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material injury, by reason of imports of 

shrimp from Vietnam no later than 45 

days after our final determination. In 

addition, we are making available to the 

ITC all non-privileged and 

nonproprietary information related to 

this investigation. We will allow the ITC 

access to all privileged and business 

proprietary information in our files, 

provided the ITC confirms that it will 

not disclose such information, either 

publicly or under an administrative 

protective order (APO), without the 

written consent of the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. If the ITC determines that 

material injury or threat of material 

injury does not exist, this proceeding 

will be terminated and all cash deposits 

will be refunded. If the ITC determines 

that such injury does exist, Commerce 

will issue a countervailing duty order 

directing CBP to assess, upon further 

instruction by Commerce, 

countervailing duties on all imports of 

the subject merchandise that are 

entered, or withdrawn, for consumption 

on or after the effective date of the 

suspension of liquidation, as discussed 

above in the ‘‘Continuation of 

Suspension of Liquidation’’ section. 

Administrative Protective Order 

In the event that the ITC issues a final 

negative injury determination, this 

notice will serve as the only reminder 

to parties subject to an APO of their 

responsibility concerning the 

destruction of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO, in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely 

written notification of the return/ 

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 violation which is subject to 

sanction. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

705(d) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 

351.210(c). 

Dated: October 21, 2024. 

Ryan Majerus, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Negotiations, performing the non-exclusive 

functions and duties of the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The scope of this investigation includes 

certain frozen warmwater shrimp and prawns 

whether wild-caught (ocean harvested) or 

farm-raised (produced by aquaculture), headon or head-off, shell-on or peeled, tail-on or 

tail-off, deveined or not deveined, cooked or 

raw, or otherwise processed in frozen form. 

‘‘Tails’’ in this context means the tail fan, 

which includes the telson and the uropods. 

The frozen warmwater shrimp and prawn 

products included in the scope, regardless of 

definitions in the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), are 

products which are processed from 

warmwater shrimp and prawns through 

freezing and which are sold in any count 

size. 

The products described above may be 

processed from any species of warmwater 

shrimp and prawns. Warmwater shrimp and 

prawns are generally classified in, but are not 

limited to, the Penaeidae family. Some 

examples of the farmed and wild-caught 

warmwater species include, but are not 

limited to, whiteleg shrimp (Penaeus 

vannemei), banana prawn (Penaeus 

merguiensis), fleshy prawn (Penaeus 

chinensis), giant river prawn 

(Macrobrachium rosenbergii), giant tiger 

prawn (Penaeus monodon), redspotted 

shrimp (Penaeus brasiliensis), southern 

brown shrimp (Penaeus subtilis), southern 

pink shrimp (Penaeus notialis), southern 

rough shrimp (Trachypenaeus curvirostris), 

southern white shrimp (Penaeus schmitti), 

blue shrimp (Penaeus stylirostris), western 

white shrimp (Penaeus occidentalis), and 

Indian white prawn (Penaeus indicus). 

Frozen shrimp and prawns that are packed 

with marinade, spices or sauce are included 

in the scope. In addition, food preparations, 

which are not ‘‘prepared meals,’’ that contain 

more than 20 percent by weight of shrimp or 

prawn are also included in the scope. 

Excluded from the scope are: (1) breaded 

shrimp and prawns (HTSUS subheading 

1605.21.1020); (2) shrimp and prawns 

generally classified in the Pandalidae family 

and commonly referred to as coldwater 

shrimp, in any state of processing; (3) fresh 

shrimp and prawns whether shell-on or 

peeled (HTSUS subheadings 0306.36.0020 

and 0306.36.0040); (4) shrimp and prawns in 

prepared meals (HTSUS subheadings 

1605.21.0500 and 1605.29.0500); (5) dried 

shrimp and prawns; (6) canned warmwater 

shrimp and prawns (HTSUS subheading 

1605.29.1040); and (7) certain battered 

shrimp. Battered shrimp is a shrimp-based 

product: (1) that is produced from fresh (or 

thawed-from-frozen) and peeled shrimp; (2) 

to which a ‘‘dusting’’ layer of rice or wheat 

flour of at least 95 percent purity has been 

applied; (3) with the entire surface of the 

shrimp flesh thoroughly and evenly coated 

with the flour; (4) with the non-shrimp 

content of the end product constituting 

between four and ten percent of the product’s 

total weight after being dusted, but prior to 

being frozen; and (5) that is subjected to 

individually quick frozen (IQF) freezing 

immediately after application of the dusting 

layer. When dusted in accordance with the 

definition of dusting above, the battered 

shrimp product is also coated with a wet 

viscous layer containing egg and/or milk, and 

par-fried. 

