[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16384-16385]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-6881]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-552-802]


Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam: Initiation of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

DATES: Effective Date: March 23, 2011.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') has determined 
that a request for a new shipper review (``NSR'') of the antidumping 
duty order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp (``shrimp'') from the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam (``Vietnam''), received on February 28, 
2011, meets the statutory and regulatory requirements for initiation. 
The period of review (``POR'') for this NSR is February 1, 2010-January 
31, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Walker, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
9, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202-482-0413.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The notice announcing the antidumping duty order on shrimp from 
Vietnam was published in the Federal Register on February 1, 2005.\1\ 
On February 28, 2011, pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended (the ``Act''), and section 351.214(c) of the 
Department's regulations, the Department received a NSR request from 
Thong Thuan Seafood Co., Ltd. (``Thong Thuan''). Thong Thuan certified 
that it is a producer and exporter of the subject merchandise upon 
which the request was based.
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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 the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 70 FR 5152 (February 
1, 2005) (``Order'').
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    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(I) of the Act and section 
351.214(b)(2)(i) of the Department's regulations, Thong Thuan certified 
that it did not export subject merchandise to the United States during 
the period of investigation (``POI''). In addition, pursuant to section 
751(a)(2)(B)(i)(II) of the Act and section 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A) of the 
Department's regulations, Thong Thuan certified that, since the 
initiation of the investigation, it has never been affiliated with any 
Vietnamese exporter or producer who

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exported subject merchandise to the United States during the POI, 
including those respondents not individually examined during the 
investigation. As required by section 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B) of the 
Department's regulations, Thong Thuan also certified that its export 
activities were not controlled by the central government of Vietnam.
    In addition to the certifications described above, pursuant to 
section 351.214(b)(2)(iv) of the Department's regulations, Thong Thuan 
submitted documentation establishing the following: (1) The date on 
which Thong Thuan first shipped subject merchandise for export to the 
United States and; (2) the volume of its first shipment; and (3) the 
date of its first sale to an unaffiliated customer in the United 
States.\2\
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    \2\ See also ``Memorandum to the File, from Paul Walker, Acting 
Program Manager, ``Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Placing CBP data on the record,'' 
dated concurrently with this notice.
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Initiation of New Shipper Review

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and section 
351.214(d)(1) of the Department's regulations, we find that the request 
submitted by Thong Thuan meets the threshold requirements for 
initiation of a NSR for shipments of shrimp from Vietnam produced and 
exported by Thong Thuan.\3\ The POR is February 1, 2010--January 31, 
2011.\4\ The Department intends to issue the preliminary results of 
this NSR no later than 180 days from the date of initiation, and the 
final results no later than 270 days from the date of initiation.\5\
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    \3\ See ``Memorandum to the File, from Paul Walker, Acting 
Program Manager, ``Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam: New Shipper Initiation Checklist,'' 
dated concurrently with this notice.
    \4\ See section 351.214(g)(1)(i)(B) of the Department's 
regulations.
    \5\ See section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act.
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    It is the Department's usual practice, in cases involving non-
market economies, to require that a company seeking to establish 
eligibility for an antidumping duty rate separate from the NME entity-
wide rate provide evidence of de jure and de facto absence of 
government control over the company's export activities. Accordingly, 
we will issue questionnaires to Thong Thuan, which will include a 
section requesting information with regard to Thong Thuan's export 
activities for separate rate purposes. The NSR will proceed if the 
response provides sufficient indication that Thong Thuan is not subject 
to either de jure or de facto government control with respect to its 
export of subject merchandise.
    We will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to allow, at 
the option of the importer, the posting, until the completion of the 
review, of a bond or security in lieu of a cash deposit for each entry 
of the subject merchandise from Thong Thuan in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Act and section 351.214(e) of the Department's 
regulations. Because Thong Thuan certified that it both produced and 
exported the subject merchandise, the sale of which is the basis for 
this new shipper review request, we will apply the bonding privilege to 
Thong Thuan only for subject merchandise which Thong Thuan both 
produced and exported.
    Interested parties requiring access to proprietary information in 
this NSR should submit applications for disclosure under administrative 
protective order in accordance with sections 351.305 and 351.306 of the 
Department's regulations.
    This initiation and notice are in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and sections 351.214 and 351.221(c)(1)(i) of 
the Department's regulations.

    Dated: March 14, 2011.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-6881 Filed 3-22-11; 8:45 am]
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