[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 57 (Tuesday, March 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16285-16290]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-06559]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-840]


Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From India; Preliminary Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Department) is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen 
warmwater shrimp (shrimp) from India.\1\ The review covers 205 
producers/exporters of the subject merchandise. The Department selected 
two mandatory respondents for individual examination, Devi Fisheries 
Limited (Devi Fisheries) and Falcon Marine Exports Limited (Falcon). 
The period of review (POR) is February 1, 2012, through January 31, 
2013. We preliminarily determined that sales to the United States have 
been made below normal value (NV) and, therefore, are subject to 
antidumping duties. 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. We invite all interested parties to comment on these 
preliminary results.
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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).

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DATES: Effective Date: March 25, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Crespo or Elizabeth Eastwood, 
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-
3693, or (202) 482-3874, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order is certain frozen warmwater 
shrimp.\2\ 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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    \2\ For a complete description of the Scope of the Order, 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 2012-2013 
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain 
Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from India,'' (dated concurrently with these 
results) (Preliminary Decision Memorandum), which is hereby adopted 
by this notice.
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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.

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    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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    \3\ This rate is based on the simple average of the margins 
calculated for those companies selected for individual review. 
Because we cannot apply our normal methodology of calculating a 
weighted-average margin due to requests to protect business 
proprietary information, we find this rate to be the best proxy of 
the actual weighted-average margin determined for the mandatory 
respondents. See Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof From France, et 
al.: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, Final 
Results of Changed-Circumstances Review, and Revocation of an Order 
in Part, 75 FR 53661, 53663 (Sept. 1, 2010); see also the memorandum 
from David Crespo, International Trade Compliance Analyst, to the 
File, entitled, ``Calculation of the Review-Specific Average Rate in 
the 2012-2013 Administrative Review of Certain Frozen Warmwater 
Shrimp from India,'' (dated concurrently with these results).
    \4\ Shrimp produced and exported by Devi Sea Foods (Devi) was 
excluded from this order effective February 1, 2009. See Certain 
Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From India: Final Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review, Partial Rescission of Review, and Notice 
of Revocation of Order in Part, 75 FR 41813, 41814 (July 19, 2010). 
However, shrimp produced by other Indian producers and exported by 
Devi remain subject to the order. Thus, this administrative review 
with respect to Devi covers only shrimp which was produced in India 
by other companies and exported by Devi.
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Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to the Following Companies:\3\

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                 Manufacturer/exporter                   Percent margin
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Devi Fisheries Limited................................              1.97
Falcon Marine Exports Limited/K.R. Enterprises........              3.01
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                 Manufacturer/exporter                   Percent margin
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Abad Fisheries........................................              2.49
Accelerated Freeze-Drying Co..........................              2.49
Adilakshmi Enterprises................................              2.49
Allana Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd..........................              2.49
Allanasons Ltd........................................              2.49
AMI Enterprises.......................................              2.49
Amulya Seafoods.......................................              2.49
Anand Aqua Exports....................................              2.49
Ananda Aqua Applications/Ananda Aqua Exports (P)                    2.49
 Limited/Ananda Foods.................................
Andaman Sea Foods Pvt. Ltd............................              2.49
Angelique Intl........................................              2.49
Anjaneya Seafoods.....................................              2.49
Apex Frozen Foods Private Limited.....................              2.49
Arvi Import & Export..................................              2.49
Asvini Exports........................................              2.49
Asvini Fisheries Private Limited......................              2.49
Avanti Feeds Limited..................................              2.49
Ayshwarya Seafood Private Limited.....................              2.49
Baby Marine Exports...................................              2.49
Baby Marine International.............................              2.49
Baby Marine Sarass....................................              2.49
Balasore Marine Exports Private Limited...............              2.49
Bhatsons Aquatic Products.............................              2.49
Bhavani Seafoods......................................              2.49
Bijaya Marine Products................................              2.49
Blue Fin Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd........................              2.49
Blue Water Foods & Exports P. Ltd.....................              2.49
Bluefin Enterprises...................................              2.49
Bluepark Seafoods Private Ltd.........................              2.49
BMR Exports...........................................              2.49
Britto Exports........................................              2.49
C P Aquaculture (India) Ltd...........................              2.49
Calcutta Seafoods Pvt. Ltd............................              2.49
Canaan Marine Products................................              2.49
Capithan Exporting Co.................................              2.49
Castlerock Fisheries Ltd..............................              2.49
Chemmeens (Regd)......................................              2.49
Cherukattu Industries (Marine Div.)...................              2.49
Choice Canning Company................................              2.49
Choice Trading Corporation Private Limited............              2.49
Coastal Aqua..........................................              2.49
Coastal Corporation Ltd...............................              2.49
Cochin Frozen Food Exports Pvt. Ltd...................              2.49

