[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 155 (Monday, August 12, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39809-39810]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-17100]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-840]


Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From India: Preliminary Results 
of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines 
that Sunrise Seafoods India Private Limited (SSIPL) is the successor-
in-interest to Sunrise Aqua Food Exports (SAFE) in the context of the 
antidumping duty order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp (shrimp) from 
India.

DATES: Applicable August 12, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brittany Bauer, 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) 482-3860.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On December 26, 2018, in response to a request by SSIPL, Commerce 
published a notice of initiation of changed circumstances review to 
consider whether SSIPL is the successor-in-interest to SAFE.\1\ On 
March 5, 2019, we issued a supplemental questionnaire to SSIPL,\2\ and 
we received a response during the same month.\3\
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    \1\ See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from India: Initiation 
of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 83 FR 66244 
(December 26, 2018).
    \2\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp 
from India: Successor-In-Interest Changed Circumstances Review 
Supplemental Questionnaire,'' dated March 5, 2019.
    \3\ See SSIPL's March 15, 2019 Supplemental Questionnaire 
Response (SSIPL March 15, 2019 SQR).
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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 
Memorandum, ``Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from India: 
Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Review,'' dated 
concurrently with this notice.
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Preliminary Results

    In this changed circumstances review, pursuant to section 751(b) of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), Commerce conducted a 
successor-in-interest analysis. In making a successor-in-interest 
determination, Commerce examines several factors, including, but not 
limited to, changes in the following: (1) Management; (2) production 
facilities; (3) supplier relationships; and (4) customer base.\5\ While 
no single

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factor or combination of factors will necessarily provide a dispositive 
indication of a successor-in-interest relationship, generally, Commerce 
will consider the new company to be the successor to the previous 
company if the new company's resulting operation is not materially 
dissimilar to that of its predecessor.\6\ Thus, if the record evidence 
demonstrates that, with respect to the production and sale of the 
subject merchandise, the new company operates as the same business 
entity as the predecessor company, Commerce may assign the new company 
the cash deposit rate of its predecessor.\7\
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    \5\ See, e.g., Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from India: 
Initiation and Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Changed 
Circumstances Review, 83 FR 37784 (August 2, 2018) (Shrimp from 
India Preliminary Results), unchanged in Certain Frozen Warmwater 
Shrimp from India: Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Changed Circumstances Review, 83 FR 49909 (October 3, 2018) (Shrimp 
from India Final Results).
    \6\ See, e.g., Shrimp from India Preliminary Results, 83 FR at 
37784, unchanged in Shrimp from India Final Results, 83 FR at 49909.
    \7\ See Shrimp from India Preliminary Results, 83 FR at 37784, 
unchanged in Shrimp from India Final Results, 83 FR at 49910; see 
also Notice of Final Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review: Polychloroprene Rubber from Japan, 67 FR 
58, 59 (January 2, 2002); Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from 
France: Final Results of Changed-Circumstances Review, 75 FR 34688, 
34689 (June 18, 2010); and Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from 
the Republic of Korea; Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Changed Circumstances Review, 63 FR 14679 (March 26, 1998), 
unchanged in Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Korea; Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 63 FR 
20572 (April 27, 1998), in which Commerce found that a company which 
only changed its name and did not change its operations is a 
successor-in-interest to the company before it changed its name.
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    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.216, we preliminarily determine that 
SSIPL is the successor-in-interest to SAFE. Record evidence, as 
submitted by SSIPL, indicates that SSIPL operates as essentially the 
same business entity as SAFE with respect to the subject 
merchandise.\8\ For the complete successor-in-interest analysis, 
including discussion of business proprietary information, refer to the 
accompanying successor-in-interest memorandum.\9\
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    \8\ See SSIPL's Letter, ``Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from India: 
Request to Initiate a Successor-in-Interest Changed Circumstances 
Review,'' dated October 31, 2018, and SSIPL March 15, 2019 SQR.
    \9\ See Memorandum, ``Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from 
India: Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Review,'' dated 
concurrently with this notice.
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Public Comment

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), any interested party may request a 
hearing within 30 days of publication of this notice. In accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), interested parties may submit case 
briefs not later than 30 days after the date of publication of this 
notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, 
may be filed no later than five days after the case briefs, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.309(d). Parties who submit case or rebuttal 
briefs are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A statement of 
the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of 
authorities.\10\ All comments are to be filed electronically using 
Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS) available to registered 
users at https://access.trade.gov and in the Central Records Unit, Room 
B8024 of the main Department of Commerce building, and must also be 
served on interested parties. An electronically-filed document must be 
received successfully in its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern 
Time on the day it is due.\11\
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    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2).
    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.303(b).
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    Consistent with 19 CFR 351.216(e), we will issue the final results 
of this changed circumstances review no later than 270 days after the 
date on which this review was initiated, or within 45 days if all 
parties agree to our preliminary finding. This notice is published in 
accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.216(b), 351.221(b) and 351.221(c)(3).

    Dated: August 5, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2019-17100 Filed 8-9-19; 8:45 am]
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