[Federal Register: August 2, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 149)]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 731-TA-752 Review]
Crawfish Tail Meat From China
AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.
ACTION: Institution of a five-year review concerning the antidumping
duty order on crawfish tail meat from China.
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SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives notice that it has instituted a
review pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.
1675(c)) (the Act) to determine whether revocation of the antidumping
duty order on crawfish tail meat from China would be likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of material injury. Pursuant to section
751(c)(2) of the Act, interested parties are requested to respond to
this notice by submitting the information specified below to the
Commission;\1\ to be assured of consideration, the deadline for
responses is September 20, 2002. Comments on the adequacy of responses
may be filed with the Commission by October 15, 2002. For further
information concerning the conduct of this review and rules of general
application, consult the Commission's rules of practice and procedure,
part 201, subparts A through E (19 CFR part 201), and part 207,
subparts A, D, E, and F (19 CFR part 207).
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\1\ No response to this request for information is required if a
currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) number is not
displayed; the OMB number is 3117-0016/USITC No. 02-5-072,
expiration date June 30, 2005. Public reporting burden for the
request is estimated to average 7 hours per response. Please send
comments regarding the accuracy of this burden estimate to the
Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20436.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: August 1, 2002.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Messer (202-205-3193), Office of
Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20436. Hearing-impaired persons can obtain information
on this matter by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal on 202-205-
1810. Persons with mobility impairments who will need special
assistance in gaining access to the Commission should contact the
Office of the Secretary at 202-205-2000. General information concerning
the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its Internet server
(http://www.usitc.gov).
The public record for this investigation may be viewed on the
Commission's electronic docket (EDIS-ON-LINE) at http://
dockets.usitc.gov/eol/public.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 15, 1997, the Department of Commerce issued an
antidumping duty order on imports of crawfish tail meat from China (62
FR 48218). The Commission is conducting a review to determine whether
revocation of the order would be likely to lead to continuation or
recurrence of material injury to the domestic industry within a
reasonably foreseeable time. It will assess the adequacy of interested
party responses to this notice of institution to determine whether to
conduct a full review or an expedited review. The Commission's
determination in any expedited review will be based on the facts
available, which may include information provided in response to this
notice.
Definitions.--The following definitions apply to this review:
(1) Subject Merchandise is the class or kind of merchandise that is
within the scope of the five-year review, as defined by the Department
of Commerce.
(2) The Subject Country in this review is China.
(3) The Domestic Like Product is the domestically produced product
or products which are like, or in the absence of like, most similar in
characteristics and uses with, the Subject Merchandise. In its original
determination, the Commission defined the Domestic Like Product as
crawfish tail meat, whether peeled or ``shell-on.''
(4) The Domestic Industry is the U.S. producers as a whole of the
Domestic
Like Product, or those producers whose collective output of the
Domestic Like Product constitutes a major proportion of the total
domestic production of the product. In its original determination, the
Commission defined the Domestic Industry as tail meat processors.
(5) The Order Date is the date that the antidumping duty order
under review became effective. In this review, the Order Date is
September 15, 1997.
(6) An Importer is any person or firm engaged, either directly or
through a parent company or subsidiary, in importing the Subject
Merchandise into the United States from a foreign manufacturer or
through its selling agent.
Participation in the Review and Public Service List
Persons, including industrial users of the Subject Merchandise and,
if the merchandise is sold at the retail level, representative consumer
organizations,
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wishing to participate in the review as parties must file an entry of
appearance with the Secretary to the Commission, as provided in section
201.11(b)(4) of the Commission's rules, no later than 21 days after
publication of this notice in the Federal Register. The Secretary will
maintain a public service list containing the names and addresses of
all persons, or their representatives, who are parties to the review.
