[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 44 (Monday, March 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10026-10034]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-4900]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-570-893


Third Administrative Review of Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the 
People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen 
warmwater shrimp (``shrimp'') from the People's Republic of China 
(``PRC''), covering the period of review (``POR'') of February 1, 2007, 
through January 31, 2008. As discussed below, we preliminarily 
determine that certain respondents in this review made sales in the 
United States at prices below normal value (``NV''). If these 
preliminary results are adopted in our final results of review, we will 
instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') to assess 
antidumping duties on entries of subject merchandise during the POR for 
which importer-specific assessment rates are above de minimis.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 9, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Walker, 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) 482-0413.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department received timely requests from both Petitioners\1\ 
and certain PRC companies, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b), during 
the anniversary month of February, for administrative reviews of the 
antidumping duty order on shrimp from the PRC. On April 7, 2008, the 
Department initiated an administrative review of 482 producers/
exporters of subject merchandise from the PRC.\2\ See Notice of 
Initiation of Administrative Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders on 
Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the 
People's Republic of China, 73 FR 18739 (April 7, 2008) 
(``Initiation'').
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    \1\ The petitioners are the members of the Ad Hoc Shrimp Trade 
Action Committee (hereinafter referred to as ``Petitioners'').
    \2\ See Initiation for a listing of these companies.
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Respondent Selection

    On June 16, 2008, in accordance with section 777A(c)(2) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``Act''), the Department selected 
Hilltop International (``Hilltop'') and Zhanjiang Go-Harvest Aquatic 
Products Co., Ltd. (``Go-Harvest'') for individual examination in this 
review, since they were the two largest exporters by volume during the 
POR, based on CBP data of U.S. imports. See Memorandum to James Doyle, 
Director, Office IX, from Susan Pulongbarit, International Trade 
Analyst, ``2007-2008 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain 
Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the People's Republic of China: Selection 
of Respondents for Individual Review,'' dated June 16, 2008. On July 1, 
2008, the Department issued antidumping duty questionnaires to Hilltop 
and Go-Harvest.
    On July 3, 2008, Hilltop withdrew its request for review, and on 
July 7, 2008, Petitioners withdrew their request for review of Yelin 
Enterprise Co., Ltd. Hong Kong (the predecessor in interest to Hilltop 
International); Yangjiang City Yelin Hoitat Quick Frozen Seafood Co., 
Ltd.; Fuqing Yihua Aquatic Food Co., Ltd.; and Fuqing Minhua Trade Co., 
Ltd. (collectively referred to hereafter as ``Hilltop/Yelin''). Since 
both withdrawal requests were timely, and no other party requested a 
review of Hilltop/Yelin, in accordance with section 351.213(d)(1) of 
the Department's regulations, the Department is rescinding the 
administrative review with respect to Hilltop/Yelin. See the ``Partial 
Recission of Review'' section below. Consequently, on August 25, 2008, 
in accordance with section 777A(c)(2) of the Act, the Department 
selected Zhanjiang Regal Integrated Marine Resources Co., Ltd. 
(``Regal'') for individual examination in this review, because Regal 
was the next largest exporter by volume during the POR, based on CBP 
data of U.S. imports. See Memorandum to James Doyle, Director, Office 
IX, from Erin Begnal, Senior International Trade Analyst, ``2007-2008 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain Frozen Warmwater 
Shrimp from the People's Republic of China: Selection of Additional 
Mandatory Respondent,'' dated August 25, 2008. On August 29, 2008, the 
Department issued the antidumping duty questionnaire to Regal.

Regal

    Between October 3, 2008, and January 21, 2009, Regal responded to 
the Department's original and supplemental questionnaires. Pursuant to 
19 CFR 351.307(b)(iv), from January 19-23, 2009, the Department 
conducted verification of Regal's questionnaire responses. See 
Memorandum to the File through Scot Fullerton, Program Manager, Office 
IX, from Paul Walker, Senior Case Analyst, ``Third Administrative 
Review of Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the People's Republic of China: 
Verification of Zhanjiang Regal Integrated Marine Resources Co., 
Ltd.,'' dated concurrently with this notice (``Regal Verification 
Report'').

Go-Harvest

    In response to the Department's July 1, 2008, questionnaire, on 
August 8, 2008, Go-Harvest submitted a certification to the Department 
stating that it had no shipments of subject merchandise during the POR. 
However, as noted above in the ``Respondent Selection'' section, the 
Department placed information on the record obtained from CBP which 
showed that shipments of subject merchandise had been made by Go-
Harvest during the POR. On October 22, 2008, the Department issued a 
second antidumping duty questionnaire to Go-Harvest. On November 5, 
2008, Go-Harvest submitted a second no shipment certification. On 
November 12, 2008, the Department issued Go-Harvest a third 
questionnaire to resolve the discrepancies between the CBP data and Go-
Harvest's no shipment certifications of August 8, 2008, and November 5, 
2008. On November 17, 2008, Go-Harvest submitted a letter stating that 
it would not respond to the Department's questionnaire of November 12, 
2008. On November 19, 2008, the Department provided Go-Harvest an 
additional opportunity to respond to the Department's November 12, 
2008, questionnaire. Go-Harvest made no response to this additional 
opportunity.

Separate Rates

    On May 30, 2008, we received a separate rate application from 
Shantou Longsheng Aquatic Product Foodstuff Co., Ltd. (``Shantou 
Longsheng''). Go-Harvest did not demonstrate eligibility for a separate 
rate during the course of this proceeding. Thus, Go-Harvest will be 
considered part of the PRC-wide entity for purposes of this review.

Rescission of Reviews

    As noted above, on July 7, 2008, the Petitioners made a timely 
withdrawal of review request on Hilltop/Yelin. Between April 17, 2008, 
and April 30, 2008, the following companies submitted no shipment 
certifications:

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Allied Pacific Group (comprised of Allied Pacific Food (Dalian) Co., 
Ltd.; Allied Pacific Aquatic Products (Zhanjiang) Co., Ltd.;\3\ 
Zhanjiang Allied Pacific Aquaculture Co., Ltd.; Allied Pacific (H.K.) 
Co., Ltd.; and King Royal Investments Ltd.); Gallant Ocean (Nanhai), 
Ltd.; Luk Ka Paper Industrial Ltd.; Shantou Yelin Frozen Seafood Co., 
Ltd.; and Shantou Yuexing Enterprise Company.
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    \3\ The Department in its initiation notice included ``Allied 
Pacific Aquatic Products (Zhangjiang) Co., Ltd.'' due to the 
Petitioners' misspelling of the company's name in its review 
request. See Letter from Dewey & LeBouef to the Secretary of 
Commerce, ``Request for Administrative Reviews,'' (Feb. 29, 2008). 
In its April 17, 2008, letter, Allied Pacific Aquatic Products 
(Zhanjiang) Co., Ltd. clarified the correct spelling of its name. 
See Letter from Trade Pacific to the Secretary of Commerce, ``Frozen 
Warmwater Shrimp from the People's Republic of China.'' The 
Department notes that the review is preliminarily rescinded for both 
the proper name and the misspelled name of this company.
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Surrogate Country and Surrogate Values

    On October 21, 2008, the Department sent interested parties a 
letter requesting comments on the surrogate country and information 
pertaining to valuing factors of production (``FOPs''). On January 16, 
2009, Petitioners submitted surrogate value comments regarding various 
Thai sources. No other interested party submitted comments on the 
surrogate country or information pertaining to valuing FOPs.

