[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 77 (Thursday, April 23, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18549-18550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-9334]


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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 Preliminary Results of the Fifth 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 23, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alan Ray or Javier Barrientos, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
5403 and (202) 482-2243, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 30, 2008, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published a notice of initiation of antidumping and countervailing duty 
administrative reviews and requests for revocation in part for certain 
frozen fish fillets from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam covering the 
period August 1, 2007, through July 31, 2008. See Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests 
for Revocation in Part, 73 FR 56795, (September 30, 2008). The 
preliminary results are currently due on May 3, 2009.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(``Act''), and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1) require the Department to issue the 
preliminary results in an administrative review of an antidumping duty 
order 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of the order 
for which the administrative review was requested. The Department may, 
however, extend the deadline for completion of the preliminary results 
of an administrative review to 365 days if it determines it is not 
practicable to complete the review within the

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foregoing time period. See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(h)(2).
    The Department finds that it is not practicable to complete the 
preliminary results within this time limit. The Department is extending 
the deadline because it intends to provide parties additional time to 
submit surrogate value data and thus will require additional time to 
analyze these data. Furthermore, the Department recently rescinded a 
changed circumstance review for Vinh Hoan Co., Ltd. because it 
determined that Vinh Hoan's circumstances would be best addressed in 
the context of this administrative review. See Certain Frozen Fish 
Fillets from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Rescission of 
Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 74 FR 7659 (February 19, 
2009). The Department requires additional time to address these 
circumstances in this review. We are therefore extending the time for 
the completion of the preliminary results of this review by 120 days to 
August 31, 2009.
    This notice is published in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).

    Dated: April 16, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. E9-9334 Filed 4-22-09; 8:45 am]
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