[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 18 (Monday, January 30, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8724-8725]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-01952]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-552-802]


Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam: Final Results of the Second Five-Year Sunset Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order

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

SUMMARY: On September 15, 2016, the Department of Commerce (Department) 
issued the preliminary results of the second full five-year (sunset) 
review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on certain frozen warmwater 
shrimp from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam). As a result of 
our analysis, the Department finds that revocation of the AD order 
would be likely to lead to

[[Page 8725]]

continuation or recurrence of dumping at the levels indicated in the 
``Final Results of Sunset Review'' section of this notice.

DATES: Effective January 30, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irene Gorelik, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC, 20230; telephone: 202-482-6905.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 15, 2016, the Department published the Preliminary 
Results,\1\ finding that dumping was likely to continue or recur if the 
AD Order \2\ were revoked, and determined to the report to the 
International Trade Commission (ITC) rates up to 25.76 percent as the 
margins of dumping likely to prevail.\3\ We invited interested parties 
to comment on the Preliminary Results. We received a case brief from 
the Vietnamese Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), 
representing the respondent interested parties on October 17, 2016, and 
rebuttal briefs from the domestic interested parties, Ad Hoc Shrimp 
Trade Action Committee (petitioner) and the American Shrimp Processors 
Association (ASPA), on October 24, 2016.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \1\ See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the Socialist 
Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary Results of the Second Five-Year 
Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order, 81 FR 63469 (September 
15, 2016) (Preliminary Results) and accompanying Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.
    \2\ See Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Frozen Warmwater 
Shrimp from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 70 FR 5152 (February 
1, 2005) (AD Order).
    \3\ See Sunset Prelim, 81 FR at 63470.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order is certain frozen warmwater 
shrimp. 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, available in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum, remains dispositive.\4\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \4\ For a complete description of the Scope of the Order, see 
Memorandum to Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, from Gary Taverman, Associate Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, re: ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final 
Results of the Second Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on 
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam,'' dated concurrently with this notice (Issues and Decision 
Memorandum).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised for the final results of this sunset review are 
addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, dated concurrently 
with this final notice, which is hereby adopted by this notice. The 
issues discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum include the 
likelihood of the continuation or recurrence of dumping and the 
magnitude of the margins of dumping likely to prevail. The Issues and 
Decision Memorandum is a public document and 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 and 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 on the internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and electronic versions of the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum are identical in content.

Final Results of Sunset Review

    We determine that revocation of the AD Order on certain frozen 
warmwater shrimp from Vietnam would be likely to lead to continuation 
or recurrence of dumping at weighted average margins up to 25.76 
percent.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
an 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. Timely 
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.
    We are issuing and publishing the final results of this full sunset 
review in accordance with sections 751(c)(5)(A), 752(c), and 777(i) of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(3).

    Dated: January 24, 2017.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

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

1. Summary
2. Background
3. Scope of the Order
4. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether the Department Properly Considered Import Volumes 
and Dumping Margins in Its ``Likelihood'' Determination
Comment 2: Magnitude of the Margins Likely to Prevail
5. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2017-01952 Filed 1-27-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P