Case Schedule

    On October 8, 2008, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act, we extended the time period for issuing the preliminary results by 
120 days, until March 2, 2008. See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from 
Ecuador, India, the People's Republic of China, and Thailand: Notice of 
Extension of Time Limits for the Preliminary Results of the Third 
Administrative Reviews, 73 FR 58931 (October 8, 2008).

Partial Rescission of Review

Final Partial Rescission

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), 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 Hilltop's withdrawals of requests for review were 
timely and no other party requested a review of the following 
companies, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), we are rescinding 
this review with respect to Hilltop/Yelin.

Preliminary Partial Rescission

    As discussed in the ``Supplementary Information'' section above, 
several companies indicated they did not export PRC origin shrimp to 
the United States during the POR. In order to corroborate these 
submissions, we reviewed PRC shrimp shipment data obtained from CBP, 
and found no discrepancies with the statements made by these firms.
    Therefore, for the reasons mentioned above, we are preliminarily 
rescinding the administrative review with respect to: Allied Pacific 
Group (comprised of Allied Pacific Food (Dalian) Co., Ltd.; Allied 
Pacific Aquatic Products (Zhanjiang) Co., Ltd.; Zhanjiang Allied 
Pacific Aquaculture Co., Ltd.; Allied Pacific (H.K.) Co., Ltd.; and 
King Royal Investments Ltd.); Gallant Ocean (Nanhai), Ltd.; Luk Ka 
Paper Industrial Ltd.; Shantou Yelin Frozen Seafood Co., Ltd.; and 
Shantou Yuexing Enterprise Company because each reported having made no 
shipments of subject merchandise during the POR, and the Department 
found no information to indicate otherwise. See, e.g., Certain Frozen 
Fish Fillets From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Notice of 
Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of the Third Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review, 72 FR 53527, 53530 (September 19, 2007), 
unchanged in Certain Frozen Fish Fillets From the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and 
Partial Rescission, 73 FR 15479, 15480 (March 24, 2008) (``Third Fish 
Fillets Review'').

Scope of the Order

    The scope of this order includes certain frozen warmwater shrimp 
and prawns, whether wild-caught (ocean harvested) or farm-raised 
(produced by aquaculture), head-on or head-off, shell-on or peeled, 
tail-on or tail-off,\4\ deveined or not deveined, cooked or raw, or 
otherwise processed in frozen form.
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the telson and the uropods.
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    The frozen warmwater shrimp and prawn products included in the 
scope of this investigation, regardless of definitions in the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTS''), are products 
which are processed from warmwater shrimp and prawns through freezing 
and which are sold in any count size.
    The products described above may be processed from any species of 
warmwater shrimp and prawns. Warmwater shrimp and prawns are generally 
classified in, but are not limited to, the Penaeidae family. Some 
examples of the farmed and wild-caught warmwater species include, but 
are not limited to, white-leg shrimp (Penaeus vannemei), banana prawn 
(Penaeus merguiensis), fleshy prawn (Penaeus chinensis), giant river 
prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii), giant tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon), 
redspotted shrimp (Penaeus brasiliensis), southern brown shrimp 
(Penaeus subtilis), southern pink shrimp (Penaeus notialis), southern 
rough shrimp (Trachypenaeus curvirostris), southern white shrimp 
(Penaeus schmitti), blue shrimp (Penaeus stylirostris), western white 
shrimp (Penaeus occidentalis), and Indian white prawn (Penaeus 
indicus).
    Frozen shrimp and prawns that are packed with marinade, spices or 
sauce are included in the scope of this investigation. In addition, 
food preparations, which are not ``prepared meals,'' that contain more 
than 20 percent by weight of shrimp or prawn are also included in the 
scope of this investigation.
    Excluded from the scope are: (1) Breaded shrimp and prawns ( HTS 
subheading 1605.20.1020); (2) shrimp and prawns generally classified in 
the Pandalidae family and commonly referred to as coldwater shrimp, in 
any state of processing; (3) fresh shrimp and prawns whether shell-on 
or peeled (HTS subheadings 0306.23.0020 and 0306.23.0040); (4) shrimp 
and prawns in prepared meals (HTS subheading 1605.20.0510); (5) dried 
shrimp and prawns; (6) Lee Kum Kee's shrimp sauce; (7) canned warmwater 
shrimp and prawns (HTS subheading 1605.20.1040); (8) certain dusted 
shrimp; and (9) certain battered shrimp. Dusted shrimp is a shrimp-
based product: (1) That is produced from fresh (or thawed-from-frozen) 
and peeled shrimp; (2) to which a ``dusting'' layer of rice or wheat 
flour of at least 95 percent purity has been applied; (3) with the 
entire surface of the shrimp flesh thoroughly and evenly coated with 
the flour; (4) with the non-shrimp content of the end product 
constituting between four and 10 percent of the product's total weight 
after being dusted, but prior to being frozen; and (5) that is 
subjected to individually quick frozen (``IQF'') freezing immediately 
after application of the dusting layer. Battered shrimp is a shrimp-
based product that, when dusted in accordance with the definition of 
dusting above, is coated with a wet viscous layer containing egg and/or 
milk, and par-fried.
    The products covered by this investigation are currently classified 
under the following HTS subheadings:

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0306.13.0003, 0306.13.0006, 0306.13.0009, 0306.13.0012, 0306.13.0015, 
0306.13.0018, 0306.13.0021, 0306.13.0024, 0306.13.0027, 0306.13.0040, 
1605.20.1010 and 1605.20.1030. These HTS subheadings are provided for 
convenience and for customs purposes only and are not dispositive, but 
rather the written description of the scope of this investigation
    is dispositive.

