[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 46 (Thursday, March 7, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 16535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04880]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-331-805, A-560-842]


Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From Ecuador and Indonesia: Postponement 
of Preliminary Determinations in the Less-Than-Fair-Value 
Investigations

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.


DATES: Applicable March 7, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kyle Clahane (Ecuador) or Rachel 
Jennings (Indonesia), AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5549 
and (202) 482-1110, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On November 14, 2023, the U.S Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
initiated the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of imports of 
frozen warmwater shrimp (shrimp) from Ecuador and Indonesia.\1\ 
Currently, the preliminary determinations are due no later than April 
2, 2024.
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    \1\ See Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Ecuador and Indonesia: 
Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 88 FR 81043 
(November 21, 2023).
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Postponement of Preliminary Determinations

    Section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires Commerce to issue the preliminary determination in a 
LTFV investigation within 140 days after the date on which Commerce 
initiated the investigation. However, section 733(c)(1)(A)(b)(1) of the 
Act permits Commerce to postpone the preliminary determination until no 
later than 190 days after the date on which Commerce initiated the 
investigation if: (A) the petitioner makes a timely request for a 
postponement; or (B) Commerce concludes that the parties concerned are 
cooperating, that the investigation is extraordinarily complicated, and 
that additional time is necessary to make a preliminary determination. 
Under 19 CFR 351.205(e), the petitioner must submit a request for 
postponement 25 days or more before the scheduled date of the 
preliminary determination and must state the reasons for the request. 
Commerce will grant the request unless it finds compelling reasons to 
deny the request.
    On November 27, 2023, the petitioner \2\ submitted a timely request 
that Commerce postpone the preliminary determinations in these LTFV 
investigations.\3\ The petitioner stated that it requests postponement 
due to concerns regarding the complexity of the issues presented in 
these investigations.\4\
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    \2\ The petitioner is the American Shrimp Processors 
Association.
    \3\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Request to Extend the Preliminary 
Determination,'' dated November 27, 2023.
    \4\ Id.
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    For the reason stated above and because there are no compelling 
reasons to deny the request, Commerce, in accordance with section 
733(c)(1)(A) of the Act, is postponing the deadline for the preliminary 
determinations by 50 days (i.e., 190 days after the date on which these 
investigations were initiated). As a result, Commerce will issue its 
preliminary determinations no later than May 22, 2024. In accordance 
with section 735(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(1), the 
deadline for the final determinations of these investigations will 
continue to be 75 days after the date of the preliminary 
determinations, unless postponed at a later date.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: March 1, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the 
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2024-04880 Filed 3-6-24; 8:45 am]
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