[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 120 (Friday, June 21, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29172-29173]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-13251]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-552-802]
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam: Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review;
2018-2019
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding, in part,
the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain
frozen warmwater shrimp from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
(Vietnam) for the period February 1, 2018, through January 31, 2019.
DATES: Applicable June 21, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irene Gorelik, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6905.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 2, 2019, based on timely requests for review for 107
companies by the Ad Hoc Shrimp Trade Action Committee (the
petitioner),\1\ 185 companies by the American Shrimp Processors
Association (ASPA),\2\ and various Vietnamese companies,\3\ Commerce
published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of an
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen
warmwater shrimp from Vietnam covering the period February 1, 2018,
through January 31, 2019.\4\
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\1\ See the Petitioner's Request for Administrative Review,
dated February 27, 2019.
\2\ See ASPA's Request for Administrative Review, dated February
27, 2019.
\3\ See, e.g., VASEP's submission, ``Request for Administrative
Review (02/01/18-01/31/19),'' dated February 26, 2019; Soc Trang
Seafood Seafood Joint Stock Company's ``Request for Review,'' dated
February 11, 2019.
\4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 18777 (May 2, 2019) (Initiation
Notice).
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On May 31, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register a
notice of rescission, in part, wherein Commerce rescinded the
administrative review for 40 companies, based on timely-filed
withdrawals of review requests from the petitioner, ASPA, and certain
Vietnamese companies.\5\
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\5\ See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam: Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2018-2019, 84 FR 25238 (May 31, 2019).
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On May 30, 2019, and May 31, 2019, the petitioner and ASPA withdrew
their respective review requests, in part, for an additional five
Vietnamese exporters initiated for review.\6\ On May 30, 2019, Quoc
Viet Seaproducts Processing Trade and Import-Export Co., Ltd. withdrew
its review requests.\7\ On May 31, 2019, Soc Trang Seafood Joint Stock
Company withdrew its review request.\8\ On June 6, 2019, the petitioner
and ASPA withdrew their respective review requests for an additional
three companies.\9\
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\6\ See the Petitioner's Submission, ``Domestic Producers'
Partial Withdrawal of Review Requests,'' dated May 30, 2019; ASPA's
Submissions, ``Partial Withdrawal of Review Requests,'' and
``Corrections to Partial Withdrawal of Review Requests,'' both dated
May 31, 2019. Of these five companies, only two of them had also
requested an administrative review; thus, three of these companies
had only been requested for review by the petitioner and ASPA (Bien
Dong Seafood Co., Ltd.; NGO BROS Seaproducts Import-Export One
Member Company Limited; and Seavina Joint Stock Company).
\7\ See Quoc Viet Seaproducts Processing Trade and Import-Export
Co., Ltd. Submission, ``Withdrawal of Review Request,'' dated May
30, 2019.
\8\ See Soc Trang Seafood Joint Stock Company Submission,
``Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,'' dated May 31,
2019.
\9\ See the Petitioner's Submission, ``Domestic Producers'
Partial Withdrawal of Review Requests,'' dated June 6, 2019; see
also ASPA's Submission, ``Partial Withdrawal of Review Requests,''
dated June 6, 2019. All three companies withdrawn had only been
requested for review by the petitioner and ASPA; thus, no other
review requests remain on the record for Au Vung One Seafood
Processing Import & Export Joint Stock Company, Au Vung Two Seafood
Processing Import & Export Joint Stock Company, and Thanh Doan Sea
Products Import & Export Processing Joint Stock Company.
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All interested parties that withdrew their requests for review of
companies also included those companies' name variations, as listed in
the Initiation Notice and the attached Appendix. All review requests
for the company names listed in the Appendix have been withdrawn; no
other party requested a review of these exporters.
Two additional companies withdrew their review requests on May 30,
2019.\10\ However, because the petitioner and ASPA did not withdraw
their respective review requests for these two companies, the two
companies remain under active review.
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\10\ See Cadovimex Seafood Import-Export & Processing Joint-
Stock Company and Trong Nhan Seafood Company Limited's Submission,
``Withdrawal of Entry of Appearance and Review Request,'' dated May
30, 2019.
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Partial Rescission of Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce 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. Because the
petitioner, ASPA, and the individual companies all withdrew their
requests for administrative review within 90 days of the date of
publication of the Initiation Notice, and no other interested party
requested a review of these companies, Commerce is rescinding this
review with respect to the companies identified in the Appendix, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).
Assessment
Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries at a rate equal to
the cash deposit of estimated antidumping duties required at the time
of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, during the
period February 1, 2018, through January 31,
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2019, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce 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 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 Commerce's presumption that
reimbursement of the antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
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 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: June 18, 2019.
James Maeder,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations.
Appendix
Companies Rescinded From Review
1. --Au Vung One Seafood Processing Import & Export Joint Stock
Company
2. --Au Vung Two Seafood Processing Import & Export Joint Stock
Company
3. --Bien Dong Seafood Co., Ltd
4. --NGO BROS Seaproducts Import-Export One Member Company Limited
(``NGO BROS Company'')
--Ngo Bros Seaproducts Import-Export One Member Company Limited
(``Ngo Bros. Co., Ltd.'')
--Ngo Bros Seaproducts Import-Export One Member Company Limited
(Ngo Bros)
--NGO BROS Seaproducts Import-Export One Member Company Limited
(NGO BROS)
5. --Quoc Viet Seaproducts Processing Trading and Import-Export Co.,
Ltd.
--Quoc Viet Seaproducts Processing Trade and Import-Export Co.,
Ltd. (Quoc Viet Co., Ltd.)
--Quoc Viet Seaproducts Processing Trade and Import-Export Co.,
Ltd. (``Quoc Viet Co. Ltd.'')
6. --Seavina Joint Stock Co
--Seavina Joint Stock Company
7. --Soc Trang Seafood Joint Stock Company (STAPIMEX)
--Soc Trang Seafood Joint Stock Company (``STAPIMEX'')
8. --Thanh Doan Sea Products Import & Export Processing Joint Stock
Company Thadimexco
--Thanh Doan Sea Products Import & Export Processing Joint-Stock
Company (THADIMEXCO)
[FR Doc. 2019-13251 Filed 6-20-19; 8:45 am]
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