[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14137-14139]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04568]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-549-822]


Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From Thailand: Preliminary 
Results and Partial Rescission 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 Thai Union Group Public Co., Ltd./Thai Union Seafood 
Co., Ltd./Pakfood Public Company Limited/Asia Pacific (Thailand) Co., 
Ltd./Chaophraya Cold Storage Co., Ltd./Okeanos Co., Ltd./Okeanos Food 
Co., Ltd./Takzin Samut Co., Ltd. (collectively, Thai Union), a producer 
and exporter subject to this administrative review, did not make sales 
of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of 
review (POR) February 1, 2021, through January 31, 2022. Additionally, 
based on timely withdrawal of requests for review, we are rescinding 
this administrative review with respect to all other companies for 
which we initiated an administrative review. Interested parties are 
invited to comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable March 7, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Benjamin A. Luberda or Ann Marie 
Caton, 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) 482-2185 
or (202) 482-2607, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On April 12, 2022, based on timely requests for review, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order \1\ on certain frozen warmwater 
shrimp (shrimp) from Thailand.\2\ On June 6, 2022, Commerce selected 
two mandatory respondents for individual examination: (1) Kongphop 
Frozen Food Co., Ltd.; and (2) Thai Union.\3\ On July 7, 2022, the Ad 
Hoc Shrimp Trade Action Committee (AHSTAC); the American Shrimp 
Processors Association (ASPA); and Thai Royal Frozen Food Co., Ltd. 
(Thai Royal) withdrew their requests for an administrative review with 
respect to every company except Thai Union.\4\
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    \1\ See Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Frozen Warmwater 
Shrimp from Thailand, 70 FR 5145 (February 1, 2005) (Order).
    \2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 87 FR 21619 (April 12, 2022) (Initiation 
Notice).
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Selection of Respondents for Individual 
Review,'' dated June 6, 2022. In the 2012-2013 administrative 
review, Commerce found that the following companies composed a 
single entity: Thai Union Frozen Products Public Co. Ltd.; Thai 
Union Seafood Co., Ltd.; Pakfood Public Company Limited; Asia 
Pacific (Thailand) Co., Ltd.; Chaophraya Cold Storage Co., Ltd.; 
Okeanos Co., Ltd.; Okeanos Food Co., Ltd.; Takzin Samut Co., Ltd. 
See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Final Determination of No 
Shipments, and Partial Rescission of Review; 2012-2013, 79 FR 51306, 
51306 (August 28, 2014). Further, on January 5, 2016, Commerce found 
that Thai Union Group Public Co., Ltd. is the successor-in-interest 
to Thai Union Frozen Products Public Co., Ltd. See Notice of Final 
Results of Antidumping Changes Circumstances Review: Certain Frozen 
Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand, 81 FR 222 (January 5, 2016). 
Therefore, absent information to the contrary, we are treating these 
companies as a single entity for the purposes of this administrative 
review.
    \4\ See ASPA's Letter, ``Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from 
Thailand: American Shrimp Processors Associations' Partial 
Withdrawal of Review Requests,'' dated July 6, 2022; and AHSTAC's 
Letter, ``Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand: Domestic 
Producers' Partial Withdrawal of Review Requests,'' dated July 5, 
2022; see also Thai Royal's Letter, ``Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from 
Thailand: Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,'' dated 
July 5, 2022.
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    On October 3, 2022, Commerce extended the preliminary results of 
this review by 120 days, until February 28, 2023.\5\ For a complete 
description of the events that followed the initiation of this review, 
see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\6\ A list of topics discussed 
in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included at 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.
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    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary 
Results of 2021-2022 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated 
October 3, 2022.
    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of the 2021-2022 Administrative Review of the Antidumping 
Duty Order on Circular Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand,'' 
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice 
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Partial Rescission

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party who requested 
the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of notice of initiation of the requested review. AHSTAC, 
ASPA, and Thai Royal timely withdrew their requests for an 
administrative review with respect to each company listed in the 
Initiation Notice, other than Thai Union. No other party requested a 
review of these companies. Accordingly, we are rescinding this review, 
in part, with respect to these companies, pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(1). The producers and/or exporters for which we are 
rescinding the administrative review are listed at Appendix II of this 
notice.

