82 FR 12540 - Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From Thailand; Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2015-2016
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 42 (March 6, 2017)
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 42 (Monday, March 6, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 12540-12544] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-04275] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A-549-822] Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From Thailand; Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2015-2016 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 160 producers/exporters of the subject merchandise. The Department selected two mandatory respondents for individual examination: A Foods 1991 Co., Limited and May Ao Foods Co., Ltd. (collectively, Mayao); and Thai Union/Pakfood, which consists of Thai Union Group Public Co., Ltd. (also known as Thai Union Frozen Products Public 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. The period of review (POR) is February 1, 2015, through January 31, 2016. 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. DATES: Effective March 6, 2017. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Medley or Alice Maldonado, 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) 482-4987 and (202) 482-4682, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Scope of the Order The merchandise subject to the order is certain frozen warmwater shrimp.\1\ 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, 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see Memorandum from James Maeder, Senior Director, Office I, for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, entitled ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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. 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, and 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://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and 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. Preliminary Determination of No Shipments Among the companies under review, five companies properly filed statements reporting that they made no shipments of subject merchandise to the United States during the POR.\2\ Based on the certifications submitted by four of these companies and our analysis of CBP information, we preliminarily determine that the following companies had no reviewable transactions during the POR: (1) Calsonic Kansei (Thailand) Co., Ltd.; (2) Lucky Union Foods Co., Ltd.; (3) Marine Gold Products Ltd. (Marine Gold); \3\ and (4) Thai Union Manufacturing Company Limited (Thai Union Manufacturing). 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.\4\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \2\ For a full explanation of the Department's analysis, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. \3\ 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 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). \4\ See, e.g., 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). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [[Page 12541]] One of the remaining companies, Grobest Frozen Foods Co., Ltd. (Grobest) failed to provide a complete certification relating to potential sales or entries of subject merchandise during the POR.\5\ Therefore, we preliminarily find that there is insufficient evidence on the record of this review to conclude that Grobest made no shipments of subject merchandise to the United States during the POR. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \5\ See the Department's letter to Grobest, dated March 29, 2016, to which Grobest did not respond. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 2015, through January 31, 2016, as follows: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \6\ On January 5, 2016, the Department 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 Duty Changed Circumstances Review: Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From Thailand, 81 FR 222 (January 5, 2016). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Weighted- average Exporter/producer dumping margin (percent) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A Foods 1991 Co., Limited/May Ao Foods Co., Ltd......... 1.23 Thai Union Frozen Products Public Co., Ltd.\6\/Thai 0.51 Union Group Public Co., Ltd./Thai Union 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.................................................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to the Following Non- Selected Companies: \7\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \7\ 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. \8\ Shrimp produced and exported by Marine Gold Products Ltd. (Marine Gold) were excluded from the antidumping duty order order effective February 1, 2012. See 2011-2012 Thai Shrimp, 78 FR at 42499. 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 manufacturer or exporter (but not both). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Estimated weighted- Exporter/producer average dumping margin (percent) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A. Wattanachai Frozen Products Co., Ltd................. 0.81 A.P. Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.............................. 