[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 27, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44859-44862]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-18372]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-552-802]


Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 2017-
2018

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On April 22, 2019, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
published in the Federal Register the preliminary results of the 
thirteenth administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
certain warmwater shrimp from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 
(Vietnam). Based upon our analysis of the comments received, we 
determine that sales by Fimex VN and Nha Trang Seaproduct Company were 
not made below normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) 
February 1, 2017 through January 31, 2018.

DATES: Applicable August 27, 2019.

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 April 22, 2019, Commerce published the Preliminary Results.\1\ 
On May 22, 2019, Fimex VN \2\ and Quang Minh Seafood Co., Ltd.\3\ filed 
case briefs. On May 28, 2019, the petitioner \4\ filed its rebuttal 
brief.
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    \1\ See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the Socialist 
Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2017-2018, 84 FR 16648 (April 22, 2019) 
(Preliminary Results) and accompanying Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.
    \2\ See Fimex VN's Letter, ``Case Brief,'' dated May 22, 2019.
    \3\ See Quang Minh Seafood Co., Ltd.'s Letter, ``Case Brief,'' 
dated May 22, 2019.
    \4\ Ad Hoc Shrimp Trade Action Committee (the petitioner). See 
Petitioner's Letter, ``Rebuttal Brief,'' dated May 28, 2019.
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Scope of the Order \5\
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    \5\ 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) (Order).
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    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 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. The 
written description of the scope of the Order is dispositive. A full 
description of the scope of the Order is available in the accompanying 
Issues and Decision Memorandum.\6\
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    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, 
this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties to 
this review

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are addressed in the accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum.\7\ A 
list of the issues which parties raised, and to which we respond in the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached as Appendix I to this 
notice. 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 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/index.html. The signed Issues and Decision 
Memorandum and electronic versions of the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum are identical in content.
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    \7\ Id.
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Final Determination of No Shipments

    In the Preliminary Results, Commerce determined that 18 companies 
\8\ under active review did not have any reviewable transactions during 
the POR. As we have not received any information to contradict this 
determination, Commerce determines that these 18 companies did not have 
any reviewable entries of subject merchandise during the POR, and will 
issue appropriate instructions that are consistent with our ``automatic 
assessment'' clarification, for these final results.
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    \8\ See Preliminary Results, 84 FR at 16648. These 18 companies 
are: (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) BIM Foods Joint 
Stock Company also initiated as BIM Seafood Joint Stock Company; (5) 
Cafatex Corporation; (6) Xi Nghiep Che Bien Thuy Suc San Xuat Kau 
Cantho; (7) Taydo Seafood Enterprise; (8) Cam Ranh Seafoods; (9) 
Green Farms Joint Stock Company also initiated as Green Farms 
Seafoods Joint Stock Company; (10) Investment Commerce Fisheries 
Corporation (``INCOMFISH'') also initiated as Investment Commerce 
Fisheries Corporation (Incomfish); (11) Khanh Sung Co., Ltd.; (12) 
NGO BROS Seaproducts Import-Export One Member Company Limited (``NGO 
BROS Company'') also initiated as Ngo Bros Seaproducts Import-Export 
One Member Company Limited (``Ngo Bros. Co., Ltd.''), and Ngo Bros 
Seaproducts Import-Export One Member Company Limited (Ngo Bros); 
(13) Tacvan Frozen Seafood Processing Export Company also initiated 
as Tacvan Frozen Seafood Processing Export Company (Tacvan Seafoods 
Co.) and Tacvan Seafoods Company (``TACVAN''); (14) Thanh Doan Sea 
Products Import & Export Processing Joint Stock Company Thadimexco 
also initiated as Thanh Doan Sea Products Import & Export Processing 
Joint-Stock Company (THADIMEXCO); (15) Thong Thuan--Cam Ranh Seafood 
Joint Stock Company also initiated as Thong Thuan--Cam Ranh Seafood 
Joint Stock Company (T&T Cam Ranh) and Thong Thuan Cam Ranh Seafood 
Joint Stock Company (``T&T Cam Ranh''); (16) Thong Thuan Seafood 
Company Limited; (17) Trung Son Seafood Processing Joint Stock 
Company also initiated as Trung Son Corp.; and (18) Vinh Hoan Corp.
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Final Results of Review