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Coreline Exports......................................              2.49
Corlim Marine Exports Pvt. Ltd........................              2.49
D2 D Logistics Private Limited........................              2.49
Damco India Private...................................              2.49
Delsea Exports Pvt. Ltd...............................              2.49
Devi Marine Food Exports Private Ltd./Kader Exports                 2.49
 Private Limited/Kader Investment and Trading Company
 Private Limited/Liberty Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd./
 Liberty Oil Mills Ltd./Premier Marine Products/
 Universal Cold Storage Private Limited...............
Devi Sea Foods Limited \4\............................              2.49
Diamond Seafood Exports/Edhayam Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd./             2.49
 Kadalkanny Frozen Foods/Theva & Company..............
Digha Seafood Exports.................................              2.49
Esmario Export Enterprises............................              2.49
Exporter Coreline Exports.............................              2.49
Five Star Marine Exports Private Limited..............              2.49
Forstar Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd.........................              2.49
Frontline Exports Pvt. Ltd............................              2.49
G A Randerian Ltd.....................................              2.49
Gadre Marine Exports..................................              2.49
Galaxy Maritech Exports P. Ltd........................              2.49
Gayatri Seafoods......................................              2.49
Geo Aquatic Products (P) Ltd..........................              2.49
Geo Seafoods..........................................              2.49
Goodwill Enterprises..................................              2.49
Grandtrust Overseas (P) Ltd...........................              2.49
GVR Exports Pvt. Ltd..................................              2.49
Haripriya Marine Export Pvt. Ltd......................              2.49
Harmony Spices Pvt. Ltd...............................              2.49
HIC ABF Special Foods Pvt. Ltd........................              2.49
Hindustan Lever, Ltd..................................              2.49
Hiravata Ice & Cold Storage...........................              2.49
Hiravati Exports Pvt. Ltd.............................              2.49
Hiravati International Pvt. Ltd. (located at APM--                  2.49
 Mafco Yard, Sector--18, Vashi, Navi, Mumbai--400 705,
 India)...............................................
Hiravati International Pvt. Ltd. (located at Jawar                  2.49
 Naka, Porbandar, Gujarat, 360 575, India)............
Hiravati Marine Products Private Limited..............              2.49
IFB Agro Industries Ltd...............................              2.49
Indian Aquatic Products...............................              2.49
Indo Aquatics.........................................              2.49
Innovative Foods Limited..............................              2.49
International Freezefish Exports......................              2.49
Interseas.............................................              2.49
ITC Limited, International Business...................              2.49
ITC Ltd...............................................              2.49
Jagadeesh Marine Exports..............................              2.49
Jaya Satya Marine Exports.............................              2.49
Jaya Satya Marine Exports Pvt. Ltd....................              2.49
Jayalakshmi Sea Foods Private Limited.................              2.49
Jinny Marine Traders..................................              2.49
Jiya Packagings.......................................              2.49
K R M Marine Exports Ltd..............................              2.49
K V Marine Exports....................................              2.49
Kalyan Aqua & Marine Exp. India Pvt. Ltd..............              2.49
Kalyanee Marine.......................................              2.49
Kanch Ghar............................................              2.49
Kay Kay Exports.......................................              2.49
Kings Marine Products.................................              2.49
Koluthara Exports Ltd.................................              2.49
Konark Aquatics & Exports Pvt. Ltd....................              2.49
Landauer Ltd..........................................              2.49
LCL Logistix (India) Private Limited..................              2.49
Libran Cold Storages (P) Ltd..........................              2.49
Lighthouse Trade Links Pvt. Ltd.......................              2.49
Magnum Estates Limited................................              2.49
Magnum Export.........................................              2.49
Magnum Sea Foods Limited..............................              2.49
Malabar Arabian Fisheries.............................              2.49
Malnad Exports Pvt. Ltd...............................              2.49
Mangala Marine Exim India Pvt. Ltd....................              2.49
Mangala Sea Products..................................              2.49
Meenaxi Fisheries Pvt. Ltd............................              2.49
MSC Marine Exporters..................................              2.49
MSRDR Exports.........................................              2.49
MTR Foods.............................................              2.49
N.C. John & Sons (P) Ltd..............................              2.49
Naga Hanuman Fish Packers.............................              2.49
Naik Frozen Foods.....................................              2.49

