[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 1, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11413-11416]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04182]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-840]


Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From India: Preliminary Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020-2021

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines 
that certain frozen warmwater shrimp (shrimp) from India is being, or 
is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than normal value 
(NV) during the period of review (POR) February 1, 2020, through 
January 31, 2021.

DATES: Applicable March 1, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terre Keaton or Adam Simons, 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) 482-1280 or (202) 482-6172, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 1, 2021, based on a timely request for review, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce initiated an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on shrimp from 
India.\1\ This review covers 163 producers and/or exporters of the 
subject merchandise. Commerce selected two mandatory respondents for 
individual examination: LNSK Green House Agro Products LLP (LNSK) and 
Royal Imports and Exports (Royal). For a complete description of the 
events that followed the initiation of this review, see the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.\2\
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 86 FR 17124 (April 1, 2021).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of the 2020-2021 Administrative Review of the Antidumping 
Duty Order on Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from India,'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order is certain frozen warmwater 
shrimp. The product is currently classified under the following 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) item numbers: 
0306.17.00.03, 0306.17.00.04, 0306.17.00.05, 0306.17.00.06, 
0306.17.00.07, 0306.17.00.08, 0306.17.00.09, 0306.17.00.10, 
0306.17.00.11, 0306.17.00.12, 0306.17.00.13, 0306.17.00.14, 
0306.17.00.15, 0306.17.00.16, 0306.17.00.17, 0306.17.00.18, 
0306.17.00.19, 0306.17.00.20, 0306.17.00.21, 0306.17.00.22, 
0306.17.00.23, 0306.17.00.24, 0306.17.00.25, 0306.17.00.26, 
0306.17.00.27, 0306.17.00.28, 0306.17.00.29, 0306.17.00.40, 
0306.17.00.41, 0306.17.00.42, 1605.21.10.30, and 1605.29.10.10. 
Although the HTSUS numbers are provided for convenience and for customs 
purposes, the written product description remains dispositive.\3\
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    \3\ For a complete description of the scope of the order, see 
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 
Export price is calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. 
NV is calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act.
    For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. The Preliminary 
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 Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly 
at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. A list

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of the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is 
attached as an appendix to this notice.

Preliminary Results of the Review

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine that 
weighted-average dumping margins exist for the respondents for the 
period February 1, 2020, through January 31, 2021, as follows:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                      Exporter/producer                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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LNSK Green House Agro Products LLP..........................        0.00
Royal Imports and Exports...................................        3.01
Companies Not Selected for Individual Review \4\............        3.01
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Review-Specific Average Rate for Companies Not Selected for Individual 
Review

    The exporters or producers not selected for individual review are 
listed in Appendix II.
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    \4\ Under section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the all-others rate 
is normally ``an amount equal to the weighted average of the 
estimated weighted-average dumping margins established for exporters 
and producers individually examined, excluding any margins that are 
zero or de minimis margins, and any margins determined entirely {on 
the basis of facts available{time} .'' Because the margin calculated 
for LNSK in these preliminary results is zero, we have preliminarily 
assigned a dumping margin to these companies based on the rate 
calculated for Royal.
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in 
connection with these preliminary results to interested parties within 
five days after the date of publication of this notice.\5\ Interested 
parties may submit case briefs to Commerce no later than 30 days after 
the date of publication of this notice.\6\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to 
issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed no later than seven days 
after the time limit for filing case briefs.\7\ Parties who submit case 
briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged to submit 
with each argument: (1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary 
of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities.\8\ Case and rebuttal 
briefs should be filed using ACCESS.\9\
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    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c).
    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
filed electronically via ACCESS within 30 days after the date of 
publication of this notice.\10\ Hearing requests should contain: (1) 
The party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of 
participants; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. Oral 
presentations at the hearing will be limited to issues raised in the 
briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, parties will be notified of 
the time and date for the hearing.\11\
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    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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    An electronically-filed document must be received successfully in 
its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established 
deadline.
    Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative 
review, including the results of its analysis of issues raised in any 
written briefs, not later than 120 days after the date of publication 
of this notice, unless otherwise extended.\12\
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    \12\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
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Assessment Rates

