[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 203 (Wednesday, October 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 63741]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-26763]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-848]


Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat From the People's Republic of 
China: Initiation of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is initiating a 
new shipper review (NSR) of the antidumping duty order on freshwater 
crawfish tail meat from the People's Republic of China (PRC) with 
respect to Hubei Qianjiang Huashan Aquatic Food and Product Co., Ltd. 
(Hubei Qianjiang).

DATES: Effective Date: October 21, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hermes Pinilla, AD/CVD Operations 
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; Telephone: (202) 482-
3477.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The antidumping duty order on freshwater crawfish tail meat from 
the PRC published in the Federal Register on September 15, 1997.\1\ 
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), we received a timely request for a NSR of the order 
from Hubei Qianjiang.\2\ Hubei Qianjiang certified that it is both the 
producer and exporter of the subject merchandise upon which the request 
was based.\3\
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    \1\ See Notice of Amendment to Final Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Freshwater Crawfish 
Tail Meat from the People's Republic of China, 62 FR 48218 
(September 15, 1997) (Crawfish Order).
    \2\ See Hubei Qianjiang's new shipper request dated September 2, 
2015.
    \3\ See Hubei Qianjiang's new shipper request at Attachment 1.
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    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(I) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(b)(2)(i), Hubei Qianjiang certified that it did not export 
subject merchandise to the United States during the period of 
investigation (POI).\4\ In addition, pursuant to section 
751(a)(2)(B)(i)(II) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), Hubei 
Qianjiang certified that, since the initiation of the investigation, it 
has never been affiliated with any exporter or producer who exported 
subject merchandise to the United States during the POI, including 
those respondents not individually examined during the POI.\5\ As 
required by 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B), Hubei Qianjiang also 
certified that its export activities were not controlled by the 
government of the PRC.\6\
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    \4\ Id.
    \5\ Id.
    \6\ Id.
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    In addition to the certifications described above, pursuant to 19 
CFR 351.214(b)(2), Hubei Qianjiang submitted documentation establishing 
the following: (1) The date on which it first shipped subject 
merchandise for export to the United States; (2) the volume of its 
first shipment; and (3) the date of its first sale to an unaffiliated 
customer in the United States.\7\
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    \7\ See Hubei Qianjiang's new shipper request at Attachments 1 
and 2.
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Period of Review

    The period of review (POR) for this NSR is September 1, 2014, 
through August 31, 2015.

Initiation of New Shipper Review

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(d)(1), the Department finds that the request from Hubei 
Qianjiang meets the threshold requirements for initiation of a NSR for 
shipments of freshwater crawfish tail meat from the PRC produced and 
exported by Hubei Qianjiang.\8\
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    \8\ See the memorandum to the file entitled ``Freshwater 
crawfish tail meat from the People's Republic of China: Initiation 
Checklist for Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review of Hubei Qianjiang 
Huashan Aquatic Food and Product Co., Ltd.'' dated concurrently with 
this notice.
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    Unless extended, the Department intends to issue the preliminary 
results of this NSR no later than 180 days from the date of initiation 
and final results of the review no later than 90 days after the date 
the preliminary results are issued.\9\ It is the Department's usual 
practice, in cases involving non-market economy countries, to require 
that a company seeking to establish eligibility for an antidumping duty 
rate separate from the country-wide rate provide evidence of de jure 
and de facto absence of government control over the company's export 
activities. Accordingly, we will issue a questionnaire to Hubei 
Qianjiang which will include a section requesting information 
concerning its eligibility for a separate rate. The NSR of Hubei 
Qianjiang will be rescinded if the Department determines that Hubei 
Qianjiang has not demonstrated that it is eligible for a separate rate.
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    \9\ See section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act.
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    We will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to allow, at 
the option of the importer, the posting, until the completion of the 
review, of a bond or security in lieu of a cash deposit for each entry 
of the subject merchandise from Hubei Qianjiang in accordance with 
section 751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(e). Because 
Hubei Qianjiang certified that it produced and exported subject 
merchandise, the sale of which is the basis for the request for a NSR, 
we will apply the bonding privilege to Hubei Qianjiang only for subject 
merchandise which was produced and exported by Hubei Qianjiang.
    To assist in its analysis of the bona fides of Hubei Qianjiang's 
sales, upon initiation of this NSR, the Department will require Hubei 
Qianjiang to submit on an ongoing basis complete transaction 
information concerning any sales of subject merchandise to the United 
States that were made subsequent to the POR.
    Interested parties requiring access to proprietary information in 
the NSR should submit applications for disclosure under administrative 
protective order in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and 351.306.
    This initiation and notice are published in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214 and 351.221(c)(1)(i).

    Dated: October 15, 2015.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2015-26763 Filed 10-20-15; 8:45 am]
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