[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 45 (Friday, March 7, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13038-13039]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-05018]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-893]


Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the People's Republic of 
China: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With the Final 
Determination and Amended Final Determination of the Antidumping Duty 
Investigation

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, formerly Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: On February 18, 2014, the United States Court of International 
Trade (``CIT'') sustained the Department of Commerce's (``the 
Department'') results of redetermination,\1\ pursuant to the CIT's 
Remand Opinion and Order.\2\ Consistent with the decision of the United 
States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (``CAFC'') in 
Timken,\3\ as clarified by Diamond Sawblades,\4\ the Department is 
notifying the public that the final judgment in this case is not in 
harmony with the Department's Final Determination,\5\ Amended Final 1 & 
Order,\6\ and Amended Final 2 \7\ and is amending those final and 
amended final determinations with respect to the 29 plaintiffs that 
were party to the litigation.\8\
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    \1\ See Final Results Of Redetermination Pursuant To Court 
Remand, Court No. 05-00182, dated September 26, 2013, available at: 
http://enforcement.trade.gov/remands/index.html (``Beihai Final 
Remand Redetermination'').
    \2\ See Beihai Zhengwu Indus. Co. v. United States, Consol. 
Court No. 05-00182 (CIT Aug. 13,2013) (``Remand Opinion and 
Order'').
    \3\ See Timken Co. v. United States, 893 F.2d 337 (Fed. Cir. 
1990) (``Timken'').
    \4\ See Diamond Sawblades Mfrs. Coalition v. United States, 626 
F.3d 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (``Diamond Sawblades'').
    \5\ See 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) (``Final 
Determination'').
    \6\ 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) (``Amended Final 1 & Order'').
    \7\ See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the People's 
Republic of China: Notice of Second Amended Final Determination of 
Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 71 FR 47484 (August 17, 2006) 
(``Amended Final 2'').
    \8\ These companies are: Beihai Zhengwu Industry Co., Ltd.; 
Chaoyang Qiaofeng Group Co Ltd (Shantou City Qiaofeng Group Co Ltd); 
Hainan Fruit Vegetable Food Allocation Co., Ltd.; Pingyang Xinye 
Aquatic Products Co., Ltd.; Shantou Jinhang Aquatic Industry Co., 
Ltd.; Shantou Longfeng Foodstuffs Co., Ltd.; Shantou Ocean Freezing 
Industry And Trade General Corporation; Shantou Ruiyuan Industry 
Co., Ltd.; Shantou Sez Xu Hao Fastness Freeze Aquatic Factory Co., 
Ltd.; Shantou Shengping Oceanstar Business Co., Ltd.; Shantou Wanya 
Food Factory Co., Ltd.; Shantou Yuexing Enterprise Company; Taizhou 
Zhonghuan Industrial Co., Ltd.; Yantai Wei-Cheng Food Co., Ltd.; 
Zhejiang Cereals, Oils, Foodstuffs Import Export Co., Ltd.; Zhejiang 
Daishan Baofa Aquatic Product Co., Ltd.; Zhejiang Evernew Seafood 
Co., Ltd.; Zhejiang Taizhou Lingyang Aquatic Products Co.; Zhejiang 
Zhenglong Foodstuffs Co., Ltd.; Zhoushan Cereals Oils Foodstuffs 
Import Export Co., Ltd.; Zhoushan Diciyuan Aquatic Products Co., 
Ltd.; Zhoushan Haichang Food Co., Ltd.; Zhoushan Huading Seafood 
Co., Ltd.; Zhoushan Industrial Co., Ltd.; Zhoushan Juntai Foods Co., 
Ltd.; Zhoushan Lizhou Fishery Co., Ltd.; Zhoushan Putuo Huafa Sea 
Products Co., Ltd.; Zhoushan Xifeng Aquatic Co., Ltd.; and Zhoushan 
Zhenyang Developing Co., Ltd.

