[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 177 (Tuesday, September 13, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62867-62870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-22008]


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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; Final Determination of No 
Shipments; 2014-2015

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

SUMMARY: On March 10, 2016, 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. 
The period of review (POR) is February 1, 2014, through January 31, 
2015. Based on our analysis of the comments received, we made certain 
changes in the margin calculations. Therefore, the final results differ 
from the preliminary results. The final weighted-average dumping 
margins for the reviewed firms are listed below in the section entitled 
``Final Results of the Review.''

DATES: Effective September 13, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Blaine Wiltse or Manuel Rey, 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) 482-5518, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    This review covers 223 producers/exporters. The producers/exporters 
which the Department selected for individual examination are Falcon 
Marine Exports Limited and its affiliate K.R. Enterprises 
(collectively, Falcon) and the Liberty Group.\1\ The producers/
exporters which were not selected for individual examination are listed 
in the ``Final Results of the Review'' section of this notice.
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    \1\ The Liberty Group consists of: Devi Marine Food Exports 
Private Ltd.; 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; and 
Universal Cold Storage Private Limited.
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    On March 10, 2016, the Department published the Preliminary 
Results.\2\ In April 2016, we received a case brief Falcon, the Liberty 
Group, and 11 additional producers/exporters of the subject merchandise 
(collectively, the respondents); we also received rebuttal briefs from 
the Ad Hoc Shrimp Trade Action Committee (the petitioner) and the Ad 
Hoc Shrimp Trade Action Committee.
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    \2\ See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From India: Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Preliminary 
Determination of No Shipments; 2014-2015, 81 FR 12705 (March 10, 
2016) (Preliminary Results).
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    On June 7, 2016, we postponed the final results by 60 days, until 
September 6, 2016.\3\ In July 2016, we held a public hearing at the 
request of the respondents.
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    \3\ See memorandum to Gary Taverman, Associate Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, from 
Blaine Wiltse, Senior International Trade Compliance Analyst, Office 
II, Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, entitled 
``Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from India; 2014-2015 
Administrative Review: Extension of Deadline for Final Results,'' 
dated June 7, 2016.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order is certain frozen warmwater 
shrimp.\4\ 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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    \4\ 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 
Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Operations, 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

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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 received from 
interested parties regarding our Preliminary Results, we made certain 
changes to the margin calculations performed for Falcon and the Liberty 
Group.

Determination of No Shipments

    As noted in the Preliminary Results, we received no-shipment claims 
from 19 companies named in the Initiation Notice.\5\ In the Preliminary 
Results, we preliminarily determined that the companies listed below 
had no reviewable transactions during the POR.\6\ We received no 
comments from interested parties with respect to these claims and we 
continue to determine that these companies had no reviewable 
transactions during the POR. These companies are:
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    \5\ See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From India and Thailand: 
Notice of Initiation of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, 80 
FR 16634 (March 30, 2015) (Initiation Notice).
    \6\ See Preliminary Results, 81 FR at 12706.

1. Amulya Sea Foods
2. Ayshwarya Sea Foods Private Limited
3. Baby Marine International
4. Baby Marine Sarass
5. Blue Water Foods & Exports Pvt. Ltd.
6. Capithan Exporting Company
7. Cherukattu Industries (Marine Division)
8. Coreline Exports
9. Delsea Exports Pvt. Ltd.
10. GEO Aquatic Products Pvt. Ltd.
11. GVR Exports Pvt. Ltd.
12. Indo Fisheries
13. Navayuga Exports Limited
14. R F Exports
15. Santhi Fisheries & Exports Limited
16. Selvam Exports Private Limited
17. Sterling Foods
18. Veronica Marine Exports Private Limited
19. Vinner Marine Processors & Exporters of Marine Products

Period of Review

    The POR is February 1, 2014, through January 31, 2015.

Final Results of the Review

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

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                                                                Margin
                   Manufacturer/exporter                      (percent)
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Falcon Marine Exports Limited/K.R. Enterprises.............         0.74
The Liberty Group..........................................         3.37
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    Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to the Following Companies: 
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    \7\ This rate is based on the actual weighted-average margin 
using the publically-ranged data 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 for the Final 
Results,'' dated concurrently with this notice.

