[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 56 (Monday, March 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15951-15955]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-06433]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-549-822]


Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From Thailand; Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Partial Rescission 
of Review, Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2012-2013

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


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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Department) is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen 
warmwater shrimp (shrimp) from Thailand.\1\ The review covers 159 \2\ 
producers/exporters of the subject merchandise. The period of review 
(POR) is February 1, 2012, through January 31, 2013.
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    \1\ The deadline for the preliminary results of this review was 
March 17, 2014. Due to the closure of the Federal Government in 
Washington, DC on March 17, 2014, the Department reached this 
determination on the next business day (i.e., March 18, 2014). See 
Notice of Clarification: Application of ``Next Business Day'' Rule 
for Administrative Determination Deadlines Pursuant to the Tariff 
Act of 1930, As Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005).
    \2\ This figure does not include two companies for which the 
Department is rescinding the administrative review.
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    The Department is examining the following exporters/producers on an 
individual basis: Thai Union Frozen Products Public Co., Ltd. and Thai 
Union Seafood Co., Ltd. (collectively, Thai Union) for the period 
February 1, 2012, through April 22, 2012; the Pakfood Group \3\ for the 
period February 1, 2012, through April 22, 2012; and Thai Union/Pakfood 
for the period April 23, 2012 through January 31, 2013.\4\ We 
preliminarily determined that sales to the United States have been made 
below normal value (NV) and, therefore, are subject to antidumping 
duties. We also are rescinding this review with respect to Marine Gold 
Products Limited (Marine Gold) because the order with respect to shrimp 
produced and exported by this company was revoked effective February 1, 
2012.
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    \3\ The Pakfood Group includes the following companies: Pakfood 
Public Company Limited, Okeanos Co., Ltd., Okeanos Food Co., Ltd., 
Asia Pacific (Thailand) Co., Ltd., Chaophraya Cold Storage Co., 
Ltd., and Takzin Samut Co., Ltd. (collectively, Pakfood).
    \4\ In this review, the Department determined to treat the 
Pakfood Group as a collapsed entity with Thai Union, effective as of 
April 23, 2012. See the memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance, entitled, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order 
on Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand,'' dated 
concurrently with these results (Preliminary Decision Memorandum), 
which is hereby adopted by this notice.
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    If these preliminary results are adopted in the final results of 
this review, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. Interested 
parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Effective Date: March 24, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis McClure, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
5973.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order is certain frozen warmwater 
shrimp.\5\ The product is currently classified under the following 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) item numbers: 
0306.17.00.03, 0306.17.00.06, 0306.17.00.09, 0306.17.00.12, 
0306.17.00.15, 0306.17.00.18, 0306.17.00.21, 0306.17.00.24, 
0306.17.00.27, 0306.17.00.40, 1605.21.10.30, and 1605.29.10.10. 
Although the HTSUS numbers are provided for convenience and for customs 
purposes, the written product description remains dispositive.
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    \5\ For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see 
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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Partial Rescission of Review