    In the Preliminary Results, Commerce found that 67 companies for 
which a review was requested have not established eligibility for a 
separate rate and were considered to be part of the Vietnam-wide 
entity.\9\ We continue to find that, for the final results, these 67 
companies remain ineligible for a separate rate (see Appendix II). 
Under Commerce's policy, the Vietnam-wide entity will not be under 
review unless a party specifically requests, or Commerce self-
initiates, a review of the entity.\10\ Because no party requested a 
review of the Vietnam-wide entity, the entity is not under review and 
the entity's rate is not subject to change.
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    \9\ See Appendix II for a full list of the 67 companies 
(accounting for duplicate names initiated upon); see also 
Preliminary Results at Appendix II.
    \10\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in 
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty 
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity 
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
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    For companies for which a review was requested and that have 
established eligibility for a separate rate, Commerce determines that 
weighted-average dumping margins of zero percent exist for each during 
the period February 1, 2017 through January 31, 2018:
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    \11\ Due to the issues we have had in past segments of the 
proceeding with variations of exporter names related to this Order, 
we remind exporters that the names listed in the rate box are the 
exact names, including spelling and punctuation which Commerce will 
provide to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and which CBP 
will use to assess POR entries and collect cash deposits. Any names 
with punctuation variations, such as all capitalizations, dashes, 
periods, or commas, or abbreviations of the word Company to ``Co.'' 
and Limited to ``Ltd.'' can be confirmed by Commerce in the event 
CBP inquiries about such variations. Commerce reminds interested 
parties that claimed affiliates are not automatically added to an 
exporter's rate box unless Commerce has made an affiliation 
determination for that exporter in the instant, or in prior, 
segments of the proceeding. Furthermore, inclusion of alternate 
trade names in an exporter's rate box must be supported by evidence 
on the record that the alternate trade name: (1) Appears on the 
exporter's business license (as an exporter), and (2) appears on 
commercial documents for CBP's examination upon entry. See, e.g., 
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 
2016-2017, 83 FR 46704 (September 14, 2018), and accompanying Issues 
and Decision Memorandum at Comment 3.
    \12\ Commerce has determined for these final results that Fimex 
VN and Sao Ta Seafood Factory are affiliated within the meaning of 
section 771(33) of the Act and comprise a single entity pursuant to 
19 CFR 351.401(f). For a complete discussion of this determination, 
see Issues and Decision Memorandum at 3-6.
    \13\ Commerce previously determined Nha Trang Seaproduct Company 
to be part of a single entity along with NT Seafoods Corporation, 
Nha Trang Seafoods--F89 Joint Stock Company, and NTSF Seafoods Joint 
Stock Company. See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary Results, Partial 
Rescission, and Request for Revocation, In Part, of the Fifth 
Administrative Review, 76 FR 12054, 12056 (March 4, 2012), unchanged 
in Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam: Final Results and Final Partial Rescission of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review, 76 FR 56158 (September 12, 2011). As the 
single entity has not reported changes since the preceding 
administrative review regarding the corporate or legal structure of 
the companies within the single entity, we continue to find that 
these companies are affiliated and comprise a single entity to which 
we will assign a single rate.

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                                                            Weighted-
                     Exporter \11\                       average margin
                                                            (percent)
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Fimex VN, and Sao Ta Seafood Factory \12\.............              0.00
Nha Trang Seaproduct Company,\13\ and NT Seafoods                   0.00
 Corporation, and Nha Trang Seafoods--F89 Joint Stock
 Company, and NTSF Seafoods Joint Stock Company.......
Bac Lieu Fisheries Joint Stock Company................              0.00
Bentre Forestry and Aquaproduct Import-Export Joint                 0.00
 Stock Company, aka FAQUIMEX..........................
C.P. Vietnam Corporation..............................              0.00
Cadovimex Seafood Import-Export and Processing Joint                0.00
 Stock Company........................................
Camau Frozen Seafood Processing Import Export                       0.00
 Corporation, aka Camimex.............................
Camau Seafood Processing and Service Joint Stock                    0.00
 Corporation, aka Camau Seafood Processing and Service
 Joint-Stock Corporation, aka CASES...................
Can Tho Import Export Fishery Limited Company, aka                  0.00
 CAFISH...............................................
Cuulong Seaproducts Company, aka Cuulong Seapro.......              0.00
Fine Foods Co, aka FFC................................              0.00

