[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 212 (Friday, October 31, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64913-64914]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-25728]


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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 Limit for the Final Results of the Expedited 
Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order

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

DATES: Effective Date: October 31, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Renkey, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street & Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-2312.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 1, 2008, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
initiated a sunset review of the antidumping duty order on certain 
frozen fish fillets from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 
(``Vietnam'') pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (``the Act''). See Initiation of Five-year (``Sunset'') Review, 
73 FR 37411 (July 1, 2008). Based on an adequate response from the 
domestic interested party and an inadequate response from the 
respondent interested party, the Department is conducting an expedited 
sunset review to determine whether revocation of the antidumping order 
would lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping, pursuant to 
section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and section 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2) of 
the Department's regulations. See Letters to the International Trade 
Commission regarding the Sunset Reviews of the AD/CVD Orders Initiated 
in July 2007, dated July 22, 2008, and August 20, 2008.

Extension of Time Limits for Final Results

    In accordance with section 751(c)(5)(B) of the Act, the Department 
may extend the 120-day time period for making its determination by not 
more than 90 days, if it determines that a review is extraordinarily 
complicated. As set forth in section 751(c)(5)(C)(i) of

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the Act, the Department may treat a sunset review as extraordinarily 
complicated if there are a large number of issues, as is the case in 
this proceeding. In particular, Petitioners filed comments raising 
various issues, some of which are complex and require additional time 
for analysis. Therefore, the Department has determined, pursuant to 
section 751(c)(5)(C)(i) of the Act, that the first sunset review of 
frozen fish fillets from Vietnam is extraordinarily complicated, as the 
Department must consider numerous arguments presented in Petitioners' 
July 31, 2008, substantive response. Based on the timing of the case, 
the final results of this expedited sunset review cannot be completed 
within the statutory time limit of 120 days. Accordingly, the 
Department is extending the time limit for the completion of the final 
results by 40 days, from October 29, 2008, to no later than December 8, 
2008, in accordance with section 751(c)(5)(B) of the Act.
    This notice is published pursuant to sections 751(c)(5)(B) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act.

     Dated: October 20, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-25728 Filed 10-30-08; 8:45 am]
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