0.81 A.S. Intermarine Foods Co., Ltd......................... 0.81 ACU Transport Co., Ltd.................................. 0.81 Ampai Frozen Foods Co., Ltd............................. 0.81 Anglo-Siam Seafoods Co., Ltd............................ 0.81 Apex Maritime (Thailand) Co., Ltd....................... 0.81 Apitoon Enterprise Industry Co., Ltd.................... 0.81 Applied DB.............................................. 0.81 Asian Seafood Coldstorage (Sriracha).................... 0.81 Asian Seafoods Coldstorage Public Co., Ltd./Asian 0.81 Seafoods Coldstorage (Suratthani) Co., Limited/STC Foodpak Ltd............................................ Assoc. Commercial Systems............................... 0.81 B.S.A. Food Products Co., Ltd........................... 0.81 Bangkok Dehydrated Marine Product Co., Ltd.............. 0.81 C Y Frozen Food Co., Ltd................................ 0.81 C.P. Mdse............................................... 0.81 C.P. Merchandising Co., Ltd./Charoen Pokphand Foods 0.81 Public Co., Ltd./Klang Co., Ltd./Seafoods Enterprise Co., Ltd./Thai Prawn Culture Center Co., Ltd........... CP Retailing and Marketing Co., Ltd..................... 0.81 C.P. Intertrade Co. Ltd................................. 0.81 Calsonic Kansei (Thailand) Co., Ltd..................... (*) Century Industries Co., Ltd............................. 0.81 Chaivaree Marine Products Co., Ltd...................... 0.81 Chaiwarut Company Limited............................... 0.81 Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Co., Ltd.................. 0.81 Charoen Pokphand Petrochemical Co., Ltd................. 0.81 Chonburi LC............................................. 0.81 Chue Eie Mong Eak....................................... 0.81 Commonwealth Trading Co., Ltd........................... 0.81 Core Seafood Processing Co., Ltd........................ 0.81 C.P.F. Food Products Co., Ltd........................... 0.81 Crystal Frozen Foods Co., Ltd........................... 0.81 Crystal Seafood......................................... 0.81 Daedong (Thailand) Co. Ltd.............................. 0.81 [[Page 12542]] Daiei Taigen (Thailand) Co., Ltd........................ 0.81 Daiho (Thailand) Co., Ltd............................... 0.81 Dynamic Intertransport Co., Ltd......................... 0.81 Earth Food Manufacturing Co., Ltd....................... 0.81 F.A.I.T. Corporation Limited............................ 0.81 Far East Cold Storage Co., Ltd.......................... 0.81 Fimex VN................................................ 0.81 Findus (Thailand) Ltd................................... 0.81 Fortune Frozen Foods (Thailand) Co., Ltd................ 0.81 Frozen Marine Products Co., Ltd......................... 0.81 Gallant Ocean (Thailand) Co., Ltd....................... 0.81 Gallant Seafoods Corporation............................ 0.81 Global Maharaja Co., Ltd................................ 0.81 Golden Sea Frozen Foods Co., Ltd........................ 0.81 Golden Thai Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd........................ 0.81 Good Fortune Cold Storage Co. Ltd....................... 0.81 Good Luck Product Co., Ltd.............................. 0.81 Grobest Frozen Foods Co., Ltd........................... 0.81 Gulf Coast Crab Intl.................................... 0.81 H.A.M. International Co., Ltd........................... 0.81 Haitai Seafood Co., Ltd................................. 0.81 Handy International (Thailand) Co., Ltd................. 0.81 Heng Seafood Limited Partnership........................ 0.81 Heritrade............................................... 0.81 HIC (Thailand) Co., Ltd................................. 0.81 High Way International Co., Ltd......................... 0.81 I.S.A. Value Co., Ltd................................... 0.81 I.T. Foods Industries Co., Ltd.......................... 0.81 Inter-Oceanic Resources Co., Ltd........................ 0.81 Inter-Pacific Marine Products Co., Ltd.................. 0.81 K & U Enterprise Co., Ltd............................... 0.81 K Fresh................................................. 0.81 K.D. Trading Co., Ltd................................... 0.81 K.L. Cold Storage Co., Ltd.............................. 0.81 KF Foods Ltd............................................ 0.81 Kiang Huat Sea Gull Trading Frozen Food Public Co., Ltd. 0.81 Kibun Trdg.............................................. 0.81 Kingfisher Holdings Ltd................................. 0.81 Kitchens of the Oceans (Thailand) Company, Ltd.......... 0.81 Kongphop Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.......................... 0.81 Lee Heng Seafood Co., Ltd............................... 0.81 Leo Transports.......................................... 0.81 Li-Thai Frozen Foods Co., Ltd........................... 0.81 Lucky Union Foods Co., Ltd.............................. (*) Magnate & Syndicate Co., Ltd............................ 0.81 Mahachai Food Processing Co., Ltd....................... 0.81 Mahachai Marine Foods Co., Ltd.......................... 0.81 Marine Gold Products Ltd.\8\............................ (*) Merit Asia Foodstuff Co., Ltd........................... 0.81 Merkur Co., Ltd......................................... 0.81 Ming Chao Ind Thailand.................................. 0.81 N&N Foods Co., Ltd...................................... 0.81 N.R. Instant Produce Co., Ltd........................... 0.81 Namprik Maesri Ltd. Part................................ 0.81 Narong Seafood Co., Ltd................................. 0.81 Nongmon SMJ Products.................................... 