[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 27, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 55192]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-25856]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-552-802]
[A-570-893]


Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam and the People's Republic of China: Extension of Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') is extending the 
time limit for the preliminary results of the administrative reviews of 
certain frozen warmwater shrimp from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 
(``Vietnam'') and the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). The reviews 
cover the period February 1, 2008, through January 31, 2009.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 27, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bobby Wong, Susan Pulongbarit, or 
Irene Gorelik, 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) 482-0409, (202) 482-4031, or (202) 482-482-6905, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 26, 2009, the Department published a notice of initiation 
of the administrative reviews of the antidumping duty orders on certain 
frozen shrimp from Vietnam and the PRC. See Notice of Initiation of 
Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part of the 
Antidumping Duty Orders on Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the People's Republic of China, 74 FR 
13178 (March 26, 2009). The preliminary results of the reviews are 
currently due no later than October 31, 2009.

Statutory Time Limits

    In antidumping duty administrative reviews, section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), requires the 
Department to make a preliminary determination within 245 days after 
the last day of the anniversary month of an order for which a review is 
requested and a final determination within 120 days after the date on 
which the preliminary results are published. However, if it is not 
practicable to complete the review within these time periods, section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the Department to extend the time limit 
for the preliminary determination to a maximum of 365 days after the 
last day of the anniversary month.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Review

    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary 
results of these administrative reviews within the original time limit 
because the Department requires additional time to analyze 
questionnaire responses, issue supplemental questionnaires, conduct 
verification, and to evaluate surrogate value submissions for purposes 
of the preliminary results.
    Therefore, the Department is extending the time limit for 
completion of the preliminary results of the administrative reviews by 
120 days. The preliminary results will now be due no later than March 
1, 2010, the first business day following 120 days from the current 
deadline. The final results continue to be due 120 days after the 
publication of the preliminary results.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: October 20, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. E9-25856 Filed 10-26-09; 8:45 am]
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