[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 126 (Thursday, June 30, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 38360]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-16491]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-351-838]


Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From Brazil: Notice of Rescission 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate Johnson or Rebecca Trainor, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 2, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4929 or (202) 482-4007, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On February 1, 2011, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published in the Federal Register a notice of ``Opportunity to Request 
Administrative Review'' of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen 
warmwater shrimp from Brazil for the period of review (POR) of February 
1, 2010, through January 31, 2011. See Antidumping or Countervailing 
Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request 
Administrative Review, 76 FR 5559 (February 1, 2011). The Department 
received a timely request from the Ad Hoc Shrimp Trade Action Committee 
(Domestic Producers) in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b), for an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen 
warmwater shrimp from Brazil. On April 1, 2011, the Department 
published a notice of initiation of an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp from Brazil 
with respect to seven companies. See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp 
From Brazil, India and Thailand: Notice of Initiation of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Reviews, 76 FR 18157 (April 1, 2011) (Initiation 
Notice).
    The Department stated in its initiation of this review that it 
intended to rely on U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data to 
select respondents. See Initiation Notice. However, our review of the 
CBP database, with respect to the companies for which reviews were 
requested, showed no entries of certain frozen warmwater shrimp 
originating in Brazil, subject to AD/CVD duties, during the POR. See 
April 1, 2011, Memorandum to the File from Kate Johnson entitled 
``Release of POR Entry Data from CBP,'' as revised on April 11, 2011. 
We released the results of our CBP data query to the Domestic Producers 
and invited them to comment on the CBP data and respondent selection, 
which they did on April 6, 2011. On April 12, 2011, we conducted 
another query of the CBP database which showed no entries of subject 
merchandise subject to AD/CVD duties from companies other than those 
for which reviews were requested.
    On May 24, 2011, we sent a ``No Shipments Inquiry'' to CBP to 
confirm that there were no shipments or entries of frozen warmwater 
shrimp from Brazil during the POR. We received no information from CBP 
to contradict the results of our data query that there were no 
shipments or entries of subject merchandise to the United States during 
the POR.
    On June 10, 2011, we addressed the Domestic Producers' April 6, 
2011, comments in a Memorandum to James Maeder, Director, Office 2, AD/
CVD Operations from Kate Johnson and Rebecca Trainor, Senior Case 
Analysts, Office 2, AD/CVD Operations, entitled ``Intent to Rescind 
Administrative Review'' and invited parties to comment on our intent to 
rescind this administrative review. We did not receive comments from 
any interested party.

Rescission of Review

    Section 351.213(d)(3) of the Department's regulations stipulates 
that the Secretary may rescind an administrative review if there were 
no entries, exports, or sales of the subject merchandise during the 
POR. As there were no entries, exports, or sales of the subject 
merchandise during the POR, we are rescinding this review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp from Brazil 
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3). We intend to issue assessment 
instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of publication of this 
notice of rescission of administrative review.
    This notice is published in accordance with section 751 of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: June 24, 2011.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
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