[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 144 (Thursday, July 27, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42628-42630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-11969]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-552-802


Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam: Partial Rescission of the First Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE:  July 27, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cindy Robinson or Matthew Renkey, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3797 and (202) 482-2312, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 7, 2006, the Department published in the Federal Register 
a notice of initiation listing 84 firms for which it received timely 
requests for an administrative review of this antidumping duty order. 
See Notice of Initiation of Administrative Reviews of the Antidumping 
Duty Orders on Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the Socialist 
Republic of Vietnam and the People's Republic of China, 71 FR 17813 
(April 7, 2006) (``Initiation Notice''). The period of review (POR) is 
July 16, 2004 through January 31, 2006.
    On May 3, 2006, the following Respondents withdrew their review 
requests: Sao Ta Foods Joint Stock company, Fimex VN, and Sao Ta 
Seafood Factory (collectively, Fimex); Phuong Nam Co., Ltd.; and 
Vietnam Fish One Co., Ltd.
    On June 2, 2006, Petitioner\1\ withdrew its request for an 
administrative review of 27 companies, some of which were duplicate 
names:\2\ Cai Doi Vam Seafood Import-Export Company (Cadovimex); Camau 
Frozen Seafood Processing Import Export Corporation (Camimex); Cantho 
Animal Fisheries Product Processing Export Enterprise (Cafatex); 
Coastal Fishery Development;[ast] Coastal Fisheries Development 
Corporation (Cofidec);[ast] C P Vietnam Livestock Co. Ltd.;[ast] C P 
Livestock;[ast] Cuu Long Seaproducts Limited (Cuulong Seapro); Danang 
Seaproducts Import Export Corporation (Seaprodex Danang); Frozen 
Seafoods Fty; Minh Hai Export Frozen Seafood Processing Joint Stock 
Company;[ast] Minh Hai Export Frozen Seafoods Processing Joint Stock 
Company (Minh Hai Jostoco);[ast] Minh Hai Joint Stock Seafoods 
Processing Company (Seaprodex Minh Hai); Minh Hai Sea Products Import 
Export Company (Seaprimiex Co); Minh Phat Seafood;[ast] Minh Phu 
Seafood Corporation;[ast] Minh Qui Seafood;[ast] Ngoc Sinh Seafoods; 
Nha Trang Seaproduct Company (Nhatrang Seafoods); Phu Cuong Seafood 
Processing and Import Export Company Ltd. (Phu Cuong); Soc Trang 
Aquatic Products and General Import Export Company (Stapimex);[ast] Soc 
Trang Aquatic Products and General Import Export Company (Stapimex)- 
2\nd\ address;[ast] Tho Quang Seafood Processing & Export Company (Tho 
Quang); Thuan Phuoc Seafoods and Trading Corporation (Thuan Phuoc); 
UTXI Aquatic Products Processing Company; Viet Foods Co. Ltd.; and Vinh 
Loi Import Export Company (Vimexco).
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    \1\ Ad Hoc Shrimp Trade Action Committee (``Petitioner'').
    \2\ The companies which have a ``[ast]'' attached to their names 
are duplicate companies. Specifically, Coastal Fishery Development 
is the same as Coastal Fisheries Development Corporation (Cofidec); 
C P Vietnam Livestock Co. Ltd. is the same as C P Livestock; Minh 
Hai Export Frozen Seafood Processing Joint Stock Company is the same 
as Minh Hai Export Frozen Seafoods Processing Joint Stock Company 
(Minh Hai Jostoco); Minh Phat Seafood, Minh Phu Seafood Corporation, 
and Minh Qui Seafood are collectively known as Minh Phu Group; Soc 
Trang Aquatic Products and General Import Export Company (Stapimex) 
is the same as Soc Trang Aquatic Products and General Import Export 
Company (Stapimex)- 2\nd\ address.
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    On June 9, 2006, Petitioner withdrew its request for an 
administrative review on seven additional companies:\3\ Agrimex; 
Hacota; Hoa Nam Marine Agricultural; Pataya Food Industry (Vietnam) 
Ltd. (Pataya); Seafood Processing Imports Exports Vietnam; Thien Ma 
Seafood; and Vita.
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    \3\ None of these companies are duplicate names. However, two of 
these companies (i.e., Thien Ma Seafood and Pataya) claimed that 
they made no shipments of the subject merchandise to the United 
States during the POR. See the Partial Rescission Section below for 
further discussion.
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    On June 20, 2006, Petitioner withdrew its request for an 
administrative review on one additional company, Amanda Foods (Vietnam) 
Ltd. (AVF), and on June 29, 2006, Petitioner withdrew its request for 
review for three companies appearing in its review request letter of 
February 28, 2006: Phuong Nam Co.

