[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 111 (Friday, June 11, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31278-31280]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-12317]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-893]


Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the People's Republic of 
China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and 
Final Determination of No Shipments; 2019-2020

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that four 
exporters subject to this administrative review had no shipments of 
certain frozen warmwater shrimp (shrimp) from the People's Republic of 
China (China) during the period of review (POR) February 1, 2019, 
through January 31, 2020. We also determine that the 125 remaining 
companies subject to this review are part of the China-wide entity 
because they failed to demonstrate their eligibility for separate 
rates.

DATES: Applicable June 11, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jasun Moy, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-8194.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 22, 2021, Commerce published the preliminary results of 
this administrative review.\1\ We invited parties to comment on the 
Preliminary Results. No party submitted comments. Accordingly, the 
final results remain unchanged from the Preliminary Results.
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    \1\ See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 
2019-2020, 86 FR 15195 (March 22, 2021) (Preliminary Results).
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by this order are shrimp from China. For a 
complete description of the scope, see Appendix II.

Final Determination of No Shipments

    Commerce preliminarily found that: (1) Allied Pacific; \2\ (2) 
Shantou Red Garden Foods; \3\ (3) Zhangzhou Hongwei Foods Co., Ltd. 
(Zhangzhou Hongwei); and (4) Zhanjiang Guolian Aquatic Products Co., 
Ltd. (Zhanjiang Guolian) had no shipments during the POR.\4\ As noted 
in the Preliminary Results, we received no shipment statements from the 
four exporters identified above, and the statements were consistent 
with the information we received from U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP).
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    \2\ Allied Pacific Food (Dalian) Co., Ltd./Allied Pacific (HK) 
Co., Ltd./Allied Pacific Aquatic Products (Zhanjiang) Co., Ltd/
Allied Pacific Aquatic Products (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd. comprise the 
single entity Allied Pacific. See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp 
from the People's Republic of China and Diamond Sawblades and Parts 
Thereof from the People's Republic of China: Notice of 
Implementation of Determinations Under Section 129 of the Uruguay 
Round Agreements Act and Partial Revocation of the Antidumping Duty 
Orders, 78 FR 18958, 18959 (March 28, 2013) (Exclusion Notice). 
Additionally, Allied Pacific is excluded from the order with respect 
to merchandise exported by Allied Pacific (HK) Co., Ltd., or Allied 
Pacific Food (Dalian) Co., Ltd., and manufactured by Allied Pacific 
Aquatic Products (Zhanjiang) Co., Ltd., or Allied Pacific Aquatic 
Products (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd., or Allied Pacific Food (Dalian) Co., 
Ltd. See Exclusion Notice, 78 FR at 18959. Allied Pacific submitted 
a no shipment certification for exports outside the above 
combinations. See Allied Pacific's Letter, ``Certain Frozen 
Warmwater Shrimp from the People's Republic of China: Notice of No 
Shipments,'' dated April 27, 2020.
    \3\ Shantou Red Garden Food Processing Co., Ltd./Shantou Red 
Garden Foodstuff Co., Ltd. comprise the single entity Shantou Red 
Garden Foods. See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the People's 
Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review and Final Determination of No Shipments; 2018-2019, 85 FR 
83891 (December 23, 2020).
    \4\ Zhanjiang Guolian is excluded from the order with respect to 
merchandise produced and exported by Zhanjiang Guolian. See Notice 
of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 
Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the 
People's Republic of China, 70 FR 5149, 5152 (February 1, 2005). 
Zhanjiang Guolian submitted a no shipment certification for exports 
outside the above combination. See Zhanjiang Guolian's Letter, 
``Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the People's Republic of 
China: Notice of No Shipments,'' dated May 15, 2020.
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    No party commented on our preliminary no-shipment findings with 
respect to Allied Pacific, Shantou Red Garden Foods, Zhangzhou Hongwei, 
and Zhanjiang Guolian. Therefore, for these final results, we continue 
to find that these four exporters had no shipments of subject 
merchandise to the United States during the POR.

China-Wide Entity

    With the exception of Allied Pacific, Shantou Red Garden Foods, 
Zhangzhou Hongwei, and Zhanjiang Guolian, we find all other companies 
for which a review was requested to be part of the China-wide entity 
because they failed to file no-shipment statements, separate rate 
applications, or separate rate certifications. Accordingly, the 
companies listed in Appendix I are part of the China-wide entity.
    Because no party requested a review of the China-wide entity, and 
Commerce no longer considers the China-wide entity as an exporter 
conditionally subject to administrative reviews, we did not conduct a 
review of the China-wide entity. The rate previously established for 
the China-wide entity is 112.81 percent and is not subject to change as 
a result of this review.\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 People's Republic of China, 70 FR 5149 (February 1, 
2005).
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Assessment Rates

    We have not calculated any assessment rates in this administrative 
review. Based on record evidence, we have determined that Allied 
Pacific, Shantou Red Garden Foods, Zhangzhou Hongwei, and Zhanjiang 
Guolian had no shipments of subject merchandise, and, therefore, 
pursuant to Commerce's assessment practice, any suspended entries 
entered under their case numbers will be liquidated at the China-wide 
entity rate.\6\
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    \6\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment 
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011).