Facts Available

    Sections 776(a)(1) and 776(a)(2) of the Act, provide that, if 
necessary information is not available or on the record, or if an 
interested party: (A) withholds information that has been requested by 
the Department; (B) fails to provide such information in a timely 
manner or in the form or manner requested subject to sections 782(c)(1) 
and (e) of the Act; (C) significantly impedes a proceeding under the 
antidumping statute; or (D) provides such information but the 
information cannot be verified, the Department shall, subject to 
subsection 782(d) of the Act, use facts otherwise available in reaching 
the applicable determination.
    Section 782(c)(1) of the Act provides that if an interested party 
``promptly after receiving a request from {the Department{time}  for 
information, notifies {the Department{time}  that such party is unable 
to submit the information requested in the requested form and manner, 
together with a full explanation and suggested alternative forms in 
which such party is able to submit the information,'' the Department 
may modify the requirements to avoid imposing an unreasonable burden on 
that party.
    Section 782(d) of the Act provides that, if the Department 
determines that a response to a request for information does not comply 
with the request, the Department will inform the person submitting the 
response of the nature of the deficiency and shall, to the extent 
practicable, provide that person the opportunity to remedy or explain 
the deficiency. If that person submits further information that 
continues to be unsatisfactory, or this information is not submitted 
within the applicable time limits, the Department may, subject to 
section 782(e) of the Act, disregard all or part of the original and 
subsequent responses, as appropriate.
    Section 782(e) of the Act states that the Department shall not 
decline to consider information deemed ``deficient'' under section 
782(d) if: (1) the information is submitted by the established 
deadline; (2) the information can be verified; (3) the information is 
not so incomplete that it cannot serve as a reliable basis for reaching 
the applicable determination; (4) the interested party has demonstrated 
that it acted to the best of its ability in providing the information 
and meeting the requirements established by the Department; and (5) the 
information can be used without undue difficulties.
    Furthermore, section 776(b) of the Act states that if the 
Department ``finds that an interested party has failed to cooperate by 
not acting to the best of its ability to comply with a request for 
information from the administering authority or the Commission, the 
administering authority or the Commission . . . , in reaching the 
applicable determination under this title, may use an inference that is 
adverse to the interests of that party in selecting from among the 
facts otherwise available.'' See also Statement of Administrative 
Action accompanying the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, H.R. Rep. No. 
103-316 at 870 (1994) (``SAA''). Adverse inferences are appropriate 
``to ensure that the party does not obtain a more favorable result by 
failing to cooperate than if it had cooperated fully.'' Id. An adverse 
inference may include reliance on information derived from the 
petition, the final determination in the investigation, any previous 
review, or any other information placed on the record. See section 
776(b) of the Act.

Regal's Water Consumption

    For these preliminary results, in accordance with sections 
776(a)(1) and 776(a)(2)(B) of the Act, we have determined that the use 
of facts available is appropriate for Regal's consumption of water. As 
noted above, consistent with section 782(c)(1) of the Act, if an 
interested party promptly notifies the Department that it is unable to 
submit the information in the requested form and manner, together with 
a full explanation and suggested alternative forms in which such party 
is able to submit the information, the Department will take into 
consideration the ability of the party to submit the information in the 
requested form and manner and may modify such requirements to the 
extent necessary to avoid imposing an unreasonable burden on that 
party.
    Consistent with section 773(c)(1)(B) of the Act, the Department 
values FOPs that a respondent uses to produce the subject merchandise. 
See, e.g., Third Fish Fillets Review at Comment 8E. In past cases the 
Department has specifically stated that water which is pumped from a 
well, regardless of whether the respondent incurs a cost for that 
water, will be treated as a FOP and valued accordingly. See, e.g., 
Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic of China: Final Results and 
Partial Rescission of the Eleventh Administrative Review and New 
Shipper Reviews, 72 FR 34438 (June 22, 2007) at Comment 8. In its 
questionnaire responses, Regal stated that it used water during the 
farming and processing of shrimp. Regal also stated that it did not 
track the amount of water used because it incurred no cost for pumping 
the water from either wells (at the processing factory) or the ocean 
(at the farms). At verification the Department found no evidence that 
Regal tracks the amount of water it consumes in its normal course of 
business. See Regal Verification Report at 2. However, at verification 
Regal was able to provide estimates of the water it consumed. Id. 
Because information regarding the actual amount of water consumed is 
not available and Regal was unable to provide the data regarding actual 
water consumption, and in the form and manner required, we are applying 
facts available to Regal's water consumption in accordance with 
sections 776(a)(1), 776(a)(2)(B) and 782(c)(1) of the Act.
    As noted above, Regal consumes water at its shrimp farms. As facts 
available, we are applying the average amount of water consumed at the 
farms, as estimated by Regal's farming production manager, to the NV. 
See Regal Verification Report at 2. In addition, Regal uses water at 
its processing factory to make ice, to clean the shrimp during the 
production process, and to pack the shrimp. Also, as facts available, 
to account for the ice consumed by Regal at its processing plant, we 
are applying the average amount of ice reported by Regal\5\ in 
transporting the shrimp form the farm to the factory. See Regal's 
October 23, 2008 submission. In addition, as facts available, to 
calculate the water used to pack the shrimp we are deducting from the 
gross weight of the sale, the weight of the shrimp and packing. 
Moreover, we are using an average of these water weights to estimate 
the amount of water Regal used to wash the shrimp during the production 
process. Because these usage rates are proprietary, see Memorandum to 
the File, through Scot Fullerton, Program Manager, Office IX, from Paul 
Walker, Senior Analyst, ``Third Administrative Review of Frozen 
Warmwater Shrimp from the People's Republic of China: Zhanjiang Regal

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Integrated Marine Resources Co., Ltd.,'' dated concurrently with this 
notice (``Regal Analysis Memo'') for further details.
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    \5\ Regal purchases ice to keep the shrimp fresh as they are 
transported from the farm to the factory. Regal reported an FOP 
usage rate for this purchased ice.
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    Moreover, we note that for future reviews of this order, Regal must 
comply with all requests for information by the Department and should, 
therefore, maintain the appropriate records to comply with these 
requests. If Regal, or any other Respondents, are unable to comply with 
such requests, the Department may resort to the use of adverse facts 
available (``AFA'') absent the information on the record that is 
required by the Department to conduct its proceedings in accordance 
with section 776(b) of the Act.

