[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 191 (Monday, October 3, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61088-61089]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-25426]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-552-801]


Certain Frozen Fish Fillets From the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam: Initiation of New Shipper Reviews

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


DATES: Effective Date: October 3, 2011.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') has determined 
that the three requests for new shipper reviews of the antidumping duty 
order on certain frozen fish fillets from the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam, received between August 3, 2011 and August 16, 2011 meet the 
statutory and regulatory requirements for initiation. The period of 
review (``POR'') of these new shipper reviews is August 1, 2010-July 
31, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jamie Blair-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) 482-2615.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The antidumping duty order on certain frozen fish fillets from the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam was published in the Federal Register on 
August 12, 2003. See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Frozen 
Fish Fillets From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 68 FR 47909 
(August 12, 2003). On August 3, 4, and 16, 2011, respectively, we 
received a timely request for a new shipper review from An Phu Seafood 
Corporation (``An Phu''), GODACO Seafood Joint Stock Company 
(``GODACO''), and DOCIFISH Corporation (``DOCIFISH''). All three new 
shipper requests were filed in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(c) and 
351.214(d)(1). On August 25, 2011, An Phu responded to the Department's 
August 19, 2011, supplemental questionnaire. The questionnaire and 
corresponding response concerned the need for clarification regarding 
certain information observed in data obtained by the Department from 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP''). The Department found no 
issue with the response given by An Phu. An Phu, GODACO, and DOCIFISH 
have certified that they are both the producers and exporters of the 
subject merchandise upon which the requests for the new shipper review 
are based.

Initiation of New Shipper Reviews

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(I) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 
as amended (``Act''), and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2), An Phu, GODACO, and 
DOCIFISH certified that they did not export certain frozen fish fillets 
to the United States during the period of investigation (``POI''). 
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(II) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), An Phu, GODACO, and DOCIFISH certified that, 
since the initiation of the less-than-fair-value investigation, they 
have never been affiliated with any exporter or producer who exported 
certain frozen fish fillets to the United States during the POI, 
including those not individually examined during the less-than-fair-
value investigation. As required by 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B), An 
Phu, GODACO, and DOCIFISH have also certified that their export 
activities are not controlled by the central government of Vietnam.
    In addition to the certifications described above, An Phu, GODACO, 
and DOCIFISH submitted documentation establishing the following: (1) 
The date on which the company first shipped certain frozen fish fillets 
for export to the United States and the date on which the certain 
frozen fish fillets first entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption; (2) the volume of the company's first shipment; and (3) 
the date of the company's first sales to an unaffiliated customer in 
the United States.
    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(d)(1), we are initiating these new shipper reviews for 
shipments of certain frozen fish fillets from Vietnam produced and 
exported by An Phu, GODACO, and DOCIFISH.

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    We intend to issue preliminary results of this review no later than 
180 days from the date of initiation, and final results of these 
reviews no later than 270 days from the date of initiation. See section 
751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act.
    We will instruct CBP to allow, at the option of the importer, the 
posting, until the completion of the review, of a bond or security in 
lieu of a cash deposit for each entry of the subject merchandise from 
An Phu, GODACO, or DOCIFISH in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(e). Because An Phu, 
GODACO, and DOCIFISH certified that they have both produced and 
exported the subject merchandise, the sales of which are the bases for 
these new shipper review requests, we will apply the bonding privilege 
to these three companies only for subject merchandise which the 
respondents both produced and exported.
    This initiation notice serves as notification to the three 
companies that upon initiation of this new shipper review, the 
Department will require An Phu, GODACO, and DOCIFISH to submit on an 
ongoing basis complete transaction information concerning any sales of 
subject merchandise to the United States that were made subsequent to 
the period of review in order to assist in its analysis of the bona 
fides of the sales of the three companies.
    Interested parties requiring access to proprietary information in 
these new shipper reviews should submit applications for disclosure 
under administrative protective order in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 
and 351.306. This initiation and notice are in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214 and 351.221(c)(1)(i).

    Dated: September 26, 2011.
Gary Taverman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
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