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                                                                Margin
                   Manufacturer/exporter                      (percent)
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Abad Fisheries.............................................         2.20
Adilakshmi Enterprises.....................................         2.20
Akshay Food Impex Private Limited..........................         2.20
Allana Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd...............................         2.20
Allanasons Ltd.............................................         2.20
AMI Enterprises............................................         2.20
Anand Aqua Exports.........................................         2.20
Ananda Aqua Applications/Ananda Aqua Exports (P) Limited/           2.20
 Ananda Foods..............................................
Ananda Enterprises (India) Private Limited.................         2.20
Andaman Sea Foods Pvt. Ltd.................................         2.20
Angelique Intl.............................................         2.20
Anjaneya Seafoods..........................................         2.20
Apex Frozen Foods Private Limited..........................         2.20
Aquatica Frozen Foods Global Pvt. Ltd......................         2.20
Arvi Import & Export.......................................         2.20
Asvini Exports.............................................         2.20
Asvini Fisheries Private Limited...........................         2.20
Avanti Feeds Limited.......................................         2.20
B R Traders................................................         2.20
Baby Marine Exports........................................         2.20
Balasore Marine Exports Private Limited....................         2.20
Bhatsons Aquatic Products..................................         2.20
Bhavani Seafoods...........................................         2.20
Bijaya Marine Products.....................................         2.20
Blue Fin Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd.............................         2.20
Bluepark Seafoods Private Ltd..............................         2.20
BMR Exports................................................         2.20
BMR Industries Private Limited.............................         2.20
Britto Exports.............................................         2.20
C P Aquaculture (India) Ltd................................         2.20
Calcutta Seafoods Pvt. Ltd.................................         2.20
Canaan Marine Products.....................................         2.20
Castlerock Fisheries Ltd...................................         2.20
Chemmeens (Regd)...........................................         2.20
Choice Canning Company.....................................         2.20
Choice Trading Corporation Private Limited.................         2.20
Coastal Aqua...............................................         2.20
Coastal Corporation Ltd....................................         2.20
Cochin Frozen Food Exports Pvt. Ltd........................         2.20
Corlim Marine Exports Pvt. Ltd.............................         2.20
D2 D Logistics Private Limited.............................         2.20
Damco India Private Limited................................         2.20
Devi Fisheries Limited/Satya Seafoods Private Limited/Usha          2.20
 Seafoods..................................................
Diamond Seafoods Exports/Edhayam Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd/             2.20
 Kadalkanny Frozen Foods/Theva & Company...................
Devi Sea Foods Limited \8\.................................         2.20
Digha Seafood Exports......................................         2.20
Esmario Export Enterprises.................................         2.20
Exporter Coreline Exports..................................         2.20
Febin Marine Foods.........................................         2.20
Five Star Marine Exports Private Limited...................         2.20
Forstar Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd..............................         2.20
Frontline Exports Pvt. Ltd.................................         2.20
G A Randerian Ltd..........................................         2.20
Gadre Marine Exports.......................................         2.20
Galaxy Maritech Exports P. Ltd.............................         2.20
Gayatri Seafoods...........................................         2.20
Geo Seafoods...............................................         2.20
Goodwill Enterprises.......................................         2.20
Grandtrust Overseas (P) Ltd................................         2.20
Haripriya Marine Export Pvt. Ltd...........................         2.20
Harmony Spices Pvt. Ltd....................................         2.20
HIC ABF Special Foods Pvt. Ltd.............................         2.20
Hindustan Lever, Ltd.......................................         2.20
Hiravata Ice & Cold Storage................................         2.20
Hiravati Exports Pvt. Ltd..................................         2.20
Hiravati International P. Ltd (located at APM--Mafco Yard,          2.20
 Sector--18, Vashi, Navi, Mumbai--400 705, India)..........
Hiravati International Pvt. Ltd (located at Jawar Naka,             2.20
 Porbandar, Gujarat, 360 575, India).......................
IFB Agro Industries Ltd....................................         2.20
Indian Aquatic Products....................................         2.20
Indo Aquatics..............................................         2.20
Indo French Shellfish Company Private Limited..............         2.20
Innovative Foods Limited...................................         2.20
International Freezefish Exports...........................         2.20
Interseas..................................................         2.20
ITC Limited, International Business........................         2.20
ITC Ltd....................................................         2.20
Jaya Satya Marine Exports..................................         2.20
Jaya Satya Marine Exports Pvt. Ltd.........................         2.20

