[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 28, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 15376]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-4483]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-893]


Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the People's Republic of 
China (``PRC''): Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of 
2004/2005 New Shipper Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 28, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex Villanueva 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-
3208 and (202) 482-2243, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 1, 2005, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published in the Federal Register an antidumping duty 
order covering certain frozen warmwater shrimp from the People's 
Republic of China (``PRC''). See Notice of Amended Final Determination 
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Certain 
Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the People's Republic of China, 70 FR 5149 
(February 1, 2005). The Department received a timely request from 
Zhanjiang Regal Integrated Marine Resources Co., Ltd. (``Regal''), in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(c), for a new shipper review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp from the PRC, 
which has a February annual anniversary month and an August semi-annual 
anniversary month. On September 30, 2005, the Department initiated a 
review with respect to Regal. See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From 
the People's Republic of China: Initiation of New Shipper Review, 70 FR 
58679 (October 7, 2005).
    The Department has issued its antidumping duty questionnaire and 
supplemental questionnaires to Regal. The deadline for completion of 
the preliminary results is currently March 29, 2006.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(``the Act''), and 19 CFR 351.214(i)(1) require the Department to issue 
the preliminary results of a new shipper review within 180 days after 
the date on which the new shipper review was initiated and final 
results of a review within 90 days after the date on which the 
preliminary results were issued. The Department may, however, extend 
the deadline for completion of the preliminary results of a new shipper 
review to 300 days if it determines that the case is extraordinarily 
complicated. See 19 CFR 351.214(i)(2).
    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(i)(2), the Department determines that this review is 
extraordinarily complicated. Specifically, the Department requires 
additional time to analyze all questionnaire responses and to conduct 
verification of the responses submitted, as well as to examine whether 
Regal's U.S. sale was made on a bona fide basis. Additionally, there 
are complicated issues surrounding the Department's calculation of 
normal value, particularly with respect to the valuation of shrimp 
farming inputs. Based on the timing and complexity of the case, the 
preliminary results of this new shipper review cannot be completed 
within the statutory time limit of 180 days. Accordingly, the 
Department is extending the time limit for the completion of the 
preliminary results by 90 days to June 27, 2006, in accordance with 
section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(i)(2). The final 
results, in turn, will be due 90 days after the date of issuance of the 
preliminary results, unless extended.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1), 751(a)(2)(B), and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: March 22, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-4483 Filed 3-27-06; 8:45 am]
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