[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 175 (Thursday, September 10, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54524-54529]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-22869]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-840]


Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From India: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2013-2014

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

SUMMARY: On March 6, 2015, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp from 
India.\1\ The period of review (POR) is February 1, 2013, through 
January 31, 2014. For the final results, we continue to find that all 
companies involved in this review sold subject merchandise at less than 
normal value.
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    \1\ See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From India; Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2013-2014, 80 FR 
12147 (March 6, 2015) (Preliminary Results).

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DATES:  Effective Date: September 10, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Blaine Wiltse 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-
6345 or (202) 482-3874, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    This review covers 211 producers/exporters. The respondents which 
the Department selected for individual examination are Devi Fisheries 
Limited (Devi Fisheries) and Falcon Marine Exports Limited/K.R. 
Enterprises (Falcon). The respondents which were not selected for 
individual examination are listed in the ``Final Results of the 
Review'' section of this notice.
    On March 6, 2015, the Department published the Preliminary Results. 
In April 2015, we received case briefs from the American Shrimp 
Processors Association, and Devi Fisheries, Falcon, and 13 additional 
producers/exporters of the subject merchandise (collectively, the 
respondents); we also received rebuttal briefs from the above-mentioned 
interested parties and the Ad Hoc Shrimp Trade Action Committee.
    On June 23, 2015, we postponed the final results by 60 days, until 
September 2, 2015.\2\
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    \2\ See memorandum to Gary Taverman, Associate Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, from 
Stephen Banea, International Trade Compliance Analyst, Office II, 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, entitled ``Certain 
Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from India; 2013-2014 Administrative Review: 
Extension of Deadline for Final Results,'' dated June 23, 2015.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order is certain frozen warmwater 
shrimp.\3\ 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 customs 
purposes, the written product description remains dispositive.
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    \3\ For a complete description of the Scope of the Order, see 
the memorandum from Gary Taverman, Associate Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to 
Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, 
entitled, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of 
the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain Frozen 
Warmwater Shrimp from India,'' (dated concurrently with these 
results) (Issues and Decision Memorandum), which is hereby adopted 
by this notice.

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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case briefs by parties are listed in the 
Appendix to this notice and addressed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum. Parties can find a complete discussion of these issues and 
the corresponding recommendations in this public memorandum, which is 
on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). 
ACCESS is available to registered users at http://access.trade.gov; the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum is also available to all parties in the 
Central Records Unit, Room B8024, of the main Department of Commerce 
building. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed Issues and Decision Memorandum and the 
electronic version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical 
in content.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on a review of the record and comments receive from 
interested parties regarding our Preliminary Results, we made no 
changes to Devi Fisheries' or Falcon's margin calculations.

Period of Review

    The POR is February 1, 2013, through January 31, 2014.

Final Results of the Review

    We are assigning the following dumping margins to the firms listed 
below as follows:

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                 Manufacturer/exporter                   Percent margin
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Devi Fisheries Limited/Satya Seafoods Private Limited/              3.28
 Usha Seafoods........................................
Falcon Marine Exports Limited/K.R. Enterprises........              2.63
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    Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to the Following Companies: 
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    \4\ 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 (September 1, 2010); see also the 
memorandum from Blaine Wiltse, Senior International Trade Compliance 
Analyst, to the file, entitled, ``Calculation of the Review-Specific 
Average Rate in the 2013-2014 Administrative Review of Certain 
Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from India,'' dated March 6, 2015.

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                 Manufacturer/exporter                   Percent margin
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Abad Fisheries........................................              2.96
Accelerated Freeze-Drying Co..........................              2.96
Adilakshmi Enterprises................................              2.96
Akshay Food Impex Private Limited.....................              2.96
Allana Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd..........................              2.96
Allanasons Ltd........................................              2.96
AMI Enterprises.......................................              2.96
Amulya Seafoods.......................................              2.96
Anand Aqua Exports....................................              2.96
Ananda Aqua Applications/Ananda Aqua Exports (P)                    2.96
 Limited/Ananda Foods.................................
Ananda Enterprises (India) Private Limited............              2.96
Andaman Sea Foods Pvt. Ltd............................              2.96
Angelique Intl........................................              2.96
Anjaneya Seafoods.....................................              2.96
Apex Frozen Foods Private Limited.....................              2.96
Arvi Import & Export..................................              2.96
Asvini Exports........................................              2.96
Asvini Fisheries Private Limited......................              2.96
Avanti Feeds Limited..................................              2.96
Ayshwarya Seafood Private Limited.....................              2.96
Baby Marine Exports...................................              2.96
Baby Marine International.............................              2.96
Baby Marine Sarass....................................              2.96
Balasore Marine Exports Private Limited...............              2.96
Bhatsons Aquatic Products.............................              2.96
Bhavani Seafoods......................................              2.96
Bijaya Marine Products................................              2.96
Blue Fin Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd........................              2.96
Blue Water Foods & Exports P. Ltd.....................              2.96
Bluefin Enterprises...................................              2.96
Bluepark Seafoods Private Ltd.........................              2.96
BMR Exports...........................................              2.96
Britto Exports........................................              2.96
C P Aquaculture (India) Ltd...........................              2.96
Calcutta Seafoods Pvt. Ltd............................              2.96
Canaan Marine Products................................              2.96
Capithan Exporting Co.................................              2.96

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Castlerock Fisheries Ltd..............................              2.96
Chemmeens (Regd)......................................              2.96
Cherukattu Industries (Marine Div.)...................              2.96
Choice Canning Company................................              2.96
Choice Trading Corporation Private Limited............              2.96
Coastal Aqua..........................................              2.96
Coastal Corporation Ltd...............................              2.96
Cochin Frozen Food Exports Pvt. Ltd...................              2.96
Coreline Exports......................................              2.96
Corlim Marine Exports Pvt. Ltd........................              2.96
D2 D Logistics Private Limited........................              2.96
Damco India Private Limited...........................              2.96
Delsea Exports Pvt. Ltd...............................              2.96
Devi Marine Food Exports Private Ltd..................              2.96
    Kader Exports Private Limited/
    Kader Investment and Trading Company Private
     Limited/
    Liberty Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd/Liberty Oil Mills
     Ltd/
    Premier Marine Products Private Limited \5\/
    Universal Cold Storage Private Limited
Devi Sea Foods Limited \6\............................              2.96
Diamond Seafood Exports/Edhayam Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd.              2.96
    Kadalkanny Frozen Foods/Theva & Company
Digha Seafood Exports.................................              2.96
Esmario Export Enterprises............................              2.96
Exporter Coreline Exports.............................              2.96
Five Star Marine Exports Private Limited..............              2.96
Forstar Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd.........................              2.96
Frontline Exports Pvt. Ltd............................              2.96
G A Randerian Ltd.....................................              2.96
Gadre Marine Exports..................................              2.96
Galaxy Maritech Exports P. Ltd........................              2.96
Gayatri Seafoods......................................              2.96
Geo Aquatic Products (P) Ltd..........................              2.96
Geo Seafoods..........................................              2.96
Goodwill Enterprises..................................              2.96
Grandtrust Overseas (P) Ltd...........................              2.96
GVR Exports Pvt. Ltd..................................              2.96
Haripriya Marine Export Pvt. Ltd......................              2.96
Harmony Spices Pvt. Ltd...............................              2.96
HIC ABF Special Foods Pvt. Ltd........................              2.96
Hindustan Lever, Ltd..................................              2.96
Hiravata Ice & Cold Storage...........................              2.96
Hiravati Exports Pvt. Ltd.............................              2.96
Hiravati International P. Ltd (located at APM--Mafco                2.96
 Yard, Sector--18, Vashi, Navi, Mumbai--400 705,
 India)...............................................
Hiravati International Pvt. Ltd (located at Jawar                   2.96
 Naka, Porbandar, Gujarat, 360 575, India)............
IFB Agro Industries Ltd...............................              2.96
Indian Aquatic Products...............................              2.96
Indo Aquatics.........................................              2.96
Innovative Foods Limited..............................              2.96
International Freezefish Exports......................              2.96
Interseas.............................................              2.96
ITC Limited, International Business...................              2.96
ITC Ltd...............................................              2.96
Jagadeesh Marine Exports..............................              2.96
Jaya Satya Marine Exports.............................              2.96
Jaya Satya Marine Exports Pvt. Ltd....................              2.96
Jayalakshmi Sea Foods Private Limited.................              2.96
Jinny Marine Traders..................................              2.96
Jiya Packagings.......................................              2.96
K R M Marine Exports Ltd..............................              2.96
K V Marine Exports....................................              2.96
Kalyan Aqua & Marine Exports India Pvt. Ltd...........              2.96
Kalyanee Marine.......................................              2.96
Kanch Ghar............................................              2.96
Kay Kay Exports.......................................              2.96
Kings Marine Products.................................              2.96
KNC Agro Pvt. Ltd.....................................              2.96
Koluthara Exports Ltd.................................              2.96
Konark Aquatics & Exports Pvt. Ltd....................              2.96
Landauer Ltd..........................................              2.96
Libran Cold Storages (P) Ltd..........................              2.96
Lighthouse Trade Links Pvt. Ltd.......................              2.96
Magnum Estates Limited................................              2.96
Magnum Export.........................................              2.96

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Magnum Sea Foods Limited..............................              2.96
Malabar Arabian Fisheries.............................              2.96
Malnad Exports Pvt. Ltd...............................              2.96
Mangala Marine Exim India Pvt. Ltd....................              2.96
Mangala Sea Products..................................              2.96
Mangala Seafoods......................................              2.96
Meenaxi Fisheries Pvt. Ltd............................              2.96
MSC Marine Exporters..................................              2.96
MSRDR Exports.........................................              2.96
Munnangi Sea Foods (Pvt) Ltd..........................              2.96
MTR Foods.............................................              2.96
N.C. John & Sons (P) Ltd..............................              2.96
Naga Hanuman Fish Packers.............................              2.96
Naik Frozen Foods Private Limited.....................              2.96
Naik Seafoods Ltd.....................................              2.96
Navayuga Exports......................................              2.96
Nekkanti Sea Foods Limited............................              2.96
Nezami Rekha Sea Food Private Limited.................              2.96
NGR Aqua International................................              2.96
Nila Sea Foods Pvt. Ltd...............................              2.96
Nine Up Frozen Foods..................................              2.96
Nutrient Marine Foods Limited.........................              2.96
Overseas Marine Export................................              2.96
Paragon Sea Foods Pvt. Ltd............................              2.96
Parayil Food Products Pvt. Ltd........................              2.96
Penver Products Pvt. Ltd..............................              2.96
Pesca Marine Products Pvt. Ltd........................              2.96
Pijikay International Exports P Ltd...................              2.96
Pisces Seafood International..........................              2.96
Premier Exports International.........................              2.96
Premier Marine Foods..................................              2.96
Premier Seafoods Exim (P) Ltd.........................              2.96
R V R Marine Products Limited.........................              2.96
Raa Systems Pvt. Ltd..................................              2.96
Raju Exports..........................................              2.96
Ram's Assorted Cold Storage Ltd.......................              2.96
Raunaq Ice & Cold Storage.............................              2.96
Raysons Aquatics Pvt. Ltd.............................              2.96
Razban Seafoods Ltd...................................              2.96
RBT Exports...........................................              2.96
RDR Exports...........................................              2.96
Riviera Exports Pvt. Ltd..............................              2.96
Rohi Marine Private Ltd...............................              2.96
S & S Seafoods........................................              2.96
S. A. Exports.........................................              2.96
S Chanchala Combines..................................              2.96
Safa Enterprises......................................              2.96
Sagar Foods...........................................              2.96
Sagar Grandhi Exports Private Limited.................              2.96
Sagar Samrat Seafoods.................................              2.96
Sagarvihar Fisheries Pvt. Ltd.........................              2.96
Sai Marine Exports Pvt. Ltd...........................              2.96
Sai Seafoods..........................................              2.96
Sanchita Marine Products Private Limited..............              2.96
Sandhya Aqua Exports..................................              2.96
Sandhya Aqua Exports Pvt. Ltd.........................              2.96
Sandhya Marines Limited...............................              2.96
Santhi Fisheries & Exports Ltd........................              2.96
Sarveshwari Exports...................................              2.96
Sawant Food Products..................................              2.96
Sea Foods Private Limited.............................              2.96
Seagold Overseas Pvt. Ltd.............................              2.96
Selvam Exports Private Limited........................              2.96
Sharat Industries Ltd.................................              2.96
Shimpo Exports Pvt. Ltd...............................              2.96
Shippers Exports......................................              2.96
Shiva Frozen Food Exp. Pvt. Ltd.......................              2.96
Shree Datt Aquaculture Farms Pvt. Ltd.................              2.96
Shroff Processed Food & Cold Storage P Ltd............              2.96
Silver Seafood........................................              2.96
Sita Marine Exports...................................              2.96
Sowmya Agri Marine Exports............................              2.96
Sprint Exports Pvt. Ltd...............................              2.96
Sri Chandrakantha Marine Exports......................              2.96

