[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 193 (Thursday, October 4, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60675-60676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-24547]


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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 Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review

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

DATES: Effective Date: October 4, 2012.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') has received a

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timely request for a new shipper review (``NSR'') of the antidumping 
duty order on certain frozen fish fillets (``fish'') from the Socialist 
Republic of Vietnam (``Vietnam''). The Department has determined that 
the request meets the statutory and regulatory requirements for 
initiation. The period of review (``POR'') for this NSR is August 1, 
2011, through July 31, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexander Montoro, 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: 202-482-0238.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The antidumping duty order on fish from Vietnam was published on 
August 12, 2003.\1\ On August 31, 2012, pursuant to section 
751(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the ``Act''), 
and 19 CFR 351.214, the Department received a NSR request from Golden 
Quality Seafood Corporation (``Golden Quality'').\2\ The requesting 
company certified that it is a producer and exporter of the subject 
merchandise upon which the request was based.\3\
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    \1\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Frozen Fish 
Fillets From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 68 FR 47909 (August 
12, 2003).
    \2\ See Request for New Shipper Review: Certain Frozen Fish 
Fillets from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, dated Aug. 31, 2012.
    \3\ See id. at 1.
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    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(I) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(b)(2)(i), the requesting company certified that it did not 
export subject merchandise to the United States during the period of 
investigation (``POI'').\4\ In addition, pursuant to section 
751(a)(2)(B)(i)(II) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), the 
requesting company certified that, since the initiation of the 
investigation, it has never been affiliated with any Vietnamese 
exporter or producer who exported subject merchandise to the United 
States during the POI, including those respondents not individually 
examined during the investigation.\5\ As required by 19 CFR 
351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B), the requesting company also certified that its 
export activities were not controlled by the central government of 
Vietnam.\6\
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    \4\ Id. at Ex. 1.
    \5\ Id.
    \6\ Id.
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    In addition to the certifications described above, pursuant to 19 
CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iv), the requesting company submitted documentation 
establishing the following: (1) The date on which it first shipped 
subject merchandise for export to the United States; (2) the volume of 
its first shipment; and (3) the date of its first sale to an 
unaffiliated customer in the United States.\7\
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    \7\ Id. at Exs. 2-4; See also ``Memorandum to the File, from 
Scot Fullerton, Program Manager, ``Certain Frozen Fish Fillets from 
the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Placing CBP data on the record,'' 
dated concurrently with this notice.
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Initiation of New Shipper Review

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(d)(1), and based on the documentation provided by Golden 
Quality, we find that the request submitted by Golden Quality meets the 
threshold requirements for initiation of the NSR for shipments of fish 
from Vietnam.\8\ The POR is August 1, 2011, through July 31, 2012.\9\ 
The Department intends to issue the preliminary results of this NSR no 
later than 180 days from the date of initiation, and the final results 
no later than 270 days from the date of initiation.\10\
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    \8\ See ``Memorandum to the File, from Scot Fullerton, Program 
Manager, ``Certain Frozen Fish Fillets from the Socialist Republic 
of Vietnam: New Shipper Initiation Checklists,'' dated concurrently 
with this notice.
    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(i)(A).
    \10\ See section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act.
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    We will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``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 the requesting company in 
accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(e). Because Golden Quality certified that it both produced and 
exported the subject merchandise, the sale of which is the basis for 
the new shipper review request, we will instruct CBP to permit the use 
of a bond only for subject merchandise which Golden Quality both 
produced and exported.
    Interested parties requiring access to proprietary information in 
this NSR should submit applications for disclosure under administrative 
protective order, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and 19 CFR 351.306.
    This initiation and notice are in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Act, 19 CFR 351.214, and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i).

    Dated: September 21, 2012.
Gary Taverman,
Senior Advisor for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2012-24547 Filed 10-3-12; 8:45 am]
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