[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 188 (Thursday, September 28, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56953-56954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-15939]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-552-801


Certain Frozen Fish Fillets from the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam: Initiation of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 28, 2006.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') has determined 
that a request for a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order 
on certain frozen fish fillets from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 
(``Vietnam''), received on August 31, 2006, meets the statutory and 
regulatory requirements for initiation. The period of review (``POR'') 
of this new shipper review is August 1, 2005, through July 31, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Renkey, 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) 482-2312.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The notice announcing the antidumping duty order on certain frozen 
fish fillets from Vietnam was published in the Federal Register on 
August 12, 2003. See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Frozen 
Fish Fillets from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 68 FR 47909 
(August 12, 2003).\1\ On August 31, 2006,

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pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(c), the Department received a new shipper 
review request from East Sea Seafoods Joint Venture Co., Ltd. (``East 
Sea''). East Sea certified that it is both the producer and exporter of 
the subject merchandise upon which the request for a new shipper review 
is based.
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    \1\ Therefore, a request for a new shipper review based on the 
anniversary month, August, was due to the Department by the final 
day of August 2006. See 19 CFR 351.214(d)(1).
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    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(I) of the Tariff Act of 1930 as 
amended (``the Act''), and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i), East Sea certified 
that it did not export certain frozen fish fillets to the United States 
during the period of investigation (``POI''). In addition, pursuant to 
section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(II) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), East Sea certified that, since the initiation of 
the investigation, it has never been affiliated with any Vietnamese 
exporter or producer who exported certain frozen fish fillets to the 
United States during the POI, including those not individually examined 
during the investigation. As required by 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B), 
East Sea also certified that its export activities were not controlled 
by the central government of Vietnam.
    In addition to the certifications described above, pursuant to 19 
CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iv), East Sea submitted documentation establishing 
the following: (1) the date on which East Sea first shipped certain 
frozen fish fillets for export to the United States and the date on 
which the frozen warmwater shrimp was first entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption; (2) the volume of its first shipment;\2\ 
and (3) the date of its first sale to an unaffiliated customer in the 
United States.
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    \2\ East Sea made no subsequent shipments to the United States, 
which the Department corroborated using data from U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection (``CBP'').
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    The Department conducted CBP database queries to confirm that East 
Sea's shipment of subject merchandise had entered the United States for 
consumption and had been suspended for antidumping duties.

Initiation of New Shipper Reviews

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(d)(1), the Department finds that East Sea's request meets the 
threshold requirements for initiation of a new shipper review for the 
shipment of certain frozen fish fillets from Vietnam it produced and 
exported. See Memo to the File from Matthew Renkey, Senior Analyst, 
through Alex Villanueva, Program Manager, Office 9: New Shipper Review 
Initiation Checklist, dated September 26, 2006.
    The POR for this new shipper review is August 1, 2006, through July 
31, 2006. See 19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(ii)(A). The Department intends to 
issue the preliminary results of this review no later than 180 days 
from the date of initiation, and final results of this review no later 
than 270 days from the date of initiation. See section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) 
of the Act. Interested parties requiring access to proprietary 
information in this new shipper review should submit applications for 
disclosure under administrative protective order in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.305 and 351.306. This initiation and notice are published in 
accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214 and 
351.221(c)(1)(i).

    Dated: September 22, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-15939 Filed 9-27-06; 8:45 am]
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