[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 179 (Monday, September 18, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43517-43522]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-19912]


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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; 2015-2016

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On March 6, 2017, 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, 2015, through January 31, 
2016. 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: Applicable September 18, 2017.

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, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6345 or (202) 482-5518, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    This review covers 231 producers and/or 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 6, 2017, the Department published the Preliminary 
Results.\2\ On June 26, 2017, we received case briefs from Falcon and 
the Liberty Group (collectively, the respondents), the Ad Hoc Shrimp 
Trade Action Committee (the petitioner), and the American Shrimp 
Processors Association. On June 30, 2017, we received rebuttal briefs 
from the respondents and the petitioner.
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    \2\ See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from India: Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2015-2016, 82 FR 
12544 (March 6, 2017) (Preliminary Results).
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    On June 19, 2017, we postponed the final results by 60 days, until 
September 5, 2017.\3\
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    \3\ See Memorandum to Gary Taverman, Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, from Manuel Rey, 
International Trade Compliance Analyst, Office II, Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Operations, entitled ``Certain Frozen Warmwater 
Shrimp from India; 2015-2016 Administrative Review: Extension of 
Deadline for Final Results,'' dated June 19, 2017.
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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 James Maeder, Senior Director performing the 
duties of Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Operations, to Gary Taverman, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, 
performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, entitled, ``Issues and 
Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the 2015-2016 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain Frozen Warmwater 
Shrimp from India,'' (dated concurrently with these results) (IDM), 
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 IDM. 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 
IDM 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 IDM can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed IDM and the electronic 
version of the IDM 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.\5\
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    \5\ See IDM at 4.
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Final Results of the Review

    We are assigning the following dumping margins to the firms listed 
below for the period of February 1, 2015, through January 31, 2016:

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                                                          Percent margin
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                          Manufacturer/Exporter
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Falcon Marine Exports Limited/K.R. Enterprises..........            0.00
The Liberty Group.......................................            0.84
Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to the Following
 Companies:
Abad Fisheries..........................................            0.84
Adilakshmi Enterprises..................................            0.84
Akshay Food Impex Private Limited.......................            0.84
Allana Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd............................            0.84
Allanasons Ltd..........................................            0.84
AMI Enterprises.........................................            0.84
Anand Aqua Exports......................................            0.84
Ananda Aqua Applications/Ananda Aqua Exports (P) Limited/           0.84
 Ananda Foods...........................................
Ananda Enterprises (India) Private Limited..............            0.84
Andaman Sea Foods Pvt. Ltd..............................            0.84
Angelique Intl..........................................            0.84
Anjaneya Seafoods.......................................            0.84
Apex Frozen Foods Private Limited.......................            0.84
Aquatica Frozen Foods Global Pvt. Ltd...................            0.84
Arvi Import & Export....................................            0.84
Asvini Exports..........................................            0.84
Asvini Fisheries Private Limited........................            0.84
Avanti Feeds Limited....................................            0.84
B R Traders.............................................            0.84
Baby Marine Exports.....................................            0.84
Balasore Marine Exports Private Limited.................            0.84
Bhatsons Aquatic Products...............................            0.84
Bhavani Seafoods........................................            0.84
Bijaya Marine Products..................................            0.84
Blue Fin Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd..........................            0.84
Bluepark Seafoods Private Ltd...........................            0.84
BMR Exports.............................................            0.84
BMR Industries Private Limited..........................            0.84
Britto Exports..........................................            0.84
C P Aquaculture (India) Ltd.............................            0.84
Calcutta Seafoods Pvt. Ltd..............................            0.84
Canaan Marine Products..................................            0.84
Castlerock Fisheries Ltd................................            0.84
Chemmeens (Regd)........................................            0.84
Choice Canning Company..................................            0.84
Choice Trading Corporation Private Limited..............            0.84
Coastal Aqua............................................            0.84
Coastal Corporation Ltd.................................            0.84
Cochin Frozen Food Exports Pvt. Ltd.....................            0.84
Coreline Exports........................................            0.84
Corlim Marine Exports Pvt. Ltd..........................            0.84
D2 D Logistics Private Limited..........................            0.84
Damco India Private Limited.............................            0.84
Devi Fisheries Limited/Satya Seafoods Private Limited/              0.84
 Usha Seafoods..........................................
Diamond Seafoods Exports/Edhayam Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd./            0.84
 Kadalkanny Frozen Foods/Theva & Company................
Devi Sea Foods Limited \6\..............................            0.84
Digha Seafood Exports...................................            0.84
Esmario Export Enterprises..............................            0.84
Exporter Coreline Exports...............................            0.84
Febin Marine Foods......................................            0.84

