[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 29, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 85580-85585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-28753]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-840]


Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From India: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final Determination of No 
Shipments; 2018-2019

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
producers and/or exporters of certain frozen warmwater shrimp (shrimp) 
from India made sales at less than normal value during the period of 
review (POR), February 1, 2018 through January 31, 2019.

DATES: Applicable December 29, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brittany Bauer or Benjamin Luberda, 
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 or (202) 
482-2185, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    This administrative review covers 183 producers and/or exporters of 
the subject merchandise. Commerce selected two mandatory respondents 
for individual examination: Razban Seafoods Ltd. (Razban) and ZA Sea 
Foods Pvt. Ltd. (ZA Sea Foods). The producers/exporters not selected 
for individual examination are listed in the ``Final Results of the 
Review'' section of this notice.
    On March 6, 2020, Commerce published the Preliminary Results.\1\ On 
April 10, 2020, we received a case brief from ZA Sea Foods and seven 
other Indian shrimp producers. On April 17, 2020, we received rebuttal 
briefs from the petitioner and the American Shrimp Processors 
Association.\2\
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    \1\ See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from India: Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2019, 85 FR 
13131 (March 6, 2020) (Preliminary Results).
    \2\ The petitioner is the Ad Hoc Shrimp Trade Action Committee.
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    On April 24, 2020, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative 
reviews by 50 days.\3\ On July 21, 2020, Commerce tolled all deadlines 
in administrative reviews by an additional 60 days.\4\ On October 7, 
2020, Commerce extended the final results of this review by 60 days.\5\ 
The deadline for the final results of this review is now December 21, 
2020.
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    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews in Response to 
Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19,'' dated April 24, 2020.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews,'' dated July 21, 2020.
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from 
India; 2018-2019 Administrative Review: Extension of Deadline for 
Final Results,'' dated October 7, 2020.
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    Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with 
section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order is certain frozen warmwater 
shrimp.\6\ 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.
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    \6\ For a complete description of the Scope of the Order, see 
Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results 
of the 2018-2019 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain 
Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from India,'' dated concurrently with, and 
hereby adopted by, this notice (IDM).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs are listed in 
Appendix I to this notice and addressed in the IDM. Parties can find a 
complete discussion of these issues and the corresponding 
recommendations in this public memorandum, which is on file 
electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). 
ACCESS is available to registered users

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at http://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the IDM 
can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed Issues and Decision Memorandum and the 
electronic version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical 
in content.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on a review of the record and comments received from 
interested parties regarding our Preliminary Results, we made certain 
changes to the preliminary weighted-average margin calculations for ZA 
Sea Foods and for those companies not selected for individual 
review.\7\
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    \7\ See accompanying IDM.
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Final Results of the Review

    We are assigning the following dumping margins to the firms listed 
below for the POR, February 1, 2018 through January 31, 2019:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                     Producers/exporters                        dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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ZA Sea Foods Pvt. Ltd.......................................        3.06
Companies Receiving a Review-Specific Average Rate \8\......        3.06
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    We intend to disclose the calculations performed within five days 
of the date of publication of this notice to parties in this 
proceeding, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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    \8\ See Appendix II.
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Final Determination of No Shipments

    In the Preliminary Results, Commerce determined that Razban made no 
shipments of the subject merchandise during the POR. As we have not 
received any information to contradict our preliminary finding, we 
continue to find that Razban did not have any shipments of subject 
merchandise during the POR and intend to issue appropriate instructions 
to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) based on the final results 
of this review.

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), Commerce has determined, and CBP shall assess, 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in 
accordance with the final results of this review.
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), because ZA Sea Foods reported the 
entered value for all its 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 
the respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis 
within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), or an importer-specific 
rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the 
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
    Further, because we continue to find in these final results that 
Razban had no shipments of subject merchandise during the POR, we will 
instruct CBP to liquidate any suspended entries that entered under its 
antidumping duty case number (i.e., at the exporter's rate) at the all-
others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) 
involved in the transaction.
    For the companies that were not selected for individual 
examination, we used, as the assessment rate, the cash deposit rate 
assigned to ZA Sea Foods, in accordance with our practice.\9\
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    \9\ See, e.g., Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from India: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2017, 83 FR 
32835 (July 16, 2018).
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    Commerce's ``reseller policy'' will apply to entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR produced by companies included in these 
final results of review for which the reviewed companies did not know 
that the merchandise they sold to the intermediary (e.g., a reseller, 
trading company, or exporter) was destined for the United States. In 
such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at 
the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate 
company(ies) involved in the transaction.\10\
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    \10\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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    Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days 
after the date of publication of these final results of review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of 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 rates for the reviewed companies will be 
the rates shown above, except if the rate is less than 0.50 percent (de 
minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1)), the cash deposit 
will be zero; (2) for previously reviewed or investigated companies not 
listed above, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-
specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter 
is not a firm covered in this review, a previous review, or the 
original investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate 
will be the rate established for the most recent period for the 
manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all-
other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 10.17 percent, the 
all-others rate established in the investigation.\11\ These deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.
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    \11\ See 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, 5148 (February 1, 2005).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under the APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which 
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of 
the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return or 
destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order 
is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms 
of an APO is a sanctionable violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: December 21, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I

List of Topics Discussed in the IDM

I. Summary

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II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Differential Pricing Time Periods
    Comment 2: Use of Third-Country Sales as a Comparison Market
    Comment 3: Methodology for Constructed Value Profit and Selling 
Expenses
    Comment 4: Names in Customs Instructions
V. Recommendation

Appendix II

    Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to the Following Companies: 
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                                                                average
                     Producers/exporters                        dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Abad Fisheries..............................................        3.06
Albys Agro Private Limited..................................        3.06
Allana Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd................................        3.06
Allanasons Ltd..............................................        3.06
Amarsagar Seafoods Private Limited..........................        3.06
AMI Enterprises.............................................        3.06
Amulya Seafoods.............................................        3.06
Anatha Seafoods Private Limited.............................        3.06
Angelique International Ltd.................................        3.06
Ayshwarya Seafood Private Limited...........................        3.06
B R Traders.................................................        3.06
Baby Marine Eastern Exports.................................        3.06
Baby Marine Exports.........................................        3.06
Baby Marine International...................................        3.06
Baby Marine Sarass..........................................        3.06
Baby Marine Ventures........................................        3.06
Balasore Marine Exports Private Limited.....................        3.06
Bell Exim Private Limited (Bells Foods (Marine Division))...        3.06
Bhatsons Aquatic Products...................................        3.06
Bhavani Seafoods............................................        3.06
Bijaya Marine Products......................................        3.06
Blue Fin Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd..............................        3.06
Blue Water Foods & Exports P. Ltd...........................        3.06
B-One Business House Pvt. Ltd...............................        3.06
Britto Seafood Exports Pvt Ltd..............................        3.06
Canaan Marine Products......................................        3.06
Capithan Exporting Co.......................................        3.06
Cargomar Private Limited....................................        3.06
Chakri Fisheries Private Limited............................        3.06
Chemmeens (Regd)............................................        3.06
Cherukattu Industries (Marine Div)..........................        3.06
Cochin Frozen Food Exports Pvt. Ltd.........................        3.06
Continental Fisheries India Private Limited.................        3.06
Coreline Exports............................................        3.06
Corlim Marine Exports Pvt. Ltd..............................        3.06
Crystal Sea Foods Private Limited...........................        3.06
D2 D Logistics Private Limited..............................        3.06
Damco India Private.........................................        3.06
Delsea Exports Pvt. Ltd.....................................        3.06
Devi Sea Foods Limited \13\.................................        3.06
Entel Food Products Private Limited.........................        3.06
Esmario Export Enterprises..................................        3.06
Everblue Sea Foods Private Limited..........................        3.06
Exporter Coreline Exports...................................        3.06
Febin Marine Foods..........................................        3.06
Five Star Marine Exports Private Limited....................        3.06
Forstar Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd...............................        3.06
Fouress Food Products Private Limited.......................        3.06
Frontline Exports Pvt. Ltd..................................        3.06
G A Randerian Ltd...........................................        3.06
Gadre Marine Exports........................................        3.06
Galaxy Maritech Exports P. Ltd..............................        3.06
Geo Aquatic Products (P) Ltd................................        3.06
Goodwill Enterprises........................................        3.06
Grandtrust Overseas (P) Ltd.................................        3.06
Green House Agro Products...................................        3.06
GVR Exports Pvt. Ltd........................................        3.06
Hari Marine Private Limited.................................        3.06
Haripriya Marine Export Pvt. Ltd............................        3.06
Harmony Spices Pvt. Ltd.....................................        3.06
HIC ABF Special Foods Pvt. Ltd..............................        3.06
Hindustan Lever, Ltd........................................        3.06
Hiravata Ice & Cold Storage.................................        3.06