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    For all remaining companies subject to this review, which are part 
of the China-wide entity, we will instruct CBP to liquidate their 
entries at the current rate for the China-wide entity (i.e., 112.81 
percent). Consistent with its recent notice,\7\ Commerce intends to 
issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the 
date of publication of the final results of this review in the Federal 
Register. If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of 
International Trade, the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to 
liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request 
for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 90 days of 
publication).
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    \7\ See Notice of Discontinuation of Policy to Issue Liquidation 
Instructions After 15 Days in Applicable Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Proceedings, 86 FR 3995 (January 
15, 2021).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this review for shipments of 
subject merchandise from China entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the publication date, as provided by 
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For previously investigated or 
reviewed Chinese and non-Chinese exporters that received a separate 
rate in a prior segment of this proceeding, and which were not assigned 
the China-wide rate in this review, the cash deposit rate will continue 
to be the existing exporter-specific rate published for the most 
recently-completed period; (2) for all Chinese exporters of subject 
merchandise that have not been found to be entitled to a separate rate 
(including the companies listed in Appendix I), the cash deposit rate 
will be that for the China-wide entity (i.e., 112.81 percent); and (3) 
for all non-Chinese exporters of subject merchandise which have not 
received their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate 
applicable to the Chinese exporter that supplied that non-Chinese 
exporter. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain 
in effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 315.402(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 antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as the only 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). 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.

Notification to Interested Parties

    These final results are issued and published in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h).