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Five Star Marine Exports Private Limited................            0.84
Forstar Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd...........................            0.84
Frontline Exports Pvt. Ltd..............................            0.84
G A Randerian Ltd.......................................            0.84
Gadre Marine Exports....................................            0.84
Galaxy Maritech Exports P. Ltd..........................            0.84
Gayatri Seafoods........................................            0.84
Geo Seafoods............................................            0.84
Goodwill Enterprises....................................            0.84
Grandtrust Overseas (P) Ltd.............................            0.84
Haripriya Marine Export Pvt. Ltd........................            0.84
Harmony Spices Pvt. Ltd.................................            0.84
HIC ABF Special Foods Pvt. Ltd..........................            0.84
Hindustan Lever, Ltd....................................            0.84
Hiravata Ice & Cold Storage.............................            0.84
Hiravati Exports Pvt. Ltd...............................            0.84
Hiravati International P. Ltd. (located at APM--Mafco               0.84
 Yard, Sector--18, Vashi, Navi, Mumbai--400 705, India).
Hiravati International Pvt. Ltd. (located at Jawar Naka,            0.84
 Porbandar, Gujarat, 360 575, India)....................
IFB Agro Industries Ltd.................................            0.84
Indian Aquatic Products.................................            0.84
Indo Aquatics...........................................            0.84
Indo French Shellfish Company Private Limited...........            0.84
Innovative Foods Limited................................            0.84
International Freezefish Exports........................            0.84
Interseas...............................................            0.84
ITC Limited, International Business.....................            0.84
ITC Ltd.................................................            0.84
Jaya Satya Marine Exports...............................            0.84
Jaya Satya Marine Exports Pvt. Ltd......................            0.84
Jayalakshmi Sea Foods Private Limited...................            0.84
Jinny Marine Traders....................................            0.84
Jiya Packagings.........................................            0.84
K R M Marine Exports Ltd................................            0.84
K V Marine Exports......................................            0.84
Kalyan Aqua & Marine Exports India Pvt. Ltd.............            0.84
Kalyanee Marine.........................................            0.84
Kanch Ghar..............................................            0.84
Karunya Marine Exports Private Limited..................            0.84
Kay Kay Exports.........................................            0.84
Kings Marine Products...................................            0.84
Koluthara Exports Ltd...................................            0.84
Konark Aquatics & Exports Pvt. Ltd......................            0.84
Landauer Ltd............................................            0.84
Libran Cold Storages (P) Ltd............................            0.84
Magnum Estates Limited..................................            0.84
Magnum Export...........................................            0.84
Magnum Sea Foods Limited................................            0.84
Malabar Arabian Fisheries...............................            0.84
Malnad Exports Pvt. Ltd.................................            0.84
Mangala Marine Exim India Pvt. Ltd......................            0.84
Mangala Sea Products....................................            0.84
Mangala Seafoods........................................            0.84
Meenaxi Fisheries Pvt. Ltd..............................            0.84
Milesh Marine Exports Private Limited...................            0.84
MSRDR Exports...........................................            0.84
MTR Foods...............................................            0.84
Munnangi Sea Foods Pvt. Ltd.............................            0.84
N.C. John & Sons (P) Ltd................................            0.84
Naga Hanuman Fish Packers...............................            0.84
Naik Frozen Foods Private Limited.......................            0.84
Naik Seafoods Ltd.......................................            0.84
Neeli Aqua Private Limited..............................            0.84
Nekkanti Sea Foods Limited..............................            0.84
Nezami Rekha Sea Foods Private Limited..................            0.84
NGR Aqua International..................................            0.84
Nila Sea Foods Exports..................................            0.84
Nila Sea Foods Pvt. Ltd.................................            0.84
Nine Up Frozen Foods....................................            0.84
Nutrient Marine Foods Limited...........................            0.84
Oceanic Edibles International Limited...................            0.84
Overseas Marine Export..................................            0.84
Paragon Sea Foods Pvt. Ltd..............................            0.84
Paramount Seafoods......................................            0.84

