[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 42 (Friday, March 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13430-13433]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04437]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-840]


Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From India: Preliminary Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 
determines that certain frozen warmwater shrimp (shrimp) from India is 
being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than 
normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) February 1, 2021, 
through January 31, 2022.

DATES: Applicable March 3, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terre Keaton Stefanova or Adam Simons, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office IX, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1280 or (202) 
482-6172, respectively.

Background

    On April 12, 2022, based on a timely request for review, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce initiated an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on shrimp from 
India.\1\ This review covers 187 producers and/or exporters of the 
subject merchandise. Commerce selected two mandatory respondents for 
individual examination: Megaa Moda Pvt. Ltd. (Megaa Moda) and NK Marine 
Exports LLP (NK Marine). For a complete description of the events that 
followed the initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.\2\
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 87 FR 21619 (April 12, 2022).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of the 2021-2022 Administrative Review of the Antidumping 
Duty Order on Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from India,'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    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 (HTSUS) item numbers: 
0306.17.00.04, 0306.17.00.05, 0306.17.00.07, 0306.17.00.08, 
0306.17.00.10, 0306.17.00.11, 0306.17.00.13, 0306.17.00.14, 
0306.17.00.16, 0306.17.00.17, 0306.17.00.19, 0306.17.00.20, 
0306.17.00.22, 0306.17.00.23, 0306.17.00.25, 0306.17.00.26, 
0306.17.00.28, 0306.17.00.29, 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 for customs purposes, the written product 
description remains dispositive.\3\
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    \3\ For a complete description of the scope of the order, see 
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 
Export price is calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. 
NV is calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act.
    For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of the 
topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as 
Appendix I to this notice. The Preliminary 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 
https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Preliminary Results of Review

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine that the 
following weighted-average dumping margins exist for the respondents 
for the period February 1, 2021, through January 31, 2022:
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    \4\ The exporters or producers not selected for individual 
review are listed in Appendix II.

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                      Exporter/producer                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Megaa Moda Pvt. Ltd.........................................        7.92
NK Marine Exports LLP.......................................        1.43
Companies Not Selected for Individual Review \4\............        3.76
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Review-Specific Average Rate for Companies Not Selected for Individual 
Review

    The statute and Commerce's regulations do not address the 
establishment of a rate to be applied to companies not selected for 
individual examination when Commerce limits its examination in an 
administrative review pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the Act. 
Generally, Commerce looks to section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which 
provides instructions for calculating the all-others rate in a market 
economy investigation, for guidance when

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calculating the rate for companies which were not selected for 
individual examination in an administrative review. Under section 
735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the all-others rate is normally ``an amount 
equal to the weighted average of the estimated weighted-average dumping 
margins established for exporters and producers individually examined, 
excluding any margins that are zero or de minimis margins, and any 
margins determined entirely {on the basis of facts available{time} .'' 
For these preliminary results, we have preliminarily calculated a 
weighted-average dumping margin for these companies using the 
calculated rates of the mandatory respondents, Megaa Moda and NK 
Marine, which are not zero or de minimis, or determined entirely on the 
basis of facts available.

Disclosure and Public Comment

    Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in 
connection with these preliminary results to interested parties within 
five days after the date of publication of this notice.\5\ Interested 
parties may submit case briefs to Commerce no later than 30 days after 
the date of publication of this notice.\6\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to 
issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed no later than seven days 
after the time limit for filing case briefs.\7\ Parties who submit case 
briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding 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.\8\ Case and rebuttal 
briefs should be filed using ACCESS.\9\ An electronically-filed 
document must be received successfully in its entirety by ACCESS by 
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established deadline. Note that Commerce 
has temporarily modified certain of its requirements for serving 
documents containing business proprietary information, until further 
notice.\10\
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    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c).
    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
    \10\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements 
Due to COVID-19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 
10, 2020).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
filed electronically via ACCESS within 30 days after the date of 
publication of this notice.\11\ Hearing requests should contain: (1) 
the party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of 
participants; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. Oral 
presentations at the hearing will be limited to issues raised in the 
briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, parties will be notified of 
the time and date for the hearing.\12\
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    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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    Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative 
review, including the results of its analysis of issues raised in any 
written briefs, not later than 120 days after the date of publication 
of this notice in the Federal Register, unless otherwise extended.\13\
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    \13\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
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Assessment Rates

