[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 246 (Friday, December 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78941-78942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28008]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-840]


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

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

SUMMARY: On November 9, 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce 
(Commerce) published the notice of initiation and preliminary results 
of a changed circumstances review (CCR) of the antidumping duty (AD) 
order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp from India. For these final 
results, Commerce continues to find that Kader Exports Private Limited 
(Kader Exports) is the successor-in-interest to the Liberty Group.

DATES: Applicable December 23, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adam Simons, 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) 482-6172.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 19, 2022, Kader Exports requested that Commerce 
conduct an expedited CCR, pursuant to section 751(b)(1) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 19 CFR 351.216, and 19 CFR 
351.221(c)(3), to confirm that Kader Exports is the successor-in-
interest to the Liberty Group \1\ for purposes of determining AD cash 
deposits and liabilities.\2\ In its submission, Kader Exports stated 
that it underwent a restructuring in which the companies comprising the 
Liberty Group were merged into Kader Exports.\3\
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    \1\ The Liberty Group includes the following affiliated 
companies: Devi Marine Food Exports Private Limited, Kader Exports, 
Kader Investment and Trading Company Private Limited, Liberty Frozen 
Foods Private Limited, Liberty Oil Mills Limited, Premier Marine 
Products Pvt. Ltd., and Universal Cold Storage Private Limited.
    \2\ See Kader Exports' Letter, ``Request for an expedited 
Changed Circumstances Review in Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from 
India, Case No. A-533-840,'' dated September 19, 2022.
    \3\ Id.
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    On November 9, 2022, Commerce initiated this CCR and published the 
Preliminary Results, preliminarily determining that Kader Exports is 
the successor-in-interest to the Liberty Group.\4\ In the Preliminary 
Results, we provided all interested parties with an opportunity to 
comment.\5\ However, we received no comments.
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    \4\ See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from India: Notice of 
Initiation and Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Changed 
Circumstances Review, 87 FR 67669 (November 9, 2022) (Preliminary 
Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
    \5\ Id.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order is certain frozen warmwater 
shrimp.\6\ The product is currently classified under the following 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) numbers: 
0306.17.00.03, 0306.17.00.04, 0306.17.00.05, 0306.17.00.06, 
0306.17.00.07, 0306.17.00.08, 0306.17.00.09, 0306.17.00.10, 
0306.17.00.11, 0306.17.00.12, 0306.17.00.13, 0306.17.00.14, 
0306.17.00.15, 0306.17.00.16, 0306.17.00.17, 0306.17.00.18, 
0306.17.00.19, 0306.17.00.20, 0306.17.00.21, 0306.17.00.22, 
0306.17.00.23, 0306.17.00.24, 0306.17.00.25, 0306.17.00.26, 
0306.17.00.27, 0306.17.00.28, 0306.17.00.29, 0306.17.00.40, 
0306.17.00.41, 0306.17.00.42, 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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    \6\ For a complete description of the scope of the order, see 
Preliminary Results PDM at 2.
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Final Results of CCR

    For the reasons stated in the Preliminary Results, Commerce 
continues to find that Kader Exports is the successor-in-interest to 
the Liberty Group. As a result of this determination and consistent 
with established practice, we find that Kader Exports should receive 
the AD cash deposit rate previously assigned to the Liberty Group. 
Consequently, Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
to suspend liquidation of all shipments of subject merchandise produced 
or exported by Kader Exports and entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the publication date of this notice in the 
Federal Register at zero percent, which is the current AD cash deposit 
rate for the Liberty Group.\7\ This cash deposit

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requirement shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \7\ See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from India: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2017, 83 FR 
32835 (July 16, 2018).
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Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing this determination and publishing these final 
results and notice in accordance with sections 751(b)(1), and 777(i)(1) 
and (2) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.216(e), 351.221(b), and 
351.221(c)(3).

    Dated: December 19, 2022.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
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