    On July 16, 2013, the Department published its final results for 
the February 1, 2011, through January 31, 2012, administrative review 
of the antidumping duty order on shrimp from Thailand.\6\ In that 
review, we found that Marine Gold met the requirements of revocation as 
described in 19 CFR 351.222(b) \7\ and, thus, we revoked the 
antidumping duty order on shrimp from Thailand (Shrimp Order) with 
respect to subject merchandise produced and exported by Marine Gold. As 
a result of Marine Gold's revocation in the 2011-2012 administrative 
review, we are rescinding this administrative review with respect to 
Marine Gold because the merchandise produced and sold by Marine Gold is 
not subject to the Shrimp Order as of February 1, 2012.
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    \6\ See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From Thailand: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Partial 
Rescission of Review, and Revocation of Order (in Part); 2011-2012, 
78 FR 42497, 42499 (July 16, 2013) (Shrimp AR7 Final Results).
    \7\ The Department modified the section of its regulations 
concerning the revocation of antidumping and countervailing duty 
orders in whole or in part, but that modification did not apply to 
the February 1, 2011, through January 31, 2012, administrative 
review. See Modification to Regulation Concerning the Revocation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders, 77 FR 29875 (May 21, 
2012). The reference to 19 CFR 351.222(b) refers to the Department's 
regulations prior to the modification. The modification applies to 
the instant administrative review.
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    Because we revoked the Shrimp Order with respect to subject 
merchandise produced and exported by Marine Gold, we instructed CBP 
that entries of such merchandise that were suspended on or after 
February 1, 2012, should be liquidated without regard to antidumping 
duties.
    In addition, in the Shrimp AR7 Final Results, the Department 
determined that one non-selected respondent, Tanaya International Co., 
Ltd. (Tanaya) is nether an exporter nor a manufacturer of subject 
merchandise, as defined in 19 CFR 351.213(b), and, accordingly, we 
rescinded the review with respect to this entity. Consistent with our 
finding in the AR7 Final Results, and because Tanaya is not an 
interested party in this proceeding, we find our initiation with 
respect to Tanaya was improper, and we are rescinding this review with 
respect to this company.

Preliminary Determination of No Shipments

    Among the companies under review, 13 companies properly filed 
statements reporting that they made no shipments of subject merchandise 
to the United States during the POR.\8\ Based on the certifications 
submitted by all 13 of these companies and our analysis of CBP 
information, we preliminarily determine that the following 13 companies 
did not have any reviewable transactions during the POR:
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    \8\ For a full explanation of the Department's analysis, see the 
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    (1) Anglo-Siam Seafoods Co., Ltd.;
    (2) Daedong (Thailand) Co., Ltd.;
    (3) Grobest Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.;
    (4) GSE Lining Technology Co., Ltd.;
    (5) Leo Global Logistics Co., Ltd;
    (6) Leo Transports;
    (7) Lucky Union Foods Co., Ltd.;
    (8) Namprick Maesri Ltd. Part.;
    (9) S.K. Foods (Thailand) Public Co., Limited;
    (10) Shing-Fu Seaproducts Development Co., Ltd.;
    (11) Surapon Nichirei Foods Co., Ltd.;
    (12) Thai Union Manufacturing ; and
    (13) V. Thai Food Product Co., Ltd.
    In addition, the Department finds that it is not appropriate to 
preliminarily rescind the review with respect to these companies but, 
rather, to complete the review with respect to these companies and 
issue appropriate instructions to CBP based on the final results of 
this review.\9\
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    \9\ See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From Thailand: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and 
Intent to Revoke the Order (In Part); 2011-2012, 78 FR 15686, 15687 
(March 12, 2013), unchanged in Shrimp AR7 Final Results, 78 FR at 
42498.
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    Finally, the Department received an improperly-filed no shipment 
certification from another Thai company involved in this review, CP 
Retailing and Marketing Co., Ltd., as well as an

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improperly-filed notification from an additional company, Thai Ocean 
Venture Co., Ltd., that it is not a producer/exporter. We find that 
there is insufficient evidence on the record of this review to conclude 
that these companies made no shipments of subject merchandise to the 
United States during the POR because they failed to remedy the 
procedural defeciencies in their submissions, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.303(g)(1), despite the Department's request that they do so, and 
thus their submissions were not accepted for the administrative record 
of this review. Therefore, we are continuing to include both CP 
Retailing and Marketing Co., Ltd. and Thai Ocean Venture Co., Ltd. in 
this administrative review, and we assigned these companies a 
preliminary dumping rate based on the margin calculated for Thai Union/
Pakfood pursuant to section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act.

Methodology

    The Department conducted this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Export price 
is calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. Normal value 
is calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act.
    For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. The Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically 
via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Centralized Electronic Service System (IA ACCESS). IA ACCESS is 
available to registered users at http://iaaccess.trade.gov and in the 
Central Records Unit, Room 7046 of the main Department of Commerce 
building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the 
electronic version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical 
in content.

Preliminary Results of the Review

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine that 
weighted-average dumping margins exist for the respondents for the 
period February 1, 2012, through January 31, 2013, as follows:

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                                                                Percent
                    Manufacturer/exporter                        margin
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Thai Union Frozen Products Public Co., Ltd./Thai Union         \10\ 1.10
 Seafood Co., Ltd./Pakfood Public Company Limited/Okeanos
 Food Co., Ltd.,/Asia Pacific (Thailand) Co., Ltd.,/
 Chaophraya Cold Storage Co., Ltd./Takzin Samut Co., Ltd.....
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    Review-Specific  Average Rate Applicable to the Following Non-
Selected Companies:
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    \10\ This cash deposit rate is based on the combined sales of 
Thai Union and Pakfood after the companies were collapsed (i.e., 
sales made during the period April 23, 2012, through January 31, 
2013). The rates calculated for Thai Union and Pakfood for the 
period February 1, 2012, through April 22, 2012, are zero percent 
and 2.09 percent, respectively. The calculations for the period 
February 1, 2012, through April 22, 2012, will be used for 
assessment purposes only, as noted in the ``Collapsing of Thai Union 
and Pakfood'' section of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

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                    Manufacturer/exporter                        margin
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A Foods 1991 Co., Limited....................................       1.10
A. Wattanachai Frozen Products Co., Ltd......................       1.10
A.S. Intermarine Foods Co., Ltd..............................       1.10
ACU Transport Co., Ltd.......................................       1.10
Anglo-Siam Seafoods Co., Ltd.................................          *
Apex Maritime (Thailand) Co., Ltd............................       1.10
Apitoon Enterprise Industry Co., Ltd.........................       1.10
Applied DB...................................................       1.10
Asian Seafood Coldstorage (Sriracha).........................       1.10
Asian Seafoods Coldstorage Public Co., Ltd./Asian Seafoods          1.10
 Coldstorage (Suratthani) Co./STC Foodpak Ltd................
Assoc. Commercial Systems....................................       1.10
B.S.A. Food Products Co., Ltd................................       1.10
Bangkok Dehydrated Marine Product Co., Ltd...................       1.10
C Y Frozen Food Co., Ltd.....................................       1.10
CP Retailing and Marketing Co., Ltd..........................       1.10
C.P. Intertrade Co., Ltd.....................................       1.10
Calsonic Kansei (Thailand) Co., Ltd..........................       1.10
Century Industries Co., Ltd..................................       1.10
Chaivaree Marine Products Co., Ltd...........................       1.10
Chaiwarut Co., Ltd...........................................       1.10
Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Co., Ltd.......................       1.10
Chonburi LC..................................................       1.10
Chue Eie Mong Eak Ltd. Part..................................       1.10
Commonwealth Trading Co., Ltd................................       1.10
Core Seafood Processing Co., Ltd.............................       1.10
CP Merchandising Co., Ltd\3\.................................       1.10
C.P. Mdse....................................................       1.10
Crystal Frozen Foods Co., Ltd. and/or Crystal Seafood........       1.10
Daedong (Thailand) Co., Ltd..................................          *
Daiei Taigen (Thailand) Co., Ltd.............................       1.10
Daiho (Thailand) Co., Ltd....................................       1.10
Dynamic Intertransport Co., Ltd..............................       1.10
Earth Food Manufacturing Co., Ltd............................       1.10
F.A.I.T. Corporation Limited.................................       1.10