    Upon completion of the administrative review, Commerce shall 
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this 
review.\13\
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    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), because both respondents reported 
the entered value for all of their U.S. sales, we will calculate 
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 either the respondent's weighted-average dumping 
margin is zero or de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c), 
or an importer-specific rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct 
CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping 
duties.
    Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' will apply to entries of 
subject merchandise during the POR produced by LNSK or Royal for which 
these 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.\14\
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    \14\ 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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    For the companies which were not selected for individual review, we 
will assign an assessment rate based on the review-specific average 
rate, calculated as noted in the ``Preliminary Results of Review'' 
section, above. The final results of this review shall be the basis for 
the assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered 
by the final results of this review and for future deposits of 
estimated duties, where applicable.\15\
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    \15\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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    Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier 
than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this 
review in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at the 
U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will 
direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties 
to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 
90 days of publication).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of the 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 rate for each specific 
company listed above will be that established in the final results of 
this review, except if the rate is less than 0.50 percent and, 
therefore, de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in 
which case the cash deposit rate will be zero; (2) for previously 
reviewed or investigated companies not participating in this review, 
the cash deposit will continue to be the company-specific rate 
published for the most recently completed segment; (3) if the exporter 
is not a firm covered in this review, or the less-than-fair-value 
(LTFV) investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate 
will be the rate established for the most recent segment 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 LTFV investigation.\16\ These 
deposit requirements, when imposed,

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shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \16\ See Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sale at Less 
Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Frozen Warmwater 
Shrimp from India, 70 FR 5147 (February 1, 2005).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) 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 Commerce's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: February 22, 2022.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations.

Appendix I

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation

Appendix II

Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to Companies Not Selected for 
Individual Review

1. Abad Fisheries
2. Accelerated Freeze Drying Co.
3. ADF Foods Ltd.
4. Albys Agro Private Limited
5. Al-Hassan Overseas Private Limited
6. Allana Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd.
7. Allanasons Ltd.
8. Alps Ice & Cold Storage Private Limited
9. Amarsagar Seafoods Private Limited
10. Amulya Seafoods
11. Anantha Seafoods Private Limited
12. Anjaneya Seafoods
13. Asvini Agro Exports
14. Ayshwarya Seafood Private Limited
15. B R Traders
16. Baby Marine Eastern Exports
17. Baby Marine Exports
18. Baby Marine International
19. Baby Marine Sarass
20. Baby Marine Ventures
21. Balasore Marine Exports Private Limited
22. BB Estates & Exports Private Limited
23. Bell Exim Private Limited
24. Bhatsons Aquatic Products
25. Bhavani Seafoods
26. Bijaya Marine Products
27. Blue Fin Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd.
28. Blue Water Foods & Exports P. Ltd.
29. Bluepark Seafoods Pvt. Ltd.
30. Britto Seafood Exports Pvt Ltd.
31. Calcutta Seafoods Pvt. Ltd./Bay Seafood Pvt. Ltd./Elque & Co.
32. Canaan Marine Products
33. Capithan Exporting Co.
34. Cargomar Private Limited
35. Chakri Fisheries Private Limited
36. Chemmeens (Regd)
37. Cherukattu Industries (Marine Div)
38. Cochin Frozen Food Exports Pvt. Ltd.
39. Continental Fisheries India Private Limited
40. Coreline Exports
41. Corlim Marine Exports Pvt. Ltd.
42. CPF (India) Private Limited
43. Crystal Sea Foods Private Limited
44. Danica Aqua Exports Private Limited
45. Datla Sea Foods
46. Delsea Exports Pvt. Ltd.
47. Devi Sea Foods Limited \17\
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    \17\ 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).
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48. Empire Industries Limited
49. Entel Food Products Private Limited
50. Esmario Export Enterprises
51. Everblue Sea Foods Private Limited
52. Febin Marine Foods Private Limited
53. Fedora Sea Foods Private Limited
54. Food Products Pvt., Ltd./Parayil Food Products Private Limited
55. Fouress Food Products Private Limited
56. Frontline Exports Pvt. Ltd.
57. G A Randerian Ltd.
58. Gadre Marine Exports (AKA Gadre Marine Exports Pvt. Ltd.)
59. Galaxy Maritech Exports P. Ltd.
60. Geo Aquatic Products (P) Ltd.
61. Godavari Mega Aqua Food Park Private Limited
62. Grandtrust Overseas (P) Ltd.
63. GVR Exports Pvt. Ltd.
64. Hari Marine Private Limited
65. Haripriya Marine Export Pvt. Ltd.
66. HIC ABF Special Foods Pvt. Ltd.
67. Hiravati Exports Pvt. Ltd.
68. