[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 48 (Friday, March 12, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11855-11862]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-5473]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-893]


Fourth Administrative Review of Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp 
From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results, Preliminary 
Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Intent 
Not To Revoke, In Part

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, 2008, 
through January 31, 2009. As discussed below, the Department 
preliminarily determines 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.

DATES: Effective Date: March 12, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Palmer or Irene Gorelik, 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-
9068 and (202) 482-6905, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department received timely requests from both Petitioners,\1\ 
domestic interested parties (``DP''),\2\ 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 
certain warmwater shrimp from the PRC. On March 26, 2009, the 
Department initiated an administrative review of 483 producers/
exporters of subject merchandise from the PRC.\3\ See Notice of 
Initiation of Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation in 
Part of the Antidumping Duty Orders on Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp 
from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the People's Republic of 
China, 74 FR 13178 (March 26, 2009) (``Initiation''). However, after 
accounting for duplicate names and additional trade names associated 
with certain exporters, the number of companies upon which we initiated 
is actually 477 companies/groups.\4\
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    \1\ The petitioners are the members of the Ad Hoc Shrimp Trade 
Action Committee (hereinafter referred to as ``Petitioners'').
    \2\ The domestic interested parties are the American Shrimp 
Processors Association and the Louisiana Shrimp Association.
    \3\ See Initiation for a listing of these companies.
    \4\ The duplicated companies were: Sanya Dongji Aquatic Products 
Co., Ltd.; Sanya Shengda Seafood Co., Ltd.; Yangjiang Jiangcheng 
Huanghai Marine Food Enterprises Co., Ltd.; Yangxi Add Host Aquatic 
Product Processing Factory; Yantai Aquatic Products Supplying and 
Marketing Co., Aquatic Products Haifa Food Branch; and Yantai 
Aquatic Products Supplying and Marketing Co., Aquatic Products 
Fazhan Branch.
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    Between April 15, 2009, and April 27, 2009, the following companies 
submitted ``no shipment certifications'' \5\: Allied Pacific Group, 
Gallant Ocean (Lianjiang), Ltd.; Gallant Ocean (Nanhai), Ltd.; Shantou 
Yelin Frozen Seafood Co., Ltd. (doing business as (``d.b.a'') Shantou 
Yelin Quick-Freeze Marine Products Co., Ltd.); Fuqing Yihua Aquatic 
Food Co., Ltd.; Fuqing Minhua Trade Co., Ltd.; and Yangjiang City Yelin 
Hoitat Quick Frozen Seafood Co., Ltd.
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    \5\ Companies have the opportunity to submit statements 
certifying that they did not ship the subject merchandise to the 
United States during the POR.
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    On February 24, 2010, the Department received comments from DP 
regarding certain surrogate values and the issue of duty adsorption. 
However, because of the close proximity to the preliminary results, we 
are unable to take DP's comments into consideration for the preliminary 
results. DP's comments will be considered for purposes of the final 
results of this review.

Respondent Selection

    On May 29, 2009, in accordance with section 777A(c)(2) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``Act''), the Department selected 
Hilltop International (``Hilltop'') and Zhanjiang Regal Integrated 
Marine Resources Co., Ltd. (``Regal'') 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 Irene Gorelik, Senior International 
Trade Analyst, Office IX, ``Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of 
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the People's Republic of China: 
Selection of Respondents for Individual Review,'' dated May 29, 2009.

Questionnaires

    On June 1, 2009, the Department issued its initial non-market 
economy (``NME'') antidumping duty questionnaire to the mandatory 
respondents Hilltop and Regal. Hilltop and Regal responded to the 
Department's initial and subsequent supplemental questionnaires between 
July 2009 and February 2010.

Surrogate Country and Surrogate Values

    On July 10, 2009, the Department sent interested parties a letter 
requesting comments on the surrogate country and information pertaining 
to valuing factors of production (``FOPs''). On September 4, 2009, 
Hilltop submitted surrogate value comments regarding various

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Indian sources. No other interested party submitted comments on the 
surrogate country or information pertaining to valuing FOPs.

Case Schedule

    On October 27, 2009, 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 February 28, 2010. See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp 
from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the People's Republic of 
China: Extension of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 74 FR 55192 (October 27, 2009). Additionally, 
as explained in the memorandum from the Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Import Administration, the Department has exercised its discretion to 
toll deadlines for the duration of the closure of the Federal 
Government from February 5, through February 12, 2010. Thus, all 
deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have been extended by seven 
days. See Memorandum to the Record from Ronald Lorentzen, DAS for 
Import Administration, regarding ``Tolling of Administrative Deadlines 
As a Result of the Government Closure During the Recent Snowstorm,'' 
dated February 12, 2010. The revised deadline for the preliminary 
results of this review is now March 7, 2010.\6\
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    \6\ Where a statutory deadline falls on a weekend, federal 
holiday, or any other day when the Department is closed, the 
Department will continue its longstanding practice of reaching the 
determination on the next business day. In this instance, the 
preliminary results will be released no later than March 8, 2010.
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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,\7\ deveined or not deveined, cooked or raw, or 
otherwise processed in frozen form.
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    \7\ ``Tails'' in this context means the tail fan, which includes 
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: 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.

Partial Rescission of Review

Preliminary Partial Rescission

    As discussed in the ``Background'' section above, several companies 
filed no shipment certifications indicating that they did not export 
subject merchandise to the United States during the POR. In order to 
corroborate these claims, we sent an inquiry to CBP to determine 
whether CBP entry data is consistent with the statements of the Allied 
Pacific Group; Gallant Ocean (Lianjiang), Ltd.; Gallant Ocean (Nanhai), 
Ltd.; Shantou Yelin Frozen Seafood Co., Ltd.; and Shantou Yelin Quick-
Freeze Marine Products Co., Ltd. See Message from the Department to 
CBP, dated January 8, 2010.
    During the course of this review, Hilltop indicated that it was 
affiliated with certain Chinese companies, including Yangjiang City 
Yelin Hoitat Quick Frozen Seafood Co., Ltd., Fuqing Yihua Aquatic Food 
Co., Ltd., and Fuqing Minhua Trading Co., Ltd.\8\ While, based on 
Hilltop's submissions, we agree that they are affiliated with Hilltop 
pursuant to section 771(33) of the Act, and as there is no basis at 
this time to collapse those entities with Hilltop, we have reviewed the 
no shipment certifications submitted by these firms. After a review of 
the information on the record, we have not found any information that 
contradicts the claims made by these firms. Accordingly, we are 
preliminarily rescinding the review with respect to Yangjiang City 
Yelin Hoitat Quick Frozen Seafood Co., Ltd., Fuqing Yihua Aquatic Food 
Co., Ltd., and Fuqing Minhua Trading Co., Ltd.
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    \8\ See Hilltop's Section A Questionnaire Response dated July 6, 
2009, at Exhibit 2.
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    With respect to Gallant Ocean (Lianjiang), Ltd., Gallant Ocean 
(Nanhai), Ltd., Shantou Yelin Frozen Seafood Co., Ltd., and Shantou 
Yelin Quick-Freeze Marine Products Co., Ltd., we reviewed PRC shrimp 
data obtained from CBP and found no discrepancies with the statements 
made by these firms. Additionally, in response to our no shipment 
inquiry to CBP, CBP did not indicate these companies made

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shipments to the United States during the POR.
    On February 19, 2010, the Department received CBP documentation 
which is at variance with the no shipment statement made on behalf of 
the Allied Pacific Group.\9\ On February 19, 2010, the Department 
requested comments regarding the CBP entry documentation. See 
Memorandum to the File, from Bob Palmer, Analyst, Office IX, re: 
Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') Entry Documents, dated February 
19, 2010. On February 26, 2010, DP submitted comments regarding the CBP 
entry documentation. See Letter from DP, re: ASPA and LSA Comments on 
No Shipment Inquiry, dated February 26, 2010. The information in the 
CBP entry documents indicates that this was a sale by a third county 
re-seller and not a sale for export to the United States by Allied 
Pacific Group.\10\ Therefore we are preliminarily rescinding this 
administrative review with respect to the Allied Pacific Group.
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    \9\ The Allied Pacific Group consists 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.
    \10\ Because the analysis is business proprietary, please see 
Memorandum to the File, from Bob Palmer, Analyst, Office IX, re: 
Analysis of Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') Entry 
Documentation for Allied Pacific Group, dated March 1, 2010.
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    Furthermore, because the record indicates that Gallant Ocean 
(Lianjiang), Ltd., Gallant Ocean (Nanhai), Ltd., Shantou Yelin Frozen 
Seafood Co., Ltd., Shantou Yelin Quick-Freeze Marine Products Co., 
Ltd., Yangjiang City Yelin Hoitat Quick Frozen Seafood Co., Ltd., 
Fuqing Yihua Aquatic Food Co., Ltd., and Fuqing Minhua Trading Co., 
Ltd., did not export subject merchandise to the United States during 
the POR, we are preliminarily rescinding this administrative review 
with respect to these companies. 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'').