Far East Cold Storage Co., Ltd...............................       1.10
Findus (Thailand) Ltd........................................       1.10
Fortune Frozen Foods (Thailand) Co., Ltd.....................       1.10
Frozen Marine Products Co., Ltd..............................       1.10
Gallant Ocean (Thailand) Co., Ltd............................       1.10
Gallant Seafoods Corporation.................................       1.10
Global Frozen Food (Thailand) Co.............................       1.10
Global Maharaja Co., Ltd.....................................       1.10
Golden Sea Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.............................       1.10
Golden Seafood International Co., Ltd........................       1.10
Golden Thai Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.............................       1.10
Good Fortune Cold Storage Co., Ltd...........................       1.10
Good Luck Product Co., Ltd...................................       1.10
Grobest Frozen Foods Co., Ltd................................          *
GSE Lining Technology Co., Ltd...............................          *
Gulf Coast Crab Intl.........................................       1.10
H.A.M. International Co., Ltd................................       1.10
Haitai Seafood Co., Ltd......................................       1.10
Handy International (Thailand) Co., Ltd......................       1.10
Heng Seafood Limited Partnership.............................       1.10
Heritrade Co., Ltd...........................................       1.10
HIC (Thailand) Co., Ltd......................................       1.10
High Way International Co., Ltd..............................       1.10
I.T. Foods Industries Co., Ltd...............................       1.10
Inter-Oceanic Resources Co., Ltd.............................       1.10
Inter-Pacific Marine Products Co., Ltd.......................       1.10
K & U Enterprise Co., Ltd....................................       1.10
K Fresh......................................................       1.10
K. D. Trading Co., Ltd.......................................       1.10
K.L. Cold Storage Co., Ltd...................................       1.10
KF Foods Limited.............................................       1.10
Kiang Huat Sea Gull Trading Frozen Food Public Co., Ltd......       1.10
Kibun Trdg...................................................       1.10
Kingfisher Holdings Ltd......................................       1.10
Kitchens of the Oceans (Thailand) Company, Ltd...............       1.10
Klang Co., Ltd...............................................       1.10
Kongphop Frozen Foods Co., Ltd...............................       1.10
Kosamut Frozen Foods Co., Ltd./The Siam Union Frozen Foods          1.10
 Co., Ltd....................................................
Leo Global Logistics Co., Ltd................................          *
Lee Heng Seafood Co., Ltd....................................       1.10
Leo Transports...............................................          *
Li-Thai Frozen Foods Co., Ltd................................       1.10
Lucky Union Foods Co., Ltd...................................          *
Maersk Line..................................................       1.10
Magnate & Syndicate Co., Ltd.................................       1.10
Mahachai Food Processing Co., Ltd............................       1.10
Merit Asia Foodstuff Co., Ltd................................       1.10
Merkur Co., Ltd..............................................       1.10
Ming Chao Ind Thailand.......................................       1.10
N&N Foods Co., Ltd...........................................       1.10
NR Instant Produce Co., Ltd..................................       1.10
Namprik Maesri Ltd. Part.....................................          *
Narong Seafood Co., Ltd......................................       1.10
Nha Trang Seaproducts Company (``Nha Trang'') and/or Nha            1.10
 Trang Seaproduct Company (``NHA TRANG SEAFOODS'')...........
Nongmon SMJ Products.........................................       1.10

