[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 231 (Friday, December 2, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 72294]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-23564]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-552-801


Certain Frozen Fish Fillets from the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam: Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of the First 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 2, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irene Gorelik or Javier Barrientos, 
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) 482-6905 
and (202) 482-2243, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 13, 2005, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published its notice of preliminary results for certain 
frozen fish fillets from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. See Certain 
Frozen Fish Fillets from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary 
Results and Preliminary Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 70 FR 54007 (September 13, 2005). From October 
10, 2005, through October 14, 2005, the Department conducted a 
verification of questionnaire responses, sales, and cost data of Vinh 
Hoan Co., Ltd. (``Vinh Hoan'') and Can Tho Agricultural and Animal 
Products Import Export Company (``CATACO''). The verification report 
for CATACO was issued on November 1, 2005. The verification report for 
Vinh Hoan was issued on November 14, 2005. The final results are 
currently due on January 11, 2006.

Extension of Time Limit for Final Results

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (``the Act''), the Department shall issue final results in an 
administrative review of an antidumping duty order 120 days after the 
date on which the preliminary results are published. The Act further 
provides, however, that the Department may extend that 120-day period 
to 180 days if it determines it is not practicable to complete the 
review within the foregoing time period. The Department finds that it 
is not practicable to complete the final results in the administrative 
review of certain frozen fish fillets from Vietnam within this time 
limit. Specifically, the Department needs additional time to consider 
the verification results and the resulting changes to the margin 
calculations. Additionally, the Department is extending the deadline 
for the final results to accommodate parties' public hearing request so 
parties may address all issues. Accordingly, the Department finds that 
additional time is required to complete these final results.
    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and section 351.213(h)(2) of the 
Department's regulations allow the Department to extend the deadline 
for the final results to a maximum of 180 days from the publication 
date of the preliminary results. For the reasons noted above, we are 
extending the time for the completion of the final results of this 
review by 60 days, until no later than March 13, 2006. This notice is 
published in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 
section 351.213(h)(2) of the Department's regulations.

    Dated: November 29, 2005.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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