Request for Revocation, In Part

    On February 27, 2009, Regal, requested revocation of the Order. In 
its request for revocation, Regal argued that it has maintained three 
consecutive years of sales at not less than normal value. Regal argued 
that, as a result of its alleged three consecutive years of no dumping, 
sold the subject merchandise in commercial quantities, and its 
submission of a certification of immediate reinstatement, it is 
eligible for revocation under section 351.222(b)(2) of the Department's 
regulations.
    We preliminarily determine not to revoke the Order with respect to 
Regal. Department regulation 351.222(b)(B)(ii)(2)(i) states that in 
determining whether to revoke an antidumping duty order in part, the 
Secretary will consider whether exporters or producers covered by the 
order have sold the merchandise at not less than normal value for a 
period of at least three consecutive years. See 19 CFR 
351.222(b)(B)(ii)(2)(i)(A). In the Third Administrative Review of 
Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the People's Republic of China: Final 
Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 74 FR 46565 (September 10, 2009) (``China Shrimp Third AR''), 
the Department determined that Regal sold the subject merchandise at 
less than normal value and assigned Regal a weight-averaged dumping 
margin. See China Shrimp Third AR. Therefore, as Regal had sales at 
less than normal value in the third administrative review, we have 
determined not to revoke the order with respect to Regal because it has 
not met the regulatory criteria for revocation set forth in 19 CFR 
351.222(b).\11\
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    \11\ Regal submitted its request for revocation before the 
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Duty Absorption

    On April 21, 2009 and April 24, 2009, Petitioners and DP, 
respectively, requested that the Department determine whether 
antidumping duties had been absorbed for U.S. sales of shrimp made 
during the POR by the respondents selected for review. Section 
751(a)(4) of the Act, provides for the Department, if requested, to 
determine during an administrative review initiated two or four years 
after publication of the order, whether antidumping duties have been 
absorbed by a foreign producer or exporter, if the subject merchandise 
is sold in the United States through an affiliated importer.
    Because the antidumping duty order underlying this review was 
issued in 2005, and this review was initiated in 2009, we are 
conducting a duty absorption inquiry for this segment of the 
proceeding. Pursuant to section 777A(c)(2)(B) of the Act, we selected 
two exporters (i.e, Hilltop and Regal) as mandatory respondents in this 
administrative review. In this case, only Hilltop has an affiliated 
importer in the United States.
    Petitioners and DP requested that the Department investigate 
whether all companies listed in the Initiation had absorbed duties. 
Because of the large number of companies subject to this review, the 
Department only selected two companies as mandatory respondents in this 
administrative review and thus only issued its complete questionnaire 
to these two companies. In determining whether antidumping duties have 
been absorbed, the Department requires certain specific data (i.e, U.S. 
sales data) to ascertain whether those sales have been made at less 
than NV. Since U.S. sales data is only obtained from the complete 
questionnaire (i.e, only mandatory respondents submit U.S. sales data), 
and no other companies in the Initiation were required to provide U.S. 
sales data, we do not have the information necessary to assess whether 
any other companies listed in the Initiation absorbed duties. 
Accordingly, for those companies listed in the Initiation not selected 
as mandatory respondents, we cannot make duty absorption determinations 
with respect to those companies.
    In determining whether the respondent has absorbed antidumping 
duties, we presume the duties will be absorbed for constructed export 
price (``CEP'') sales that have been made at less than NV. This 
presumption can be rebutted with evidence (e.g., an agreement between 
the affiliated importer and unaffiliated purchaser) that the 
unaffiliated purchaser will pay the full duty ultimately assessed on 
the subject merchandise. See, e.g., Certain Stainless Steel Butt-Weld 
Pipe Fittings From Taiwan: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review and Notice of Intent to Rescind in Part, 70 FR 
39735, 39737 (July 11, 2005) (unchanged in final results). On January 
28, 2010, the Department requested Hilltop to provide evidence to 
demonstrate that its unaffiliated U.S. purchasers will pay any 
antidumping duties ultimately assessed on entries of subject 
merchandise.
    On February 12, 2010, Hilltop filed a response rebutting the duty-
absorption presumption with company-specific quantitative evidence that 
its unaffiliated U.S. purchasers will pay the full duty ultimately 
assessed on the subject merchandise. The quantitative evidence included 
invoices and financial statements on the record showing that Hilltop 
did not absorb duties during the POR. Moreover, we note that Hilltop's 
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cash deposit and assessment rates have been de minimis in past 
administrative reviews. See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the 
People's Republic of China: Notice of Final Results and Rescission, in 
Part, of 2004/2005 Antidumping Duty Administrative and New Shipper 
Reviews, 72 FR 52049 (September 12, 2007); Hilltop as the successor-in-
interest to Yelin Enterprise Co. Hong Kong in Certain Frozen Warmwater 
Shrimp from the People's Republic of China: Notice of Final Results of 
Changed Circumstances Review, 72 FR 33447 (June 18, 2007); and China 
Shrimp Third AR. We conclude that this information sufficiently 
demonstrates that the unaffiliated purchasers in the United States will 
ultimately pay the assessed duties. Therefore, we preliminarily find 
that Hilltop has not absorbed antidumping duties on U.S. sales made 
through its affiliated importer. See Hilltop's Response to Duty 
Absorption Inquiry dated February 12, 2010; see also Hilltop's Section 
A questionnaire response dated October 20, 2009, at Exhibits 12 and 15.