    Dated: June 7, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I

List of Companies Determined To Be Part of the China-Wide Entity

1. Anhui Fuhuang Sungem Foodstuff Group Co., Ltd
2. Asian Seafoods (Zhanjiang) Co., Ltd.
3. Beihai Anbang Seafood Co., Ltd.
4. Beihai Boston Frozen Food Co., Ltd.
5. Beihai Tianwei Aquatic Food Co. Ltd.
6. Changli Luquan Aquatic Products Co., Ltd.
7. Chengda Development Co. Ltd.
8. Dalian Beauty Seafood Company Ltd.
9. Dalian Changfeng Food Co., Ltd.
10. Dalian Guofu Aquatic Products and Food Co., Ltd.
11. Dalian Haiqing Food Co., Ltd.
12. Dalian Hengtai Foods Co., Ltd.
13. Dalian Home Sea International Trading Co., Ltd.
14. Dalian Philica International Trade Co., Ltd.
15. Dalian Philica Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd.
16. Dalian Rich Enterprise Group Co., Ltd.
17. Dalian Shanhai Seafood Co., Ltd.
18. Dalian Sunrise Foodstuffs Co., Ltd.
19. Dalian Taiyang Aquatic Products Co., Ltd.
20. Dandong Taihong Foodstuff Co., Ltd
21. Dongwei Aquatic Products (Zhangzhou) Co., Ltd.
22. Ferrero Food
23. Food Processing Co., Ltd.
24. Fujian Chaohui Aquatic Food Co., Ltd.
25. Fujian Chaohui Group
26. Fujian Chaohui International Trading Co., Ltd.
27. Fujian Dongshan County Shunfa Aquatic Product Co., Ltd.
28. Fujian Dongwei Food Co., Ltd.
29. Fujian Dongya Aquatic Products Co., Ltd.
30. Fujian Fuding Seagull Fishing Food Co., Ltd.
31. Fujian Hainason Trading Co., Ltd.
32. Fujian Haohui Import & Export Co., Ltd.
33. Fujian Hongao Trade Development Co.
34. Fujian R & J Group Ltd.
35. Fujian Rongjiang Import and Export Co., Ltd.
36. Fujian Zhaoan Haili Aquatic Co., Ltd.
37. Fuqing Chaohui Aquatic Food Co., Ltd.
38. Fuqing Dongwei Aquatic Products Industry Co., Ltd.
39. Fuqing Longhua Aquatic Food Co., Ltd.
40. Fuqing Minhua Trade Co., Ltd.
41. Fuqing Yihua Aquatic Food Co., Ltd.
42. Gallant Ocean Group
43. Guangdong Foodstuffs Import & Export (Group) Corporation
44. Guangdong Gourmet Aquatic Products Co., Ltd.
45. Guangdong Jinhang Foods Co., Ltd.
46. Guangdong Rainbow Aquatic Development
47. Guangdong Shunxin Marine Fishery Group Co., Ltd.
48. Guangdong Taizhou Import & Export Trade Co., Ltd.
49. Guangdong Universal Aquatic Food Co. Ltd.
50. Guangdong Wanshida Holding Corp.
51. Guangdong Wanya Foods Fty. Co., Ltd.
52. HaiLi Aquatic Product Co., Ltd.
53. Hainan Brich Aquatic Products Co., Ltd.
54. Hainan Golden Spring Foods Co., Ltd.
55. Hainan Qinfu Foods Co., Ltd.
56. Hainan Xintaisheng Industry Co., Ltd.
57. Huazhou Xinhai Aquatic Products Co. Ltd.
58. Kuehne Nagel Ltd. Xiamen Branch
59. Leizhou Bei Bu Wan Sea Products Co., Ltd.
60. Longhai Gelin Foods Co., Ltd.
61. Maoming Xinzhou Seafood Co., Ltd.
62. New Continent Foods Co., Ltd.
63. Ningbo Prolar Global Co., Ltd.
64. North Seafood Group Co.
65. Pacific Andes Food Ltd.
66. Penglai Huiyang Foodstuff Co., Ltd.
67. Penglai Yuming Foodstuff Co., Ltd.
68. Qingdao Free Trade Zone Sentaida
69. Qingdao Fusheng Foodstuffs Co., Ltd.
70. Qingdao Yihexing Foods Co., Ltd.
71. Qingdao Yize Food Co., Ltd.
72. Qingdao Zhongfu International
73. Qinhuangdao Gangwan Aquatic Products Co., Ltd.
74. Rizhao Meijia Aquatic Foodstuff Co., Ltd.
75. Rizhao Meijia Keyuan Foods Co. Ltd.
76. Rizhao Rongxing Co. Ltd.
77. Rizhao Smart Foods Company Limited
78. Rongcheng Yinhai Aquatic Product Co., Ltd.
79. Rushan Chunjiangyuan Foodstuffs Co., Ltd.
80. Rushan Hengbo Aquatic Products Co., Ltd.
81. Savvy Seafood Inc.
82. Sea Trade International Inc.
83. Shanghai Zhoulian Foods Co., Ltd.
84. Shantou Freezing Aquatic Product Foodstuffs Co.
85. Shantou Haili Aquatic Product Co. Ltd.
86. Shantou Haimao Foodstuff Factory Co., Ltd.
87. Shantou Jiazhou Food Industrial Co., Ltd.
88. Shantou Jintai Aquatic Product Industrial Co., Ltd.
89. Shantou Longsheng Aquatic Product

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Foodstuff Co., Ltd.
90. Shantou Ocean Best Seafood Corporation
91. Shantou Ruiyuan Industry Co., Ltd.
92. Shantou Wanya Foods Fty. Co., Ltd.
93. Shantou Yuexing Enterprise Company
94. Shengyuan Aquatic Food Co., Ltd.
95. Suizhong Tieshan Food Co., Ltd.
96. Thai Royal Frozen Food Zhanjiang Co., Ltd.
97. Tongwei Hainan Aquatic Products Co., Ltd.
98. Xiamen East Ocean Foods Co., Ltd.
99. Xiamen Granda Import and Export Co., Ltd.
100. Yangjiang Dawu Aquatic Products Co., Ltd.
101. Yangjiang Guolian Seafood Co., Ltd.
102. Yangjiang Haina Datong Trading Co.
103. Yantai Longda Foodstuffs Co., Ltd.
104. Yantai Tedfoods Co., Ltd.
105. Yantai Wei Cheng Food Co., Ltd.
106. Yantai Wei-Cheng Food Co., Ltd.
107. Yixing Magnolia Garment Co., Ltd.
108. Zhangzhou Donghao Seafoods Co., Ltd.
109. Zhangzhou Xinhui Foods Co., Ltd.
110. Zhangzhou Xinwanya Aquatic Product Co., Ltd.
111. Zhangzhou Yanfeng Aquatic Product & Foodstuff Co., Ltd.
112. Zhanjiang Evergreen Aquatic Product Science and Technology Co., 
Ltd.
113. Zhanjiang Fuchang Aquatic Products Co., Ltd.
114. Zhanjiang Fuchang Aquatic Products Freezing Plant
115. Zhanjiang Longwei Aquatic Products Industry Co., Ltd.
116. Zhanjiang Newpro Foods Co., Ltd.
117. Zhanjiang Regal Integrated Marine Resources Co., Ltd.
118. Zhanjiang Universal Seafood Corp.
119. Zhaoan Yangli Aquatic Co., Ltd.
120. Zhejiang Evernew Seafood Co.
121. Zhejiang Xinwang Foodstuffs Co., Ltd.
122. Zhoushan Genho Food Co., Ltd.
123. Zhoushan Green Food Co., Ltd.
124. Zhoushan Haizhou Aquatic Products
125. Zhuanghe Yongchun Marine Products