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Ongkorn Cold Storage Co., Ltd./Thai-Ger Marine Co., Ltd......       1.10
Pacific Queen Co., Ltd.......................................       1.10
Penta Impex Co., Ltd.........................................       1.10
Pinwood Nineteen Ninety Nine.................................       1.10
Piti Seafood Co., Ltd........................................       1.10
Premier Frozen Products Co., Ltd.............................       1.10
Preserved Food Specialty Co., Ltd............................       1.10
Queen Marine Food Co., Ltd...................................       1.10
Rayong Coldstorage (1987) Co., Ltd...........................       1.10
S&D Marine Products Co., Ltd.................................       1.10
S&P Aquarium.................................................       1.10
S&P Syndicate Public Company Ltd.............................       1.10
S. Chaivaree Cold Storage Co., Ltd...........................       1.10
S. Khonkaen Food Industry Public Co., Ltd. and/or S. Khonkaen       1.10
 Food Ind. Public............................................
S.K. Foods (Thailand) Public Co., Limited....................          *
Samui Foods Company Limited..................................       1.10
SB Inter Food Co., Ltd.......................................       1.10
SCT Co., Ltd.................................................       1.10
Sea Bonanza Food Co., Ltd....................................       1.10
SEA NT'L CO., LTD............................................       1.10
Seafoods Enterprise Co., Ltd.................................       1.10
Seafresh Fisheries/Seafresh Industry Public Co., Ltd.........       1.10
Search and Serve.............................................       1.10
Shianlin Bangkok Co., Ltd....................................       1.10
Shing Fu Seaproducts Development Co..........................          *
Siam Food Supply Co., Ltd....................................       1.10
Siam Intersea Co., Ltd.......................................       1.10
Siam Marine Products Co., Ltd................................       1.10
Siam Ocean Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.............................       1.10
Siamchai International Food Co., Ltd.........................       1.10
Smile Heart Foods............................................       1.10
SMP Products, Co., Ltd.......................................       1.10
Southport Seafood Co., Ltd...................................       1.10
Stapimex.....................................................       1.10
Star Frozen Foods Co., Ltd...................................       1.10
Starfoods Industries Co., Ltd................................       1.10
Suntechthai Intertrading Co., Ltd............................       1.10
Surapon Foods Public Co., Ltd./Surat Seafoods Public Co., Ltd       1.10
Surapon Nichirei Foods Co., Ltd..............................          *
Suratthani Marine Products Co., Ltd..........................       1.10
Suree Interfoods Co., Ltd....................................       1.10
T.S.F. Seafood Co., Ltd......................................       1.10
Tep Kinsho Foods Co., Ltd....................................       1.10
Teppitak Seafood Co., Ltd....................................       1.10
Tey Seng Cold Storage Co., Ltd...............................       1.10
Thai Agri Foods Public Co., Ltd..............................       1.10
Thai Mahachai Seafood Products Co., Ltd......................       1.10
Thai Ocean Venture Co., Ltd..................................       1.10
Thai Patana Frozen...........................................       1.10
Thai Prawn Culture Center Co., Ltd...........................       1.10
Thai Royal Frozen Food Co., Ltd..............................       1.10
Thai Spring Fish Co., Ltd....................................       1.10
Thai Union Manufacturing Company Limited.....................          *
Thai World Imports and Exports Co., Ltd......................       1.10
Thai Yoo Ltd., Part..........................................       1.10
The Siam Union Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.........................       1.10
The Union Frozen Products Co., Ltd./Bright Sea Co., Ltd......       1.10
Trang Seafood Products Public Co., Ltd.......................       1.10
Transamut Food Co., Ltd......................................       1.10
Tung Lieng Tradg.............................................       1.10
United Cold Storage Co., Ltd.................................       1.10
UTXI Aquatic Products Processing Company.....................       1.10
V. Thai Food Product Co., Ltd................................          *
Xian-Ning Seafood Co., Ltd...................................       1.10
Yeenin Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.................................       1.10
YHS Singapore Pte............................................       1.10
ZAFCO TRDG...................................................      1.10
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* No shipments or sales subject to this review.

Disclosure and Public Comment

    The Department intends to disclose to interested parties the 
calculations performed in connection with these preliminary results 
within five days of the date of publication of this notice.\11\ 
Interested parties may submit cases briefs not later than 30 days after 
the date of publication of this notice.\12\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to 
issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed not later than five days 
after the deadline for filing case briefs.\13\ Parties who submit case 
briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged to submit 
with each argument: (1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary 
of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities.\14\ Case and rebuttal 
briefs should be filed using the Department's electronic records 
system, IA ACCESS.\15\
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    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)
    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \14\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    \15\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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    Interested parties who wish to request a hearing, or to participate 
if one is requested, must submit a written request to the Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via IA 
ACCESS.\16\ An electronically-filed document must be received 
successfully in its entirety by IA ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Standard 
Time within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.\17\ 
Requests should contain: (1) The party's name, address and telephone 
number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of issues to be 
discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised 
in the respective case briefs.\18\ The Department intends to issue the 
final results of this administrative review, including the results of 
its analysis of issues raised in any written briefs, not later than 120 
days after the date of publication of this notice, pursuant to section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
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    \16\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c)
    \17\ See id.
    \18\ See id.
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Assessment Rates