Regal's Unreported FOP and Movement Expense

    For these preliminary results, in accordance with section 
776(a)(2)(A) of the Act, we have determined that the use of facts 
available is appropriate for Regal's unreported consumption of diesel 
oil and movement expenses it paid for filing U.S. Food and Drug 
Administration (``USFDA'') paperwork in the United States for certain 
sales.
    Regal did not report diesel oil consumption or certain movement 
expenses in its submissions of FOP and sales data dated October 3, 
2008, December 16, 2008, and January 21, 2009. At verification, Regal 
attempted to submit data regarding its diesel oil consumption and other 
movement expenses as minor corrections. However, the Department did not 
accept this new information as minor corrections. See Regal 
Verification Report at 2. Unlike water, the usage of which is not 
currently recorded in Regal's books and records, we note diesel oil 
consumption and this particular movement expense are recorded in 
Regal's books and records and were readily available to Regal. Because 
Regal did not report this data in a timely manner, and failed to report 
its diesel oil consumption and the movement expense to the Department, 
despite multiple opportunities to provide complete FOP and sales data, 
we are applying facts available to Regal's unreported diesel oil 
consumption and movement expense pursuant to section 776(a)(2)(A) of 
the Act.
    As noted above, section 776(b) of the Act states that if the 
Department ``finds that an interested party has failed to cooperate by 
not acting to the best of its ability to comply with a request for 
information from the administering authority or the Commission, the 
administering authority or the Commission , in reaching the applicable 
determination under this title, may use an inference that is adverse to 
the interests of that party in selecting from among the facts otherwise 
available.'' See also SAA accompanying the URAA at 870. An adverse 
inference may include reliance on information derived from the 
Petition, the final determination in the investigation, any previous 
review, or any other information placed on the record. See section 
776(b) of the Act.
    In this instance, Regal failed to act to the best of its ability to 
comply with the Department's repeated requests for information 
regarding all of its FOPs and sales expenses, i.e., diesel oil and the 
movement expenses it paid for filing USFDA paperwork. See, e.g., the 
Department's letter dated August 29, 2008, at c-25 and d-8, where we 
asked Regal to report all U.S. movement expenses and all energy inputs, 
respectively. Only at verification did it become clear that these two 
previously unreported costs existed. As noted above, these factors are 
reported in Regal's books and records and were readily available to 
Regal. Regal did not indicate that it was unable to submit complete FOP 
and sales information in the requested form and manner. Therefore, we 
find that Regal failed to cooperate to the best of its ability and we 
are applying AFA to this FOP and movement expense incurred by Regal in 
these preliminary results, pursuant to section 776(b) of the Act. As 
partial AFA for Regal's diesel oil FOP, we are using the highest single 
monthly usage rate for diesel oil and applying this monthly usage rate 
to all months during the POR. In addition, as partial AFA for Regal's 
movement expense, we are using the highest single fee incurred by Regal 
and applying this fee to all sales invoices for which this fee was 
incurred.

Go-Harvest/PRC-wide Entity

    As noted above in the ``Supplementary Information'' section, the 
Department selected Go-Harvest for individual examination in this 
review, based on CBP data of U.S. imports which showed that Go-Harvest 
was one of the largest exporters by volume during the POR. Although Go-
Harvest submitted certifications that it had no shipments, it refused 
to answer our questions regarding the discrepancies between its no 
shipments claims and the CBP data. Accordingly, based on the CBP data, 
and Go-Harvest's failure to refute that data, we find that Go-Harvest 
made shipments of subject merchandise during the POR, and consequently, 
as a selected respondent, was required to answer the full 
questionnaire. By not responding to the Department's questionnaire, Go-
Harvest failed to demonstrate that it qualifies for separate rate 
status. Accordingly, we consider Go-Harvest to be a part of the PRC-
wide entity.
    We find that the PRC-wide entity, including Go-Harvest, withheld 
requested information, failed to provide information in a timely manner 
and in the form requested, and significantly impeded this proceeding. 
Moreover, by refusing to answer the Department's questionnaire, the 
PRC-wide entity, including Go-Harvest, failed to cooperate to the best 
of its ability. Therefore, the Department must rely on adverse facts 
otherwise available in order to determine a margin for the PRC-wide 
entity, pursuant to section 776(a)(2)(A), (B), (C) and 776(b) of the 
Act. See e.g., Non-Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings from the People's 
Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 71 FR 69546 (December 1, 2006) and accompanying Issues and 
Decision Memorandum at Comment 1. See also Certain Frozen Warmwater 
Shrimp from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary Results of 
the First Administrative Review and New Shipper Review, 72 FR 10689, 
10692 (March 9, 2007) (decision to apply total AFA to the NME-wide 
entity unchanged in Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the Socialist 
Republic of Vietnam: Final Results of the First Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review and First New Shipper Review, 72 FR 52052 
(September 12, 2007) (``First Vietnamese Shrimp Review''). By doing so, 
we ensure that the companies that are part of the PRC-wide entity will 
not obtain a more favorable result by failing to cooperate than had 
they cooperated fully in this review.
    In deciding which facts to use as AFA, section 776(b) of the Act 
and 19 CFR 351.308(c)(1) authorize the Department to rely on 
information derived from (1) the petition, (2) a final determination in 
the investigation, (3) any previous review or determination, or (4) any 
information placed on the record. In reviews, the Department normally 
selects, as AFA, the highest rate on the record of any segment of the 
proceeding. See, e.g., Certain Steel Nails from the People's Republic 
of China: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 
Partial Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, 73 FR 
33977 (June 16, 2008). The Court of International Trade (``CIT'') and 
the Federal Circuit have consistently upheld the Department's practice 
in this regard. See Rhone