Former Commission employees who are seeking to appear in Commission
five-year reviews are reminded that they are required, pursuant to 19
CFR 201.15, to seek Commission approval if the matter in which they are
seeking to appear was pending in any manner or form during their
Commission employment. The Commission's designated agency ethics
official has advised that a five-year review is the ``same particular
matter'' as the underlying original investigation for purposes of 19
CFR 201.15 and 18 U.S.C. 207, the post employment statute for Federal
employees. Former employees may seek informal advice from Commission
ethics officials with respect to this and the related issue of whether
the employee's participation was ``personal and substantial.'' However,
any informal consultation will not relieve former employees of the
obligation to seek approval to appear from the Commission under its
rule 201.15. For ethics advice, contact Carol McCue Verratti, Deputy
Agency Ethics Official, at 202-205-3088.
Limited Disclosure of Business Proprietary Information (BPI) Under
an Administrative Protective Order (APO) and APO Service List.
Pursuant to section 207.7(a) of the Commission's rules, the
Secretary will make BPI submitted in this review available to
authorized applicants under the APO issued in the review, provided that
the application is made no later than 21 days after publication of this
notice in the Federal Register. Authorized applicants must represent
interested parties, as defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(9), who are parties to
the review. A separate service list will be maintained by the Secretary
for those parties authorized to receive BPI under the APO.
Certification
Pursuant to section 207.3 of the Commission's rules, any person
submitting information to the Commission in connection with this review
must certify that the information is accurate and complete to the best
of the submitter's knowledge. In making the certification, the
submitter will be deemed to consent, unless otherwise specified, for
the Commission, its employees, and contract personnel to use the
information provided in any other reviews or investigations of the same
or comparable products which the Commission conducts under Title VII of
the Act, or in internal audits and investigations relating to the
programs and operations of the Commission pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Appendix
3.
Written Submissions
Pursuant to section 207.61 of the Commission's rules, each
interested party response to this notice must provide the information
specified below. The deadline for filing such responses is September
20, 2002. Pursuant to section 207.62(b) of the Commission's rules,
eligible parties (as specified in Commission rule 207.62(b)(1)) may
also file comments concerning the adequacy of responses to the notice
of institution and whether the Commission should conduct an expedited
or full review. The deadline for filing such comments is October 15,
2002. All written submissions must conform with the provisions of
sections 201.8 and 207.3 of the Commission's rules and any submissions
that contain BPI must also conform with the requirements of sections
201.6 and 207.7 of the Commission's rules. The Commission's rules do
not authorize filing of submissions with the Secretary by facsimile or
electronic means. Also, in accordance with sections 201.16(c) and 207.3
of the Commission's rules, each document filed by a party to the review
must be served on all other parties to the review (as identified by
either the public or APO service list as appropriate), and a
certificate of service must accompany the document (if you are not a
party to the review you do not need to serve your response).
Inability To Provide Requested Information
Pursuant to section 207.61(c) of the Commission's rules, any
interested party that cannot furnish the information requested by this
notice in the requested form and manner shall notify the Commission at
the earliest possible time, provide a full explanation of why it cannot
provide the requested information, and indicate alternative forms in
which it can provide equivalent information. If an interested party
does not provide this notification (or the Commission finds the
explanation provided in the notification inadequate) and fails to
provide a complete response to this notice, the Commission may take an
adverse inference against the party pursuant to section 776(b) of the
Act in making its determination in the review.
Information To Be Provided in Response to This Notice of
Institution: As used below, the term ``firm'' includes any related
firms.
(1) The name and address of your firm or entity (including World
Wide Web address if available) and name, telephone number, fax number,
and E-mail address of the certifying official.
(2) A statement indicating whether your firm/entity is a U.S.
producer of the Domestic Like Product, a U.S. union or worker group, a
U.S. importer of the Subject Merchandise, a foreign producer or
exporter of the Subject Merchandise, a U.S. or foreign trade or
business association, or another interested party (including an
explanation). If you are a union/worker group or trade/business
association, identify the firms in which your workers are employed or
which are members of your association.
(3) A statement indicating whether your firm/entity is willing to
participate in this review by providing information requested by the
Commission.
(4) A statement of the likely effects of the revocation of the
antidumping duty order on the Domestic Industry in general and/or your
firm/entity specifically. In your response, please discuss the various
factors specified in section 752(a) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675a(a))
including the likely volume of subject imports, likely price effects of
subject imports, and likely impact of imports of Subject Merchandise on
the Domestic Industry.