    Upon completion of the administrative review, the Department shall 
determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    For entries of Thai Union/Pakfood's subject merchandise made from 
April 23, 2012, through January 31, 2013, we will calculate importer-
specific ad valorem duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the 
total amount of antidumping duties calculated for the examined sales to 
the total entered value of the sales. See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). With 
respect to entries of subject merchandise by Thai Union and Pakfood 
prior to April 23, 2013, we will calculate importer-specific ad valorem 
duty assessment rates using the individual company information based on 
the same method noted above.
    For the companies which were not selected for individual review, we 
will calculate an assessment rate based on the weighted-average of the 
cash deposit rate calculated for Thai Union/Pakfood.
    We will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all 
appropriate entries covered by this review if any importer-specific 
assessment rate calculated in the final results of this review is above 
de minimis. Where either the respondent's weighted-average dumping 
margin is zero or de minimis, or an importer-specific rate is zero or 
de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries 
without regard to antidumping duties. The final results of this review 
shall be the basis for the assessment of antidumping duties on entries 
of merchandise covered by the final results of this review and for 
future deposits of estimated duties, where applicable.\19\
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    \19\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on 
May 6, 2003. This clarification will apply to entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR produced by Thai Union/Pakfood for which 
these companies did not know that the merchandise was destined for the 
United States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate 
unreviewed entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the 
intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction. For a full

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discussion of this clarification, see Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 
2003).
    We intend to issue liquidation instructions to CBP 15 days after 
publication of the final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the 
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for each specific 
company listed above will be that established in the final results of 
this review, except if the rate is less than 0.50 percent and, 
therefore, de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in 
which case the cash deposit rate will be zero; (2) for previously 
reviewed or investigated companies not participating in this review, 
the cash deposit will continue to be the company-specific rate 
published for the most recently completed segment; (3) if the exporter 
is not a firm covered in this review, or the original less-than-fair-
value (LTFV) investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit 
rate will be the rate established for the most recent segment for the 
manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all 
other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 5.34 percent, the 
all-others rate made effective by the Section 129 Determination.\20\ 
These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.
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    \20\ See Implementation of the Findings of the WTO Panel in 
United States Antidumping Measure on Shrimp from Thailand: Notice of 
Determination Under Section 129 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act 
and Partial Revocation of the Antidumping Duty Order on Frozen 
Warmwater Shrimp From Thailand, 74 FR 5638 (January 30, 2009) 
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Notification to Importers

    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 review period. 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.
    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: March 18, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

1. Summary
2. Background
3. Scope of the Order
4. Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
5. Rescission of Review, In Part
6. Collapsing of Thai Union and Pakfood
7. Discussion of the Methodology
a. Fair Value Comparison
b. Determination of Comparison Method
c. Product Comparisons
d. Export Price/Constructed Export Price
    i. Pakfood
    ii. Thai Union
    iii. Thai Union/Pakfood
e. Normal Value
    i. Home Market Viability
    ii. Affiliated-Party Transactions and Arm's-Length Test
    iii. Level of Trade
    1. Pakfood
    2. Thai Union
    3. Thai Union/Pakfood
    iv. Cost of Production Analysis
    1. Calculation of Cost of Production
    2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices
    3. Results of the COP Test
    v. Calculation of Normal Value Based on Comparison Market Prices
    1. Pakfood
    2. Thai Union
    3. Thai Union/Pakfood
8. Currency Conversion
9. Recommendation

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