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Poulenc, Inc. v. United States, 899 F.2d 1185, 1190 (Fed. Circ. 1990) 
(``Rhone Poulenc''); NSK Ltd. v. United States, 346 F. Supp. 2d 1312, 
1335 (CIT 2004) (upholding a 73.55 percent total AFA rate, the highest 
available dumping margin from a different respondent in a LTFV 
investigation); see also Kompass Food Trading Int'l v. United States, 
24 CIT 678, 689 (2000) (upholding a 51.16 percent total AFA rate, the 
highest available dumping margin from a different, fully cooperative 
respondent); and Shanghai Taoen International Trading Co., Ltd. v. 
United States, 360 F. Supp 2d 1339, 1348 (CIT 2005) (upholding a 223.01 
percent total AFA rate, the highest available dumping margin from a 
different respondent in a previous administrative review).
    The Department's practice when selecting an adverse rate from among 
the possible sources of information is to ensure that the margin is 
sufficiently adverse ``as to effectuate the purpose of the facts 
available role to induce respondents to provide the Department with 
complete and accurate information in a timely manner.'' See Static 
Random Access Memory Semiconductors from Taiwan; Final Determination of 
Sales at Less than Fair Value, 63 FR 8909, 8932 (February 23, 1998). 
The Department's practice also ensures ``that the party does not obtain 
a more favorable result by failing to cooperate than if it had 
cooperated fully.'' See SAA at 870; see also Final Determination of 
Sales at Less than Fair Value: Certain Frozen and Canned Warmwater 
Shrimp from Brazil, 69 FR 76910, 76912 (December 23, 2004); D&L Supply 
Co. v. United States, 113 F. 3d 1220, 1223 (Fed. Cir. 1997). In 
choosing the appropriate balance between providing respondents with an 
incentive to respond accurately and imposing a rate that is reasonably 
related to the respondent's prior commercial activity, selecting the 
highest prior margin ``reflects a common sense inference that the 
highest prior margin is the most probative evidence of current margins, 
because, if it were not so, the importer, knowing of the rule, would 
have produced current information showing the margin to be less.'' 
Rhone Poulenc, 899 F.2d at 1190. Consistent with the statute, court 
precedent, and its normal practice, the Department has assigned the 
rate of 112.81 percent, the highest rate on the record of any segment 
of the proceeding, to the PRC-wide entity, which includes Go-Harvest, 
as AFA. See, e.g., Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the People's 
Republic of China: Notice of Final Results And Rescission, In Part, of 
2004/2006 Antidumping Duty Administrative and New Shipper Reviews, 72 
FR 52049 (September 12, 2007). As discussed further below, this rate 
has been corroborated.

Corroboration of Facts Available

    Section 776(c) of the Act requires that the Department corroborate, 
to the extent practicable, secondary information on which it relies as 
facts available. To be considered corroborated, information must be 
found to be both reliable and relevant. We are applying as AFA the 
highest rate from any segment of this administrative proceeding, which 
is the rate currently applicable to all exporters subject to the PRC-
wide rate. The AFA rate in the current review (i.e., the PRC-wide rate 
of 112.81 percent) represents the highest rate from the petition in the 
LTFV investigation. 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).
    For purposes of corroboration, the Department will consider whether 
that margin is both reliable and relevant. The AFA rate we are applying 
for the current review was corroborated in the LTFV investigation. See, 
e.g., Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: 
Certain Frozen and Canned Warmwater Shrimp From the People's Republic 
of China, 69 FR 70997 (December 8, 2004). No information has been 
presented in the current review that calls into question the 
reliability of this information.
    With respect to the relevance aspect of corroboration, the 
Department will consider information reasonably at its disposal to 
determine whether a margin continues to have relevance. Where 
circumstances indicate that the selected margin is not appropriate as 
AFA, the Department will disregard the margin and determine an 
appropriate margin. For example, in Fresh Cut Flowers from Mexico; 
Final Results of Antidumping Administrative Review, 61 FR 6812, 6814 
(February 22, 1996), the Department disregarded the highest margin in 
that case as adverse best information available (the predecessor to 
facts available) because the margin was based on another company's 
uncharacteristic business expense resulting in an unusually high 
margin. The information used in calculating this margin was based on 
sales and production data submitted by the petitioner in the LTFV 
investigation, together with the most appropriate surrogate value 
information available to the Department chosen from submissions by the 
parties in the LTFV investigation, as well as information gathered by 
the Department itself. Furthermore, the calculation of this margin was 
subject to comment from interested parties in the proceeding. As there 
is no information on the record of this review that demonstrates that 
this rate is not appropriately used as AFA, we determine that this rate 
has relevance.
    As the 112.81 percent rate is both reliable and relevant, we 
determine that it has probative value. Accordingly, we determine that 
the calculated rate of 112.81 percent, which is the current PRC-wide 
rate, is in accord with the requirement of section 776(c) that 
secondary information be corroborated to the extent practicable (i.e., 
that it have probative value). We have assigned this AFA rate to 
exports of the subject merchandise by the PRC-wide entity.

NME Country Status

    In every case conducted by the Department involving the PRC, the 
PRC has been treated as an NME country. In accordance with section 
771(18)(C)(i) of the Act, any determination that a foreign country is 
an NME country shall remain in effect until revoked by the 
administering authority. See Brake Rotors From the People's Republic of 
China: Final Results and Partial Rescission of the 2004/2005 
Administrative Review and Notice of Rescission of 2004/2005 New Shipper 
Review, 71 FR 66304 (November 14, 2006). None of the parties to this 
proceeding has contested such treatment. Accordingly, we calculated NV 
in accordance with section 773(c) of the Act, which applies to NME 
countries.

Separate Rate Determination

    A designation as an NME remains in effect until it is revoked by 
the Department. See section 771(18)(C) of the Act. Accordingly, there 
is a rebuttable presumption that all companies within the PRC are 
subject to government control and, thus, should be assessed a single 
antidumping duty rate. See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value, and Affirmative Critical Circumstances, In Part: 
Certain Lined Paper Products From the People's Republic of China, 71 FR 
53079 (September 8, 2006); Final Determination of Sales at Less Than 
Fair Value and Final Partial Affirmative Determination of Critical 
Circumstances: Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof from the People's 
Republic of China, 71 FR 29303 (May 22, 2006).
    In the Initiation, the Department notified parties of the 
application

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process by which exporters and producers may obtain separate rate 
status in NME investigations. See Initiation. It is the Department's 
policy to assign all exporters of the merchandise subject to review in 
NME countries a single rate unless an exporter can affirmatively 
demonstrate an absence of government control, both in law (de jure) and 
in fact (de facto), with respect to exports. To establish whether a 
company is sufficiently independent to be entitled to a separate, 
company-specific rate, the Department analyzes each exporting entity in 
an NME country under the test established in Notice of Final 
Determination of Sales at Less than Fair Value: Sparklers from the 
People's Republic of China, 56 FR 20588 (May 6, 1991) (``Sparklers''), 
as amplified by Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than 
Fair Value: Silicon Carbide from the People's Republic of China, 59 FR 
22585 (May 2, 1994) (``Silicon Carbide'').