The products covered by the scope are 

currently classified under the following 

HTSUS subheadings: 0306.17.0004, 

0306.17.0005, 0306.17.0007, 0306.17.0008, 

0306.17.0010, 0306.17.0011, 0306.17.0013, 

0306.17.0014, 0306.17.0016, 0306.17.0017, 

0306.17.0019, 0306.17.0020, 0306.17.0022, 

0306.17.0023, 0306.17.0025, 0306.17.0026, 

0306.17.0028, 0306.17.0029, 0306.17.0041, 

0306.17.0042, 1605.21.1030, and 

1605.29.1010. These HTSUS subheadings are 

provided for convenience and for customs 

purposes only and are not dispositive, but 

rather the written description of the scope is 

dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Subsidies Valuation 

IV. Use of Facts Available and Adverse 

Inferences 

V. Benchmarks 

VI. Analysis of Programs 

VII. Discussion of the Issues 

Comment 1: Whether the Accelerated 

Depreciation and Increase of Deductible 

Expense Program is Specific 

Comment 2: Whether to Countervail 

Lending Programs Deferred at the 

Preliminary Determination 

Comment 3: Whether to Apply AFA to 

Water in the Provision of Utilities at 

Reduced Rates in Industrial and Export 

Processing Zones Program 

Comment 4: Whether to Select an 

Alternative Land for Less Than Adequate 

Remuneration (LTAR) Benchmark 

Comment 5: Whether to Reconsider the 

Countervailability of the Import Duty 

Exemptions for Imports Used to Produce 

Exported Goods Program 

Comment 6: Whether to Continue to Find 

Certain Programs Not Countervailable 

Comment 7: Whether Commerce Should 

Implement Section 771B of the Act 

VIII. Recommendation 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–533–921] 

Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From India: 

Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) determines that 

countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

frozen warmwater shrimp (shrimp) from 

India. The period of investigation (POI) 

is April 1, 2022, through March 31, 

2023. 

DATES: Applicable October 28, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Benjamin Nathan, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, 


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1See Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from India: 

Preliminary Affirmative Determination of 

Countervailable Subsidies, and Alignment of Final 

Determination With the Final Antidumping Duty 

Determination, 89 FR 22386 (April 1, 2024) 

(Preliminary Determination), and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM). 

2See Preliminary Determination, 89 FR at 22386. 

3 Id. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Post Preliminary Analysis,’’ 

dated July 19, 2024. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Affirmative 

Determination of the Countervailing Duty 

Investigation of Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from 

India,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision 

Memorandum). 

7See Memoranda, ‘‘Verification of the 

Questionnaire Responses of the Government of 

India,’’ dated August 29, 2024; ‘‘Verification of the 

Questionnaire Responses of Devi Seafoods Private 

Limited,’’ dated August 29, 2024; and ‘‘Verification 

of the Questionnaire Responses of Sandhya Aqua 

Exports Private Limited.,’’ dated August 29, 2024. 

8See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act 

regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) 

of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of 

the Act regarding specificity. 

