[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 207 (Friday, October 26, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60800-60801]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-21110]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-351-838, A-331-802, A-533-840, A-549-822, A-552-802]


Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From Brazil, Ecuador, India, 
Thailand, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Notice of Extension of 
Time Limits for the Preliminary Results of the Second Administrative 
Reviews

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 26, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate Johnson (Brazil) at (202) 482-
4929, David Goldberger (Ecuador) at (202) 482-4136, Elizabeth Eastwood 
(India) at (202) 482-3874, Irina Itkin (Thailand) at (202) 482-0656, 
and Irene Gorelik (Vietnam) at (202) 482-6905, AD/CVD Operations, 
Offices 2 and 9, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 6, 2007, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published notices of initiation of the administrative reviews of the 
antidumping duty orders on certain frozen warmwater shrimp from Brazil, 
Ecuador, India, and Thailand, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 
(Vietnam), covering the period February 1, 2006, through January 31, 
2007. See Notice of Initiation of Administrative Reviews of the 
Antidumping Duty Orders on Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Brazil, 
Ecuador, India, and Thailand, 72 FR 17100 (April 6, 2007); and 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, 72 FR 17095 (April 6, 2007).
    In July 2007, after issuing quantity and value questionnaires and 
receiving responses, the Department selected mandatory respondents in 
each of the above-mentioned administrative reviews. See the July 17, 
2007, Memoranda from James Maeder to Stephen J. Claeys entitled: 
``Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain Frozen Warmwater 
Shrimp from India: Selection of Respondents for Individual 
Review; and ``Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of 
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand: Selection of Respondents 
for Individual Review; the July 18, 2007, Memorandum from 
James C. Doyle to Stephen J. Claeys entitled: ``Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review of Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Selection of Respondents; the 
July 19, 2007, Memoranda from James Maeder to Stephen J. Claeys 
entitled: ``Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain Frozen 
Warmwater Shrimp from Brazil: Selection of Respondents for Individual 
Review; and ``Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of 
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Ecuador: Selection of Respondents 
for Individual Review.''
    In August and September 2007, the Department rescinded the Brazil, 
Ecuador, and Thailand administrative reviews with respect to certain 
companies. See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Brazil: Partial 
Rescission of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 72 FR 48616 
(August 24, 2007); Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Ecuador: 
Partial Rescission of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 72 FR 
48616 (August 24, 2007); and Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from 
Thailand; Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 
72 FR 50931 (September 5, 2007).

Extension of Time Limit of Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department to make a preliminary determination in an 
administrative review within 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of an order or finding for which a review is 
requested. Consistent with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the 
Department may extend the 245-day period to 365 days if it is not 
practicable to complete the review within a 245-day period. The 
deadline for the preliminary results of these reviews is currently 
October 31, 2007.
    The Department determines that completion of the preliminary 
results of these administrative reviews within the statutory time 
period is not practicable.

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Due to the additional time needed for respondent selection, the 
Department was unable to issue its initial antidumping duty 
questionnaires to the selected companies until July 2007 in each of 
these administrative reviews. The Department thus requires additional 
time to conduct its analysis for each company in each of these reviews. 
Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) the Act, we are 
extending the time period for issuing the preliminary results of these 
reviews by 120 days, until February 28, 2008. 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: October 22, 2007.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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