81 FR 12696 - Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From Thailand; Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Rescission of Review, in Part, and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2014-2015
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 47 (March 10, 2016)
International Trade Administration
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 47 (March 10, 2016)
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 47 (Thursday, March 10, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 12696-12701] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-05454] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A-549-822] Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From Thailand; Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Rescission of Review, in Part, and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2014- 2015 AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp (shrimp) from Thailand. The review covers 163 producers/exporters of the subject merchandise.\1\ The Department selected two mandatory respondents for individual examination, Mayao \2\ and Thai Union.\3\ The period of review (POR) is February 1, 2014, through January 31, 2015. We preliminarily determine that sales to the United States have been made below normal value and, therefore, are subject to antidumping duties. Additionally, we preliminarily determine that certain companies for which we initiated a review did not have any shipments during the POR. If these preliminary results are adopted in the final results of this review, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From India and Thailand: Notice of Initiation of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, 80 FR 16634 (Mar. 30, 2015) (Initiation Notice). \2\ Mayao consists of the following companies: A Foods 1991 Co., Limited and May Ao Foods Co., Ltd. \3\ Thai Union consists of the following affiliated companies: Thai Union Frozen Product Co., Ltd., Thai Union Seafood Company Limited, Pakfood Public Company Limited, Asia Pacific (Thailand) Co., Ltd., Chaophraya Cold Storage Co. Ltd., Okeanos Co. Ltd., Okeanos Food Co. Ltd., and Takzin Samut co. Ltd. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATES: Effective March 10, 2016. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis McClure or Alice Maldonado, AD/ CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482- 5973 and (202) 482-4682, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As explained in the memorandum from the Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement & Compliance, the Department has exercised its discretion to toll all administrative deadlines due to the recent closure of the Federal Government. All deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have been extended by four business days. The revised deadline for the preliminary results of this review is now March 4, 2016.\4\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \4\ See Memorandum to the Record from Ron Lorentzen, Acting A/S for Enforcement & Compliance, regarding ``Tolling of Administrative Deadlines As a Result of the Government Closure During Snowstorm Jonas,'' dated January 27, 2016. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scope of the Order The merchandise subject to the order is certain frozen warmwater shrimp.\5\ The product is currently classified under the following Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) item numbers: 0306.17.00.03, 0306.17.00.06, 0306.17.00.09, 0306.17.00.12, 0306.17.00.15, [[Page 12697]] 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. Although the HTSUS numbers are provided for convenience and for customs purposes, the written product description remains dispositive. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \5\ For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand, from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance (Preliminary Decision Memorandum), dated concurrently with this notice. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Methodology The Department is conducting this review in accordance with section 751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Export price is 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. 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 http://access.trade.gov, and it is available to all parties in the Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at http://trade.gov/enforcement/frn/index.html. The signed and the electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content. A list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as the Appendix to this notice. Partial Rescission of Review Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Secretary will rescind an administrative review, in whole or in part, if the parties that requested a review withdraw the request within 90 days of the date of publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. This review was initiated on March 30, 2015.\6\ Two producers/exporters of shrimp in Thailand, Gallant Ocean (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (Gallant Ocean) and Southport Seafood Co., Ltd. (Southport), withdrew their requests for review on May 28, 2015, which is within the 90-day deadline.\7\ While no other party requested an administrative review of Southport, we received other requests for review of Gallant Ocean. Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), and consistent with our practice, we are rescinding this review only with respect to Southport. We are continuing the administrative review with respect to Gallant Ocean because we received properly-filed requests for a review of this company, and we did not receive timely withdrawal of review requests from all parties with respect to it. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \6\ See Initiation Notice. \7\ See letters from Gallant Ocean and Southport, ``AD Administrative Review of Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand: Certification of No Shipments and Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,'' dated May 28, 2015. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Determination of No Shipments Among the companies under review, four companies properly filed statements reporting that they made no shipments of subject merchandise to the United States during the POR.\8\ Based on the certifications submitted by two of these companies and our analysis of CBP information, we preliminarily determine that the following companies had no reviewable transactions during the POR: (1) Gallant Ocean; and (2) Lucky Union Foods Co., Ltd. The Department finds that it is not appropriate to preliminarily rescind the review with respect to these companies but, rather, to complete the review with respect to these companies and issue appropriate instructions to CBP based on the final results of this review.\9\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \8\ For a full explanation of the Department's analysis, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. \9\ See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From Thailand; Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Partial Rescission of Review, Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2012-2013, 79 FR 15951, 15952 (March 24, 2014), unchanged in 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 (August 28, 2014). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- With respect to the two remaining companies, Marine Gold Products Ltd (Marine Gold)\10\ and Thai Union Manufacturing Company Limited (Thai Union Manufacturing), we preliminarily find that there is insufficient evidence on the record of this review to conclude that these companies made no shipments of subject merchandise to the United States during the POR. Therefore, we are continuing to include both Marine Gold and Thai Union Manufacturing in this administrative review for purposes of the preliminary results. However, we requested additional information from CBP with respect to any potential entries made by these companies during the POR, and we will consider this information in making a final determination on this issue for purposes of the final results. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \10\ Shrimp produced and exported by Marine Gold was excluded from the AD Thailand order effective February 1, 2012. See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From Thailand: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Partial Rescission of Review, and Revocation of Order (in Part); 2011-2012, 78 FR at 42497, 42499 (July 16, 2013) (2011-2012 Thai Shrimp). Accordingly, we are conducting this administrative review with respect to Marine Gold only for shrimp produced in Thailand where Marine Gold acted as either the producer or the exporter (but not both). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Results of the Review As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine that weighted-average dumping margins exist for the respondents for the period February 1, 2014, through January 31, 2015, as follows: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dumping margin Producer/exporter (percent) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A Foods 1991 Co., Limited/May Ao Foods Co., Ltd...... 1.36 Thai Union Frozen Products Public Co., Ltd/Thai Union 0.00 Seafood Co., Ltd/Pakfood Public Company Limited/ Okeanos Food Co., Ltd/Okeanos Co. Ltd/Asia Pacific (Thailand) Co., Ltd.,/Chaophraya Cold Storage Co. Ltd/Takzin Samut Co. Ltd............................ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[Page 12698]] Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to the Following Non- Selected Companies:\11\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \11\ This rate is based on the rates for the respondents that were selected for individual review, excluding rates that are zero, de minimis or based entirely on facts available. See section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dumping margin Producer/exporter (percent) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A. Wattanachai Frozen Products Co., Ltd.............. 1.36 A.P. Frozen Foods Co., Ltd........................... 1.36 A.S. Intermarine Foods Co., Ltd...................... 1.36 ACU Transport Co., Ltd............................... 1.36 Ampai Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.......................... 1.36 Anglo-Siam Seafoods Co., Ltd......................... 1.36 Apex Maritime (Thailand) Co., Ltd.................... 1.36 Apitoon Enterprise Industry Co., Ltd................. 1.36 Applied DB........................................... 1.36 Asian Seafood Coldstorage (Sriracha)................. 1.36 Asian Seafoods Coldstorage Public Co., Ltd/Asian 1.36 Seafoods Coldstorage (Suratthani) Co./STC Foodpak Ltd................................................. Assoc. Commercial Systems............................ 