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the Order is certain warmwater shrimp 
and prawns, whether frozen, wild-caught (ocean harvested) or farm-
raised (produced by aquaculture), head-on or head-off, shell-on or 
peeled, tail-on or tail-off, deveined or not deveined, cooked or raw, 
or otherwise processed in frozen form. The frozen warmwater shrimp and 
prawn products included in the scope of this order, regardless of 
definitions in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS), are products which are processed from warmwater shrimp and 
prawns through freezing and which are sold in any count size. The 
products subject to the Order are currently classifiable in HTSUS 
subheadings 0306.17.0004, 0306.17.0005, 0306.17.0007, 0306.17.0008, 
0307.17.0010. 0306.17.0011, 0306.17.0013, 0306.17.0014, 0306.17.0016, 
0306.17.0017. 0306.17.0019, 0306.17.0020, 0306.17.0022, 0306.17.0023, 
0306.17.0025, 0306.17.0026, 0306.17.0028, and 0306.17.0029. Although 
the HTSUS numbers are provided for convenience and for customs 
purposes, the written product description remains dispositive.\7\
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    \7\ For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 4-5.

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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 and constructed export price are calculated in accordance 
with section 772 of the Act. Normal value 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.

Preliminary Results of the Review

    We preliminarily determine that the following weighted-average 
dumping margin exists for Thai Union for the period February 1, 2021, 
through January 31, 2022:

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                                                             Weighted-
                                                              average
                    Exporter/producer                         dumping
                                                              margin
                                                             (percent)
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Thai Union Group Public Co., Ltd./Thai Union Seafood                0.00
 Co., Ltd./Pakfood Public Company Limited/Asia Pacific
 (Thailand) Co., Ltd./Chaophraya Cold Storage Co., Ltd./
 Okeanos Co., Ltd./Okeanos Food Co., Ltd./Takzin Samut
 Co., Ltd...............................................
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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.\8\ Case briefs 
or other written comments may be submitted to Commerce no later than 30 
days after the date of publication of this notice.\9\ 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.\10\ 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.\11\ Case and 
rebuttal briefs should be filed using ACCESS.\12\ Note that Commerce 
has temporarily modified certain of its requirements for serving 
documents containing business proprietary information.\13\
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    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c).
    \10\ Commerce is exercising its discretion, under 19 CFR 
351.309(d)(1), to alter the time limit for filing of rebuttal 
briefs.
    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
    \13\ 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.\14\ 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. Issues raised 
in the hearing will be limited to issues raised in the briefs. If a 
request for a hearing is made, Commerce intends to hold the hearing at 
a date and time to be determined.\15\ Parties should confirm by 
telephone the date and time of the hearing two days before the 
scheduled date. An electronically filed document must be received 
successfully in its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the 
established deadline.
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    \14\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \15\ 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, unless otherwise extended.\16\
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    \16\ 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.\17\ If the weighted 
average dumping margin for Thai Union is not zero or de minimis (i.e., 
less than 0.5 percent), we will calculate importer-specific ad valorem 
antidumping duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total 
amount of dumping calculated for each importer's examined sales to the 
total entered value of those same sales in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1). Where the respondent did not report entered value, we 
will calculate the entered value in order to calculate the assessment 
rate. If the weighted-average dumping margin for the respondents listed 
above is zero or de minimis in the final results, or an importer-
specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis in the final results, we 
will instruct CBP not to assess antidumping duties on any of their 
entries in accordance with the Final Modification for Reviews.\18\
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    \17\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
    \18\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted 
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102 (February 14, 
2012) (Final Modification for Reviews).
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    Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' will apply to entries of 
subject merchandise during the POR produced by Thai Union for which it 
did not know that the merchandise it sold to an 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.\19\
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    \19\ 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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    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 Thai Union will 
be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin 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 participating in 
this review, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-
specific rate published for the most recently-completed segment of this 
proceeding in which the company was reviewed; (3) if the exporter is 
not a firm covered in this review or previous segment, but the producer 
is, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the 
most recently-completed segment for the producer of the merchandise; 
and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will 
continue to

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be 5.34 percent, the all-others rate made effective by the Section 129 
Determination.\20\ These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \20\ See Implementation of the Findings of the WTO Panel in 
United States Antidumping Measure on Shrimp from Thailand: Notice of 
Determination Under Section 129 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act 
and Partial Revocation of the Antidumping Duty Order on Frozen 
Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand, 74 FR 5638 (January 30, 2009) 
(Section 129 Determination).
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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)(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.

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, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: February 28, 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. Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation

Appendix II

List of Companies for Which the Administrative Review Has Been 
Rescinded

A. Wattanachai Frozen Products Co., Ltd.
A.P. Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.
A.S. Intermarine Foods Co., Ltd.
Ampai Frozen Food Co., Ltd.
Anglo-Siam Seafoods Co., Ltd.
Apitoon Enterprise Industry Co., Ltd.
Asian Alliance International Co., Ltd.
Asian Sea Corporation Public Company Limited
Asian Seafoods Coldstorage PLC
Asian Seafoods Coldstorage Public Co., Ltd. (A.K.A. Asian Seafoods 
Coldstorage (Suratthani) Co.)
Asian Seafoods Coldstorage Public Company Limited
Asian Star Trading Co., Ltd.
B.S.A. Food Products Co., Ltd.
Bright Sea Co., Ltd./The Union Frozen Products Co., Ltd.
C N Import Export Co., Ltd.
C.K. Frozen Fish and Food Co., Ltd.
C.P. Intertrade Co. Ltd.
Chaivaree Marine Products Co., Ltd.
Chanthaburi Frozen Food Co., Ltd.
Chanthaburi Seafoods Co., Ltd.
Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Company Limited/CP Merchandising Co., 
Ltd.
Chonburi LC
Commonwealth Trading Co., Ltd.
CPF Food Products Co., Ltd.
Crystal Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.
Daedong (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Daiei Taigen (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Daiho (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Earth Food Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
F.A.I.T. Corporation Limited
Far East Cold Storage Co., Ltd.
Findus (Thailand) Ltd.
Fortune Frozen Foods (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Gallant Ocean (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Golden Seafood International Co., Ltd.
Good Fortune Cold Storage Ltd.
Good Luck Product Co., Ltd.
Grobest Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.
Haitai Seafood Co., Ltd.
Handy International (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Heritrade Co., Ltd. (AKA Heritrade)
HIC (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
I.T. Foods Industries Co., Ltd.
Inter-Oceanic Resources Co., Ltd.
Inter-Pacific Marine Products Co., Ltd.
K & U Enterprise Co., Ltd.
Kiang Huat Sea Gull Trading Frozen Food Public Co., Ltd.
Kingfisher Holdings Ltd./KF Foods Limited
Kitchens of the Ocean (Thailand) Ltd.
Kongphop Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.
Kyokuyo Global Seafoods Co., Ltd.
Lee Heng Seafood Co., Ltd.
Li-Thai Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.
Lucky Union Foods Co., Ltd.
Mahachai Food Processing Co., Ltd.
Marine Gold Products Ltd.
May Ao Foods Co., Ltd./A Foods 1991 Co., Limited
Merkur Co., Ltd.
N&N Foods Co., Ltd.
N.R. Instant Produce Co., Ltd.
Narong Seafood Co., Ltd.
Nongmon SMJ Products
Pacific Fish Processing Co., Ltd.
Penta Impex Co., Ltd.
Phatthana Frozen Food Co., Ltd.
Phatthana Seafood Co., Ltd.
Premier Frozen Products Co., Ltd.
Royal Andaman Seafood Co., Ltd.
S&D Marine Products Co., Ltd.
S. Chaivaree Cold Storage Co., Ltd.
S. Khonkaen Food Industry Public Co., Ltd.
S.K. Foods (Thailand) Public Co. Limited
S2K Marine Product Co., Ltd.
Sea Bonanza Food Co., Ltd.
Sea Wealth Frozen Food Co., Ltd.
Seafresh Industry Public Co., Ltd./Seafresh Fisheries
SEAPAC
Sea-Tech Intertrade Co., Ltd.
Sethachon Co., Ltd.
Shianlin Bangkok Co., Ltd.
Shing Fu Seaproducts Development Co.
Siam Food Supply Co., Ltd.
Siam Intersea Co., Ltd.
Siam Marine Products Co., Ltd.
Siam Ocean Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.
Siam Union Frozen Foods (A.K.A. The Siam Union Frozen Foods Co., 
Ltd.)
Siamchai International Food Co., Ltd.
Smile Heart Foods (A.K.A. Smile Heart Foods Co. Ltd.)
SMP Food Product Co., Ltd.
Songkla Canning Public Co., Ltd.
Southeast Asian Packaging and Canning Ltd.
Southport Seafood (A.K.A. Southport Seafood Co., Ltd.)
Starfoods Industries Co., Ltd.
STC Foodpak Ltd.
Suntechthai Intertrading Co., Ltd.
Surapon Foods Public Co. Ltd/Surat Seafoods Public Co., Ltd.
Surapon Nichirei Foods Co., Ltd.
Tep Kinsho Foods Co., Ltd.
Tey Seng Cold Storage Co., Ltd./Chaiwarut Co., Ltd.
Thai Agri Foods Public Co., Ltd.
Thai I-Mei Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.
Thai Ocean Venture Co., Ltd.
Thai Royal Frozen Food Co., Ltd.
Thai Spring Fish Co., Ltd.
Thai Union Manufacturing Company Limited
Top Product Food Co., Ltd.
Trang Seafood Products Public Co., Ltd.
Unicord Public Co., Ltd.
Xian-Ning Seafood Co., Ltd.
Yeenin Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.

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