9With two respondents under examination, 

Commerce normally calculates: (A) a weightedaverage of the estimated subsidy rates calculated for 

the examined respondents; (B) a simple average of 

the estimated subsidy rates calculated for the 

examined respondents; and (C) a weighted-average 

of the estimated subsidy rates calculated for the 

examined respondents using each company’s 

publicly-ranged U.S. sale quantities for the 

merchandise under consideration. Commerce then 

compares (B) and (C) to (A) and selects the rate 

closest to (A) as the most appropriate rate for all 

other producers and exporters. See, e.g., Ball 

Bearings and Parts Thereof from France, Germany, 

Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom: Final Results 

of Antidumping Administrative Reviews, Final 

Results of Changed-Circumstances Review, and 

Revocation of an Order in Part, 75 FR 53661, 53663 

(September 1, 2010); see also Forged Steel Fluid 

End Blocks from Italy: Preliminary Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination, and Alignment 

of Final Determination with Final Antidumping 

Duty Determination, 85 FR 31460, 31461 (May 26, 

2020), unchanged in Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks 

from Italy: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination, 85 80022, 80023 (December 11, 

2020). 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3834. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On April 1, 2024, Commerce 

published the Preliminary 

Determination in the Federal Register.1

In the Preliminary Determination, and 

in accordance with section 705(a)(1) of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 

Act), and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(4), 

Commerce aligned the final 

countervailing duty (CVD) 

determination with the final 

antidumping duty determination.2

Commerce invited parties to comment 

on the Preliminary Determination.3 On 

July 19, 2024, Commerce released its 

Post-Preliminary Decision.4 On July 22, 

2024, Commerce tolled certain 

deadlines in this administrative 

proceeding by seven days.5 The 

deadline for the final determination is 

now October 21, 2024. 

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the Preliminary 

Determination, see the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum.6 The Issues and 

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. In addition, a complete 

version of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at https://access.trade.gov/public/ 

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are shrimp from India. For 

a complete description of the scope of 

the investigation, see appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

We received no comments from 

interested parties on the scope of the 

investigation as it appeared in the 

Preliminary Determination. Therefore, 

we made no changes to the scope of the 

investigation. 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i) of the 

Act, in July and August 2024, 

Commerce verified all information 

reported by Devi Sea Foods Limited 

(Devi), Sandhya Aqua Exports Private 

Limited (Sandhya), and the Government 

of India (GOI). We used standard 

verification procedures, including an 

examination of relevant account records 

and original source documents provided 

by the respondents.7

Analysis of Subsidy Programs and 

Comments Received 

The subsidy programs under 

investigation, and the issues raised in 

the case and rebuttal briefs by parties in 

this investigation, are discussed in the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum. For 

a list of the issues raised by parties, and 

to which we responded in the Issues 

and Decision Memorandum, see 

Appendix II. 

Methodology 

Commerce conducted this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy 

programs found to be countervailable, 

Commerce determines that there is a 

subsidy, i.e., a financial contribution by 

an ‘‘authority’’ that gives rise to a 

benefit to the recipient, and that the 

subsidy is specific.8 For a full 

description of the methodology 

underlying our final determination, see 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

Based on our review and analysis of 

the information received during 

verification and comments received 

from parties, for this final 

determination, we made certain changes 

to the countervailable subsidy rate 

calculations for Devi, Sandhya, and for 

all other producers/exporters. For a 

discussion of these changes, see the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

All-Others Rate 

In accordance with section 

705(c)(1)(B)(i) of the Act, we calculated 

an individual estimated countervailable 

subsidy rate for the two mandatory 

respondents, Devi and Sandhya. Section 

705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act states that, for 

companies not individually 

investigated, Commerce will determine 

an all-others rate equal to the weightedaverage countervailable subsidy rates 

established for exporters and/or 

producers individually investigated, 

excluding any zero and de minimis 

countervailable subsidy rates, and any 

rates determined entirely under section 

776 of the Act. 

In this investigation, we continue to 

calculate individual total net 

countervailable subsidy rates for Devi 

and Sandhya that are not zero, de 

minimis, or based entirely on facts 

otherwise available. We, therefore, 

continue to calculate the all-others rate 

using a weighted average of the 

individual estimated subsidy rates 

calculated for the examined respondents 

(Devi and Sandhya) using each 

company’s publicly-ranged sales value 

for their exports to the United States of 

subject merchandise,9 in accordance 

with section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act. 