Absence of De Jure Control

    The Department considers the following de jure criteria in 
determining whether an individual company may be granted a separate 
rate: (1) an absence of restrictive stipulations associated with an 
individual exporter's business and export licenses; (2) any legislative 
enactments decentralizing control of companies; and (3) any other 
formal measures by the government decentralizing control of companies. 
See Sparklers, 56 FR at 20589.
    In this administrative review, only Regal and Shantou Longsheng 
have placed sufficient evidence on the record that demonstrate an 
absence of de jure control. See Regal's submission of October 3, 2008; 
see also Shantou Longsheng's submission of May 30, 2008. The Department 
has analyzed such PRC laws as the ``Foreign Trade Law of the People's 
Republic of China'' and the ``Company Law of the People's Republic of 
China'' and has found that they establish an absence of de jure 
control. See, e.g., Preliminary Results of New Shipper Review: Certain 
Preserved Mushrooms From the People's Republic of China, 66 FR 30695, 
30696 (June 7, 2001). We have no information in this proceeding that 
would cause us to reconsider this determination. Thus, we find that the 
evidence on the record supports a preliminary finding of an absence of 
de jure government control based on: (1) an absence of restrictive 
stipulations associated with the exporter's business license; (2) the 
legal authority on the record decentralizing control over the 
respondent, as demonstrated by the PRC laws placed on the record of 
this review; and (3) other formal measures by the government 
decentralizing control of companies.

Absence of De Facto Control

    As stated in previous cases, there is some evidence that certain 
enactments of the PRC central government have not been implemented 
uniformly among different sectors and/or jurisdictions in the PRC. See 
Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain 
Preserved Mushrooms from the People's Republic of China, 63 FR 72255 
(December 31, 1998). Therefore, the Department has determined that an 
analysis of de facto control is critical in determining whether 
respondents are, in fact, subject to a degree of government control 
which would preclude the Department from assigning separate rates. The 
Department typically considers four factors in evaluating whether each 
respondent is subject to de facto government control of its export 
functions: (1) whether the exporter sets its own export prices 
independent of the government and without the approval of a government 
authority; (2) whether the respondent has the authority to negotiate 
and sign contracts, and other agreements; (3) whether the respondent 
has autonomy from the government in making decisions regarding the 
selection of its management; and (4) whether the respondent retains the 
proceeds of its export sales and makes independent decisions regarding 
disposition of profits or financing of losses.  See Silicon Carbide, 59 
FR at 22587; Sparklers, 56 FR at 20589.
    The Department conducted separate rate analyses for Regal and 
Shantou Longsheng, which have asserted the following: (1) there is no 
government participation in setting export prices; (2) sales managers 
and authorized employees have the authority to create binding sales 
contracts; (3) they do not have to notify any government authorities of 
management selections; (4) there are no restrictions on the use of 
export revenue; and (5) they are is responsible for financing their own 
losses. The questionnaire responses of Regal and Shantou Longsheng do 
not indicate that pricing is coordinated among exporters. During our 
analysis of the information on the record, we found no information 
indicating the existence of government control of export activities. 
See Regal's submission of October 3, 2008; see also Shantou Longsheng's 
submission of May 30, 2008. Consequently, we preliminarily determine 
that Regal and Shantou Longsheng have met the criteria for the 
application of a separate rate.
    In the Initiation, we requested that all companies listed therein 
wishing to qualify for separate rate status in this administrative 
review submit, as appropriate, either a separate rate status 
application or certification. See Initiation. As discussed above, the 
Department initiated this administrative review with respect to 482 
companies, and is rescinding the review on five\6\ of those 482 
companies. In addition, we are preliminarily rescinding the review with 
respect to eleven\7\ other companies due to the lack of shipments 
during the POR. Thus, including Regal and Shantou Longsheng, 466 
companies remain subject to this review. Only Regal and Shantou 
Longsheng provided, as appropriate, either a separate rate application 
or certification. No other company listed in the Initiation, including 
Go-Harvest discussed above, has demonstrated its eligibility for 
separate rate status in this administrative review. Therefore, the 
Department preliminarily determines that there were exports of 
merchandise under review from PRC exporters that did not demonstrate 
their eligibility for separate rate status. As a result, the Department 
is treating these PRC exporters as part of the PRC-wide entity, subject 
to the PRC-wide rate.
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    \6\ These include Yelin Enterprise Co., Ltd. Hong Kong (the 
predecessor in interest to Hilltop International); Yangjiang City 
Yelin Hoitat Quick Frozen Seafood Co., Ltd.; Fuqing Yihua Aquatic 
Food Co., Ltd.; and Fuqing Minhua Trade Co., Ltd.
    \7\ These include Allied Pacific Group (comprised of Allied 
Pacific Food (Dalian) Co., Ltd.; Allied Pacific Aquatic Products 
(Zhanjiang) Co., Ltd.; Zhanjiang Allied Pacific Aquaculture Co., 
Ltd.; Allied Pacific (H.K.) Co., Ltd.; and King Royal Investments 
Ltd.); Gallant Ocean (Nanhai), Ltd.; Luk Ka Paper Industrial Ltd.; 
Shantou Yelin Frozen Seafood Co., Ltd.; and Shantou Yuexing 
Enterprise Company.
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Surrogate Country

    When the Department investigates imports from an NME country, 
section 773(c)(1) of the Act directs it to base NV, in most 
circumstances, on the NME producer's FOPs, valued in a surrogate market 
economy country or countries considered to be appropriate by the 
Department. In accordance with section 773(c)(4) of the Act, in valuing 
the FOPs, the Department shall utilize, to the extent possible, the 
prices or costs of FOPs in one or more market economy countries that 
are at a level of economic development comparable to that of the NME 
country and significant producers of comparable merchandise. The 
sources of the surrogate factor values are discussed under the ``Normal 
Value'' section below and in the Memorandum to the File through Scot 
Fullerton, Program Manager, Office IX, from Paul

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Walker, Senior Case Analyst, ``Third Administrative Review of Frozen 
Warmwater Shrimp from the People's Republic of China: Surrogate Factor 
Valuations for the Preliminary Results,'' dated concurrently with this 
notice (``Surrogate Values Memo'').
    As discussed in the ``NME Country Status'' section, the Department 
considers the PRC to be an NME country. The Department determined that 
India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Colombia, and Thailand are countries 
comparable to the PRC in terms of economic development. See the 
Department's letter to all interested parties, dated October 21, 2008. 
Moreover, it is the Department's practice to select an appropriate 
surrogate country based on the availability and reliability of data 
from these countries. See Department Policy Bulletin No. 04.1: Non-
Market Economy Surrogate Country Selection Process, dated March 1, 
2004. The Department finds India to be a reliable source for surrogate 
values because India is at a comparable level of economic development 
pursuant to 773(c)(4) of the Act, is a significant producer of 
comparable merchandise, and has publicly available and reliable data. 
Furthermore, the Department notes that India has been the primary 
surrogate country in past segments. As noted above, the Petitioner 
submitted surrogate value data for certain, but not all, FOPs for 
Thailand on January 16, 2009. However, we note that we are placing 
Indian surrogate value information for all FOPs on the record of this 
review concurrently with this notice, and that the FOPs which are 
valued using Indian import statistics are of a greater HTS specificity 
than the Thai import statistics. See Surrogate Values Memo. Given the 
above facts, the Department has selected India as the primary surrogate 
country for this review.

