66244 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 246 / Wednesday, December 26, 2018 / Notices 

1See Notice of Amended Final Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping 

Duty Order: Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp 

from India, 70 FR 5147 (February 1, 2005) (Order). 

2See SSIPL’s Letter re: Frozen Warmwater 

Shrimp from India: Request to Initiate a Successorin-Interest Changed Circumstances Review, dated 

October 31, 2018 (SSIPL CCR Request). 

3 Id. at 4–5. 

4For a complete description of the Scope of the 

Order, see 12th AR, and accompanying Issues and 

Decision Memorandum at ‘‘Scope of the Order.’’ 

5See 19 CFR 351.216(d). 

6See, e.g., Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp 

from India: Initiation and Preliminary Results of 

Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 

81 FR 75376 (October 31, 2016) (Shrimp from India 

Preliminary Results), unchanged in Certain Frozen 

Warmwater Shrimp from India: Notice of Final 

Results of Antidumping Duty Changed 

Circumstances Review, 81 FR 90774 (December 15, 

2016) (Shrimp from India Final Results). 

7See, e.g., Shrimp from India Preliminary Results, 

81 FR at 75377, unchanged in Shrimp from India 

Final Results, 81 FR at 90774. 

8 Id.; see also Notice of Final Results of Changed 

Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review: Polychloroprene Rubber from Japan, 67 FR 

58, 59 (January 2, 2002); Ball Bearings and Parts 

Thereof from France: Final Results of ChangedCircumstances Review, 75 FR 34688, 34689 (June 

18, 2010); and Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel 

Pipe from the Republic of Korea; Preliminary 

Results of Antidumping Duty Changed 

Circumstances Review, 63 FR 14679 (March 26, 

1998), unchanged in Circular Welded Non-Alloy 

Steel Pipe from Korea; Final Results of 

Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 

63 FR 20572 (April 27, 1998), in which Commerce 

found that a company which only changed its name 

and did not change its operations is a successor-ininterest to the company before it changed its name. 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–533–840] 

Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp 

From India: Initiation of Antidumping 

Duty Changed Circumstances Review 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) is initiating a changed 

circumstances review to determine if 

Sunrise Seafoods India Private Limited 

(SSIPL) is the successor-in-interest to 

Sunrise Aqua Food Exports (SAFE) in 

the context of the antidumping duty 

order on certain frozen warmwater 

shrimp (shrimp) from India. 

DATES: Applicable December 26, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brittany Bauer, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: 202–482–3860. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On February 1, 2005, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register an 

antidumping duty order on shrimp from 

India.1 On October 31, 2018, SSIPL 

requested that, pursuant to section 

751(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 

351.216(b), Commerce conduct an 

expedited changed circumstances 

review of the Order to confirm that 

SSIPL is the successor-in-interest to 

SAFE and, accordingly, to assign it the 

cash deposit rate of SAFE.2 In its 

submission, SSIPL explained that SAFE 

undertook a business reorganization and 

transferred its shrimp business to 

SSIPL.3

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise subject to the order 

is certain frozen warmwater shrimp.4

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 customs purposes, the written 

product description remains dispositive. 

Initiation of Changed Circumstances 

Review 

Pursuant to section 751(b)(1) of the 

Act, Commerce will conduct a changed 

circumstances review upon receipt of 

information concerning, or a request 

from, an interested party for a review of 

an antidumping duty order which 

shows changed circumstances sufficient 

to warrant a review of the order. As 

indicated in the ‘‘Background’’ section, 

we received information indicating that 

SAFE transferred its shrimp business to 

SSIPL. This constitutes changed 

circumstances warranting a review of 

the order.5 Therefore, in accordance 

with section 751(b)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.216(d) and (e), we are initiating 

a changed circumstances review based 

upon the information contained in 

SSIPL’s submission. 

In making a successor-in-interest 

determination, Commerce examines 

several factors, including, but not 

limited to, changes in the following: (1) 

Management; (2) production facilities; 

(3) supplier relationships; and (4) 

customer base.6 While no single factor 

or combination of factors will 

necessarily provide a dispositive 

indication of a successor-in-interest 

relationship, generally, Commerce will 

consider the new company to be the 

successor to the previous company if 

the new company’s resulting operation 

is not materially dissimilar to that of its 

predecessor.7 Thus, if the record 

evidence demonstrates that, with 

respect to the production and sale of the 

subject merchandise, the new company 

operates as the same business entity as 

the predecessor company, Commerce 

may assign the new company the cash 

deposit rate of its predecessor.8

Based on the information provided in 

its changed circumstances review 

request, SSIPL has provided sufficient 

evidence to warrant a review to 

determine if SSIPL is the successor-ininterest to SAFE for purposes of the 

antidumping duty order on shrimp from 

India. Commerce intends to publish in 

the Federal Register a notice of 

preliminary results of the antidumping 

duty changed circumstances review, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4) 

and 351.221(c)(3)(i), which will set forth 

Commerce’s preliminary factual and 

legal conclusions. Commerce will issue 

its final results of the review in 

accordance with the time limits set forth 

in 19 CFR 351.216(e). 

We are issuing this notice in 

accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 

777(i)(1) of the Act and 351.216 and 

351.221(b)(l). 

Dated: December 17, 2018. 

Gary Taverman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations, 

performing the non-exclusive duties and 

functions of the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Advance Notification of Sunset 

Review; Correction 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) is correcting an advance 

notification of sunset review. 

DATES: Applicable (December 3, 2018). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brenda E. Brown, Office of AD/CVD 

Operations, Customs and Liaison Unit, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4735. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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