1.36 B.S.A. Food Products Co., Ltd........................ 1.36 Bangkok Dehydrated Marine Product Co., Ltd........... 1.36 C Y Frozen Food Co., Ltd............................. 1.36 C.P. Mdse............................................ 1.36 C.P. Merchandising Co., Ltd.......................... 1.36 CP Retailing and Marketing Co., Ltd.................. 1.36 C.P. Intertrade Co. Ltd.............................. 1.36 Calsonic Kansei (Thailand) Co., Ltd.................. 1.36 Century Industries Co., Ltd.......................... 1.36 Chaivaree Marine Products Co., Ltd................... 1.36 Chaiwarut Company Limited............................ 1.36 Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Co., Ltd............... 1.36 Charoen Pokphand Petrochemical Co., Ltd.............. 1.36 Chonburi LC.......................................... 1.36 Chue Eie Mong Eak.................................... 1.36 Commonwealth Trading Co., Ltd........................ 1.36 Core Seafood Processing Co., Ltd..................... 1.36 CPF Food Products Co., Ltd........................... 1.36 Crystal Frozen Foods Co., Ltd and/or Crystal Seafood. 1.36 Daedong (Thailand) Co. Ltd........................... 1.36 Daiei Taigen (Thailand) Co., Ltd..................... 1.36 Daiho (Thailand) Co., Ltd............................ 1.36 Dynamic Intertransport Co., Ltd...................... 1.36 Earth Food Manufacturing Co., Ltd.................... 1.36 F.A.I.T. Corporation Limited......................... 1.36 Far East Cold Storage Co., Ltd....................... 1.36 Fimex VN............................................. 1.36 Findus (Thailand) Ltd................................ 1.36 Fortune Frozen Foods (Thailand) Co., Ltd............. 1.36 Frozen Marine Products Co., Ltd...................... 1.36 Gallant Ocean (Thailand) Co., Ltd.................... * Gallant Seafoods Corporation......................... 1.36 Global Maharaja Co., Ltd............................. 1.36 Golden Sea Frozen Foods Co., Ltd..................... 1.36 Golden Thai Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd..................... 1.36 Good Fortune Cold Storage Co. Ltd.................... 1.36 Good Luck Product Co., Ltd........................... 1.36 Grobest Frozen Foods Co., Ltd........................ 1.36 Gulf Coast Crab Intl................................. 1.36 H.A.M. International Co., Ltd........................ 1.36 Haitai Seafood Co., Ltd.............................. 1.36 Handy International (Thailand) Co., Ltd.............. 1.36 Heng Seafood Limited Partnership..................... 1.36 Heritrade............................................ 1.36 HIC (Thailand) Co., Ltd.............................. 1.36 High Way International Co., Ltd...................... 1.36 I.T. Foods Industries Co., Ltd....................... 1.36 Inter-Oceanic Resources Co., Ltd..................... 1.36 Inter-Pacific Marine Products Co., Ltd............... 1.36 I.S.A. Value Co., Ltd................................ 1.36 K & U Enterprise Co., Ltd............................ 1.36 K Fresh.............................................. 1.36 K. D. Trading Co., Ltd............................... 1.36 K.L. Cold Storage Co., Ltd........................... 1.36 [[Page 12699]] KF Foods Limited..................................... 1.36 Kiang Huat Sea Gull Trading Frozen Food Public Co., 1.36 Ltd................................................. Kibun Trdg........................................... 1.36 Kingfisher Holdings Ltd.............................. 1.36 Kitchens of the Oceans (Thailand) Company, Ltd....... 1.36 Klang Co., Ltd....................................... 1.36 Kongphop Frozen Foods Co., Ltd....................... 1.36 Lee Heng Seafood Co., Ltd............................ 1.36 Leo Transports....................................... 1.36 Li-Thai Frozen Foods Co., Ltd........................ 1.36 Lucky Union Foods Co., Ltd........................... * Magnate & Syndicate Co., Ltd......................... 1.36 Mahachai Food Processing Co., Ltd.................... 1.36 Mahachai Marine Foods Co., Ltd....................... 1.36 Marine Gold Products Ltd............................. 1.36 Merit Asia Foodstuff Co., Ltd........................ 1.36 Merkur Co., Ltd...................................... 1.36 Ming Chao Ind Thailand............................... 1.36 N&N Foods Co., Ltd................................... 1.36 N.R. Instant Produce Co., Ltd........................ 1.36 Namprik Maesri Ltd Part.............................. 1.36 Narong Seafood Co., Ltd.............................. 1.36 Nongmon SMJ Products................................. 1.36 Ongkorn Cold Storage Co., Ltd/Thai-Ger Marine Co., 1.36 Ltd................................................. Pacific Queen Co., Ltd............................... 1.36 Pakpanang Coldstorage Public Co., Ltd................ 1.36 Penta Impex Co., Ltd................................. 1.36 Pinwood Nineteen Ninety Nine......................... 1.36 Piti Seafood Co., Ltd................................ 1.36 Premier Frozen Products Co., Ltd..................... 1.36 Preserved Food Specialty Co., Ltd.................... 1.36 Queen Marine Food Co., Ltd........................... 1.36 Rayong Coldstorage (1987) Co., Ltd................... 1.36 S&D Marine Products Co., Ltd......................... 1.36 S&P Aquarium......................................... 1.36 S&P Syndicate Public Company Ltd..................... 1.36 S. Chaivaree Cold Storage Co., Ltd................... 1.36 S. Khonkaen Food Industry Public Co., Ltd and/or S. 1.36 Khonkaen Food Ind. Public........................... S.K. Foods (Thailand) Public Co. Limited............. 1.36 Samui Foods Company Limited.......................... 