[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59658-59659]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-24806]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-552-801]


Certain Frozen Fish Fillets From the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam: Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of the New 
Shipper Review

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

DATES: Effective Date: September 27, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emeka Chukwudebe, 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) 482-0219.

Background

    On August 12, 2003, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published in the Federal Register, the antidumping duty order on 
certain frozen fish fillets from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 
(``Vietnam'').\1\ On February 28, 2011, pursuant to section 
751(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``Act''), the 
Department received a properly filed new shipper review request from 
Thuan An Production Trading & Services Co., Ltd. (``TAFISHCO''). On 
March 31, 2011, the Department published a notice of initiation for the 
new shipper review of

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certain frozen fish fillets from Vietnam covering the period August 1, 
2010, through January 31, 2011.\2\ On June 23, 2011, the Department 
extended the deadline for parties to submit surrogate country selection 
comments and surrogate value data.\3\ On August 5, 2011, the Department 
extended the deadline for parties to file rebuttal surrogate country 
and surrogate value comments.\4\ Between July 22, 2011, and August 12, 
2011, the Department received surrogate country and surrogate value 
comments from interested parties. On September 12, 2011, the Department 
issued a second supplemental questionnaire to the respondent, 
requesting additional information regarding both its U.S. sale and 
factors of production. The preliminary results for this new shipper 
review are currently due on September 20, 2011.
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    \1\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Frozen Fish 
Fillets from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 68 FR 47909 (August 
12, 2003).
    \2\ See Certain Frozen Fish Fillets From the Socialist Republic 
of Vietnam: Initiation of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review, 76 FR 
17837 (March 31, 2011).
    \3\ See Memorandum for All Interested Parties, through Matthew 
Renkey, Acting Program Manager Import Administration, from Emeka 
Chukwudebe, Case Analyst, Import administration, Re: Antidumping 
Duty New Shipper Review of Certain Frozen Fish Fillets from the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Extension of Time Request to Submit 
Surrogate Values and Surrogate Country Selection Comments, dated 
June 23, 2011.
    \4\ See Memorandum for All Interested Parties, from Emeka 
Chukwudebe, Case Analyst, Import administration, Re: Antidumping 
Duty New Shipper Review of Certain Frozen Fish Fillets from the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Extension of Time to Submit Rebuttal 
Surrogate Country and Surrogate Value Comments, dated August 5, 
2011.
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Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(i)(1), 
requires the Department to issue the preliminary results in a new 
shipper review of an antidumping duty order 180 days after the date on 
which the new shipper review was initiated. The Department may however, 
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).
    The Department determines that this new shipper review involves 
extraordinarily complicated methodological issues, including the need 
to analyze the information requested in the recently issued 
supplemental questionnaire, as well as, information pertaining to the 
bona fide nature of the new shipper's sale. In addition, parties have 
submitted voluminous surrogate country comments and surrogate value 
data, and thus, the Department will require additional time to analyze 
these data. We are therefore extending the time for the completion of 
the preliminary results of this review by 45 days to November 4, 2011.
    This notice is published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(2)(B)(iv) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: September 16, 2011.
Edward C. Yang,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-24806 Filed 9-26-11; 8:45 am]
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