Final Determination 

Commerce determines that the 

following estimated net countervailable 

subsidy rates exist for the period April 

1, 2022, through March 31, 2023: 

Company 

Subsidy rate 

(percent ad 

valorem) 

Devi Sea Foods Limited 10 ... 5.87 

Sandhya Aqua Exports Private Limited 11 ................... 5.63 


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10Commerce continues to determine that Devi is 

cross owned with Devi Sea Foods Inc, Devee 

Horizon LLP, Devee Power Corporation Limited, 

and Devee Superior Feeds Limited. See Preliminary 

Determination PDM at 9; see also Memorandum, 

‘‘Post-Preliminary Analysis,’’ dated July 19, 2024, at 

5–6. 

11Commerce continues to determine that 

Sandhya is cross owned with Neeli Sea Foods 

Private Limited, Vijay Aqua Processors Private 

Limited, and Neeli Aqua Farms. See Preliminary 

Determination PDM at 9. 

Company 

Subsidy rate 

(percent ad 

valorem) 

All Others .............................. 5.77 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

calculations performed to interested 

parties in this final determination 

within five days of its public 

announcement or, if there is no public 

announcement, within five days of the 

date of the publication of this notice in 

the Federal Register, in accordance with 

19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation 

As a result of our Preliminary 

Determination, and pursuant to sections 

703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, 

Commerce instructed U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) to collect cash 

deposits and suspend liquidation of 

entries of subject merchandise as 

described in the scope of the 

investigation section entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after April 1, 2024, 

the date of publication of the 

Preliminary Determination in the 

Federal Register. In accordance with 

section 703(d) of the Act, we instructed 

CBP to discontinue the suspension of 

liquidation of all entries of subject 

merchandise entered or withdrawn from 

warehouse, on or after July 30, 2024, but 

to continue the suspension of 

liquidation of all entries of subject 

merchandise on or before July 29, 2024. 

If the U.S. International Trade 

Commission (ITC) issues a final 

affirmative injury determination, we 

will issue a countervailing duty order, 

reinstate the suspension of liquidation 

under section 706(a) of the Act, and 

require a cash deposit of estimated 

countervailing duties for such entries of 

subject merchandise in the amounts 

indicated above. Pursuant to section 

705(c)(2) of the Act, if the ITC 

determines that material injury, or 

threat of material injury, does not exist, 

this proceeding will be terminated, and 

all estimated duties deposited or 

securities posted as a result of the 

suspension of liquidation will be 

refunded or cancelled. 

ITC Notification 

In accordance with section 705(d) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the ITC 

of its final affirmative determination 

that countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

shrimp from India. As Commerce’s final 

determination is affirmative, in 

accordance with section 705(b) of the 

Act, the ITC will determine, within 45 

days, whether the domestic industry in 

the United States is materially injured, 

or threated with material injury, by 

reason of import of shrimp from India. 

In addition, we are making available to 

the ITC all non-privileged and nonproprietary information in our files, 

provided the ITC confirms that it will 

not disclose such information, either 

publicly or under administrative 

protective order (APO), without the 

written consent of the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

If the ITC determines that material 

injury or threat of material injury does 

not exist, this proceeding will be 

terminated and all cash deposits will be 

refunded. If the ITC determines that 

such injury does exist, Commerce will 

issue a countervailing duty order 

directing CBP to assess, upon further 

instruction by Commerce, 

countervailing duties on all imports of 

the subject merchandise that are 

entered, or withdrawn, for consumption 

on or after the effective date of the 

suspension of liquidation, as discussed 

above in the ‘‘Continuation of 

Suspension of Liquidation’’ section. 

Administrative Protective Order 

This notice will serve as the only 

reminder to parties subject to the APO 

of their responsibility concerning the 

destruction of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO, in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely 

written notification of the return/ 

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 violation which is subject to 

sanction. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published pursuant to sections 705(d) 

and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 

351.210(c). 

Dated: October 21, 2024. 

Ryan Majerus, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Negotiations, performing the non-exclusive 

functions and duties of the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The scope of this investigation includes 

certain frozen warmwater shrimp and prawns 

whether wild-caught (ocean harvested) or 

farm-raised (produced by aquaculture), headon or head-off, shell-on or peeled, tail-on or 

tail-off, deveined or not deveined, cooked or 

raw, or otherwise processed in frozen form. 

