[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 245 (Friday, December 21, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 72668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-24854]


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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 Limits for the Preliminary Results of the 
2006-2007 Semiannual New Shipper Reviews

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 21, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia Hancock, Nicole Bankhead, and 
Michael Holton, 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) 482-1394, (202) 482-9068, and (202) 482-1324, respectively.

Background

    On April 2, 2007, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
published a notice of initiation of new shipper reviews of certain 
frozen fish fillets from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 
(``Vietnam'') covering the period August 1, 2006, through January 31, 
2007. See Certain Frozen Fish Fillets from the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam: Initiation of New Shipper Reviews, 72 FR 15653 (April 2, 
2007). On September 12, 2007, the Department extended the preliminary 
results of these new shipper reviews by ninety days. See Certain Frozen 
Fish Fillets from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Extension of Time 
Limits for the Preliminary Results of the 2006-2007 Semiannual New 
Shipper Reviews, 72 FR 52048 (September 12, 2007). The preliminary 
results of these new shipper reviews are currently due no later than 
December 21, 2007.

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
``Act''), provides that the Department will issue the preliminary 
results of a new shipper review of an antidumping duty order within 180 
days after the day on which the review was initiated. See also 19 CFR 
351.214 (i)(1). The Act further provides that the Department may extend 
that 180-day period to 300 days if it determines that the case is 
extraordinarily complicated. See 19 CFR 351.214 (i)(2).

Extension of Time Limit of Preliminary Results

    The Department determines that these new shipper reviews involve 
extraordinarily complicated methodological issues such as potential 
affiliation issues, the examination of importer information and the 
evaluation of the bona fide nature of each company's sales. Therefore, 
in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(i)(2), the Department is extending the time limit for these 
preliminary results by 30 days, until no later than January 22, 
2008.\1\ The final results continue to be due 90 days after the 
publication of the preliminary results.
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    \1\ Thirty days from the original deadline is January 20, 2008. 
However, Department practice dictates that where a deadline falls on 
a weekend or holiday, the appropriate deadline is the next business 
day. See Notice of Clarification: Application of ``Next Business 
Day'' Rule for Administrative Determination Deadlines Pursuant to 
the Act, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005).
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    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: December 13, 2007.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-24854 Filed 12-20-07; 8:45 am]
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