[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 92 (Thursday, May 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29530-29531]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-11239]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-893]


Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the People's Republic of 
China: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2015-2016

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is rescinding 
the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain 
frozen warmwater shrimp (``shrimp'') from the People's Republic of 
China (``PRC'') for the period February 1, 2015 through January 31, 
2016.

DATES: Effective Date: May 12, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kabir Archuletta, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2593.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On April 7, 2016, based on a timely request for review on behalf of 
the Ad Hoc Shrimp Trade Action Committee (``Petitioner'') \1\ and the 
American Shrimp Processors Association (``Domestic Processors''),\2\ 
the Department published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation 
of an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on shrimp 
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the PRC covering the period February 1, 2015, through January 31, 
2016.\3\ The review covers 74 companies. On April 18, 2016, and April 
25, 2016, Petitioner and Domestic Processors withdrew their requests 
for an administrative review on all companies listed in the Initiation 
Notice.\4\ No other party requested a review of these companies or any 
other exporters of subject merchandise.
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    \1\ See Letter to the Secretary of Commerce from the Ad Hoc 
Shrimp Trade Action Committee (``AHSTAC'') ``Certain Frozen 
Warmwater Shrimp from the People's Republic of China: Request for 
Administrative Reviews'' (February 24, 2016).
    \2\ See Letter to the Secretary of Commerce from the American 
Shrimp Processors Association (``ASPA'') ``Administrative Review of 
the Antidumping Duty Order Covering Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the 
People's Republic of China (POR 11: 02/01/15-01/31/16): American 
Shrimp Processors Association's Request for an Administrative 
Review'' (February 29, 2016).
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 81 FR 20324 (April 7, 2016) (``Initiation 
Notice'').
    \4\ See Letter to the Secretary of Commerce from Petitioner 
``Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the People's Republic of 
China: Domestic Producers' Withdrawal of Review Requests'' (April 
18, 2016); Letter to the Secretary of Commerce from Domestic 
Processors ``Administrative Review of Antidumping Duty Order 
Covering Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the People's Republic 
of China: Withdrawal of Review Request on Behalf of the American 
Shrimp Processors Association'' (April 25, 2016).
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Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Department will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the party that requested 
the review withdraws its request within 90 days of the publication of 
the notice of initiation of the requested review. In this case, 
Petitioner and Domestic Processors timely withdrew their request by the 
90-day deadline, and no other party requested an administrative review 
of the antidumping duty order. As a result, pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(1), we are rescinding the administrative review of the 
antidumping order on shrimp from the PRC for the period February 1, 
2015, through January 31, 2016, in its entirety.

Assessment

    The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(``CBP'') to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. 
Because the Department is rescinding this administrative review in its 
entirety, the entries to which this administrative review pertained 
shall be assessed antidumping duties at rates equal to the cash deposit 
of estimated antidumping duties required at the time of entry, or 
withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(c)(1)(i). The Department intends to issue appropriate 
assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register, if appropriate.

Notifications

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
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 Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of the antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (``APO'') of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), 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 which is subject to sanction.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 
CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: May 4, 2016.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2016-11239 Filed 5-11-16; 8:45 am]
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