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Naik Seafoods Ltd.....................................              2.49
Navayuga Exports......................................              2.49
Nekkanti Sea Foods Limited............................              2.49
Nezami Rekha Sea Food Private Limited.................              2.49
NGR Aqua International................................              2.49
Nila Sea Foods Pvt. Ltd...............................              2.49
Nine Up Frozen Foods..................................              2.49
Overseas Marine Export................................              2.49
Paragon Sea Foods Pvt. Ltd............................              2.49
Parayil Food Products Pvt., Ltd.......................              2.49
Penver Products Pvt. Ltd..............................              2.49
Pesca Marine Products Pvt., Ltd.......................              2.49
Pijikay International Exports P Ltd...................              2.49
Pisces Seafood International..........................              2.49
Premier Exports International.........................              2.49
Premier Marine Foods..................................              2.49
Premier Seafoods Exim (P) Ltd.........................              2.49
R V R Marine Products Limited.........................              2.49
Raa Systems Pvt. Ltd..................................              2.49
Raju Exports..........................................              2.49
Ram's Assorted Cold Storage Ltd.......................              2.49
Raunaq Ice & Cold Storage.............................              2.49
Raysons Aquatics Pvt. Ltd.............................              2.49
Razban Seafoods Ltd...................................              2.49
RBT Exports...........................................              2.49
RDR Exports...........................................              2.49
Riviera Exports Pvt. Ltd..............................              2.49
Rohi Marine Private Ltd...............................              2.49
S & S Seafoods........................................              2.49
S. A. Exports.........................................              2.49
S Chanchala Combines..................................              2.49
Safa Enterprises......................................              2.49
Sagar Foods...........................................              2.49
Sagar Grandhi Exports Pvt. Ltd........................              2.49
Sagar Samrat Seafoods.................................              2.49
Sagarvihar Fisheries Pvt. Ltd.........................              2.49
SAI Marine Exports Pvt. Ltd...........................              2.49
SAI Sea Foods.........................................              2.49
Sanchita Marine Products P Limited....................              2.49
Sandhya Aqua Exports..................................              2.49
Sandhya Aqua Exports Pvt. Ltd.........................              2.49
Sandhya Marines Limited...............................              2.49
Santhi Fisheries & Exports Ltd........................              2.49
Sarveshwari Exp.......................................              2.49
Sarveshwari Ice & Cold Storage Pvt. Ltd...............              2.49
Sawant Food Products..................................              2.49
Seagold Overseas Pvt. Ltd.............................              2.49
Selvam Exports Private Limited........................              2.49
Sharat Industries Ltd.................................              2.49
Shimpo Exports Pvt. Ltd...............................              2.49
Shippers Exports......................................              2.49
Shiva Frozen Food Exp. Pvt. Ltd.......................              2.49
Shree Datt Aquaculture Farms Pvt. Ltd.................              2.49
Shroff Processed Food & Cold Storage P Ltd............              2.49
Silver Seafood........................................              2.49
Sita Marine Exports...................................              2.49
Sowmya Agri Marine Exports............................              2.49
Sprint Exports Pvt. Ltd...............................              2.49
Sri Chandrakantha Marine Exports......................              2.49
Sri Sakkthi Cold Storage..............................              2.49
Sri Sakthi Marine Products P Ltd......................              2.49
Sri Satya Marine Exports..............................              2.49
Sri Venkata Padmavathi Marine Foods Pvt. Ltd..........              2.49
Srikanth International................................              2.49
SSF Ltd...............................................              2.49
Star Agro Marine Exports Private Limited..............              2.49
Star Organic Foods Incorporated.......................              2.49
Sun-Bio Technology Ltd................................              2.49
Suryamitra Exim Pvt. Ltd..............................              2.49
Suvarna Rekha Exports Private Limited.................              2.49
Suvarna Rekha Marines P Ltd...........................              2.49
TBR Exports Pvt Ltd...................................              2.49
Teekay Marine P. Ltd..................................              2.49
Tejaswani Enterprises.................................              2.49

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The Waterbase Ltd.....................................              2.49
Triveni Fisheries P Ltd...............................              2.49
Uniroyal Marine Exports Ltd...........................              2.49
Unitriveni Overseas...................................              2.49
V.S Exim Pvt Ltd......................................              2.49
Vasista Marine........................................              2.49
Veejay Impex..........................................              2.49
Victoria Marine & Agro Exports Ltd....................              2.49
Vinner Marine.........................................              2.49
Vishal Exports........................................              2.49
Wellcome Fisheries Limited............................              2.49
West Coast Frozen Foods Private Limited...............              2.49
Z A Sea Foods Pvt. Ltd................................              2.49
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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.\5\ Pursuant 
to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case briefs not 
later than 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. 
Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be 
filed not later than five days after the date for filing case 
briefs.\6\ 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.\7\ Case and rebuttal briefs should be filed using IA 
ACCESS.\8\
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    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 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. An electronically filed 
document must be received successfully in its entirety by the 
Department's electronic records system, IA ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern 
Standard Time within 30 days after the date of publication of this 
notice.\9\ 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. The Department will 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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    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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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 Devi Fisheries and Falcon, 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).
    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 rates calculated for the companies selected for mandatory 
review (i.e., Devi Fisheries and Falcon) excluding any which are de 
minimis or determined entirely on adverse facts available.
    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. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we will instruct CBP to 
liquidate without regard to antidumping duties any entries for which 
the assessment rate is de minimis. 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. See section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
    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 Devi Fisheries or Falcon 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 discussion of this clarification, see Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 
FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
    We intend to issue 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 recent period; (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 period for the manufacturer of 
the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other 
manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 10.17 percent, the all-
others rate made effective by the LTFV investigation.\10\ These deposit 
requirements, when

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    \10\ See Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Frozen Warmwater 
Shrimp From India, 70 FR 5147, 5148 (Feb. 1, 2005).
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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. Discussion of the Methodology
    a. Fair Value Comparisons
    b. Determination of Comparison Method
    c. Product Comparisons
    d. Export Price
    e. Normal Value
5. Currency Conversion
6. Recommendation

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