[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 189 (Friday, September 29, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 57469]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-16070]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.

International Trade Administration

A-570-893


Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the People's Republic of 
China: Initiation of New Shipper Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE:  September 29, 2006.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') has determined 
that a request to conduct a new shipper review of the antidumping duty 
order on frozen warmwater shrimp from the People's Republic of China 
(``PRC''), received on August 31, 2006, meets the statutory and 
regulatory requirements for initiation. Therefore, in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.214(d), we are initiating a new shipper review for Maoming 
Changxing Foods Co., Ltd. (``MCFC''). The period of review (``POR'') 
for this new shipper review is February 1, 2006, through July 31, 
2006.\1\

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Quigley or Christopher Riker, 
AD/CVD Operations, Import Administration, Office 9, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4047 or (202) 482-3441, respectively.
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    \1\ The antidumping duty order for certain frozen warmwater 
shrimp from PRC was published on February 1, 2005. See Notice of 
Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 
Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the 
People's Republic of China, 70 FR 5149 (February 1, 2005) (``PRC 
Shrimp Order''). Therefore, a semiannual request for a new shipper 
review based on the anniversary month, February, was due to the 
Department by the final day of August 2006. See 19 CFR 
351.214(d)(1).
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Background

    The notice announcing the antidumping duty order on certain frozen 
warmwater shrimp from the PRC was published on February 1, 2005. See 
PRC Shrimp Order. The Department received a timely request from MCFC on 
August 31, 2006, pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (``the Act''), and in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.214(c), for a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on 
frozen warmwater shrimp from the PRC.
    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(I) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(b)(2)(i), MCFC certified that it did not export frozen 
warmwater shrimp 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), MCFC 
certified that, since the initiation of the investigation, it has never 
been affiliated with any PRC exporter or producer who exported frozen 
warmwater shrimp 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), MCFC also certified that its export 
activities were not controlled by the central government of the PRC.
    In addition to the certifications described above, pursuant to 19 
CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iv), MCFC submitted documentation establishing the 
following: (1) the date on which it first shipped frozen warmwater 
shrimp for export to the United States; (2) the volume of its first 
shipment (and certification of no subsequent shipments); and (3) the 
date of its first sale to an unaffiliated customer in the United 
States.
    The Department conducted customs database queries to confirm that 
MCFC's shipment of subject merchandise during the POR had entered the 
United States for consumption and had been suspended for antidumping 
duties, and that there had been no subsequent shipments.

Initiation of New Shipper Reviews

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.214, we 
find that the request made by MCFC, a producer and exporter, meets the 
threshold requirements for the initiation of a new shipper review for 
the shipment of certain frozen warmwater shrimp from the PRC. See 
Memorandum to the File through James C. Doyle, Director, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 9, from Christopher D. Riker, Program Manager, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 9: New Shipper Initiation Checklist (September 
22, 2006).
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(i)(B), if the new shipper review 
is initiated in the month immediately following the semiannual 
anniversary month, the period of review will be the six-month period 
immediately preceding the semiannual anniversary month. Therefore, the 
POR for this new shipper review will be February 1, 2006, through July 
31, 2006. We intend to issue the preliminary results of this review no 
later than 180 days from the date of initiation, and the final results 
of this review no later than 90 days from the date on which the 
preliminary results are issued. See section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the 
Act; 19 CFR 351.214(i)(1).
    Interested parties needing access to proprietary information in 
this new shipper review should submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective orders in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and 
351.306.
    This initiation and notice are in accordance with section 751(a) of 
the Act and 19 CFR 351.214.

    Dated: September 22, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration
[FR Doc. E6-16070 Filed 9-29-06; 8:45 am]
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