[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 100 (Thursday, May 22, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 29738]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-11511]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-549-822, A-552-802


Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand and the Socialist 
Republic of Vietnam: Notice of Extension of Time Limit for the Final 
Results of the Second Administrative Reviews

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 22, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irina Itkin (Thailand) and Irene 
Gorelik (Vietnam), AD/CVD Operations, Offices 2 and 9, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 
20230; telephone (202) 482-0656 and (202) 482-6905, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

BACKGROUND

    On March 6, 2008, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
published notices for the preliminary results of the administrative 
reviews of the antidumping duty orders on certain frozen warmwater 
shrimp from Thailand and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 
(``Vietnam''), covering the period February 1, 2006, through January 
31, 2007. See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From Thailand: 
Preliminary Results and Preliminary Partial Rescission of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review, 73 FR 12088 (March 6, 2008); and Certain 
Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: 
Preliminary Results, Preliminary Partial Rescission and Final Partial 
Rescission of the Second Administrative Review, 73 FR 12127 (March 6, 
2008). The final results for these administrative reviews are currently 
due no later than July 7, 2008, the next business day after 120 days 
from the date of publication of the preliminary results of review.

EXTENSION OF TIME LIMIT FOR THE FINAL RESULTS

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires theDepartment issue the final results of an 
administrative review within 120 days after the date on which the 
preliminary results are published. If it is not practicable to complete 
the review within that time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act 
allows the Department to extend the deadline for the final results to a 
maximum of 180 days after the date on which the preliminary results are 
published.
    With respect to shrimp from Thailand, the Department requires 
additional time to properly consider the numerous and complex issues 
raised by interested parties in their case briefs. Similarly, with 
respect to shrimp from Vietnam, the Department requires additional time 
to consider the issues raised in case briefs from multiple interested 
parties, including the calculation of the dumping margins and the 
separate-rates status for numerous non-mandatory companies.
    Thus, it is not practicable to complete these reviews within the 
original time limit. Therefore, the Department is extending the time 
limit for completion of the final results of these reviews by 60 days, 
in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. The final results 
are now due no later than September 2, 2008.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: May 15, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-11511 Filed 5-21-08; 8:45 am]
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