[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 6, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 844]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-31421]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-552-802]


Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam: Extension of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty New 
Shipper Review

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 new shipper review of 
certain frozen warmwater shrimp (``shrimp'') from the Socialist 
Republic of Vietnam (``Vietnam''). This review covers the period 
February 1, 2008 through January 31, 2009.

DATES: Effective Date: January 6, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Toni Dach or Paul Walker, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
1655 or (202) 482-0413, respectively.

Background

    On March 27, 2009, the Department published a notice of initiation 
of the new shipper review in the antidumping duty order on shrimp from 
Vietnam for Nhat Duc Co., Ltd. See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from 
the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Initiation of Antidumping Duty New 
Shipper Review, 74 FR 13416 (March 27, 2009). On September 15, 2009, 
the Department extended the time limit for issuing the preliminary 
results of the new shipper review by 106 days. See Certain Frozen 
Warmwater Shrimp from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Extension of 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review, 74 FR 47190 
(September 15, 2009). The preliminary results of this review are 
currently due no later than December 31, 2009.

Statutory Time Limits

    In antidumping duty new shipper reviews, section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), and 19 CFR 
351.214(i)(1) requires the Department to issue the preliminary results 
of a new shipper review within 180 days after the date on which the new 
shipper review was initiated and final results within 90 days after the 
date on which the preliminary results are issued. However, the 
Department may extend the deadline for completion of the preliminary 
results of a new shipper review to 300 days if it determines that the 
case is extraordinarily complicated. See 19 CFR 351.214(i)(2).

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Review

    The Department has determined that the review is extraordinarily 
complicated as the Department must analyze numerous supplemental 
questionnaires and information gathered at verification. Based on the 
timing of the case and the additional information that must be 
analyzed, the preliminary results of this new shipper review cannot be 
completed within the statutory time limit of 180 days.
    Therefore, the Department is extending the time limit for 
completion of the preliminary results of this new shipper review by an 
additional 14 days from the December 31, 2009, deadline. The 
preliminary results will now be due no later than January 14, 2009. The 
final results continue to be due 90 days after the issuance of the 
preliminary results.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: December 29, 2009.
Susan Kuhbach,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. E9-31421 Filed 1-5-10; 8:45 am]
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