[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 164 (Friday, August 24, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48616-48617]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-16812]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-331-802]


Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Ecuador; Partial Rescission 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

[[Page 48617]]


EFFECTIVE DATE: August 24, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Goldberger or Gemal Brangman, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office 2, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4136 or (202) 482-3773, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 2, 2007, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to request an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen 
warmwater shrimp from Ecuador for the period February 1, 2006, through 
January 31, 2007. See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, 
Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request 
Administrative Review, 72 FR 5007 (February 2, 2007). On February 28, 
2007, the petitioner\1\ and the Louisiana Shrimp Association (LSA), a 
domestic interested party, requested an administrative review for 
numerous Ecuadorean exporters of subject merchandise in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.213(b)(2)(1).
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    \1\ The petitioner in this proceeding is the Ad Hoc Shrimp Trade 
Action Committee.
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    On March 16, 2007, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the 
petitioner withdrew its request for administrative review of Sociedad 
Atlantico Pacifico.
    On April 6, 2007, the Department initiated an administrative review 
for 64 companies and requested that each provide data on the quantity 
and value (Q&V) of its exports of subject merchandise to the United 
States during the period of review (POR). These companies are listed in 
the Department's notice of initiation. See Notice of Initiation of 
Administrative Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders on Certain Frozen 
Warmwater Shrimp from Brazil, Ecuador, India and Thailand, 72 FR 17100 
(April 6, 2007).
    Between April and June 2007 the Department received Q&V 
questionnaire responses from certain producers/exporters that indicated 
that they had no shipments of subject merchandise to the United States 
during the POR.
    On July 5, 2006, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the LSA 
withdrew its requests for review for Doblertel S.A. and Sociedad 
Atlantico Pacifico.

Partial Rescission of Review

    On March 16, 2007, and July 5, 2007, the requests for 
administrative review of Sociedad Atlantico Pacifico were withdrawn, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). Section 351.213(d)(1) of the 
Department's regulations requires that the Secretary rescind an 
administrative review if a party requesting a review withdraws the 
request within 90 days of the date of publication of the notice of 
initiation. Therefore, because the requests for administrative review 
were timely withdrawn for the company listed above, in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), we are rescinding this review with regard to 
Sociedad Atlantico Pacifico.
    In addition, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), we are 
rescinding the review with respect to the following 18 companies 
because these companies submitted Q&V responses stating that they had 
no shipments of subject merchandise during the POR: 1) Agricola e Ind 
Ecuaplantatio; 2) Babychic S.A.; 3) Camarones; 4) Doblertel S.A.; 5) 
Exportadora Bananera Noboa.; 6) Fortumar Ecuador S.A.; 7) Gambas del 
Pacifico; 8) Hectorosa; 9) Marisco (El Marisco); 10) Mariscos de 
Chupadores Chupamar; 11) P.C. Seafood S.A.; 12) Productos Cultivados 
del Mar Proc.; 13) Soitgar; 14) Studmark, S.A.; 15) Tecnica & Comercio 
de la Pesa Teco; 16) Transmarina C.A.; 17) Transocean Ecuador; and 18) 
Unilines Transport System. We reviewed U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection data and confirmed that there were no entries of subject 
merchandise from any of these companies. See the Memorandum to The File 
from David Goldberger entitled, ``Department Intent to Rescind Reviews 
in Part,'' dated July 19, 2007 (Intent to Rescind Memo). No party 
commented on our Intent to Rescind Memo. Consequently, in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3) and consistent with our practice, we are 
rescinding our review with respect to the companies listed above. See 
e.g., Certain Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars from Turkey; Final 
Results and Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review in 
Part, 71 FR 65082, 65083 (November 7, 2006).
    This notice is published in accordance with section 751 of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: August 17, 2007.
Gary Taverman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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