[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 139 (Wednesday, July 22, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36164-36165]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-17304]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-570-893, A-552-802


Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the People's Republic of 
China and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Notice of Extension of 
Time Limit for the Final Results of the Third Administrative Reviews

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 22, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Walker (China) and Irene Gorelik 
(Vietnam), AD/CVD Operations, Office 9, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

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Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-0413 and (202) 482-6905, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 9, 2009, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published notices for the preliminary results of the administrative 
reviews of the antidumping duty orders on certain frozen warmwater 
shrimp from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') and the Socialist 
Republic of Vietnam (``Vietnam''), covering the period February 1, 
2007, through January 31, 2008. See Third Administrative Review of 
Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 74 FR 10026 (March 9, 2009); and Certain Frozen 
Warmwater Shrimp from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary 
Results, Preliminary Partial Rescission and Request for Revocation, in 
Part, of the Third Administrative Review, 74 FR 10009 (March 9, 2009). 
On June 4, 2009, the Department published a notice extending the 
deadline for the final results of certain frozen warmwater shrimp from 
PRC and Vietnam. See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the People's 
Republic of China and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Notice of 
Extension of Time Limit for the Final Results of the Third 
Administrative Reviews, 74 FR 26839 (June 4, 2009). The final results 
for these administrative reviews are currently due no later than July 
28, 2009.

Extension of Time Limit for the Final Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(``Act''), requires that the Department 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. On June 4, 2009, the Department extended the deadline of the 
final results by 21 days. Thus, the Department may extend the deadline 
of the final results by an additional 39 days. With respect to shrimp 
from Vietnam, the Department requires additional time to properly 
consider the numerous and complex issues raised by interested parties 
in their case briefs and rebuttal briefs in addition to considering 
arguments from the public hearing held on June 4, 2009 and the 
separate-rate status for numerous non-mandatory companies. With respect 
to shrimp from the PRC, the Department requires additional time to 
consider the numerous and complex issues raised in case briefs and 
rebuttal briefs from multiple interested parties, including surrogate 
country selection and surrogate values for several factors of 
production.
    Thus, it is not practicable to complete these reviews within the 
extended time limit of 21 days. Therefore, the Department is again 
extending the time limit for completion of the final results of these 
reviews by 31 days, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. 
The final results are now due no later than August 28, 2009.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and
    777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: July 14, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. E9-17304 Filed 7-21-09; 8:45 am]
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