[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 5, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50931-50933]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-17517]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-549-822)


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

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 5, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irina Itkin, 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) 482-0656.

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 Thailand 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 (Feb. 2, 2007). On February 28, 2007, 
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b)(2), certain respondents requested 
a review of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen warmwater 
shrimp from Thailand. In addition, on February 28, 2007, the petitioner 
\1\ and the Louisiana Shrimp Association (LSA), a domestic interested 
party, also requested administrative reviews for numerous Thai 
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 review for six companies (i.e., 
Anglo-Siam Seafoods Co., Ltd. (Anglo-Siam Seafoods); Gallant Ocean 
(Thailand) Co., Ltd. (Gallant Ocean); Li-Thai Frozen Foods Co., Ltd. 
(Li-Thai); Queen Marine Food Co., Ltd. (Queen Marine); Smile Heart 
Foods Co., Ltd. (Smile Heart Foods); and Thai World Imports and 
Exports).
    On April 6, 2007, the Department initiated an administrative review 
for 142 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

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Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders on Certain Frozen Warmwater 
Shrimp from Brazil, Ecuador, India and Thailand, 72 FR 17100, 17107-09 
(Apr. 6, 2007). The Department was unable to locate three of these 
companies due to ``undeliverable'' addresses.
    Between April and July 2007 the Department received Q&V 
questionnaire responses from certain companies that indicated that 
either they had no shipments of subject merchandise to the United 
States during the POR or the company name was a duplicate of a name 
already included in the initiation notice.
    On July 5, 2007, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the LSA 
withdrew its request for review for six companies (i.e., Anglo-Siam 
Seafoods, Gallant Ocean, Li-Thai, Queen Marine, Smile Heart Foods, and 
Thai World Imports and Exports).

Partial Rescission of Review

    On March 16, 2007, and July 5, 2007, the requests for 
administrative review were withdrawn for six companies, in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). These companies are: 1) Anglo-Siam Seafoods; 
2) Gallant Ocean; 3) Li-Thai; 4) Queen Marine; 5) Smile Heart Foods; 
and 6) Thai World Imports and Exports. 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 all requests for administrative reviews 
were timely withdrawn for the companies listed above, in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), we are rescinding this review with regard to 
these companies.
    In addition, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), we are 
rescinding the review with respect to the following 57 companies 
because these companies had no shipments of subject merchandise during 
the POR:
1) Ampai Frozen Foods Ltd.
2) A.S. Intermarine Foods Co., Ltd.
3) ACU Transport
4) Chaivaree Marine Products Co., Ltd.
5) Chue Eiw Mong Eak
6) Core Seafood Processing Co., Ltd.
7) Daedong (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
8) Dynamic Intertransport
9) Earth Food Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
10) Fait
11) Far East Cold Storage Co., Ltd.
12) Findus (Thailand) Ltd.
13) Grobest Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.
14) H.A.M. International Co., Ltd.
15) Heng Seafood Ltd. Part.
16) Heritrade
17) HIC (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
18) Inter-Oceanic Resources Co., Ltd.
19) K D Trdg
20) Lee Heng Seafood Co., Ltd.
21) Leo Transports
22) Magnate and Syndicate Co., Ltd.
23) Mahachai Food Processing Co., Ltd.
24) MKF Interfood
25) Namprik Maesri
26) N&N Foods Co., Ltd.
27) NR Instant Produce
28) Pacific Queen Co., Ltd.
29) Penta Impex
30) Premier Frozen Products Co., Ltd.
31) Preserved Foods
32) Rayong Coldstorage (1987) Co., Ltd.
33) S. Chaivaree Cold Storage Co., Ltd.
34) S Khonkaen Food Ind Public
35) Samui Foods
36) Sea Bonanza Foods Co., Ltd.
37) Siam Canadian Foods Co., Ltd.
38) Siam Food Supply Co., Ltd.
39) Siam Marine Products Co., Ltd.
40) Siam Ocean Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.
41) Siamchai International Food Co., Ltd.
42) Sky Fresh
43) Suntechthai Intertrdg
44) Surapon Nichirei Foods Co., Ltd.
45) Suratthani Marine Products Co., Ltd.
46) Suree Interfoods Co., Ltd.
47) T.S.F. Seafood Co., Ltd.
48) Tanaya Intl.
49) Tep Kinsho Foods
50) Teppitak Seafood
51) Thai Agri Foods Public Co., Ltd.
52) Thai Excel Foods Co., Ltd.
53) Thai Mahachai Seafood Products Co., Ltd.
54) Thai Ocean Venture
55) Thai Spring Fish Co., Ltd.
56) Thai Yoo
57) Trang Seafood Products Public Co., Ltd.
We reviewed U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data and confirmed 
that there were no entries of subject merchandise from any of these 
companies. Consequently, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3) and 
consistent with our practice, we are rescinding our review for 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 (Nov. 7, 2006) (Rebar 
from Turkey). We are also rescinding the review with respect to the 
following three companies because the Q&V questionnaires sent to these 
companies were returned to the Department because of ``undeliverable'' 
addresses: 1) Capital Food Trade Limited; 2) Shianlin Bangkok Co., Ltd. 
(at 148 Moo 5, Tambol Tasai, Muang, Samut Sakorn, Thailand); and 3) 
United Cold Storage Co., Ltd. (United Cold Storage). See the July 10, 
2007, Memorandum to the File from Brianne Riker entitled, ``Placing 
Information Regarding 'Undeliverable' Addresses on the Record in the 
2006-2007 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain Frozen 
Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand.'' Subsequently, we contacted the 
petitioners and the LSA and requested that they provide alternate 
addresses for these companies; however, they were unable to do so.\2\ 
Consequently, in accordance with our practice, we are also rescinding 
our review with respect to these companies. See Rebar from Turkey, 71 
FR at 65083.
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    \2\ We note that, while the petitioner and the LSA provided an 
alternate address for United Cold Storage, this address was also 
``undeliverable.''
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    Further, the Department has received information that the following 
company names are duplicate names: 1) Fishery Cold Storage Public; 2) 
Instant Produce; 3) International Pacific Marine Products; and 4) 
Thanaya Intl. These names are partial or misspelled versions of names 
of other companies for which we initiated an administrative review 
(i.e., Thailand Fishery Cold Storage Public Co., Ltd.; NR Instant 
Produce; Inter-Pacific Marine Products Co., Ltd.; and Tanaya Intl., 
respectively). Therefore, we are also rescinding the review with 
respect to these duplicate company names.
    Finally, the Department received no-shipment responses from the 
following companies for which there appeared to be U.S. customs entries 
of subject merchandise: 1) A. Wattanachai Frozen Products Co., Ltd.; 2) 
Bangkok Dehydrated Marine Products Co., Ltd.; 3) Daiei Taigen 
(Thailand) Co., Ltd.; 4) K.L. Cold Storage Co., Ltd.; and 5) Piti 
Seafoods Co., Ltd. We requested data on the relevant entries from CBP 
and determined that the entries were not reportable transactions 
because they were either: 1) non-subject merchandise (i.e., dried 
shrimp); or, 2) reported by another company in its quantity and value 
questionnaire. Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), and 
consistent with the Department's practice, we are rescinding the review 
with respect to these companies. See, e.g., Certain Steel Concrete 
Reinforcing Bars from Turkey; Final Results, Rescission of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review in Part, and Determination to Revoke in 
Part, 70 FR 67665, 67666 (Nov. 8, 2005).
    This notice is published in accordance with section 751 of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).


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    Dated: August 29, 2007.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-17517 Filed 9-4-07; 8:45 am]
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