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Frozen Seafoods Factory No. 32........................              0.00
Hai Viet Corporation, aka HAVICO......................              0.00
Kim Anh Company Limited...............................              0.00
Minh Hai Export Frozen Seafood Processing Joint-Stock               0.00
 Company, aka Minh Hai Jostoco........................
Minh Hai Joint-Stock Seafood Processing Company, aka                0.00
 Sea Minh Hai, aka Seaprodex Minh Hai, aka Minh Hai
 Joint Stock Seafoods.................................
Ngoc Tri Seafood Joint Stock Company..................              0.00
Q N L Company Limited.................................              0.00
Quoc Viet Seaproducts Processing Trading and Import-                0.00
 Export Co., Ltd......................................
Seaprimexco Vietnam, aka Seaprimexco..................              0.00
Seafoods and Foodstuff Factory........................              0.00
Taika Seafood Corporation.............................              0.00
Thong Thuan Company Limited...........................              0.00
Thuan Phuoc Seafoods and Trading Corporation..........              0.00
Trang Khanh Trading Company Limited, aka Trang Khanh                0.00
 Seafood Co., Ltd.....................................
Trong Nhan Seafood Company Limited....................              0.00
UTXI Aquatic Products Processing Corporation..........              0.00
Viet Foods Co., Ltd...................................              0.00
Viet I-Mei Frozen Foods Co., Ltd......................              0.00
Vietnam Fish One Co., Ltd.............................              0.00
Vietnam Clean Seafood Corporation, aka Vina Cleanfood,              0.00
 aka Viet Nam Clean Seafood Corporation...............
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    Normally, Commerce will disclose the calculations used in our 
analysis to parties in this review within five days of the date of 
publication of the notice of final results in the Federal Register, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However, as we have made no changes 
to the margin calculations for Fimex VN or Nha Trang Seaproduct Company 
since the Preliminary Results, there are no final calculations to 
disclose for these final results.

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b), 
Commerce will determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on 
all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the 
final results of this review. Commerce intends to issue assessment 
instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of publication of these 
final results of review.
    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- (or customer-) specific ad valorem ratios based on 
the estimated entered value. As each respondent's weighted average 
dumping margin is zero or de minimis, or an importer- (or customer-) 
specific ad valorem rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to 
liquidate appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.\14\
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    \14\ See 19 CFR 352.106(c)(2); and Antidumping Proceeding: 
Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment 
Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 
8101, 8103 (February 14, 2012).
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    Additionally, consistent with its assessment practice in non-market 
economy (NME) cases, if Commerce continues to determine that an 
exporter under review had no shipments of the subject merchandise, any 
suspended entries that entered under that exporter's case number (i.e., 
at that exporter's rate) will be liquidated at the NME-wide rate.\15\
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    \15\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Non-Market 
Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 
76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this administrative review for 
shipments of the subject merchandise from Vietnam entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as 
provided by sections 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For the companies 
listed above, which have a separate rate, a zero cash deposit will be 
required; (2) for previously investigated or reviewed Vietnam and non-
Vietnam exporters not listed above that received a separate rate in a 
prior segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue 
to be the existing exporter-specific rate; (3) for all Vietnam 
exporters of subject merchandise that have not been found to be 
entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be that for the 
Vietnam-wide entity; and (4) for all non-Vietnam exporters of subject 
merchandise which have not received their own rate, the cash deposit 
rate will be the rate applicable to the Vietnam exporter that supplied 
that non-Vietnam exporter. These deposit requirements, when imposed, 
shall remain in effect until further notice.

Reimbursement of Duties

    This notice also 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 POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement 
of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double 
antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to APO of 
their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of 
proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.305, 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.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This determination is issued and published in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).