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 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 Hilltop, Regal and Shantou 
Yuexing have placed sufficient evidence on the record that demonstrate 
an absence of de jure control. See Hilltop's submission of July 6, 
2009; see also Regal's submission of July 7, 2009; see also Shantou 
Yuexing's submission of April 23, 2009. 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 Hilltop, Regal 
and Shantou Yuexing, each of 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 responsible for financing 
their own losses. The questionnaire responses of Hilltop, Regal and 
Shantou Yuexing do not indicate that pricing is coordinated among 
exporters or the existence of government control of export activities.

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See Hilltop's submission of July 6, 2009; see Regal's submission of 
July 7, 2009; see Shantou Yuexing's submission of April 23, 2009. 
Consequently, we preliminarily determine that Hilltop, Regal and 
Shantou Yuexing 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 477 
companies, and we are preliminarily rescinding the review with respect 
to eleven\12\ companies due to the lack of shipments during the POR. 
Thus, including Hilltop, Regal, and Shantou Yuexing, 466 companies 
remain subject to this review. Only Hilltop, Regal and Shantou Yuexing 
provided, as appropriate, either a separate rate application or 
certification. No other company listed in the Initiation, 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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    \12\ These include Gallant Ocean (Lianjiang), Ltd.; Gallant 
Ocean (Nanhai), Ltd.; Shantou Yelin Frozen Seafood Co., Ltd., d.b.a. 
Shantou Yelin Quick-Freeze Marine Products Co., Ltd.; Yangjiang City 
Yelin Hoitat Quick Frozen Seafood Co., Ltd.; Fuqing Yihua Aquatic 
Food Co., Ltd.; Fuqing Minhua Trading Co., Ltd.; and the companies 
of the 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.).
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Rate for Non-Selected Companies