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Parayil Food Products Pvt. Ltd..........................            0.84
Penver Products Pvt. Ltd................................            0.84
Pesca Marine Products Pvt. Ltd..........................            0.84
Pijikay International Exports P Ltd.....................            0.84
Pisces Seafood International............................            0.84
Premier Exports International...........................            0.84
Premier Marine Foods....................................            0.84
Premier Seafoods Exim (P) Ltd...........................            0.84
R V R Marine Products Limited...........................            0.84
Raa Systems Pvt. Ltd....................................            0.84
Raju Exports............................................            0.84
Ram's Assorted Cold Storage Ltd.........................            0.84
Raunaq Ice & Cold Storage...............................            0.84
Raysons Aquatics Pvt. Ltd...............................            0.84
Razban Seafoods Ltd.....................................            0.84
RBT Exports.............................................            0.84
RDR Exports.............................................            0.84
Riviera Exports Pvt. Ltd................................            0.84
Rohi Marine Private Ltd.................................            0.84
S & S Seafoods..........................................            0.84
S Chanchala Combines....................................            0.84
S. A. Exports...........................................            0.84
S.J. Seafoods...........................................            0.84
Safa Enterprises........................................            0.84
Sagar Foods.............................................            0.84
Sagar Grandhi Exports Private Limited...................            0.84
Sagar Samrat Seafoods...................................            0.84
Sagarvihar Fisheries Pvt. Ltd...........................            0.84
Sai Marine Exports Pvt. Ltd.............................            0.84
SAI Sea Foods...........................................            0.84
Salvam Exports (P) Ltd..................................            0.84
Sanchita Marine Products Private Limited................            0.84
Sandhya Aqua Exports....................................            0.84
Sandhya Aqua Exports Pvt. Ltd...........................            0.84
Sandhya Marines Limited.................................            0.84
Sarveshwari Exports.....................................            0.84
Sawant Food Products....................................            0.84
Sea Foods Private Limited...............................            0.84
Seagold Overseas Pvt. Ltd...............................            0.84
Sharat Industries Ltd...................................            0.84
Sharma Industries.......................................            0.84
Shimpo Exports Pvt. Ltd.................................            0.84
Shippers Exports........................................            0.84
Shiva Frozen Food Exports Pvt. Ltd......................            0.84
Shree Datt Aquaculture Farms Pvt. Ltd...................            0.84
Shroff Processed Food & Cold Storage P Ltd..............            0.84
Silver Seafood..........................................            0.84
Sita Marine Exports.....................................            0.84
Sowmya Agri Marine Exports..............................            0.84
Sprint Exports Pvt. Ltd.................................            0.84
Sri Chandrakantha Marine Exports........................            0.84
Sri Sakkthi Cold Storage................................            0.84
Sri Satya Marine Exports................................            0.84
Sri Venkata Padmavathi Marine Foods Pvt. Ltd............            0.84
Srikanth International..................................            0.84
Star Agro Marine Exports Private Limited................            0.84
Star Organic Foods Incorporated.........................            0.84
Sun-Bio Technology Ltd..................................            0.84
Supran Exim Private Limited.............................            0.84
Suryamitra Exim Pvt. Ltd................................            0.84
Suvarna Rekha Exports Private Limited...................            0.84
Suvarna Rekha Marines P Ltd.............................            0.84
TBR Exports Pvt Ltd.....................................            0.84
Teekay Marine P. Ltd....................................            0.84
Tejaswani Enterprises...................................            0.84
The Waterbase Ltd.......................................            0.84
Triveni Fisheries P Ltd.................................            0.84
Uniroyal Marine Exports Ltd.............................            0.84
Unitriveni Overseas.....................................            0.84
V V Marine Products.....................................            0.84
V.S Exim Pvt Ltd........................................            0.84
Vasista Marine..........................................            0.84
Veejay Impex............................................            0.84

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Victoria Marine & Agro Exports Ltd......................            0.84
Vishal Exports..........................................            0.84
Vitality Aquaculture Pvt., Ltd..........................            0.84
Wellcome Fisheries Limited..............................            0.84
West Coast Frozen Foods Private Limited.................            0.84
Z A Sea Foods Pvt. Ltd..................................            0.84
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Assessment Rates

    The Department shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries.
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    \6\ 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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    Because the weighted-average dumping margin for Falcon is zero, we 
will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard 
to antidumping duties.
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), because the Liberty Group 
reported the entered value for all its 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 
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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.\8\
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    \8\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 
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    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.\9\ These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \9\ 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 5, 2017.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the IDM

Summary
Background
Scope of the Order
Margin Calculations
Discussion of the Issues
    1: How to Define Time Periods for the Differential Pricing 
Analysis
    2: Whether the Department Should Revise its Differential Pricing 
Analysis
    3: Ministerial Error for Falcon
    4: Species Product Characteristic
    5: Date of Sale
    6: Payment Terms/Payment Dates
    7: Insurance Expenses
    8: ``Other'' Selling Expenses
    9: Packing Expenses
    10: Methodology for Determining Raw Materials on an ``As Sold'' 
Basis
    11: Raw Material Transportation Costs
    12: Treatment of Certain Offsets
    13: Labor Costs
    14: Financial Expenses
    15: Methodological Issues at Verification and New Factual 
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