‘‘Tails’’ in this context means the tail fan, 

which includes the telson and the uropods. 

The frozen warmwater shrimp and prawn 

products included in the scope, regardless of 

definitions in the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), are 

products which are processed from 

warmwater shrimp and prawns through 

freezing and which are sold in any count 

size. 

The products described above may be 

processed from any species of warmwater 

shrimp and prawns. Warmwater shrimp and 

prawns are generally classified in, but are not 

limited to, the Penaeidae family. Some 

examples of the farmed and wild-caught 

warmwater species include, but are not 

limited to, whiteleg shrimp (Penaeus 

vannemei), banana prawn (Penaeus 

merguiensis), fleshy prawn (Penaeus 

chinensis), giant river prawn 

(Macrobrachium rosenbergii), giant tiger 

prawn (Penaeus monodon), redspotted 

shrimp (Penaeus brasiliensis), southern 

brown shrimp (Penaeus subtilis), southern 

pink shrimp (Penaeus notialis), southern 

rough shrimp (Trachypenaeus curvirostris), 

southern white shrimp (Penaeus schmitti), 

blue shrimp (Penaeus stylirostris), western 

white shrimp (Penaeus occidentalis), and 

Indian white prawn (Penaeus indicus). 

Frozen shrimp and prawns that are packed 

with marinade, spices or sauce are included 

in the scope. In addition, food preparations, 

which are not ‘‘prepared meals,’’ that contain 

more than 20 percent by weight of shrimp or 

prawn are also included in the scope. 

Excluded from the scope are: (1) breaded 

shrimp and prawns (HTSUS subheading 

1605.20.10.20); (2) shrimp and prawns 

generally classified in the Pandalidae family 

and commonly referred to as coldwater 

shrimp, in any state of processing; (3) fresh 

shrimp and prawns whether shell-on or 

peeled (HTSUS subheadings 0306.36.0020 

and 0306.36.0040); (4) shrimp and prawns in 

prepared meals (HTSUS subheading 

1605.20.05.10); (5) dried shrimp and prawns; 

(6) canned warmwater shrimp and prawns 

(HTSUS subheading 1605.20.10.40); (7) 

certain dusted shrimp; and (8) certain 

battered shrimp. Dusted shrimp is a shrimpbased product: (1) that is produced from 

fresh (or thawed-from-frozen) and peeled 

shrimp; (2) to which a ‘‘dusting’’ layer of rice 

or wheat flour of at least 95 percent purity 

has been applied; (3) with the entire surface 

of the shrimp flesh thoroughly and evenly 

coated with the flour; (4) with the nonshrimp 


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1See Quarterly Update to Annual Listing of 

Foreign Government Subsidies on Articles of Cheese 

Subject to an In-Quota Rate of Duty, 89 FR 63405 

(August 5, 2024) (First Quarter 2024 Update). 

2 Id. 

3 Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(5). 

4 Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(6). 

5The 27 member states of the European Union 

are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, 

Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, 

Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, 

Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, 

Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, 

Spain, and Sweden. 

content of the end product constituting 

between four and 10 percent of the product’s 

total weight after being dusted, but prior to 

being frozen; and (5) that is subjected to IQF 

freezing immediately after application of the 

dusting layer. Battered shrimp is a shrimpbased product that, when dusted in 

accordance with the definition of dusting 

above, is coated with a wet viscous layer 

containing egg and/or milk, and par-fried. 