Appendix II

Scope of the Order

    The scope of the order includes certain frozen warmwater shrimp 
and prawns, whether wild caught (ocean harvested) or farm raised 
(produced by aquaculture), head on or head off, shell on or peeled, 
tail on or tail off,\8\ deveined or not deveined, cooked or raw, or 
otherwise processed in frozen form.
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    \8\ ``Tails'' in this context means the tail fan, which includes 
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    The frozen warmwater shrimp and prawn products included in the 
scope of the order, regardless of definitions in the harmonized 
tariff schedule (HTS), are products which are processed from 
warmwater shrimp and prawns through freezing and which are sold in 
any count size.
    The products described above may be processed from any species 
of warmwater shrimp and prawns. Warmwater shrimp and prawns are 
generally classified in, but are not limited to, the Penaeidae 
family. Some examples of the farmed and wild caught warmwater 
species include, but are not limited to, white-leg shrimp (Penaeus 
vannemei), banana prawn (Penaeus merguiensis), fleshy prawn (Penaeus 
chinensis), giant river prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii), giant 
tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon), redspotted shrimp (Penaeus 
brasiliensis), southern brown shrimp (Penaeus subtilis), southern 
pink shrimp (Penaeus notialis), southern rough shrimp (Trachypenaeus 
curvirostris), southern white shrimp (Penaeus schmitti), blue shrimp 
(Penaeus stylirostris), western white shrimp (Penaeus occidentalis), 
and Indian white prawn (Penaeus indicus).
    Frozen shrimp and prawns that are packed with marinade, spices 
or sauce are included in the scope of the order. In addition, food 
preparations, which are not ``prepared meals,'' that contain more 
than 20 percent by weight of shrimp or prawn are also included in 
the scope of the order.
    Excluded from the scope are: (1) Breaded shrimp and prawns (HTS 
subheading 1605.20.1020); (2) shrimp and prawns generally classified 
in the Pandalidae family and commonly referred to as coldwater 
shrimp, in any state of processing; (3) fresh shrimp and prawns 
whether shell on or peeled (HTS subheadings 0306.23.0020 and 
0306.23.0040); (4) shrimp and prawns in prepared meals (HTS 
subheading 1605.20.0510); (5) dried shrimp and prawns; (6) Lee Kum 
Kee's shrimp sauce; (7) canned warmwater shrimp and prawns (HTS 
subheading 1605.20.1040); and (8) certain battered shrimp. Battered 
shrimp is a shrimp-based product: (1) That is produced from fresh 
(or thawed-from-frozen) and peeled shrimp; (2) to which a 
``dusting'' layer of rice or wheat flour of at least 95 percent 
purity has been applied; (3) with the entire surface of the shrimp 
flesh thoroughly and evenly coated with the flour; (4) with the non-
shrimp content of the end product constituting between four and 10 
percent of the product's total weight after being dusted, but prior 
to being frozen; and (5) that is subjected to individually quick 
frozen (``IQF'') freezing immediately after application of the 
dusting layer. When dusted in accordance with the definition of 
dusting above, the battered shrimp product is also coated with a wet 
viscous layer containing egg and/or milk, and par-fried.
    The products covered by this order are currently classified 
under the following HTS subheadings: 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. These HTS subheadings are provided 
for convenience and for customs purposes only; the written 
description of the scope of this order is dispositive.\9\
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    \9\ On April 26, 2011, Commerce amended the order to include 
dusted shrimp, pursuant to the CIT decision in Ad Hoc Shrimp Trade 
Action Committee v. United States, 703 F. Supp. 2d 1330 (CIT 2010) 
and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) determination, 
which found the domestic like product to include dusted shrimp. See 
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Brazil, India, the People's 
Republic of China, Thailand, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: 
Amended Antidumping Duty Orders in Accordance with Final Court 
Decision, 76 FR 23277 (April 26, 2011); see also Frozen Warmwater 
Shrimp from Brazil, China, India, Thailand, and Vietnam 
(Investigation Nos. 731-TA-1063, 1064, 1066-1068 (Review), USITC 
Publication 4221, March 2011.

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