[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 200 (Monday, October 19, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53465-53467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-25092]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-331-802]


Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From Ecuador: Amended Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

SUMMARY: On September 15, 2009, the Department of Commerce (Department) 
published in the Federal Register the final results of the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen 
warmwater shrimp (shrimp) from Ecuador for the period of review (POR) 
of February 1, 2007, through August 14, 2007. See Certain Frozen 
Warmwater Shrimp From Ecuador: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 74 FR 47201 September 15, 2009) (Final Results), 
and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum. Based on the 
correction of a ministerial error with respect to the calculation of 
the indirect selling expense ratio for the respondent Sociedad Nacional 
de Galapagos, S.A. (Songa), we have changed the final results margin 
for Songa and, as a result, the final results margins for the 
respondents not selected for individual examination in this 
administrative review.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Goldberger or Gemal Brangman, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office 2, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4136 or (202) 482-3773, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Following the publication of the Final 
Results, we received timely allegations of ministerial errors pursuant 
to 19 CFR 351.224(c) from Promarisco, S.A. (Promarisco) and Songa, the 
respondents selected for individual examination in this administrative 
review. Specifically, Promarisco claimed that the Department made two 
ministerial errors: (a) Double-counting costs associated with two 
unpaid U.S. sales; and (b) incorrectly calculating the

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average of the payment date discrepancies observed at verification with 
respect to Promarisco's Spanish sales in the recalculation of third-
country imputed credit expenses. See letter from Promarisco dated 
September 16, 2009. Songa claimed that the Department erred by adding 
certain general and administrative (G&A) expenses in the recalculation 
of Songa's indirect selling expense ratio, and including in those 
expenses antidumping-related expenses that should have been excluded. 
See letter from Songa dated September 16, 2009. No other party 
commented on these allegations.
    A ministerial error, as defined in section 751(h) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the Act), ``includes errors in addition, 
subtraction, or other arithmetic function, clerical errors resulting 
from inaccurate copying, duplication, or the like, and any other type 
of unintentional error which the Secretary considers ministerial.'' See 
also 19 CFR 351.224(f).
    After analyzing the respondents' allegations, we have determined, 
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(e), that we made a ministerial error 
with respect to the inclusion of antidumping-related expenses in the 
recalculation of Songa's indirect selling expenses. With respect to 
Promarisco's allegations that the Department erred by double-counting 
costs associated with two unpaid U.S. sales, and by incorrectly 
calculating the average of the payment date discrepancies observed at 
verification with respect to Promarisco's Spanish sales, we find that 
neither allegation constituted a ministerial error pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.224(f) because the Department's calculations accurately reflected 
the Department's intent as stated in the Final Results. With respect to 
Songa's allegation that the Department improperly classified certain 
G&A expenses, other than the antidumping-related expenses discussed 
above, as indirect selling expenses in its recalculation of Songa's 
indirect selling expense ratio, we also conclude that no ministerial 
error was committed under 19 CFR 351.224(f) because the Department's 
action was properly based on information on the record. For a detailed 
discussion of these ministerial error allegations, as well as the 
Department's analysis, see the memorandum entitled ``Allegations of 
Ministerial Errors in the Final Results,'' dated October 8, 2009.
    Therefore, we are hereby amending the Final Results with respect to 
Songa to correct the ministerial error described above in our 
calculation of the indirect selling expense ratio, in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.224(e). In addition, because the margin we calculated for 
the respondents not selected for individual examination was based on a 
simple average of the rates of the two respondents selected for 
individual examination in this review, Promarisco and Songa, we have 
recalculated the margin for the non-selected respondents to reflect the 
change in Songa's margin.

Amended Final Results of Review

    As a result of the correction of the ministerial error with respect 
to Songa, we determine that weighted-average dumping margins exist for 
the respondents for the period February 1, 2007, through August 14, 
2007, as follows:

