[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 23, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 54788]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-22289]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-552-802]


Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: 
Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of the New Shipper 
Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 4, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emeka Chukwudebe, 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) 482-0219.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 4, 2008 the Department published a notice of initiation of 
the new shipper review of certain frozen warmwater shrimp from the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam covering the period February 1, 2007 
through January 1, 2008. See Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the Socialist 
Republic of Vietnam: Initiation of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review, 
73 FR 18510 (April 4, 2008). The preliminary results of this new 
shipper review are currently due no later than September 22, 2008.

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 this new shipper review involves 
extraordinarily complicated methodological issues regarding the use of 
an intermediate input methodology, potential affiliation issues, the 
examination of importer information and the evaluation of the bona fide 
nature of company 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 120 days, 
until no later than January 20, 2009. The final result continues to be 
due 90 days after the publication of the preliminary result.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: September 17, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-22289 Filed 9-22-08; 8:45 am]
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