[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 250 (Thursday, December 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81913-81914]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-33490]


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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 the Final Results of the Seventh 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

DATES: Effective Date: December 29, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Javier Barrientos or Alexis Polovina, 
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-
2243, or (202) 482-3927, respectively.

Background

    On September 9, 2011, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published in the Federal Register its Preliminary Results of the 
antidumping duty order on certain frozen fish fillets from the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam.\1\ Subsequent to the publication of the 
Preliminary Results, the Department extended the deadlines for 
submission of surrogate values, rebuttal comments and case briefs.\2\ 
On December 11, 2011, the Department issued a request for information 
to the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization.\3\ The period 
of review is August 1, 2009, through July 31, 2010. The final results 
are currently due no later than January 7, 2012.
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    \1\ See Certain Frozen Fish Fillets From the Socialist Republic 
of Vietnam: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of the 
Seventh Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 76 FR 55872 
(September 9, 2011) (``Preliminary Results'').
    \2\ See Memoranda to Interested Parties: Extending Surrogate 
Value Submission & Briefing Schedule for 7th Antidumping 
Administrative Reviews of Certain Frozen Fish Fillets from the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam, dated September 27, 2011, October 20, 
2011, and November 22, 2011.
    \3\ See Letter from Matthew Renkey, Acting Program Manager, 
Import Administration, Office 9, to the FAO; RE: Questions for the 
United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (``FAO'') 
Regarding Price Data for Pangasius Fish, dated (December 11, 2011).
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Extension of Time Limit for the Final Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(``Act''), requires that the Department issue the final results of an 
administrative review within 120 days after the date on which the 
preliminary results are published. If it is not practicable to complete 
the review within that time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act 
allows the Department to extend the deadline for the final results to a 
maximum of 180 days after the date on which the preliminary results are 
published.
    Due to the issuance of the request for information, voluminous 
surrogate value data on the record, and additional time provided to 
parties to review and submit rebuttal comments and case briefs, the 
Department finds that it is not practicable to review the post-
preliminary questionnaires, surrogate value data and analyze the case 
brief comments within the scheduled time limit. Therefore, in 
accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department is 
partially extending the time for the completion of the final

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results of this review by 60 days to March 7, 2012.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: December 21, 2011.
Gary Taverman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-33490 Filed 12-28-11; 8:45 am]
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