[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 177 (Tuesday, September 14, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55740-55741]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-22891]


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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 
Administrative 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 administrative review of 
certain frozen warmwater shrimp from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 
(``Vietnam''). The review covers the period February 1, 2009, through 
January 31, 2010.

DATES: Effective Date: September 14, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry Huang or Susan Pulongbarit, 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-
4047 or (202) 482-4031, respectively.

Background

    On April 9, 2010, the Department published in the Federal Register 
a notice of initiation of the administrative reviews of the antidumping 
duty orders on certain frozen warmwater shrimp from Vietnam and the 
People's Republic of China. 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, 75 FR 18154 (April 9, 
2010). The preliminary results of the review for certain frozen 
warmwater shrimp from Vietnam is currently due no later than October 
31, 2010.

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

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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 this administrative review 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.
    Therefore, the Department is extending the time limit for 
completion of the preliminary results of the administrative review by 
120 days. The preliminary results will now be due no later than 
February 28, 2011, 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: September 8, 2010.
Susan H. Kuhbach,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-22891 Filed 9-13-10; 8:45 am]
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