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DATES: Effective February 28, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irene Gorelik, Office V, Enforcement 
and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC, 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-6905.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On January 27, 2004, the Department initiated the antidumping duty 
investigations of certain frozen and canned warmwater shrimp from 
Brazil, Ecuador, India, Thailand, the People's Republic of China and 
the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.\9\ On July 16, 2004, the Department 
published the Preliminary Determination,\10\ wherein we assigned a 
separate rate margin of 49.09 percent to 21 non-selected companies 
eligible for a separate rate. Subsequently, we amended the Preliminary 
Determination to include two additional non-examined companies to which 
we granted separate rate status.\11\ On December 8, 2004, the 
Department published the Final Determination and on February 1, 2005, 
the Department published the Amended Final 1 and Order, assigning a 
final separate rate of 53.68 percent to 39 companies to which we 
granted separate rate status. On August 17, 2006, the Department 
published a second amended final determination, wherein we granted 
separate rate status to an additional 11 companies which were not 
granted a separate rate in the Final Determination or the Amended Final 
1 and Order.\12\ Of all the companies to which we granted separate rate 
status in Amended Final 1 and Order and Amended Final 2, 29 companies 
(the ``SR companies'') are plaintiffs subject to this Remand Opinion 
and Order. After the issuance of the Amended Final 1 and Order, the 
Department's Final Determination was challenged at the CIT by the 
mandatory respondents and was subsequently remanded to the Department 
for redeterminations.\13\ The resulting recalculations of the mandatory 
respondents' investigation dumping margins were reduced to 5.07 
percent, 7.20 percent, and 8.45 percent.\14\ Consequently, as a result 
of the SR companies' litigation, in the Remand Opinion and Order the 
Department recalculated the weighted-average margin assigned to the SR 
companies based on the revised mandatory respondents' investigation 
dumping margins.
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    \9\ See Certain Frozen and Canned Warmwater Shrimp From Brazil, 
Ecuador, India, Thailand, the People's Republic of China and the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 69 FR 3876 (January 27, 2004) 
(``Initiation'').
    \10\ See Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value, Partial Affirmative Preliminary Determination of 
Critical Circumstances and Postponement of Final Determination: 
Certain Frozen and Canned Warmwater Shrimp From the People's 
Republic of China, 69 FR 42654 (July 16, 2004) (``Preliminary 
Determination'').
    \11\ See Notice of Amended Preliminary Antidumping Duty 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Frozen and 
Canned Warmwater Shrimp From the People's Republic of China, 69 FR 
53409 (September 1, 2004).
    \12\ See Amended Final 2.
    \13\ See Allied Pacific Food (Dalian) Co. v. United States, 716 
F. Supp. 2d 1339 (CIT 2010); Shantou Red Garden Foodstuff Co. v. 
United States, 880 F. Supp. 2d 1332 (CIT 2012); see also Certain 
Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the People's Republic of China: Notice 
of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value 
Pursuant to Court Decision, 76 FR 30100 (May 24, 2011) (``Allied and 
Yelin Remand'') and Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the 
People's Republic of China: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony 
With the Final Determination and Amended Final Determination of the 
Antidumping Duty Investigation, 77 FR 66434 (November 5, 2012) 
(``Red Garden Remand'').
    \14\ See Allied and Yelin Remand and Red Garden Remand.
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    On September 11, 2013, the Department released the draft 
redetermination of remand and invited interested parties to comment. 
The Department received no comments on the draft redetermination \15\ 
and issued

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the unchanged Beihai Final Remand Redetermination on September 26, 
2013. No party contested the Department's remand redetermination. On 
February 18, 2014, the CIT affirmed all aspects of the Department's 
remand redetermination.\16\
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    \15\ See ``Memorandum to the File, from Irene Gorelik, Senior 
Analyst, re: Remand Redetermination in the Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review of Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the 
People's Republic of China'' and ``Memorandum to the File, from 
Irene Gorelik, Senior Analyst, re; Recalculation of the 
Investigation Separate Rate Margin,'' both dated September 11, 2013.
    \16\ See Beihai Zhengwu Indus. Co. v. United States, Slip Op. 
14-18, Ct. No. 05-00182 (CIT 2014).
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Timken Notice