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                Manufacturer/exporter                    Percent margin
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Promarisco, SA.......................................               0.85
Sociedad Nacional de Galapagos C.A. (Songa)..........               0.64
Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to the
 Following Companies: \1\
    Agricola e Industrial Ecuaplantation SA..........               0.75
    Agrol SA.........................................               0.75
    Alberto Xavier Mosquera Rosado...................               0.75
    Alquimia Marina SA...............................               0.75
    Babychic SA......................................               0.75
    Biolife SA.......................................               0.75
    Braistar.........................................               0.75
    Camaronera Jenn Briann...........................               0.75
    Camarones........................................               0.75
    Comar Cia Ltda...................................               0.75
    Doblertel SA.....................................               0.75
    Dumary SA........................................               0.75
    Dunci SA.........................................               0.75
    El Rosario Ersa SA...............................               0.75
    Empacadora Bilbo SA (Bilbosa)....................               0.75
    Empacadora del Pacifico SA (EDPACIF SA)..........               0.75
    Empacadora Dufer Cia. Ltda. (DUFER)..............               0.75
    Empacadora Grupo Gran Mar (Empagran) SA..........               0.75
    Empacadora Nacional CA...........................               0.75
    Empacadora y Exportadora Calvi Cia. Ltda.........               0.75
    Emprede SA.......................................               0.75
    Estar CA.........................................               0.75
    Exporclam SA.....................................               0.75
    Exporklore SA....................................               0.75
    Exportadora Bananera Noboa.......................               0.75
    Exportadora de Productos de Mar (Produmar).......               0.75
    Exportadora del Oceano (Oceanexa) CA.............               0.75
    Exportadora Langosmar SA.........................               0.75
    Exportadora del Oceano Pacifico SA (OCEANPAC)....               0.75
    Exports Langosmar SA.............................               0.75
    Fortumar Ecuador SA..............................               0.75
    Gambas del Pacifico SA...........................               0.75
    Gondi SA.........................................               0.75
    Hector Canino Marty..............................               0.75
    Hectorosa SA.....................................               0.75
    Industrial Pesquera Santa Priscila SA (Santa                    0.75
     Priscila).......................................
    Inepexa SA.......................................               0.75

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    Jorge Luis Benitez Lopez.........................               0.75
    Karpicorp SA.....................................               0.75
    Luis Loaiza Alvarez..............................               0.75
    Mardex Cia. Ltda.................................               0.75
    Marine...........................................               0.75
    Marines CA.......................................               0.75
    Mariscos de Chupadores Chupamar..................               0.75
    Mariscos del Ecuador C. Ltda. (Marecuador).......               0.75
    Natural Select SA................................               0.75
    Negocios Industriales Real Nirsa SA (NIRSA)......               0.75
    Novapesca SA.....................................               0.75
    Ocean Fish.......................................               0.75
    Oceaninvest SA...................................               0.75
    Oceanmundo SA....................................               0.75
    Oceanpro SA......................................               0.75
    Operadora y Procesadora de Productos Marinos SA                 0.75
     (Omarsa)........................................
    Oyerly SA........................................               0.75
    P.C. Seafood SA..................................               0.75
    Pacfish SA.......................................               0.75
    PCC Congelados & Frescos SA......................               0.75
    Pescazul SA......................................               0.75
    Peslasa SA.......................................               0.75
    Phillips Seafoods of Ecuador CA (Phillips).......               0.75
    Pisacua SA.......................................               0.75
    Procesadora del Rio SA (Proriosa)................               0.75
    Productos Cultivados del Mar Proc................               0.75
    Productos Cultivados del Mar Proculmar Cia. Ltda.               0.75
    Productos del Mar Santa Rosa Cia. Ltda                          0.75
     (Promarosa).....................................
    Propemar SA......................................               0.75
    Provefrut........................................               0.75
    Rommy Roxana Alvarez Anchundia...................               0.75
    Sea Pronto Hector Marty Canino (Sea Pronto)......               0.75
    Sociedad Atlantico Pacifico SA...................               0.75
    Soitgar SA.......................................               0.75
    Studmark SA......................................               0.75
    Tecnica y Comercio de la Pesca CA (TECOPESCA)....               0.75
    Tolyp SA.........................................               0.75
    Trans Ocean......................................               0.75
    Transcity SA.....................................               0.75
    Transmarina CA...................................               0.75
    Transocean Ecuador SA............................               0.75
    Uniline Transport System.........................               0.75
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\1\ This rate is based on the simple average of the margins calculated
  for those companies selected for individual examination, excluding de
  minimis margins or margins based entirely on facts available, as
  discussed in the Final Results.

    The Department will determine and the U.S. Bureau of Customs and 
Border Protection (CBP) shall assess antidumping duties on all 
appropriate entries. We intend to issue appropriate assessment 
instructions directly to CBP 15 days after publication of these amended 
final results of review. For a general discussion of the application of 
assessment rates, see Final Results at 47203.
    We are issuing and publishing this determination and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.224(e).

    Dated: October 13, 2009.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-25092 Filed 10-16-09; 8:45 am]
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