1.36 Saota Seafood Factory................................ 1.36 SB Inter Food Co., Ltd............................... 1.36 SCT Co., Ltd......................................... 1.36 Sea Bonanza Food Co., Ltd............................ 1.36 SEA NT'L CO., LTD.................................... 1.36 Seafoods Enterprise Co., Ltd......................... 1.36 Seafresh Fisheries/Seafresh Industry Public Co., Ltd. 1.36 Search and Serve..................................... 1.36 Sethachon Co., Ltd................................... 1.36 Shianlin Bangkok Co., Ltd............................ 1.36 Shing Fu Seaproducts Development Co.................. 1.36 Siam Food Supply Co., Ltd............................ 1.36 Siam Haitian Frozen Food Co., Ltd.................... 1.36 Siam Intersea Co., Ltd............................... 1.36 Siam Marine Products Co. Ltd......................... 1.36 Siam Ocean Frozen Foods Co. Ltd...................... 1.36 Siamchai International Food Co., Ltd................. 1.36 Smile Heart Foods Co. Ltd............................ 1.36 SMP Products, Co., Ltd............................... 1.36 Star Frozen Foods Co., Ltd........................... 1.36 Starfoods Industries Co., Ltd........................ 1.36 Suntechthai Intertrading Co., Ltd.................... 1.36 Surapon Foods Public Co., Ltd/Surat Seafoods Public 1.36 Co., Ltd............................................ Surapon Nichirei Foods Co., Ltd...................... 1.36 Suratthani Marine Products Co., Ltd.................. 1.36 Suree Interfoods Co., Ltd............................ 1.36 T.S.F. Seafood Co., Ltd.............................. 1.36 Tep Kinsho Foods Co., Ltd............................ 1.36 Teppitak Seafood Co., Ltd............................ 1.36 Tey Seng Cold Storage Co., Ltd....................... 1.36 Thai Agri Foods Public Co., Ltd...................... 1.36 Thai Hanjin Logistics Co., Ltd....................... 1.36 Thai Mahachai Seafood Products Co., Ltd.............. 1.36 [[Page 12700]] Thai Ocean Venture Co., Ltd.......................... 1.36 Thai Patana Frozen................................... 1.36 Thai Prawn Culture Center Co., Ltd................... 1.36 Thai Royal Frozen Food Co., Ltd...................... 1.36 Thai Spring Fish Co., Ltd............................ 1.36 Thai Union Manufacturing Company Limited............. 1.36 Thai World Imports and Exports Co., Ltd.............. 1.36 Thai Yoo Ltd, Part................................... 1.36 The Siam Union Frozen Foods Co., Ltd................. 1.36 The Union Frozen Products Co., Ltd/Bright Sea Co., 1.36 Ltd................................................. Trang Seafood Products Public Co., Ltd............... 1.36 Transamut Food Co., Ltd.............................. 1.36 Tung Lieng Tradg..................................... 1.36 United Cold Storage Co., Ltd......................... 1.36 UTXI Aquatic Products Processing Company............. 1.36 V. Thai Food Product Co., Ltd........................ 1.36 Wann Fisheries Co., Ltd.............................. 1.36 Xian-Ning Seafood Co., Ltd........................... 1.36 Yeenin Frozen Foods Co., Ltd......................... 1.36 YHS Singapore Pte.................................... 1.36 ZAFCO TRDG........................................... 1.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * No shipments or sales subject to this review. Disclosure and Public Comment The Department 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.\12\ Interested parties may submit cases briefs to the Department no later than 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.\13\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed no later than five days after the time limit for filing case briefs.\14\ 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.\15\ Case and rebuttal briefs should be filed using ACCESS.\16\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \12\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b). \13\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c) \14\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d). \15\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). \16\ See 19 CFR 351.303. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, filed electronically via ACCESS. An electronically-filed document must be received successfully in its entirety by ACCESS by 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.\17\ 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, parties will be notified of the time and date for the hearing to be held at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.\18\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \17\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c). \18\ Id. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Department intends to issue the final results of this administrative review, including the results of its analysis raised in any written briefs, not later than 120 days after the publication date of this notice, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. Assessment Rates Upon issuance of the final results, the Department shall determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review.\19\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \19\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), where Mayao and Thai Union reported the entered value for of their U.S. sales, we calculated importer-specific ad valorem duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total aount of antidumping duties calculated for the examined sales to the total entered value of the sales for which entered value was reported. Where Mayao and Thai Union have not reported entered value, we calculated the entered value in order to calculate the assessment rates. 