[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 13 (Friday, January 20, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2958-2959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-1110]


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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.

DATES: Effective Date: January 20, 2012.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') is extending 
the time limit for the preliminary results of the sixth administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp 
(``shrimp'') from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (``Vietnam'') to 
February 28, 2012. The period of review (``POR'') is February 1, 2010, 
through January 31, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Toni Dach or Seth Isenberg, 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 and (202) 482-0588, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 31, 2011, the Department published in the Federal Register 
a notice of initiation of the administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp from Vietnam. See 
Initiation of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, Requests for 
Revocation in Part, and Deferral of Administrative Review, 76 FR 17825 
(March 31, 2011). The Department extended the time limit for the 
preliminary results by 90 days on

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October 20, 2011.\1\ The preliminary results are currently due no later 
than January 29, 2012.\2\
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    \1\ See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the Socialist 
Republic of Vietnam: Extension of Preliminary Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review, 76 FR 65178 (October 20, 2011).
    \2\ The 90 day extension FR noted the deadline was extended to 
January 30, 2012, However, this was because the initial 90 day 
extension to January 29, 2012 fell on a Sunday. As a result, per 
Department practice, the deadline fell to the next business day. See 
Notice of Clarification: Application of ``Next Business Day'' Rule 
for Administrative Determination Deadlines Pursuant to the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005).
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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 of Preliminary Results

    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 the 
questionnaire responses, which include substantial sales and factor 
information, issue supplemental questionnaires, evaluate surrogate 
value submissions, and conduct an on-site verification.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), the Department is extending the time limit for 
the preliminary results by 30 days, until February 28, 2012. 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: January 13, 2012.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2012-1110 Filed 1-19-12; 8:45 am]
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