    Upon completion of the administrative review, Commerce shall 
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this 
review.\14\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), because both respondents 
reported the entered value for all of their U.S. sales, we calculated 
importer-specific ad valorem duty assessment rates based on the ratio 
of the total amount of antidumping duties calculated for the examined 
sales to the total entered value of the sales for which entered value 
was reported. Where either the respondent's weighted-average dumping 
margin is zero or de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c), 
or an importer-specific rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct 
CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping 
duties.
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    \14\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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    Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' will apply to entries of 
subject merchandise during the POR produced by Megaa Moda or NK Marine 
for which these companies did not know that the merchandise they sold 
to the intermediary (e.g., a reseller, trading company, or exporter) 
was destined for the United States. In such instances, we will instruct 
CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the all-others rate if there is 
no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the 
transaction.\15\
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    \15\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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    For the companies which were not selected for individual review, we 
will assign an assessment rate based on the review-specific average 
rate, calculated as noted in the ``Preliminary Results of Review'' 
section, above. This rate is an average of the cash deposit rates 
calculated for Megaa Moda and NK Marine. The final results of this 
review shall be the basis for the assessment of antidumping duties on 
entries of merchandise covered by the final results of this review and 
for future deposits of estimated duties, where applicable.\16\
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    \16\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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    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).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the 
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for each specific 
company listed above will be that established in the final results of 
this review, except if the rate is less than 0.50 percent and, 
therefore, de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in 
which case the cash deposit rate will be zero; (2) for previously 
reviewed or investigated companies not covered by this review, the cash 
deposit will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the 
most recently completed segment of this proceeding in which the company 
participated; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, 
or the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, but the manufacturer 
is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most 
recent segment for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the 
cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will 
continue to be 10.17 percent, the all-others rate established in the 
LTFV investigation.\17\ These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \17\ See Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sale at Less 
Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Frozen Warmwater 
Shrimp from India, 70 FR 5147 (February 1, 2005).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding 
the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the 
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entries during this review period. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Commerce's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: February 27, 2023.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations.

Appendix I

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation

Appendix II

Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to Companies Not Selected for 
Individual Review