    Based on timely requests from Petitioners, DP and certain PRC 
exporters, the Department originally initiated this review with respect 
to 477 companies/groups. In accordance with section 777A(c)(2)(B) of 
the Act, as stated above, the Department employed a limited examination 
methodology, as it did not have the resources to examine all companies 
for which a review request was made. As stated previously, the 
Department selected two exporters, Hilltop and Regal as mandatory 
respondents in this review. In addition to the mandatory respondents, 
only Shantou Yuexing submitted timely information as requested by the 
Department and remains subject to review as a cooperative separate rate 
respondent.
    We note that the statute and the Department's regulations do not 
directly address the establishment of a rate to be applied to 
individual companies not selected for examination where the Department 
limited its examination in an administrative review pursuant to section 
777A(c)(2) of the Act. The Department's practice in this regard, in 
cases involving limited selection based on exporters accounting for the 
largest volumes of trade, has been to look to section 735(c)(5) of the 
Act, which provides instructions for calculating the all-others rate in 
an investigation, for guidance. Consequently, the Department generally 
weight-averages the rates calculated for the mandatory respondents, 
excluding zero and de minimis rates and rates based entirely on adverse 
facts available (``AFA''), and applies that resulting weighted-average 
margin to non-selected cooperative separate-rate respondents. See, 
e.g., Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 
Preliminary Results of New Shipper Review and Partial Rescission of 
Administrative Review, 73 FR 8273 (February 13, 2008) unchanged in 
Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and New Shipper 
Review, 73 FR 49162 (August 20, 2008). In this instance, consistent 
with our practice, we have preliminarily established a margin for the 
separate rate respondent based on the rate we calculated for the 
mandatory respondent whose rate was not de minimis. For the China-wide 
entity, we have assigned the entity's current rate and only rate ever 
determined for the entity in this proceeding.

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 
Catherine Bertrand, Program Manager, Office IX, from Bob Palmer, Case 
Analyst, Office IX, ``Fourth Administrative Review of Certain 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, Thailand and Peru are 
countries comparable to the PRC in terms of economic development. See 
the Department's letter to all interested parties, dated July 20, 2009. 
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, Hilltop submitted 
surrogate value data for certain, but not all, FOPs for India on 
September 4, 2009. Given the above facts, the Department has selected 
India as the primary surrogate country for this review and placed 
surrogate value data for certain FOPs not provided by Hilltop. See 
Surrogate Values Memo.

U.S. Price

Export Price

    In accordance with section 772(a) of the Act, we calculated the 
export price (``EP'') for sales to the United States for Regal, because 
the first sale to an unaffiliated party was made before the date of 
importation and the use of constructed EP was not otherwise warranted. 
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

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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.

Constructed Export Price

    For Hilltop's sales, we based U.S. price on constructed export 
price (``CEP'') in accordance with section 772(b) of the Act, because 
sales were made on behalf of the China-based company by its U.S. 
affiliate to unaffiliated purchasers in the United States. For these 
sales, we based CEP on prices to the first unaffiliated purchaser in 
the United States. Where appropriate, we made deductions from the 
starting price (gross unit price) for foreign movement expenses, 
international movement expenses, U.S. movement expenses, and 
appropriate selling adjustments, in accordance with section 
772(c)(2)(A) of the Act.
    In accordance with section 772(d)(1) of the Act, we also deducted 
those selling expenses associated with economic activities occurring in 
the United States. We deducted, where appropriate, commissions, 
inventory carrying costs, credit expenses, and indirect selling 
expenses. Where foreign movement expenses, international movement 
expenses, or U.S. movement expenses were provided by Chinese service 
providers or paid for in Chinese Yuan, we valued these services using 
surrogate values. See Surrogate Values Memo for details regarding the 
surrogate values for movement expenses. For those expenses that were 
provided by a market-economy provider and paid for in market-economy 
currency, we used the reported expense. Due to the proprietary nature 
of certain adjustments to U.S. price, for a detailed description of all 
adjustments made to U.S. price for both mandatory respondents, see 
Surrogate Values Memo.

Normal Value

Methodology

    Section 773(c)(1)(B) 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 FOPs 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 the respondents 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 the respondent'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 by the International Monetary Fund Financial Statistics. See 
Surrogate Value Memo.
    To value shrimp larvae for the respondents, which have 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. See 
Surrogate Value Memo.
    We valued electricity using the updated electricity price data for 
small, medium, and large industries, as published by the Central 
Electricity Authority, an administrative body of the Government of 
India, in its publication entitled Electricity Tariff & Duty and 
Average Rates of Electricity Supply in India, dated March 2008. These 
electricity rates represent actual country-wide, publicly-available 
information on tax-exclusive electricity rates charged to small, 
medium, and large industries in India. We did not inflate this value 
because utility rates represent current rates, as indicated by the 
effective dates listed for each of the rates provided. 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 2007 data. This wage rate can currently be 
found on the Department's Web site on Import Administration's home 
page, Reference Material, Expected Wages of Selected NME Countries, 
revised in December 2009, http://ia.ita.doc.gov/wages/07wages/final/final-2009-2007-wages.html. The source of these wage-rate data on the 
Import Administration's web site is the 2006 and 2007 data in Chapter 
5B of the International Labour Statistics. 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 and Hilltop.
    To value water, the Department used data from the Maharashtra 
Industrial Development Corporation (http://www.midcindia.org) since it 
includes a wide range of industrial water tariffs. This source provides 
386 industrial water rates within the Maharashtra province from April 
2009 through June 2009, of which 193 were for the ``inside industrial 
areas'' usage category and the other 193 were for the ``outside 
industrial areas'' usage category. Because the value was not 
contemporaneous with the POR, we deflated the rate. See Surrogate 
Values Memo.

