[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 182 (Thursday, September 18, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 54139]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-21883]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-552-802]


Third Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain Frozen 
Warmwater Shrimp from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Extension of 
Time Limit for the Preliminary Results

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 18, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Walker, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
9, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0413.

Background

    On April 7, 2008, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published a notice of initiation of an administrative review of certain 
frozen warmwater shrimp from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 
(``Vietnam''), covering the period February 1, 2007 - January 31, 2008. 
See Notice of Initiation of Administrative Reviews of the Antidumping 
Duty Orders on Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam and the People's Republic of China, 73 FR 18739 (Aprl 7, 2008) 
(``Initiation''). On June 9, 2008, after receiving comments on U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection data, the Department selected the 
mandatory respondents for this review. From July 1, 2008 to August 13, 
2008, the mandatory respondents responded to the Department's 
antidumping duty questionnaire. The preliminary results of this 
administrative review are currently due on October 31, 2008.

Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department to issue the preliminary results of an 
administrative review within 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of an order for which a review is requested. If it is 
not practicable to complete the review within the time period, section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the Department to extend this deadline 
to a maximum of 365 days.
    The Department determines that completion of the preliminary 
results of this review within the statutory time period is not 
practicable, given the extraordinarily complicated nature of the 
proceeding. The Department requires more time to gather and analyze a 
significant amount of information pertaining to each of the mandatory 
respondents' corporate structure and ownership, sales practices, and 
manufacturing methods. The Department also requires additional time to 
analyze the questionnaire responses and to issue supplemental 
questionnaires. Therefore, given the number and complexity of issues in 
this case, and in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, we 
are extending the time period for issuing the preliminary results of 
review by 120 days until March 2, 2009. The final results continue to 
be due 120 days after the publication of the preliminary results.
    This notice is published pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).

    Dated: September 11, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-21883 Filed 9-17-08; 8:45 am]
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