(5) A list of all known and currently operating U.S. producers of
the Domestic Like Product. Identify any known related parties and the
nature of the relationship as defined in section 771(4)(B) of the Act
(19 U.S.C. 1677(4)(B)).
(6) A list of all known and currently operating U.S. importers of
the Subject Merchandise and producers of the Subject Merchandise in the
Subject Country that currently export or have exported Subject
Merchandise to the United States or other countries since 1996.
(7) If you are a U.S. producer of the Domestic Like Product,
provide the following information on your firm's operations on that
product during calendar year 2001 (report quantity data in pounds and
value data in U.S. dollars, f.o.b. plant). If you are a union/worker
group or trade/business association, provide the information, on an
aggregate basis, for the firms in which your workers are employed/which
are members of your association.
(a) Production (quantity) and, if known, an estimate of the
percentage of
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total U.S. production of the Domestic Like Product accounted for by
your firm's(s') production;
(b) the quantity and value of U.S. commercial shipments of the
Domestic Like Product produced in your U.S. plant(s); and
(c) the quantity and value of U.S. internal consumption/company
transfers of the Domestic Like Product produced in your U.S. plant(s).
(8) If you are a U.S. importer or a trade/business association of
U.S. importers of the Subject Merchandise from the Subject Country,
provide the following information on your firm's(s') operations on that
product during calendar year 2001 (report quantity data in pounds and
value data in U.S. dollars). If you are a trade/business association,
provide the information, on an aggregate basis, for the firms which are
members of your association.
(a) The quantity and value (landed, duty-paid but not including
antidumping or countervailing duties) of U.S. imports and, if known, an
estimate of the percentage of total U.S. imports of Subject Merchandise
from the Subject Country accounted for by your firm's(s') imports;
(b) the quantity and value (f.o.b. U.S. port, including antidumping
and/or countervailing duties) of U.S. commercial shipments of Subject
Merchandise imported from the Subject Country; and
(c) the quantity and value (f.o.b. U.S. port, including antidumping
and/or countervailing duties) of U.S. internal consumption/company
transfers of Subject Merchandise imported from the Subject Country.
(9) If you are a producer, an exporter, or a trade/business
association of producers or exporters of the Subject Merchandise in the
Subject Country, provide the following information on your firm's(s')
operations on that product during calendar year 2001 (report quantity
data in pounds and value data in U.S. dollars, landed and duty-paid at
the U.S. port but not including antidumping or countervailing duties).
If you are a trade/business association, provide the information, on an
aggregate basis, for the firms which are members of your association.
(a) Production (quantity) and, if known, an estimate of the
percentage of total production of Subject Merchandise in the Subject
Country accounted for by your firm's(s') production; and
(b) the quantity and value of your firm's(s') exports to the United
States of Subject Merchandise and, if known, an estimate of the
percentage of total exports to the United States of Subject Merchandise
from the Subject Country accounted for by your firm's(s') exports.
(10) Identify significant changes, if any, in the supply and demand
conditions or business cycle for the Domestic Like Product that have
occurred in the United States or in the market for the Subject
Merchandise in the Subject Country since the Order Date, and
significant changes, if any, that are likely to occur within a
reasonably foreseeable time. Supply conditions to consider include
technology; production methods; development efforts; ability to
increase production (including the shift of production facilities used
for other products and the use, cost, or availability of major inputs
into production); and factors related to the ability to shift supply
among different national markets (including barriers to importation in
foreign markets or changes in market demand abroad). Demand conditions
to consider include end uses and applications; the existence and
availability of substitute products; and the level of competition among
the Domestic Like Product produced in the United States, Subject
Merchandise produced in the Subject Country, and such merchandise from
other countries.
(11) (OPTIONAL) A statement of whether you agree with the above
definitions of the Domestic Like Product and Domestic Industry; if you
disagree with either or both of these definitions, please explain why
and provide alternative definitions.
Authority: This review is being conducted under authority of
title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published
pursuant to section 207.61 of the Commission's rules.
Issued: July 25, 2002.
By order of the Commission.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary to the Commission.
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