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. For the companies which were not selected for individual review, we will assign an assessment rate based on the average \20\ of the cash deposit rates calculated for the companies selected for mandatory review (i.e., Mayao and Thai Union), excluding any which are de minimis or determined entirely on adverse facts available. 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.\21\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \20\ This rate will be calculated as discussed in footnote 11, above. \21\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- We intend to issue liquidation instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of the final results of this review. 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 participating in this review, the cash deposit will continue [[Page 12701]] to be the company-specific rate published for the most recently completed segment; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, or the original 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 5.34 percent, the all-others rate made effective by the Section 129 Determination.\22\ These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \22\ 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). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notification to Importers This notice also 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 relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties. We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act. Dated: March 4, 2016. Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Appendix List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 1. Summary 2. Background 3. Scope of the Order 4. Treatment of Voluntary Respondents 5. Rescission of Review, In Part 6. Preliminary Determination of No Shipments 7. Discussion of the Methodology a. Normal Value Comparisons b. Determination of Comparison Method c. Results of Differential Pricing Analysis d. Product Comparisons e. Export Price/Constructed Export Price f. Normal Value i. Home Market Viability ii. Affiliated-Party Transactions and Arm's-Length Test iii. Level of Trade iv. Cost of Production Analysis 1. Calculation of Cost of Production 2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices 3. Results of the COP Test v. Calculation of Normal Value Based on Comparison Market Prices 8. Currency Conversion 9. Recommendation [FR Doc. 2016-05454 Filed 3-9-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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appropriate entries without regard to Dated: March 4, 2016. (POR) is February 1, 2014, through
antidumping duties. Paul Piquado, January 31, 2015. We preliminarily
We intend to issue instructions to Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and determine that sales to the United States
CBP 15 days after publication of the Compliance. have been made below normal value
final results of this review. and, therefore, are subject to
Appendix I
antidumping duties. Additionally, we
Cash Deposit Requirements List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary preliminarily determine that certain
Decision Memorandum companies for which we initiated a
The following cash deposit review did not have any shipments
requirements will be effective for all I. Summary
II. Background during the POR. If these preliminary
shipments of the subject merchandise III. Scope of Order results are adopted in the final results
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, IV. Discussion of the Methodology of this review, we will instruct U.S.
for consumption on or after the 1. Determination of Comparison Method Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
publication date of the final results of 2. Results of the Differential Pricing assess antidumping duties on all
this administrative review, as provided Analysis appropriate entries. We invite interested
by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) V. Date of Sale parties to comment on these preliminary
VI. Product Comparisons
The cash deposit rate for Bhansali and results.
VII. Export Price
Ambica will be the rate established in VIII. Normal Value DATES: Effective March 10, 2016.
the final results of this review, except if A. Comparison Market Viability FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
the rate is de minimis within the B. Affiliated Party Transactions and Arm’s Dennis McClure or Alice Maldonado,
meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1) (i.e., Length Test AD/CVD Operations, Office II,
less than 0.50 percent), in which case C. Level of Trade (LOT)
Enforcement and Compliance,
D. Cost of Production Analysis
the cash deposit rate will be zero; (2) for International Trade Administration,
1. Calculation of Cost of Production (COP)
previously reviewed or investigated 2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
companies not participating in this 3. Results of the COP Test Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
review, the cash deposit rate will E. Calculation of Normal Value Based on Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)
continue to be the company-specific rate Comparison Market Prices 482–5973 and (202) 482–4682,
published for the most recent period; (3) IX. Currency Conversion respectively.