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Hiravati Exports Pvt. Ltd...................................        3.06
Hiravati International Pvt. Ltd. (located at APM-Mafco Yard,        3.06
 Sector-18, Vashi, Navi, Mumbai-400 705, India).............
Hiravati International Pvt. Ltd. (located at Jawar Naka,            3.06
 Porbandar, Gujarat, 360 575, India)........................
Hiravati Marine Products Private Limited....................        3.06
HN Indigos Private Limited..................................        3.06
Hyson Logistics and Marine Exports Private Limited..........        3.06
Indian Aquatic Products.....................................        3.06
Indo Aquatics...............................................        3.06
Indo Fisheries..............................................        3.06
Indo French Shellfish Company Private Limited...............        3.06
Innovative Foods Limited....................................        3.06
International Freezefish Exports............................        3.06
Interseas...................................................        3.06
Jinny Marine Traders........................................        3.06
Jiya Packagings.............................................        3.06
Kalyanee Marine.............................................        3.06
Kanch Ghar..................................................        3.06
Karunya Marine Exports Private Limited......................        3.06
Kaushalya Aqua Marine Product Exports Pvt. Ltd..............        3.06
Kay Exports.................................................        3.06
Kings Marine Products.......................................        3.06
Koluthara Exports Ltd.......................................        3.06
Landauer Ltd................................................        3.06
Libran Cold Storages (P) Ltd................................        3.06
Magnum Export...............................................        3.06
Malabar Arabian Fisheries...................................        3.06
Malnad Exports Pvt. Ltd.....................................        3.06
Mangala Sea Products........................................        3.06
Marine Harvest India........................................        3.06
Meenaxi Fisheries Pvt. Ltd..................................        3.06
Megaa Moda Pvt. Ltd.........................................        3.06
Milsha Agro Exports Private Limited.........................        3.06
Mourya Aquex Pvt. Ltd.......................................        3.06
MTR Foods...................................................        3.06
N.C. John & Sons (P) Ltd....................................        3.06
Naik Frozen Foods...........................................        3.06
Naik Oceanic Exports Pvt. Ltd./Rafiq Naik Exports Pvt.              3.06
 Ltd.\14\...................................................
Naik Seafoods Ltd...........................................        3.06
Nekkanti Mega Food Park Private Limited.....................        3.06
Nine Up Frozen Foods........................................        3.06
Nutrient Marine Foods Limited...............................        3.06
Oceanic Edibles International Limited.......................        3.06
Paragon Sea Foods Pvt. Ltd..................................        3.06
Paramount Seafoods..........................................        3.06
Parayil Food Products Pvt., Ltd.............................        3.06
Pesca Marine Products Pvt., Ltd.............................        3.06
Pijikay International Exports P Ltd.........................        3.06
Pisces Seafoods International...............................        3.06
Pravesh Seafood Private Limited.............................        3.06
Premier Exports International...............................        3.06
Premier Marine Foods........................................        3.06
Premier Seafoods Exim (P) Ltd...............................        3.06
R F Exports.................................................        3.06
R V R Marine Products Limited...............................        3.06
Raa Systems Pvt. Ltd........................................        3.06
Raju Exports................................................        3.06
Raunaq Ice & Cold Storage...................................        3.06
Raysons Aquatics Pvt. Ltd...................................        3.06
RBT Exports.................................................        3.06
RDR Exports.................................................        3.06
RF Exports Private Limited..................................        3.06
Riviera Exports Pvt. Ltd....................................        3.06
Rohi Marine Private Ltd.....................................        3.06
Royal Imports and Exports...................................        3.06
RSA Marines.................................................        3.06
S & S Seafoods..............................................        3.06
S Chanchala Combines........................................        3.06
Safa Enterprises............................................        3.06
Sagar Foods.................................................        3.06
Sagar Samrat Seafoods.......................................        3.06

