[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 201 (Tuesday, October 20, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53700-53701]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-25185]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-840, A-549-822]


Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From India and Thailand: Notice 
of Extension of Time Limits for the Preliminary Results of the Fourth 
Administrative Reviews

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Eastwood (India) at (202) 
482-3874, or Kate Johnson (Thailand) at (202) 482-4929, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 2, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

Background

    On April 7, 2009, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published a notice of initiation of the administrative reviews of the 
antidumping duty orders on certain frozen warmwater shrimp from Brazil, 
India and Thailand covering the period February 1, 2008, through 
January 31, 2009. See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Brazil, 
India, and Thailand: Notice of Initiation of Administrative Reviews, 74 
FR 15699 (April 7, 2009).
    On May 13, 2009, the Department selected respondents for individual 
examination in the reviews of certain frozen warmwater shrimp from 
India and Thailand.\1\ See the Memorandum from Holly Phelps to James 
Maeder entitled ``2008-2009 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of 
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from India: Selection of Respondents 
for Individual Review,'' and the Memorandum from Kate Johnson and David 
Goldberger to James Maeder entitled ``2008-2009 Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review on Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand: 
Selection of Respondents for Individual Review.''
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    \1\ The Department rescinded the administrative review of frozen 
warmwater shrimp from Brazil on June 17, 2009. See Certain Frozen 
Warmwater Shrimp from Brazil: Notice of Rescission of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review, 74 FR 28665 (June 17, 2009).

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Extension of Time Limit of Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department to make a preliminary determination in an 
administrative review within 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of an order or finding for which a review is 
requested. Consistent with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the 
Department may extend the 245-day period to 365 days if it is not 
practicable to complete the review within a 245-day period. The 
deadline for the preliminary results of these administrative reviews is 
currently November 2, 2009.\2\ The Department determines that 
completion of the preliminary results of these reviews within the 
statutory time period is not practicable because we are unable to 
complete our review of the original and/or supplemental questionnaire 
responses for each respondent and conduct verifications within the 
current timeframe. The Department thus requires additional time to 
conduct its analysis for each company in these reviews. Therefore, in 
accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) the Act, we are extending the time 
period for issuing the preliminary results of these reviews until March 
1, 2010. The final results continue to be due 120 days after the 
publication of the preliminary results.
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    \2\ The original due date for the preliminary results, October 
31, 2009, is a Saturday.
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    This notice is published pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).

     Dated: October 14, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. E9-25185 Filed 10-19-09; 8:45 am]
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