if the exporter is not a firm covered in X. Recommendation
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As
this review, a prior review, or the [FR Doc. 2016–05449 Filed 3–9–16; 8:45 am] explained in the memorandum from the
original investigation, but the BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P Acting Assistant Secretary for
manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate Enforcement & Compliance, the
will be the rate established for the most Department has exercised its discretion
recent period for the manufacturer of DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE to toll all administrative deadlines due
the merchandise; and (4) the cash International Trade Administration to the recent closure of the Federal
deposit rate for all other manufacturers Government. All deadlines in this
or exporters will continue to be 12.45 [A–549–822] segment of the proceeding have been
percent, the all-others rate established extended by four business days. The
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp revised deadline for the preliminary
in the less-than-fair-value
From Thailand; Preliminary Results of results of this review is now March 4,
investigation.11 These requirements,
Antidumping Duty Administrative 2016.4
when imposed, shall remain in effect Review, Rescission of Review, in Part,
until further notice. and Preliminary Determination of No Scope of the Order
Notification to Importers Shipments; 2014–2015 The merchandise subject to the order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, is certain frozen warmwater shrimp.5
This notice serves as a preliminary The product is currently classified
reminder to importers of their International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce. under the following Harmonized Tariff
responsibility under 19 CFR Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate (Department) is conducting an item numbers: 0306.17.00.03,
regarding the reimbursement of administrative review of the 0306.17.00.06, 0306.17.00.09,
antidumping duties prior to liquidation antidumping duty order on certain 0306.17.00.12, 0306.17.00.15,
of the relevant entries during this frozen warmwater shrimp (shrimp) from
review period. Failure to comply with Thailand. The review covers 163 Public Company Limited, Asia Pacific (Thailand)
this requirement could result in the Co., Ltd., Chaophraya Cold Storage Co. Ltd.,
producers/exporters of the subject Okeanos Co. Ltd., Okeanos Food Co. Ltd., and
Secretary’s presumption that merchandise.1 The Department selected Takzin Samut co. Ltd.
reimbursement of antidumping duties two mandatory respondents for 4 See Memorandum to the Record from Ron
occurred and the subsequent assessment individual examination, Mayao 2 and Lorentzen, Acting A/S for Enforcement &
Compliance, regarding ‘‘Tolling of Administrative
of double antidumping duties. Thai Union.3 The period of review Deadlines As a Result of the Government Closure
The Department is issuing and 1 See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From
During Snowstorm Jonas,’’ dated January 27, 2016.
5 For a complete description of the scope of the
mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
publishing these results in accordance India and Thailand: Notice of Initiation of Order, see ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, 80 FR Preliminary Results of the Administrative Review of
the Act. 16634 (Mar. 30, 2015) (Initiation Notice). the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Frozen
2 Mayao consists of the following companies: A
Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand, from Christian
Foods 1991 Co., Limited and May Ao Foods Co., Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
Ltd. and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul
11 See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at 3 Thai Union consists of the following affiliated Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Less Than Fair Value: Stainless Steel Bar from companies: Thai Union Frozen Product Co., Ltd., Compliance (Preliminary Decision Memorandum),
India, 59 FR 66915, 66921 (December 28, 1994). Thai Union Seafood Company Limited, Pakfood dated concurrently with this notice.
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to be the company-specific rate 1. Calculation of Cost of Production business and economic issues,
published for the most recently 2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices including promoting bilateral trade and
completed segment; (3) if the exporter is 3. Results of the COP Test investment and improving the business
v. Calculation of Normal Value Based on climate in each country. The Council
not a firm covered in this review, or the
Comparison Market Prices
original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 8. Currency Conversion
brings together the respective business
investigation, but the manufacturer is, 9. Recommendation communities of the United States and
the cash deposit rate will be the rate Turkey to discuss such issues of mutual
[FR Doc. 2016–05454 Filed 3–9–16; 8:45 am] interest and to communicate their joint
established for the most recent segment
for the manufacturer of the BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P recommendations to the U.S. and
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit Turkish Governments. The Council
rate for all other manufacturers or consists of the U.S. and Turkish co-
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE chairs and a Committee comprised of
exporters will continue to be 5.34
percent, the all-others rate made private sector members. The Committee
International Trade Administration
effective by the Section 129 is composed of two Sections of private
Determination.22 These deposit Request for Applicants for sector members, a U.S. Section and a
requirements, when imposed, shall Appointment to the United States Turkish Section, each consisting of
remain in effect until further notice. Section of the United States-Turkey approximately ten to twelve members,
Business Council representing the views and interests of
Notification to Importers their respective private sector business
This notice also serves as a AGENCY: International Trade communities. Each government will
preliminary reminder to importers of Administration, Department of appoint the members to its respective
their responsibility under 19 CFR Commerce. Section. The Committee will provide
351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding ACTION: Notice. joint recommendations to the two
the reimbursement of antidumping governments that reflect private sector
duties prior to liquidation of the SUMMARY: In December 2009, the views, needs, and concerns regarding
relevant entries during this review Governments of the United States and creation of an environment in which the
period. Failure to comply with this Turkey agreed to establish a U.S.-Turkey private sectors of both countries can
requirement could result in the Business Council. This notice partner, thrive, and enhance bilateral
Secretary’s presumption that announces membership opportunities commercial ties that could form the
reimbursement of antidumping duties for appointment as U.S. representatives basis for expanded trade and investment
occurred and the subsequent assessment to the U.S. Section of the Council for a between the United States and Turkey.