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Jayalakshmi Sea Foods Private Limited......................         2.20
Jinny Marine Traders.......................................         2.20
Jiya Packagings............................................         2.20
K R M Marine Exports Ltd...................................         2.20
K V Marine Exports.........................................         2.20
Kalyan Aqua & Marine Exports India Pvt. Ltd................         2.20
Kalyanee Marine............................................         2.20
Kanch Ghar.................................................         2.20
Karunya Marine Exports Private Limited.....................         2.20
Kay Kay Exports............................................         2.20
Kings Marine Products......................................         2.20
Koluthara Exports Ltd......................................         2.20
Konark Aquatics & Exports Pvt. Ltd.........................         2.20
Landauer Ltd...............................................         2.20
Libran Cold Storages (P) Ltd...............................         2.20
Magnum Estates Limited.....................................         2.20
Magnum Export..............................................         2.20
Magnum Sea Foods Limited...................................         2.20
Malabar Arabian Fisheries..................................         2.20
Malnad Exports Pvt. Ltd....................................         2.20
Mangala Marine Exim India Pvt. Ltd.........................         2.20
Mangala Sea Products.......................................         2.20
Mangala Seafoods...........................................         2.20
Meenaxi Fisheries Pvt. Ltd.................................         2.20
Milesh Marine Exports Private Limited......................         2.20
MSRDR Exports..............................................         2.20
MTR Foods..................................................         2.20
Munnangi Sea Foods Pvt. Ltd................................         2.20
N.C. John & Sons (P) Ltd...................................         2.20
Naga Hanuman Fish Packers..................................         2.20
Naik Frozen Foods Private Limited..........................         2.20
Naik Seafoods Ltd..........................................         2.20
Neeli Aqua Private Limited.................................         2.20
Nekkanti Sea Foods Limited.................................         2.20
Nezami Rekha Sea Foods Private Limited.....................         2.20
NGR Aqua International.....................................         2.20
Nila Sea Foods Exports.....................................         2.20
Nila Sea Foods Pvt. Ltd....................................         2.20
Nine Up Frozen Foods.......................................         2.20
Nutrient Marine Foods Limited..............................         2.20
Oceanic Edibles International Limited......................         2.20
Overseas Marine Export.....................................         2.20
Paragon Sea Foods Pvt. Ltd.................................         2.20
Paramount Seafoods.........................................         2.20
Parayil Food Products Pvt. Ltd.............................         2.20
Penver Products Pvt. Ltd...................................         2.20
Pesca Marine Products Pvt. Ltd.............................         2.20
Pijikay International Exports P Ltd........................         2.20
Pisces Seafood International...............................         2.20
Premier Exports International..............................         2.20
Premier Marine Foods.......................................         2.20
Premier Seafoods Exim (P) Ltd..............................         2.20
R V R Marine Products Limited..............................         2.20
Raa Systems Pvt. Ltd.......................................         2.20
Raju Exports...............................................         2.20
Ram's Assorted Cold Storage Ltd............................         2.20
Raunaq Ice & Cold Storage..................................         2.20
Raysons Aquatics Pvt. Ltd..................................         2.20
Razban Seafoods Ltd........................................         2.20
RBT Exports................................................         2.20
RDR Exports................................................         2.20
Riviera Exports Pvt. Ltd...................................         2.20
Rohi Marine Private Ltd....................................         2.20
S & S Seafoods.............................................         2.20
S Chanchala Combines.......................................         2.20
S. A. Exports..............................................         2.20
S.J. Seafoods..............................................         2.20
Safa Enterprises...........................................         2.20
Sagar Foods................................................         2.20
Sagar Grandhi Exports Private Limited......................         2.20
Sagar Samrat Seafoods......................................         2.20
Sagarvihar Fisheries Pvt. Ltd..............................         2.20
Sai Marine Exports Pvt. Ltd................................         2.20
SAI Sea Foods..............................................         2.20
Salvam Exports (P) Ltd.....................................         2.20
Sanchita Marine Products Private Limited...................         2.20