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    Dated: August 20, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes From the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Separate Rate Status for Sao Ta Seafood Factory
    Comment 2: Treatment of Quang Minh Seafood Co., Ltd.
VI. Recommendation

Appendix II

Companies Subject to Review Determined To Be Part of the Vietnam-Wide 
Entity

1. A & CDN Foods Co., Ltd.
2. Amanda Seafood Co., Ltd.
3. An Huy B.T Co. Ltd.
4. Anh Koa Seafood
5. Anh Minh Quan Joint Stock Company
6. Asia Food Stuffs Import Export Co., Ltd.
7. B.O.P Company Limited
8. B.O.P. Limited Co.
9. Binh Dong Fisheries Joint Stock Company
10. Binh Thuan Import--Export Joint Stock Company (THAIMEX)
11. Ca Mau Agricultural Products and Foodstuff Imp-Exp Joint Stock 
Company (Agrimexco Camau)
12. Cholimex Food Joint Stock Company
13. CJ Cau Tre Foods Joint Stock Company
14. CJ Freshway (FIDES Food System Co., Ltd.)
15. Coastal Fisheries Development Corporation (``COFIDEC'')
16. Danang Seaproducts Import-Export Corporation (SEADANANG)
17. Dong Do Profo., Ltd.
18. Dong Hai Seafood Limited Company
19. Dong Phuong Seafood Co., Ltd.
20. Duc Cuong Seafood Trading Co., Ltd.
21. Gallant Dachan Seafood Co., Ltd.
22. Gallant Ocean (Vietnam) Co., Ltd. also initiated as Gallant 
Ocean Viet Nam Co. Ltd.
23. Hanh An Trading Service Co., Ltd.
24. Hanoi Seaproducts Import & Export Joint Stock Corporation 
(Seaprodex Hanoi)
25. Hoa Trung Seafood Corporation (HSC)
26. Hoang Phuong Seafood Factory
27. HungHau Agricultural Joint Stock Company
28. Huynh Huong Seafood Processing
29. Huynh Huong Trading and Import-Export Joint Stock Company
30. JK Fish Co., Ltd.
31. Kaiyo Seafood Joint Stock Company
32. Khai Minh Trading Investment Corporation
33. Khanh Hoa Seafoods Exporting Company (KHASPEXCO)
34. Lam Son Import-Export Foodstuff Company Limited (Lamson Fimexco)
35. Long Toan Frozen Aquatic Products Joint Stock Company
36. Minh Bach Seafood Company Limited
37. Minh Cuong Seafood Import Export Processing Joint Stock Company 
(``MC Seafood''), also initiated as Minh Cuong Seafood Import-Export 
Processing (``MC Seafood'')
38. Minh Phu Seafood Corporation
39. My Son Seafoods Factory
40. Nam Hai Foodstuff and Export Company Ltd
41. Namcan Seaproducts Import Export Joint Stock Company (Seanamico)
42. New Wind Seafood Co., Ltd.
43. Nha Trang Fisheries Joint Stock Company, also initiated as Nha 
Trang Fisheries Joint Stock Company (``Nha Trang Fisco'')
44. Nhat Duc Co., Ltd.
45. Nigico Co., Ltd.
46. Phu Cuong Jostoco Corp., also initiated as Phu Cuong Jostoco 
Seafood Corporation
47. Phu Minh Hung Seafood Joint Stock Company
48. Phuong Nam Foodstuff Corp., also initiated as Phuong Nam 
Foodstuff Corp., Ltd.
49. Quang Minh Seafood Co., Ltd.
50. Quoc Ai Seafood Processing Import Export Co., Ltd.
51. Quoc Toan Seafood Processing Factory (Quoc Toan PTE)
52. Quy Nhon Frozen Seafoods Joint Stock Company
53. Saigon Aquatic Product Trading Joint Stock Company (APT Co.)
54. Saigon Food Joint Stock Company
55. Seafood Joint Stock Company No.4
56. South Ha Tinh Seaproducts Import-Export Joint Stock Company
57. Special Aquatic Products Joint Stock Company (SEASPIMEX VIETNAM)
58. T & P Seafood Company Limited
59. Tai Nguyen Seafood Co., Ltd.
60. Tan Phong Phu Seafood Co., Ltd. (``TPP Co., Ltd.'') also 
initiated as Tan Phong Phu Seafood Co., Ltd. (TPP Co. Ltd.)
61. Tan Thanh Loi Frozen Food Co., Ltd.
62. Thien Phu Export Seafood Processing Company Limited
63. Thinh Hung Co., Ltd.
64. Trang Corporation (Vietnam)
65. Trang Khan Seafood Co., Ltd.
66. Viet Nam Seaproducts--Joint Stock Company
67. Viet Phu Foods and Fish Corp.

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