    In its decision in Timken, 893 F.2d at 341, as clarified by Diamond 
Sawblades, the CAFC has held that, pursuant to section 516A(e) of the 
Act, the Department must publish a notice of a court decision that is 
not ``in harmony'' with a Department determination and must suspend 
liquidation of entries pending a ``conclusive'' court decision. The 
CIT's February 18, 2014, judgment sustaining the Beihai Final Remand 
Redetermination constitutes a final decision of that court that is not 
in harmony with the Final Determination, Amended Final 1 & Order, and 
Amended Final 2. This notice is published in fulfillment of the 
publication requirements of Timken. Accordingly, the Department will 
continue the suspension of liquidation of the subject merchandise 
pending the expiration of the period of appeal or, if appealed, pending 
a final and conclusive court decision. The cash deposit rate will 
remain the company-specific rate established for the subsequent and 
most recent period during which the respondent was reviewed.

Amended Final Determination

    Because there is now a final court decision with respect to the 29 
litigants, the revised separate rate dumping margin is as follows:

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                                                       Weighted-average
                Manufacturer/exporter                  margin  (percent)
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Beihai Zhengwu Industry Co., Ltd....................                6.70
Chaoyang Qiaofeng Group Co., Ltd. (Shantou Qiaofeng                 6.70
 (Group) Co., Ltd.) (Shantou/Chaoyang Qiaofeng).....
Hainan Fruit Vegetable Food Allocation Co., Ltd.....                6.70
Pingyang Xinye Aquatic Products Co., Ltd............                6.70
Shantou Jinhang Aquatic Industry Co., Ltd...........                6.70
Shantou Long Feng Foodstuffs Co., Ltd. (Shantou                     6.70
 Longfeng Foodstuffs Co., Ltd.).....................
Shantou Ocean Freezing Industry and Trade General                   6.70
 Corporation........................................
Shantou Ruiyuan Industry Co., Ltd...................                6.70
Shantou SEZ Xu Hao Fastness Freeze Aquatic Factory                  6.70
 Co., Ltd...........................................
Shantou Shengping Oceanstar Business Co., Ltd.......                6.70
Shantou Wanya Food Factory Co., Ltd.................                6.70
Shantou Yuexing Enterprise Company..................                6.70
Taizhou Zhonghuan Industrial Co., Ltd...............                6.70
Yantai Wei-Cheng Food Co., Ltd......................                6.70
Zhejiang Cereals, Oils & Foodstuff Import & Export                  6.70
 Co., Ltd...........................................
Zhejiang Daishan Baofa Aquatic Product Co., Ltd.....                6.70
Zhejiang Evernew Seafood Co., Ltd...................                6.70
Zhejiang Taizhou Lingyang Aquatic Products Co.......                6.70
Zhejiang Zhenglong Foodstuffs Co., Ltd..............                6.70
Zhoushan Cereals Oils and Foodstuffs Import and                     6.70
 Export Co., Ltd....................................
Zhoushan Diciyuan Aquatic Products Co., Ltd.........                6.70
Zhoushan Haichang Food Co. Ltd......................                6.70
Zhoushan Huading Seafood Co., Ltd...................                6.70
Zhoushan Industrial Co., Ltd........................                6.70
Zhoushan Juntai Foods Co., Ltd......................                6.70
Zhoushan Lizhou Fishery Co., Ltd....................                6.70
Zhoushan Putuo Huafa Sea Products Co., Ltd..........                6.70
Zhoushan Xifeng Aquatic Co., Ltd....................                6.70
Zhoushan Zhenyang Developing Co., Ltd...............                6.70
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    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
516A(e)(1), 751(a)(1), and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: February 28, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary, for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-05018 Filed 3-6-14; 8:45 am]
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