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Ltd.; Phuong Nam Seafood Co. Ltd.[ast];and Sao Ta Foods Joint Stock 
Company (Fimex VN). On June 30, 2006, Petitioner withdrew its review 
request for Can Tho Agricultural and Animal Products Import Export 
Company (Cataco), and Cataco withdrew its own request for review on 
July 3, 2006. On July 6, 2006, Cataco clarified that during the POR, it 
also exported under the name Can Tho Seafood Export, and that its 
withdrawal letter also covers that name.
    Also on July 6, 2006, Petitioner withdrew its review requests for 
29 additional companies: AAAS Logistics; American Container Line; 
Angiang Agricultural Technology Service Company; An Giang Fisheries 
Import and Export Joint Stock Company (Agifish); Bentre Frozen 
Aquaproduct Exports; Bentre Aquaproduct Imports & Exports; Can Tho 
Agricultural Products; Can Tho Seafood Exports; Cautre Enterprises; 
Dong Phuc Huynh; General Imports & Exports; Grobest & I Mei Industry 
Vietnam (Grobest); Hai Thuan Export Seaproducts Processing Co. Ltd.; 
Hai Viet; Hatrang Frozen Seaproduct Fty; Khanh Loi Trading; Kim Anh Co. 
Ltd.; Lamson Import-Export Foodstuffs Corporation; Saigon Orchide; Sea 
Product; Sonacos; Special Aquatic Products Joint Stock Company 
(Seaspimex); Tacvan Frozen Seafoods Processing Export Company; Thami 
Shipping & Airfreight; Thanh Long; Tourism Material and Equipment 
Company (Matourimex Hochiminh City Branch); Truc An Company; Vietnam 
Northern Viking Technologie Co. Ltd.; and Vilfood Co.