The products covered by the scope are 

currently classified under the following 

HTSUS subheadings: 0306.17.0004, 

0306.17.0005, 0306.17.0007, 0306.17.0008, 

0306.17.0010, 0306.17.0011, 0306.17.0013, 

0306.17.0014, 0306.17.0016, 0306.17.0017, 

0306.17.0019, 0306.17.0020, 0306.17.0022, 

0306.17.0023, 0306.17.0025, 0306.17.0026, 

0306.17.0028, 0306.17.0029, 0306.17.0041, 

0306.17.0042, 1605.21.1030, and 

1605.29.1010. These HTSUS subheadings are 

provided for convenience and for customs 

purposes only and are not dispositive, but 

rather the written description of the scope is 

dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Use of Facts Available 

IV. Subsidies Valuation 

V. Analysis of Cross-Ownership 

VI. Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

VII. Analysis of Programs 

VIII. Discussion of the Issues 

Comment 1: Whether Commerce Erred in 

Its Export Promotion of Capital Goods 

Scheme (EPCGS) Calculation for 

Sandhya 

Comment 2: Whether Commerce Erred in 

its Productivity-Linked Incentive (PLI) 

Calculation 

Comment 3: Whether Commerce Erred in 

its Calculation of The Andhra Pradesh 

Power Subsidy for Aquaculture Farmers 

(PSA) 

Comment 4: Whether Commerce Erred in 

Calculating the Grants for Food 

Processing 

Comment 5: Whether Commerce Erred in 

Calculating the Pre-Shipment and PostShipment Export Financing Programs 

(EFPPS, EF2, and EF3) 

Comment 6: Whether the EFPPS Program 

is Countervailable 

Comment 7: Whether Section 771b of the 

Act is Applicable to this Investigation 

Comment 8: Whether the Duty Drawback 

Program (DDB) is Countervailable 

Comment 9: Whether the Remission of 

Duties and Taxes on Export Products 

(RoDTEP) is Countervailable 

Comment 10: Whether Neeli Sea Foods 

Private Limited (Neeli) Received Any 

Export Financing (EFPPS, EF2, or EF3) 

Benefit During the POI 

IX. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Quarterly Update to Annual Listing of 

Foreign Government Subsidies on 

Articles of Cheese Subject to an InQuota Rate of Duty 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted by 

December 31, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Commerce encourages any 

person having information on foreign 

government subsidy programs which 

benefit articles of cheese subject to an 

in-quota rate of duty to submit such 

information in writing. All comments 

must be submitted through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at https://

www.regulations.gov, Docket No. ITA– 

2020–0005. The materials in the docket 

will not be edited to remove identifying 

or contact information, and Commerce 

cautions against including any 

information in an electronic submission 

that the submitter does not want 

publicly disclosed. Attachments to 

electronic comments will be accepted in 

Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF 

formats only. 

All comments should be addressed to 

Ryan Majerus, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, 

performing the non-exclusive functions 

and duties of the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance, at the 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Samuel Brummitt, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20230, telephone: (202) 482–7851. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

5, 2024 the U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce), pursuant to 

section 702(h) of the Trade Agreements 

Act of 1979 (as amended) (the Act), 

published the quarterly update to the 

annual listing of foreign government 

subsidies on articles of cheese subject to 

an in-quota rate of duty covering the 

period January 1, 2024, through March 

31, 2024.1 In the First Quarter 2024 

Update, we requested that any party 

that had information on foreign 

government subsidy programs that 

benefited articles of cheese subject to an 

in-quota rate of duty submit such 

information to Commerce.2 We received 

no comments, information, or requests 

for consultation from any party. 

Pursuant to section 702(h) of the Act, 

we hereby provide Commerce’s update 

of subsidies on articles of cheese that 

were imported during the period April 

1, 2024, through June 30, 2024. The 

appendix to this notice lists the country, 

the subsidy program or programs, and 

the gross and net amounts of each 

subsidy for which information is 

currently available. Commerce will 

incorporate additional programs which 

are found to constitute subsidies, and 

additional information on the subsidy 

programs listed, as the information is 

developed. 

This determination and notice are in 

accordance with section 702(a) of the 

Act. 

Dated: October 22, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

SUBSIDY PROGRAMS ON CHEESE SUBJECT TO AN IN-QUOTA RATE OF DUTY

Country Program(s) Gross 3 subsidy 

($/lb) 

Net 4 Subsidy 

($/lb) 

27 European Union Member 

States.5

European Union Restitution Payments ............................................. $0.00 $0.00 

Canada ........................................ Export Assistance on Certain Types of Cheese ............................... 0.47 0.47 


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