U.S. Price

    In accordance with section 772(a) of the Act, we calculated the 
export price (``EP'') for sales to the United States for Regal. We 
calculated EP based on the price to unaffiliated purchasers in the 
United States. In accordance with section 772(c) of the Act, as 
appropriate, we deducted from the starting price to unaffiliated 
purchasers foreign inland freight, foreign brokerage and handling, 
customs duties, domestic brokerage and handling and other movement 
expenses incurred. For the services provided by an NME vendor or paid 
for using an NME currency we based the deduction of these movement 
charges on surrogate values. See Surrogate Values Memo for details 
regarding the surrogate values for movement expenses. For expenses 
provided by a market economy vendor and paid in U.S. dollars, we used 
the actual cost per kilogram of the freight. See Regal Analysis Memo.

Normal Value

Methodology

    Section 773(c)(1) of the Act provides that the Department shall 
determine the NV using an FOP methodology if the merchandise is 
exported from an NME and the information does not permit the 
calculation of NV using home-market prices, third-country prices, or 
constructed value under section 773(a) of the Act. The Department bases 
NV on the FOP because the presence of government controls on various 
aspects of NMEs renders price comparisons and the calculation of 
production costs invalid under the Department's normal methodologies.

Factor Valuations

    In accordance with section 773(c) of the Act, we calculated NV 
based on FOP data reported by Regal for the POR. To calculate NV, we 
multiplied the reported per-unit factor-consumption rates by publicly 
available surrogate values (except as discussed below).
    In selecting the surrogate values, we considered the quality, 
specificity, and contemporaneity of the data. As appropriate, we 
adjusted input prices by including freight costs to make them delivered 
prices. We added to each Indian import surrogate value, a surrogate 
freight cost calculated from the shorter of the reported distance from 
the domestic supplier to the factory or the distance from the nearest 
seaport to the factory, where appropriate. See Sigma Corp. v. United 
States, 117 F. 3d 1401, 1407-1408 (Fed. Cir. 1997).
    For these preliminary results, in accordance with the Department's 
practice, we used data from the Indian Import Statistics in order to 
calculate surrogate values for most of Regal's material inputs. In 
selecting the best available information for valuing FOPs in accordance 
with section 773(c)(1) of the Act, the Department's practice is to 
select, to the extent practicable, surrogate values which are non-
export average values, most contemporaneous with the POR, product-
specific, and tax-exclusive. See, e.g., Notice of Preliminary 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Negative Preliminary 
Determination of Critical Circumstances and Postponement of Final 
Determination: Certain Frozen and Canned Warmwater Shrimp From the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 69 FR 42672, 42682 (July 16, 2004), 
unchanged in Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: 
Certain Frozen and Canned Warmwater Shrimp From the Socialist Republic 
of Vietnam, 69 FR 71005 (December 8, 2004). The record shows that the 
Indian import statistics represent import data that are contemporaneous 
with the POR, product-specific, and tax-exclusive. Where we could not 
obtain publicly available information contemporaneous to the POR with 
which to value FOPs, we adjusted the surrogate values, where 
appropriate, using the Indian Wholesale Price Index (``WPI'') as 
published in OECD Stat by the Organization for Economic Development and 
Cooperation.
    To value shrimp larvae for Regal, which has an integrated 
production process, the Department valued shrimp larvae using an 
average of the price derived from the Nekkanti Sea Foods Ltd. financial 
statement for 04/2002 - 03/2003, and the price quoted in Fishing 
Chimes, which is an Indian seafood industry publication. However, 
because the shrimp larvae prices are dated before the POR, we inflated 
the price to be contemporaneous with the POR using WPI.
    We valued electricity using price data for small, medium, and large 
industries, as published by the Central Electricity Authority of the 
Government of India in its publication titled Electricity Tariff & Duty 
and Average Rates of Electricity Supply in India, dated July 2006. 
These electricity rates represent actual country-wide, publicly-
available information on tax-exclusive electricity rates charged to 
industries in India. Since the rates are dated before the POR, we 
inflated the values to be contemporaneous with the POR using WPI. See 
Surrogate Values Memo.
    Consistent with 19 CFR 351.408(c)(3), we valued direct, indirect, 
and packing labor, using the most recently calculated regression-based 
wage rate, which relies on 2005 data. This wage rate can currently be 
found on the Department's website on Import Administration's home page, 
Import Library, Expected Wages of Selected NME Countries, revised in 
May 2008, ia.ita.doc.gov/wages/05wages/05wages-051608.html. The source 
of these wage-rate data on the Import Administration's web site is the 
Yearbook of Labour Statistics 2002, ILO (Geneva: 2002), Chapter 5B: 
Wages in Manufacturing. Because this regression-based wage rate does 
not separate the labor rates into different skill levels or types of 
labor, we have applied the same wage rate to all skill levels and types 
of labor reported by Regal.

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    To value water, the Department used data from the Maharashtra 
Industrial Development Corporation (www.midindia.orgwww.midcindia.org) 
since it includes a wide range of industrial water tariffs. This source 
provides 386 industrial water rates within the Maharashtra province 
from June 2003: 193 of the water rates were for the ``inside industrial 
areas'' usage category and 193 of the water rates were for the 
``outside industrial areas'' usage category. Because the value was not 
contemporaneous with the POR, we adjusted the rate for inflation.
    We valued truck freight expenses using a per-unit average rate 
calculated from data on the Info Banc web site: www.infobanc.com/logistics/logtruck.htm. The logistics section of this website contains 
inland freight truck rates between many large Indian cities. Since this 
value is dated after the POR, we deflated the values to be 
contemporaneous with the POR using WPI. See Surrogate Values Memo.
    We valued brokerage and handling using a simple average of the 
brokerage and handling costs that were reported in public submissions 
that were filed in three antidumping duty cases. See Surrogate Values 
Memo. Specifically, we averaged the public brokerage and handling 
expenses reported by (a) Agro Dutch Industries Ltd. in the antidumping 
duty administrative review of certain preserved mushrooms from India, 
(b) Kejirwal Paper Ltd. in the LTFV investigation of certain lined 
paper products from India, and (c) Essar Steel in the antidumping duty 
administrative review of hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from 
India.\8\ See Certain Preserved Mushrooms From India: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 71 FR 10646 (March 2, 2006); 
Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 
Postponement of Final Determination, and Affirmative Preliminary 
Determination of Critical Circumstances in Part: Certain Lined Paper 
Products From India, 71 FR 19706 (April 17, 2006) (unchanged in Notice 
of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, and Negative 
Determination of Critical Circumstances: Certain Lined Paper Products 
from India, 71 FR 45012 (August 8, 2006)), and Certain Hot-Rolled 
Carbon Steel Flat Products From India: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 71 FR 2018, 2021 (January 12, 
2006) (unchanged in Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From 
India: Final Results of Antidumping Administrative Review, 71 FR 40694 
(July 18, 2006)). The Department derived the average per-unit amount 
from each source and adjusted each average rate for inflation. Finally, 
the Department averaged the average per-unit amounts to derive an 
overall average rate for the POR.
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    \8\ These data have been placed on the record of this case and 
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    To value factory overhead, sales, general and administrative 
expenses, and profit, we relied upon publicly available information in 
the 2007-2008 annual report of Falcon Marine Exports Ltd., an 
integrated Indian producer of subject merchandise.  See Surrogate 
Values Memo.
    We made currency conversions into U.S. dollars, in accordance with 
section 773A(a) of the Act, based on the exchange rates in effect on 
the dates of the U.S. sales as certified by the Federal Reserve Bank.