Partial Rescission

    Pursuant to section 351.213(d)(1) of the Department's regulations, 
the Secretary will rescind an administrative review, in whole or in 
part, if a party who requested the review withdraws the request within 
ninety days of the date of publication of notice of initiation of the 
requested review.
    Because the Petitioner's and certain Respondent's requests were 
timely, in accordance with section 351.213(d)(1) of the Department's 
regulations, we are rescinding this review with respect to the 
following 34 companies: AVF; Cadovimex; Camimex; Cafatex; Cataco; Can 
Tho Seafood Exports[ast]; Coastal Fishery Development; Cofidec; C P 
Vietnam Livestock Co. Ltd.; C P Livestock; Cuulong Seapro; Seaprodex 
Danang; Fimex VN; Frozen Seafoods Fty\4\; Minh Hai Export Frozen 
Seafood Processing Joint Stock Company; Minh Hai Jostoco; Seaprodex 
Minh Hai; Seaprimiex Co; Minh Phat; Minh Phu; Minh Qui; Ngoc Sinh 
Seafoods (aka Ngoc Sinh Private Enterprise); Nhatrang Seafoods; Phuong 
Nam Co. Ltd.; Phuong Nam Seafood Co. Ltd.[ast]; Phu Cuong; Stapimex 
(both addresses); Tho Quang\5\; Thuan Phuoc Seafoods and Trading 
Corporation; UTXI Aquatic Products Processing Company; Viet Foods Co. 
Ltd.; Vimexco; and Pataya. We are not rescinding the review with 
respect to Vietnam Fish One Co., Ltd. since Petitioners still have an 
active review request for that company.
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    \4\ Frozen Seafoods Fty is a subsidiary of Thuan Phuoc. We note 
that the full name of this company is Frozen Seafoods Factory No. 
32. The Department included Frozen Seafoods Fty as part of the Thuan 
Phuoc entity when granting that entity separate rate status in the 
original investigation. See Notice of Amended Final Determination of 
Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Certain 
Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 70 
FR 5152 (February 1, 2005). In its separate rate certification filed 
on April 28, 2006, Thuan Phuoc reported that this relationship 
remained unchanged during the POR.
    \5\ Tho Quang is a subsidiary of Seaprodex Danang. The 
Department included Tho Quang as part of the Seaprodex Danang entity 
when granting that entity separate rate status in the original 
investigation. Id. In its separate rate certification filed on May 
5, 2006, Seaprodex Danang reported that this relationship remained 
unchanged during the POR.
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    In addition, the Department is rescinding this review with respect 
to the following 34 additional companies which did not receive a 
separate rate in the prior segment (the less-than-fair-value 
investigation) of this proceeding: Agrimex; Hacota; Hoa Nam Marine 
Agricultural; Seafood Processing Imports Exports Vietnam; Vita; AAAS 
Logistics; American Container Line; Angiang Agricultural Technology 
Service Company; Agifish; Bentre Frozen Aquaproduct Exports; Bentre 
Aquaproduct Imports & Exports[ast]; Can Tho Agricultural Products; 
Cautre Enterprises; Dong Phuc Huynh; General Imports & Exports; 
Grobest; Hai Thuan Export Seaproducts Processing Co. Ltd.; Hai Viet; 
Hatrang Frozen Seaproduct Fty; Kim Anh Co. Ltd.; Lamson Import-Export 
Foodstuffs Corporation; Saigon Orchide; Sea Product; Sonacos; 
Seaspimex; Tacvan Frozen Seafoods Processing Export Company; Thami 
Shipping & Airfreight; Thanh Long; Matourimex Hochiminh City Branch; 
Truc An Company; Vietnam Northern Viking Technologie Co. Ltd.; Thien Ma 
Seafood; Khanh Loi Trading; and Vilfood Co. For purposes of initiation 
of this administrative review, the Department accepted requests for 
review of these entities based upon the premise that such entities 
would seek to demonstrate in this review that they were, in law and in 
fact, separate from the Vietnam-wide entity, and therefore entitled to 
a rate separate from the rate established for the Vietnam-wide entity. 
However, as the requests for review of these entities have been 
withdrawn, these entities may be subject to this review as part of the 
single Vietnam-wide entity. Therefore, the Department will provide 
assessment instructions to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(``CBP'') for these entities after the final results of this 
administrative review.

Assessment Rates

    The Department will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on 
all appropriate entries. For those companies for which this review has 
been rescinded, antidumping duties shall be assessed at rates equal to 
the cash deposit of estimated antidumping duties required at the time 
of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). The Department will issue appropriate 
assessment instructions directly to CBP within 15 days of publication 
of this notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers for whom this 
review is being rescinded, as of the publication date of this notice, 
of their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a 
certificate regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to 
liquidation of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure 
to comply with this requirement could result in the Secretary's 
presumption that reimbursement of the antidumping duties occurred and 
the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification Regarding APOs

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (``APO'') of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues 
to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the 
proceeding. Timely written notification of the return/destruction of 
APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby 
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO 
is a violation which is subject to sanction.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 
777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(4).


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    Dated: July 18, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc.E6-11969 Filed 7-26-06; 8:45 am]
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