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Sri Sakkthi Cold Storage..............................              2.96
Sri Sakthi Marine Products P Ltd......................              2.96
Sri Satya Marine Exports..............................              2.96
Sri Venkata Padmavathi Marine Foods Pvt. Ltd..........              2.96
Srikanth International................................              2.96
SSF Ltd...............................................              2.96
Star Agro Marine Exports Private Limited..............              2.96
Star Organic Foods Incorporated.......................              2.96
Sun-Bio Technology Ltd................................              2.96
Supran Exim Private Limited...........................              2.96
Suryamitra Exim Pvt. Ltd..............................              2.96
Suvarna Rekha Exports Private Limited.................              2.96
Suvarna Rekha Marines P Ltd...........................              2.96
TBR Exports Pvt Ltd...................................              2.96
Teekay Marine P. Ltd..................................              2.96
Tejaswani Enterprises.................................              2.96
The Waterbase Ltd.....................................              2.96
Triveni Fisheries P Ltd...............................              2.96
Uniloids Biosciences Private Limited..................              2.96
Uniroyal Marine Exports Ltd...........................              2.96
Unitriveni Overseas...................................              2.96
V.S Exim Pvt Ltd......................................              2.96
Vasista Marine........................................              2.96
Veejay Impex..........................................              2.96
Victoria Marine & Agro Exports Ltd....................              2.96
Vinner Marine.........................................              2.96
Vishal Exports........................................              2.96
Wellcome Fisheries Limited............................              2.96
West Coast Frozen Foods Private Limited...............              2.96
Z A Sea Foods Pvt. Ltd................................              2.96
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    \5\ On December 2, 2014, Premier Marine Products Private Limited 
was found to be the successor-in-interest to Premier Marine 
Products. See Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed 
Circumstances Review: Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from India, 79 
FR 71384 (December 2, 2014).
    \6\ Shrimp produced and exported by Devi Sea Foods Limited 
(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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Assessment Rates

    The Department shall determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries.
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), because Devi Fisheries and Falcon 
reported the entered value for all of their U.S. sales, we calculated 
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 for which entered value 
was reported. To determine whether the duty assessment rates are de 
minimis, in accordance with the requirement set forth in 19 CFR 
351.106(c)(2), we calculated importer-specific ad valorem ratios based 
on the entered value.
    For the companies which were not selected for individual 
examination, we used as the assessment rate the cash deposit rate 
assigned to these exporters, in accordance with our practice.\7\
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    \7\ See, e.g., Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From India: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 79 FR 51309 
(August 28, 2014).
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    The Department's ``automatic assessment'' practice 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 practice, see 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of 
Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
    The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 
days after the date of publication of these final results of review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of 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 rates for the reviewed companies will be 
the rates shown above, except if the rate is less than 0.50 percent (de 
minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1)), the cash deposit 
will be zero; (2) for previously reviewed or investigated companies not 
listed above, the cash deposit rate 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, a previous 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 established in the 
LTFV investigation.\8\ These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \8\ 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 (Febrary 1, 2005).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as the only reminder to importers of their

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responsibility, under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2), 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.

Administrative Protective Order

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), this notice also serves as 
a reminder to parties subject to administrative protective order (APO) 
of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of 
proprietary information disclosed under the APO, which continues to 
govern business proprietary information in this segment of the 
proceeding. Timely written notification of the return or destruction of 
APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby 
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO 
is a violation subject to sanction.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h).

    Dated: September 2, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum

Summary
Background
Scope of the Order
Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Legal Authority to Consider an Alternative Comparison 
Method in an Administrative Review
    Comment 2: Withdrawal of the Regulatory Provisions Governing 
Targeted Dumping in LTFV Investigations
    Comment 3: Differential Pricing Analysis and the Administrative 
Procedures Act
    Comment 4: Differential Pricing Analysis: Identification of a 
Pattern of Prices that Differ Significantly
    Comment 5: Differential Pricing Analysis: Whether the Average-
to-Average (A-to-A) Method Can Account for Such Differences
    Comment 6: Differential Pricing Analysis: The Impact of 
``Zeroing''
    Comment 7: Differential Pricing Analysis: Thresholds in the 
``Ratio Test''
    Comment 8: Other Arguments Related to Differential Pricing 
Analysis
    Comment 9: Whether to Include Certain Costs Incurred by KR 
Enterprises in Falcon's Reported Cost of Manufacturing
Recommendation

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