0.81 Ongkorn Cold Storage Co., Ltd./Thai-Ger Marine Co., Ltd. 0.81 Pacific Queen Co., Ltd.................................. 0.81 Pakpanang Coldstorage Public Co., Ltd................... 0.81 Penta Impex Co., Ltd.................................... 0.81 Pinwood Nineteen Ninety Nine............................ 0.81 Piti Seafood Co., Ltd................................... 0.81 Premier Frozen Products Co., Ltd........................ 0.81 Preserved Food Specialty Co., Ltd....................... 0.81 Queen Marine Food Co., Ltd.............................. 0.81 Rayong Coldstorage (1987) Co., Ltd...................... 0.81 S&D Marine Products Co., Ltd............................ 0.81 S&P Aquarium............................................ 0.81 S&P Syndicate Public Company Ltd........................ 0.81 S. Chaivaree Cold Storage Co., Ltd...................... 0.81 [[Page 12543]] S. Khonkaen Food Industry Public Co., Ltd. and/or S. 0.81 Khonkaen Food Ind. Public.............................. S.K. Foods (Thailand) Public Co. Limited................ 0.81 Samui Foods Company Limited............................. 0.81 SB Inter Food Co., Ltd.................................. 0.81 SCT Co., Ltd............................................ 0.81 Sea Bonanza Food Co., Ltd............................... 0.81 SEA NT'L CO., LTD....................................... 0.81 Seafresh Fisheries/Seafresh Industry Public Co., Ltd.... 0.81 Search and Serve........................................ 0.81 Sethachon Co., Ltd...................................... 0.81 Shianlin Bangkok Co., Ltd............................... 0.81 Shing Fu Seaproducts Development Co..................... 0.81 Siam Food Supply Co., Ltd............................... 0.81 Siam Haitian Frozen Food Co., Ltd....................... 0.81 Siam Intersea Co., Ltd.................................. 0.81 Siam Marine Products Co. Ltd............................ 0.81 Siam Ocean Frozen Foods Co. Ltd......................... 0.81 Siam Union Frozen Foods................................. 0.81 Siamchai International Food Co., Ltd.................... 0.81 Smile Heart Foods Co. Ltd............................... 0.81 SMP Products, Co., Ltd.................................. 0.81 Southport Seafood Co., Ltd.............................. 0.81 Star Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.............................. 0.81 Starfoods Industries Co., Ltd........................... 0.81 Suntechthai Intertrading Co., Ltd....................... 0.81 Surapon Foodsblic Co., Ltd./Surat Seafoods Public Co., 0.81 Ltd.................................................... Surapon Nichirei Foods Co., Ltd......................... 0.81 Suratthani Marine Products Co., Ltd..................... 0.81 Suree Interfoods Co., Ltd............................... 0.81 T.S.F. Seafood Co., Ltd................................. 0.81 Tep Kinsho Foods Co., Ltd............................... 0.81 Teppitak Seafood Co., Ltd............................... 0.81 Tey Seng Cold Storage Co., Ltd.......................... 0.81 Thai Agri Foods Public Co., Ltd......................... 0.81 Thai Hanjin Logistics Co., Ltd.......................... 0.81 Thai Mahachai Seafood Products Co., Ltd................. 0.81 Thai Ocean Venture Co., Ltd............................. 0.81 Thai Patana Frozen...................................... 0.81 Thai Royal Frozen Food Co., Ltd......................... 0.81 Thai Spring Fish Co., Ltd............................... 0.81 Thai Union Manufacturing Company Limited................ (*) Thai World Imports and Exports Co., Ltd................. 0.81 Thai Yoo Ltd., Part..................................... 0.81 The Siam Union Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.................... 0.81 The Union Frozen Products Co., Ltd./Bright Sea Co., Ltd. 0.81 Trang Seafood Products Public Co., Ltd.................. 0.81 Transamut Food Co., Ltd................................. 0.81 Tung Lieng Tradg........................................ 0.81 United Cold Storage Co., Ltd............................ 0.81 UTXI Aquatic Products Processing Company................ 0.81 V. Thai Food Product Co., Ltd........................... 0.81 Wann Fisheries Co., Ltd................................. 0.81 Xian-Ning Seafood Co., Ltd.............................. 0.81 Yeenin Frozen Foods Co., Ltd............................ 0.81 ZAFCO TRDG.............................................. 0.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * 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.\9\ Interested parties may submit cases briefs to the Department no later than 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.\10\ 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.\11\ 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 [[Page 12544]] authorities.\12\ Case and rebuttal briefs should be filed using ACCESS.\13\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \9\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b). \10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c). \11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d). \12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). \13\ 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 Time 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, parties will be notified of the time and date for the hearing to be held at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.