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    We valued truck freight expenses using a per-unit average rate 
calculated from data on the Info Banc Web site: http://www.infobanc.com/logistics/logtruck.htm. The logistics section of this 
Web site contains inland freight truck rates between many large Indian 
cities.
    We continued our recent practice to value 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 Certain Preserved Mushrooms from India: Final Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 71 FR 10646 (March 2, 2006); 
Certain Lined Paper Products from India: Final Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review, 74 FR 17149 (April 14, 2009); Certain Hot-
Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from India: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Review, 73 FR 31961 (June 5, 2008); and Certain 
Preserved Mushrooms from India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 72 FR 5268 (February 5, 2007). Specifically, we 
averaged the public brokerage and handling expenses reported by Navneet 
Publications (India) Ltd. in the 2007-2008 administrative review of 
certain lined paper products from India, Essar Steel Limited in the 
2006-2007 antidumping duty administrative review of hot-rolled carbon 
steel flat products from India, and Himalaya International Ltd. in the 
2005-2006 administrative review of certain preserved mushrooms from 
India. See Surrogate Values Memo. Since the resulting value is not 
contemporaneous with the POR, we inflated the rates using the WPI. 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.
    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.
    Where appropriate, 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, 2008, through January 
31, 2009:

              Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the PRC
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                                                                Margin
                    Manufacturer/Exporter                      (percent)
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Hilltop International.......................................        0.01
Zhanjiang Regal Integrated Marine Resources Co., Ltd........        1.36
Shantou Yuexing Enterprises Co..............................        1.36
PRC-Wide Entity \13\........................................      112.81
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\13\ The PRC-wide entity includes the 466 companies currently under
  review that have not established their entitlement to a separate rate.

    As stated above in the ``Rates for Non-Selected Companies'' section 
of this notice, in addition to the mandatory respondents Hilltop and 
Regal, Shantou Yuexing qualifies for a separate rate in this review. 
Moreover, as stated above in the ``Respondent Selection'' section of 
this notice, we limited this review by selecting the largest exporters 
and did not select Shantou Yuexing as a mandatory respondent. 
Therefore, Shantou Yuexing is being assigned the dumping margin based 
on the calculated margin of the mandatory respondent whose calculated 
rate is not zero or de minimis, in accordance with Department practice. 
Accordingly, we have assigned Shantou Yuexing the calculated dumping 
margin assigned to Regal, because Regal is the only mandatory 
respondent with a rate that is not zero or de minimis.
    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 
the mandatory respondents, 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 assign an assessment rate based on the 
cash deposit rate calculated for the Regal pursuant to section 
735(c)(5)(B) of the Act. Where the weighted average 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 those companies for which this review has been preliminarily 
rescinded,\14\ 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 in the final results.
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    \14\ These include Gallant Ocean (Lianjiang), Ltd.; Gallant 
Ocean (Nanhai), Ltd.; Shantou Yelin Frozen Seafood Co., Ltd. 
(d.b.a., Shantou Yelin Quick-Freeze Marine Products Co., Ltd.); 
Yangjiang City Yelin Hoitat Quick Frozen Seafood Co.; Ltd., Fuqing 
Yihua Aquatic Food Co., Ltd.; Fuqing Minhua Trading Co., Ltd.; and 
the companies of the 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.).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash-deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results for shipments of the subject 
merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after the publication date of the final results, as provided by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For the exporters listed above, the cash 
deposit rate will be that established in the final results of review 
(except, if the rate is zero or de minimis, no cash deposit will be 
required); (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 8, 2010.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-5473 Filed 3-11-10; 8:45 am]
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