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Sagravihar Fisheries Pvt. Ltd...............................        3.06
Salvam Exports (P) Ltd......................................        3.06
Samaki Exports Private Limited..............................        3.06
Sanchita Marine Products P Limited..........................        3.06
Santhi Fisheries & Exports Ltd..............................        3.06
Sarveshwari Exp.............................................        3.06
Sea Foods Private Limited...................................        3.06
Sea Gold Overseas Pvt. Ltd..................................        3.06
Selvam Exports Private Limited..............................        3.06
Sharma Industries...........................................        3.06
Shimpo Exports Private Limited..............................        3.06
Shimpo Seafoods Private Limited.............................        3.06
Shiva Frozen Food Exp. Pvt. Ltd.............................        3.06
Shroff Processed Food & Cold Storage P Ltd..................        3.06
Silver Seafood..............................................        3.06
Sita Marine Exports.........................................        3.06
Sowmya Agri Marine Exports..................................        3.06
Sri Sakkthi Cold Storage....................................        3.06
Sri Venkata Padmavathi Marine Foods Pvt. Ltd................        3.06
Srikanth International \15\.................................        3.06
SSF Ltd.....................................................        3.06
Star Agro Marine Exports Private Limited....................        3.06
Star Organic Foods Incorporated.............................        3.06
Star Organic Foods Private Limited..........................        3.06
Stellar Marine Foods Private Limited........................        3.06
Sterling Foods..............................................        3.06
Sun Agro Exim...............................................        3.06
Sun-Bio Technology Ltd......................................        3.06
Supran Exim Private Limited.................................        3.06
Suvarna Rekha Exports Private Limited.......................        3.06
Suvarna Rekha Marine P Ltd..................................        3.06
TBR Exports Pvt Ltd.........................................        3.06
Teekay Marine P. Ltd........................................        3.06
The Waterbase Limited.......................................        3.06
Triveni Fisheries P. Ltd....................................        3.06
U & Company Marine Exports..................................        3.06
Ulka Sea Foods Private Limited..............................        3.06
Uniroyal Marine Exports Ltd.................................        3.06
Unitriveni Overseas.........................................        3.06
V.S Exim Pvt Ltd............................................        3.06
Vasai Frozen Food Co........................................        3.06
Veejay Impex................................................        3.06
Veronica Marine Exports Private Limited.....................        3.06
Victoria Marine & Agro Exports Ltd..........................        3.06
Vinner Marine...............................................        3.06
Vitality Aquaculture Pvt. Ltd...............................        3.06
VRC Marine Foods LLP........................................        3.06
Zeal Aqua Limited...........................................        3.06
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    \12\ Because we only had one respondent with a calculated rate, 
this rate is used for the review-specific rate.
    \13\ Shrimp produced and exported by Devi Sea Foods Limited 
(Devi) was excluded from the order effective February 1, 2009. See 
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from India: Final Results of the 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Partial Rescission of 
Review, and Notice of Revocation of Order in Part, 75 FR 41813, 
41814 (July 19, 2010). Accordingly, we initiated this administrative 
review with respect to Devi only for shrimp produced in India where 
Devi acted as either the manufacturer or exporter (but not both).
    \14\ In past reviews, Commerce has treated these companies as a 
single entity. See, e.g., Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from 
India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 
2016-2017, 83 FR 32835 (July 16, 2018). Absent information to the 
contrary, we continue to treat these companies as a single entity 
for purposes of this administrative review.
    \15\ On August 27, 2010, Srikanth International was found to be 
the successor-in-interest to NGR Aqua International. See Certain 
Warmwater Shrimp from India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Changed Circumstances Review, 75 FR 52718 (August 27, 2010). 
Therefore, we did not initiate a separate administrative review with 
respect to NGR Aqua International.
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