\15\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \14\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c). \15\ 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 completion of the administrative review, the Department shall determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), where Mayao and Thai Union/ Pakfood 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 amount 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/Pakfood 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 \16\ 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.\17\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \16\ This rate will be calculated as discussed in footnote 5, above. \17\ 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 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 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.\18\ These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \18\ 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: February 28, 2017. Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting 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. Preliminary Determination of No Shipments 5. Discussion of the Methodology a. Normal Value Comparisons i. Determination of Comparison Method ii. Results of Differential Pricing Analysis b. Product Comparisons c. Export Price/Constructed Export Price d. 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 vi. Calculation of Normal Value Based on Constructed Value 6. Currency Conversion 7. Recommendation [FR Doc. 2017-04275 Filed 3-3-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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Dated: February 27, 2017. Storage Co. Ltd., Okeanos Co. Ltd., For a full description of the
Ronald K. Lorentzen, Okeanos Food Co. Ltd., and Takzin methodology underlying our
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement Samut Co. Ltd. The period of review conclusions, see the Preliminary
and Compliance. (POR) is February 1, 2015, through Decision Memorandum. The
January 31, 2016. We preliminarily Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a
Appendix
determine that sales to the United States public document and is on file
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary have been made below normal value electronically via Enforcement and
Decision Memorandum and, therefore, are subject to Compliance’s Antidumping and
I. Summary antidumping duties. Additionally, we Countervailing Duty Centralized
II. Background preliminarily determine that certain Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
III. Scope of the Order companies for which we initiated a ACCESS is available to registered users
IV. Discussion of the Methodology review did not have any shipments at https://access.trade.gov, and to all
A. Comparisons to Normal Value during the POR. If these preliminary parties in the Central Records Unit,
B. Determination of Comparison Method
C. Results of the Differential Pricing
results are adopted in the final results Room B8024 of the main Department of
Analysis of this review, we will instruct U.S. Commerce building. In addition, a
V. Product Comparisons Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to complete version of the Preliminary
VI. Constructed Export Price assess antidumping duties on all Decision Memorandum can be accessed
VII. Normal Value appropriate entries. We invite interested directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/
A. Home Market Viability and Selection of parties to comment on these preliminary frn/. The signed and electronic versions
Comparison Market results. of the Preliminary Decision
B. Affiliated Party Transactions and Arm’s- DATES: Effective March 6, 2017. Memorandum are identical in content.
Length Test A list of the topics discussed in the
C. Level of Trade FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Andrew Medley or Alice Maldonado, Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
D. Cost of Production (COP) Analysis
1. Calculation of Cost of Production AD/CVD Operations, Office II, attached as the Appendix to this notice.
2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices Enforcement and Compliance, Preliminary Determination of No
3. Results of the COP Test International Trade Administration, Shipments
E. Calculation of Normal Value Based on U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Comparison Market Prices Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, Among the companies under review,
F. Calculation of Normal Value Based on DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4987 five companies properly filed
Constructed Value and (202) 482–4682, respectively. statements reporting that they made no
VIII. Currency Conversion shipments of subject merchandise to the
IX. Recommendation SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
United States during the POR.2 Based
[FR Doc. 2017–04272 Filed 3–3–17; 8:45 am] Scope of the Order on the certifications submitted by four
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P The merchandise subject to the order of these companies and our analysis of
is certain frozen warmwater shrimp.1 CBP information, we preliminarily
The product is currently classified determine that the following companies
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE under the following Harmonized Tariff had no reviewable transactions during
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) the POR: (1) Calsonic Kansei (Thailand)
International Trade Administration Co., Ltd.; (2) Lucky Union Foods Co.,
item numbers: 0306.17.00.03,
[A–549–822] 0306.17.00.06, 0306.17.00.09, Ltd.; (3) Marine Gold Products Ltd.