1. Abad Fisheries
2. Accelerated Freeze Drying Co.
3. ADF Foods Ltd.
4. Albys Agro Private Limited
5. Al-Hassan Overseas Private Limited
6. Allana Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd.
7. Allanasons Ltd.
8. Alps Ice & Cold Storage Private Limited
9. Amaravathi Aqua Exports Private Limited
10. Amarsagar Seafoods Private Limited
11. Amulya Seafoods
12. Anantha Seafoods Private Limited
13. Anjaneya Seafoods
14. Asvini Agro Exports
15. Ayshwarya Seafood Private Limited
16. B R Traders
17. Baby Marine Eastern Exports
18. Baby Marine Exports
19. Baby Marine International
20. Baby Marine Sarass
21. Baby Marine Ventures
22. Balasore Marine Exports Private Limited
23. BB Estates & Exports Private Limited
24. Bell Exim Private Limited
25. Bhatsons Aquatic Products
26. Bhavani Seafoods
27. Bhimraj Exports Private Limited
28. Bijaya Marine Products
29. Blue-Fin Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd.
30. Blue Water Foods & Exports P. Ltd.
31. Blue Park Seafoods Pvt. Ltd.
32. Britto Seafood Exports Pvt Ltd.
33. Calcutta Seafoods Pvt. Ltd./Bay Seafood Pvt. Ltd./Elque & Co.
34. Canaan Marine Products
35. Capithan Exporting Co.
36. Cargomar Private Limited
37. Chakri Fisheries Private Limited
38. Chemmeens (Regd)
39. Cherukattu Industries (Marine Div)
40. Cochin Frozen Food Exports Pvt. Ltd.
41. Cofoods Processors Private Limited
42. Continental Fisheries India Private Limited
43. Coreline Exports
44. Corlim Marine Exports Pvt. Ltd.
45. CPF (India) Private Limited
46. Crystal Sea Foods Private Limited
47. Danica Aqua Exports Private Limited
48. Datla Sea Foods
49. Deepak Nexgen Foods and Feeds Private Limited
50. Delsea Exports Pvt. Ltd.
51. Devi Sea Foods Limited \18\
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    \18\ Shrimp produced and exported by Devi Sea Foods Limited 
(Devi) was excluded from the order effective February 1, 2009. See 
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from India: Final Results of the 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Partial Rescission of 
Review, and Notice of Revocation of Order in Part, 75 FR 41813, 
41814 (July 19, 2010). Accordingly, we initiated this administrative 
review with respect to Devi only for shrimp produced in India where 
Devi acted as either the manufacturer or exporter (but not both).
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52. Dwaraka Sea Foods
53. Empire Industries Limited
54. Entel Food Products Private Limited
55. Esmario Export Enterprises
56. Everblue Sea Foods Private Limited
57. Febin Marine Foods Private Limited
58. Fedora Sea Foods Private Limited
59. Food Products Pvt., Ltd./Parayil Food Products Pvt., Ltd.
60. Fouress Food Products Private Limited
61. Frontline Exports Pvt. Ltd.
62. G A Randerian Ltd.
63. Gadre Marine Exports (AKA Gadre Marine Exports Pvt. Ltd.)
64. Galaxy Maritech Exports P. Ltd.
65. Geo Aquatic Products (P) Ltd.
66. Grandtrust Overseas (P) Ltd.
67. GVR Exports Pvt. Ltd.
68. Hari Marine Private Limited
69. Haripriya Marine Export Pvt. Ltd.
70. HIC ABF Special Foods Pvt. Ltd.
71. Highland Agro
72. Hiravati Exports Pvt. Ltd.
73. Hiravati International Pvt. Ltd.
74. Hiravati Marine Products Private Limited
75. HMG Industries Ltd.
76. HN Indigos Private Limited
77. Hyson Exports Private Limited
78. Hyson Logistics and Marine Exports Private Limited
79. Indian Aquatic Products
80. Indo Aquatics
81. Indo Fisheries
82. Indo French Shellfish Company Private Limited
83. International Freezefish Exports
84. Jinny Marine Traders
85. Jude Foods India Private Limited
86. K.V. Marine Exports
87. Karunya Marine Exports Private Limited
88. Kaushalya Aqua Marine Product Exports Pvt. Ltd.
89. Kay Kay Exports
90. Kings Infra Ventures Limited
91. Kings Marine Products
92. Koluthara Exports Ltd.
93. Libran Foods
94. Lito Marine Exports Private Limited
95. Mangala Sea Products
96. Marine Harvest India
97. Milsha Agro Exports Pvt. Ltd.
98. Milsha Sea Products
99. Minaxi Fisheries Private Limited
100. Mindhola Foods LLP
101. Minh Phu Group
102. MMC Exports Limited
103. MTR Foods
104. Naik Frozen Foods Private Limited
105. Naik Oceanic Exports Pvt. Ltd./Rafiq Naik Exports Pvt. Ltd
106. Naik Seafoods Ltd.
107. NAS Fisheries Pvt. Ltd
108. Nine Up Frozen Foods
109. Nutrient Marine Foods Limited
110. Oceanic Edibles International Limited
111. Paragon Sea Foods Pvt. Ltd.
112. Paramount Seafoods
113. Pesca Marine Products Pvt., Ltd.
114. Pijikay International Exports P Ltd.
115. Poyilakada Fisheries Private Limited
116. Pravesh Seafood Private Limited
117. Premier Exports International
118. Premier Marine Foods
119. Premier Seafoods Exim (P) Ltd.
120. Protech Organo Foods Private Limited
121. Raju Exports
122. Rajyalakshmi Marine Exports
123. Ram's Assorted Cold Storage Limited
124. Raunaq Ice & Cold Storage
125. RDR Exports
126. RF Exports Private Limited
127. Rising Tide
128. Riyarchita Agro Farming Private Limited
129. Rupsha Fish Private Limited
130. R V R Marine Products Private Limited
131. S Chanchala Combines Private Limited
132. Safera Food International
133. Sagar Samrat Seafoods
134. Sahada Exports
135. Sai Aquatechs Private Limited
136. Salet Seafoods Pvt. Ltd.
137. Samaki Exports Private Limited
138. Sanchita Marine Products Private Limited
139. Sasoondock Matsyodyog Sahakari Society Ltd.
140. Sea Doris Marine Exports
141. Seagold Overseas Pvt. Ltd.
142. Seasaga Enterprises Private Limited/Seasaga Group
143. Shimpo Exports Private Limited
144. Shimpo Seafoods Private Limited
145. Shiva Frozen Food Exp. Pvt. Ltd.
146. Shroff Processed Food & Cold Storage P Ltd.
147. Sigma Seafoods
148. Silver Seafood
149. Sita Marine Exports
150. Sonia Fisheries
151. Sreeragam Exports Private Limited
152. Sri Sakkthi Cold Storage
153. Srikanth International
154. SSF Ltd.
155. Star Agro Marine Exports Private Limited
156. Star Organic Foods Private Limited
157. Stellar Marine Foods Private Limited
158. Sterling Foods
159. Sun Agro Exim
160. Supran Exim Private Limited
161. Suvarna Rekha Exports Private Limited
162. Suvarna Rekha Marines P Ltd.
163. TBR Exports Private Limited
164. Teekay Marines Private Limited
165. Tej Aqua Feeds Private Limited
166. The Waterbase Limited
167. Torry Harris Seafoods Ltd.
168. Triveni Fisheries P Ltd.
169. U & Company Marine Exports

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170. Ulka Sea Foods Private Limited
171. Uniloids Biosciences Private Limited
172. Uniroyal Marine Exports Ltd.
173. Unitriveni Overseas Private Limited
174. Vaisakhi Bio-Marine Private Limited
175. Varma Marine
176. Vasai Frozen Food Co.
177. Veronica Marine Exports Private Limited
178. Victoria Marine & Agro Exports Ltd.
179. Vinner Marine
180. Vitality Aquaculture Pvt. Ltd.
181. VKM Foods Private Limited
182. VRC Marine Foods LLP
183. West Coast Fine Foods (India) Private Limited
184. West Coast Frozen Foods Private Limited
185. Zeal Aqua Limited

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