[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 39 (Wednesday, February 27, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 13325]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-04577]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-989, C-331-803, C-533-854, C-560-825, C-557-814, C-549-828, and 
C-552-815]


Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the People's Republic of 
China, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Socialist 
Republic of Vietnam: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the 
Countervailing Duty Investigations

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

DATES: Effective Date: February 27, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric Greynolds or Christopher Hargett, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office 8, Import Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, Room C-100, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202-482-6071 and 202-482-4161, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On January 17, 2013, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated countervailing duty investigations of certain frozen 
warmwater shrimp from the People's Republic of China, Ecuador, India, 
Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam.\1\ Currently, the preliminary determinations are due no later 
than March 23, 2013. In the Initiation Notice, the Department 
incorrectly listed the case number for Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp 
From the People's Republic of China as C-570-988; however, the case 
number should read C-570-989.
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    \1\ See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the People's 
Republic of China,Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and 
the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Initiation of Countervailing Duty 
Investigations, 78 FR 5416 (January 25, 2013) (Initiation Notice).
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Postponement of Due Date for Preliminary Determinations

    Section 703(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 
requires the Department to issue the preliminary determination in a 
countervailing duty investigation within 65 days after the date on 
which the Department initiated the investigation. However, if the 
petitioner makes a timely request for an extension, section 
703(c)(1)(A) of the Act allows the Department to postpone making the 
preliminary determination until no later than 130 days after the date 
on which the administering authority initiated the investigation.
    On February 8, 2013, the Coalition of Gulf Shrimp Industries, the 
petitioner in these investigations, requested that the deadline for the 
preliminary determination in each of these cases be extended to 130 
days from the date of initiation in accordance with 19 CFR Sec.  
351.205(b)(2). Therefore, in accordance with section 703(c)(1)(A) of 
the Act, we are fully extending the due date for the preliminary 
determinations to no later than 130 days after the day on which the 
investigations were initiated. However, as that date falls on a federal 
holiday (i.e., May 27, 2013), the deadline for completion of the 
preliminary determinations is now May 28, 2013, the next business day.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 703(c)(2) 
of the Act.

    Dated: February 21, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-04577 Filed 2-26-13; 8:45 am]
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