0306.17.00.12, 0306.17.00.15, (Marine Gold); 3 and (4) Thai Union
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp 0306.17.00.18, 0306.17.00.21, Manufacturing Company Limited (Thai
From Thailand; Preliminary Results of 0306.17.00.24, 0306.17.00.27, Union Manufacturing). The Department
Antidumping Duty Administrative 0306.17.00.40, 1605.21.10.30, and finds that it is not appropriate to
Review and Preliminary Determination 1605.29.10.10. Although the HTSUS preliminarily rescind the review with
of No Shipments; 2015–2016 numbers are provided for convenience respect to these companies but, rather,
and for customs purposes, the written to complete the review with respect to
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, these companies and issue appropriate
International Trade Administration, product description remains dispositive.
instructions to CBP based on the final
Department of Commerce. Methodology results of this review.4
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce The Department is conducting this
(Department) is conducting an review in accordance with section 2 For a full explanation of the Department’s
administrative review of the 751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
analysis, see the Preliminary Decision
antidumping duty order on certain Memorandum.
amended (the Act). Export price and 3 Shrimp produced and exported by Marine Gold
frozen warmwater shrimp (shrimp) from constructed export price are calculated was excluded from the AD Thailand order effective
Thailand. The review covers 160 in accordance with section 772 of the February 1, 2012. See Certain Frozen Warmwater
producers/exporters of the subject Act. Normal value is calculated in Shrimp From Thailand: Final Results of
merchandise. The Department selected Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Partial
accordance with section 773 of the Act. Rescission of Review, and Revocation of Order (in
two mandatory respondents for Part); 2011–2012, 78 FR 42497, 42499 (July 16,
individual examination: A Foods 1991 1 For a complete description of the scope of the 2013) (2011–2012 Thai Shrimp). Accordingly, we
Co., Limited and May Ao Foods Co., are conducting this administrative review with
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
Order, see Memorandum from James Maeder,
Ltd. (collectively, Mayao); and Thai Senior Director, Office I, for Antidumping and respect to Marine Gold only for shrimp produced
Countervailing Duty Operations, to Ronald K. in Thailand where Marine Gold acted as either the
Union/Pakfood, which consists of Thai Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for producer or the exporter (but not both).
Union Group Public Co., Ltd. (also Enforcement and Compliance, entitled ‘‘Decision 4 See, e.g., Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp
known as Thai Union Frozen Products Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the From Thailand; Preliminary Results of
Public Co., Ltd.), Thai Union Seafood Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Partial
Order on Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Rescission of Review, Preliminary Determination of
Company Limited, Pakfood Public Thailand,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby No Shipments; 2012–2013, 79 FR 15951, 15952
Company Limited, Asia Pacific adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision (March 24, 2014), unchanged in Certain Frozen
(Thailand) Co., Ltd., Chaophraya Cold Memorandum). Warmwater Shrimp From Thailand: Final Results of
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authorities.12 Case and rebuttal briefs calculated for the companies selected duties prior to liquidation of the
should be filed using ACCESS.13 for mandatory review (i.e., Mayao and relevant entries during this review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), Thai Union), excluding any which are period. Failure to comply with this
interested parties who wish to request a de minimis or determined entirely on requirement could result in the
hearing must submit a written request to adverse facts available. The final results Secretary’s presumption that
the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement of this review shall be the basis for the reimbursement of antidumping duties
and Compliance, filed electronically via assessment of antidumping duties on occurred and the subsequent assessment
ACCESS. An electronically-filed entries of merchandise covered by the of double antidumping duties.
document must be received successfully final results of this review and for future We are issuing and publishing these
in its entirety by ACCESS by 5 p.m. deposits of estimated duties, where results in accordance with sections
Eastern Time within 30 days after the applicable.17 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
date of publication of this notice.14 We intend to issue liquidation Dated: February 28, 2017.
Hearing requests should contain: (1) The instructions to CBP 15 days after Ronald K. Lorentzen,
party’s name, address, and telephone publication of the final results of this Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
number; (2) the number of participants; review. and Compliance.
and (3) a list of issues to be discussed.