Sandhya Aqua Exports.......................................         2.20
Sandhya Aqua Exports Pvt. Ltd..............................         2.20
Sandhya Marines Limited....................................         2.20
Sarveshwari Exports........................................         2.20
Sawant Food Products.......................................         2.20
Sea Foods Private Limited..................................         2.20
Seagold Overseas Pvt. Ltd..................................         2.20
Sharat Industries Ltd......................................         2.20
Sharma Industries..........................................         2.20
Shimpo Exports Pvt. Ltd....................................         2.20
Shippers Exports...........................................         2.20
Shiva Frozen Food Exports Pvt. Ltd.........................         2.20
Shree Datt Aquaculture Farms Pvt. Ltd......................         2.20
Shroff Processed Food & Cold Storage P Ltd.................         2.20
Silver Seafood.............................................         2.20
Sita Marine Exports........................................         2.20
Sowmya Agri Marine Exports.................................         2.20
Sprint Exports Pvt. Ltd....................................         2.20
Sri Chandrakantha Marine Exports...........................         2.20
Sri Sakkthi Cold Storage...................................         2.20
Sri Satya Marine Exports...................................         2.20
Sri Venkata Padmavathi Marine Foods Pvt. Ltd...............         2.20
Srikanth International.....................................         2.20
Star Agro Marine Exports Private Limited...................         2.20
Star Organic Foods Incorporated............................         2.20
Sun-Bio Technology Ltd.....................................         2.20
Supran Exim Private Limited................................         2.20
Suryamitra Exim Pvt. Ltd...................................         2.20
Suvarna Rekha Exports Private Limited......................         2.20
Suvarna Rekha Marines P Ltd................................         2.20
TBR Exports Pvt Ltd........................................         2.20
Teekay Marine P. Ltd.......................................         2.20
Tejaswani Enterprises......................................         2.20
The Waterbase Ltd..........................................         2.20
Triveni Fisheries P Ltd....................................         2.20
Uniroyal Marine Exports Ltd................................         2.20
Unitriveni Overseas........................................         2.20
V V Marine Products........................................         2.20
V.S Exim Pvt Ltd...........................................         2.20
Vasista Marine.............................................         2.20
Veejay Impex...............................................         2.20
Victoria Marine & Agro Exports Ltd.........................         2.20
Vishal Exports.............................................         2.20
Vitality Aquaculture Pvt., Ltd.............................         2.20
Wellcome Fisheries Limited.................................         2.20
West Coast Frozen Foods Private Limited....................         2.20
Z A Sea Foods Pvt. Ltd.....................................         2.20
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    \8\ 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). 
Accordingly, we conducted this administrative review with respect to 
Devi only for shrimp produced in India where Devi acted as either 
the manufacturer or exporter (but not both).
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    The Department shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries.
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), because Falcon and the Liberty 
Group 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.\9\
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    \9\ See, e.g., Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From India: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 79 FR 51309 
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    The Department's ``automatic assessment'' practice will apply to 
entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Falcon or the 
Liberty Group 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 
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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, as well as those companies listed in the ``Determination 
of No Shipments'' section, 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.\10\ These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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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 (February 1, 2005).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as the only 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 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 6, 2016.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.

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

Summary
Background
Scope of the Order
Margin Calculations
Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Whether the Department Should Revise Its Differential 
Pricing Analysis
    Comment 2: Whether To Use Entry Date To Define Time Periods for 
the Differential Pricing Analysis
    Comment 3: Ministerial Errors for the Liberty Group
Recommendation

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