Preliminary Results of the Review

    The Department has determined that the following preliminary 
dumping margins exist for the period February 1, 2007, through January 
31, 2008:

                           Honey from the PRC
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                Manufacturer/Exporter                       Margin
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Regal...............................................              26.30%
Shantou Longsheng...................................              26.30%
PRC-wide Entity \9\.................................             112.81%
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\9\ The PRC-wide entity includes the 464 companies currently under
  review that have not established their entitlement to a separate rate,
  including Zhanjiang Go-Harvest Aquatic Products Co., Ltd.

    The Department will disclose calculations performed for these 
preliminary results to the parties within five days of the date of 
publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.301(c)(3)(ii), for the final results 
of this administrative review, interested parties may submit publicly 
available information to value FOPs within 20 days after the date of 
publication of these preliminary results. Interested parties must 
provide the Department with supporting documentation for the publicly 
available information to value each FOP. Additionally, in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.301(c)(1), for the final results of this administrative 
review, interested parties may submit factual information to rebut, 
clarify, or correct factual information submitted by an interested 
party less than ten days before, on, or after, the applicable deadline 
for submission of such factual information. However, the Department 
notes that 19 CFR 351.301(c)(1) permits new information only insofar as 
it rebuts, clarifies, or corrects information recently placed on the 
record. The Department generally cannot accept the submission of 
additional, previously absent-from-the-record alternative surrogate 
value information pursuant to 19 CFR 351.301(c)(1). See Glycine from 
the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review and Final Rescission, in Part, 72 FR 58809 
(October 17, 2007) and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at 
Comment 2.
    Interested parties may submit case briefs and/or written comments 
no later than 30 days after the date of publication of these 
preliminary results of review. See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(ii). Rebuttal 
briefs and rebuttals to written comments, limited to issues raised in 
such briefs or comments, may be filed no later than five days after the 
deadline for filing case briefs. See 19 CFR 351.309(d). The Department 
urges interested parties to provide an executive summary of each 
argument contained within the case briefs and rebuttal briefs.
    The Department will issue the final results of this administrative 
review, which will include the results of its analysis of issues raised 
in any such comments, within 120 days of publication of these 
preliminary results, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results, the Department will determine, 
and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries 
covered by these reviews. The Department intends to issue assessment 
instructions to CBP 15 days after the publication date of the final 
results of this review. In accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), for 
Regal we calculated an exporter/importer (or customer)-specific 
assessment rate for the merchandise subject to this review. Where the 
respondent has reported reliable entered values, we calculated importer 
(or customer)-specific ad valorem rates by aggregating the dumping 
margins calculated for all U.S. sales to each importer (or customer) 
and dividing this amount by the total entered value of the sales to 
each importer (or customer). See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). Where an 
importer (or customer)-specific ad valorem rate is greater than de 
minimis, we will apply the assessment rate to the entered value of the 
importer's/customer's entries during the POR. See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).

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    Where we do not have entered values for all U.S. sales, we 
calculated a per-unit assessment rate by aggregating the antidumping 
duties due for all U.S. sales to each importer (or customer) and 
dividing this amount by the total quantity sold to that importer (or 
customer). See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). To determine whether the duty 
assessment rates are de minimis, in accordance with the requirement set 
forth in 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we calculated importer (or customer)-
specific ad valorem ratios based on the estimated entered value. Where 
an importer (or customer)-specific ad valorem rate is zero or de 
minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries without 
regard to antidumping duties. See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
    For the companies receiving a separate rate that were not selected 
for individual review, we will calculate an assessment rate based on 
the weighted average of the cash deposit rates calculated for the 
companies selected for individual review pursuant to section 
735(c)(5)(B) of the Act.
    For those companies for which this review has been preliminarily 
rescinded,\10\ the Department intends to assess antidumping duties 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)(2), if the review is 
rescinded for these companies.
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    \10\ These include Allied Pacific Group (comprised of Allied 
Pacific Food (Dalian) Co., Ltd.; Allied Pacific Aquatic Products 
(Zhanjiang) Co., Ltd.; Zhanjiang Allied Pacific Aquaculture Co., 
Ltd.; Allied Pacific (H.K.) Co., Ltd.; and King Royal Investments 
Ltd.); Gallant Ocean (Nanhai), Ltd.; Luk Ka Paper Industrial Ltd.; 
Shantou Yelin Frozen Seafood Co., Ltd.; and Shantou Yuexing 
Enterprise Company.
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    For Yelin/Hilltop, 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)(2). The Department will issue 
appropriate assessment instructions directly to CBP 15 days after 
publication of this notice.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash-deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of these final results for shipments of the subject 
merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after the publication date of these final results, as provided by 
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) for subject merchandise exported 
by Regal and Shantou Longsheng the cash deposit rate will be 26.30 
percent; (2) for all other PRC exporters of subject merchandise which 
have not been found to be entitled to a separate rate, and thus, are a 
part of the PRC-wide entity, the cash-deposit rate will be the PRC-wide 
rate of 112.81 percent; and (3) for all non-PRC exporters of subject 
merchandise, the cash-deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the 
PRC supplier of that exporter. These deposit requirements shall remain 
in effect until further notice.

Notification of Interested Parties

    This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of 
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    This administrative review, and this notice are in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213 and 
351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: March 2, 2009.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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