Issues raised in the hearing will be Cash Deposit Requirements Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in
limited to issues raised in the briefs. If The following deposit requirements the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
a request for a hearing is made, parties will be effective for all shipments of the 1. Summary
will be notified of the time and date for subject merchandise entered, or 2. Background
the hearing to be held at the U.S. withdrawn from warehouse, for 3. Scope of the Order
Department of Commerce, 1401 consumption on or after the publication 4. Preliminary Determination of No
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, date of the final results of this Shipments
DC 20230.15 administrative review, as provided by 5. Discussion of the Methodology
The Department intends to issue the section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The a. Normal Value Comparisons
final results of this administrative i. Determination of Comparison Method
cash deposit rate for each specific ii. Results of Differential Pricing Analysis
review, including the results of its company listed above will be that b. Product Comparisons
analysis raised in any written briefs, not established in the final results of this c. Export Price/Constructed Export Price
later than 120 days after the publication review, except if the rate is less than d. Normal Value
date of this notice, pursuant to section 0.50 percent and, therefore, de minimis i. Home Market Viability
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. within the meaning of 19 CFR ii. Affiliated-Party Transactions and Arm’s-
Assessment Rates 351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash Length Test
deposit rate will be zero; (2) for iii. Level of Trade
Upon completion of the iv. Cost of Production Analysis
previously reviewed or investigated
administrative review, the Department 1. Calculation of Cost of Production
shall determine, and CBP shall assess, companies not participating in this 2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices
antidumping duties on all appropriate review, the cash deposit will continue 3. Results of the COP Test
entries covered by this review. to be the company-specific rate v. Calculation of Normal Value Based on
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), published for the most recently Comparison Market Prices
where Mayao and Thai Union/Pakfood completed segment; (3) if the exporter is vi. Calculation of Normal Value Based on
not a firm covered in this review, or the Constructed Value
reported the entered value for of their
original less-than-fair-value 6. Currency Conversion
U.S. sales, we calculated importer- 7. Recommendation
specific ad valorem duty assessment investigation, but the manufacturer is,
rates based on the ratio of the total the cash deposit rate will be the rate [FR Doc. 2017–04275 Filed 3–3–17; 8:45 am]
amount of antidumping duties established for the most recent segment BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
calculated for the examined sales to the for the manufacturer of the
total entered value of the sales for which merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit
entered value was reported. Where rate for all other manufacturers or DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Mayao and Thai Union/Pakfood have exporters will continue to be 5.34
percent, the all-others rate made International Trade Administration
not reported entered value, we
calculated the entered value in order to effective by the Section 129 [A–533–840]
calculate the assessment rates. Where Determination.18 These deposit
either the respondent’s weighted- requirements, when imposed, shall Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp
average dumping margin is zero or de remain in effect until further notice. From India: Preliminary Results of
minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR Antidumping Duty Administrative
Notification to Importers Review; 2015–2016
351.106(c), or an importer-specific rate
is zero or de minimis, we will instruct This notice also serves as a
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance,
CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries preliminary reminder to importers of
International Trade Administration,
without regard to antidumping duties. their responsibility under 19 CFR
Department of Commerce.
For the companies which were not 351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
selected for individual review, we will the reimbursement of antidumping (Department) is conducting an
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
assign an assessment rate based on the administrative review of the
17 Seesection 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
average 16 of the cash deposit rates antidumping duty order on certain
18 SeeImplementation of the Findings of the WTO
Panel in United States Antidumping Measure on frozen warmwater shrimp (shrimp) from
12 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
13 See
Shrimp From Thailand: Notice of Determination India. The review covers 231 producers
19 CFR 351.303. Under Section 129 of the Uruguay Round
14 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
and/or exporters of the subject
Agreements Act and Partial Revocation of the
15 Id.
Antidumping Duty Order on Frozen Warmwater
merchandise. The Department selected
16 This rate will be calculated as discussed in Shrimp From Thailand, 74 FR 5638 (January 30, two mandatory respondents for
footnote 5, above. 2009) (Section 129 Determination). individual examination: Falcon Marine
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| Dates | Effective March 6, 2017. | |
| Contact | Andrew Medley or Alice Maldonado, 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) 482-4987 and (202) 482-4682, respectively. | |
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