of double antidumping duties. term beginning January 2016 and ending The Department of Commerce is
We are issuing and publishing these December 2016. seeking applicants for membership on
results in accordance with sections DATES: Applications for immediate the U.S. Section of the Committee to fill
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act. consideration to fill current vacancies four current vacancies and any
Dated: March 4, 2016. should be received no later than March additional vacancies that may arise
24. Applications will continue to be during the current member appointment
Paul Piquado,
accepted until March 31 to fill any term. Each applicant must be a senior-
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and level executive of a U.S.-owned or
Compliance. additional vacancies that may arise.
ADDRESSES: Please send applications to controlled company that is incorporated
Appendix Aileen Wall, Junior International Trade in and has its main headquarters located
Specialist, Office of Europe, U.S. in the United States and that is
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum Department of Commerce, either by currently doing business in Turkey.
email at aileen.wall@trade.gov, or by Each applicant also must be a U.S.
1. Summary
mail to U.S. Department of Commerce, citizen, or otherwise legally authorized
2. Background to work in the United States, and be able
3. Scope of the Order 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Room
331918014, Washington, DC 20230. to travel to Turkey and locations in the
4. Treatment of Voluntary Respondents United States to attend official Council
5. Rescission of Review, In Part FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
meetings, as well as U.S. Section and
6. Preliminary Determination of No Aileen Wall, Junior International Trade
Shipments
Committee meetings. In addition, the
Specialist, Office of Europe, U.S. applicant may not be a registered
7. Discussion of the Methodology Department of Commerce, telephone:
a. Normal Value Comparisons foreign agent under the Foreign Agents
202–482–5229. Registration Act of 1938, as amended.
b. Determination of Comparison Method
c. Results of Differential Pricing Analysis SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Under Evaluation of applications for
d. Product Comparisons Secretary for International Trade of the membership in the U.S. Section by
e. Export Price/Constructed Export Price U.S. Department of Commerce and the eligible individuals will be based on the
f. Normal Value Ministry of Economy of Turkey co-chair following criteria:
i. Home Market Viability the U.S.-Turkey Business Council, —A demonstrated commitment by the
ii. Affiliated-Party Transactions and Arm’s- pursuant to the Terms of Reference
Length Test
applicant’s company to the Turkish
signed on May 25, 2010, by the U.S. and market either through exports or
iii. Level of Trade
iv. Cost of Production Analysis
Turkish Governments, which set forth investment.
mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
the objectives and structure of the —A demonstrated strong interest by the
22 See Implementation of the Findings of the WTO Council. The Terms of Reference may be applicant’s company in Turkey and
Panel in United States Antidumping Measure on viewed at: http://www.trade.gov/mac/ its economic development.
Shrimp from Thailand: Notice of Determination terms-of-reference-us-turkey-business- —The ability by the applicant to offer a
under Section 129 of the Uruguay Round council.asp. broad perspective on the business
Agreements Act and Partial Revocation of the
Antidumping Duty Order on Frozen Warmwater
The Council is intended to facilitate environment in Turkey, including
Shrimp from Thailand, 74 FR 5638 (January 30, the exchange of information and cross-cutting issues that affect the
2009) (Section 129 Determination). encourage bilateral discussions of entire business community.
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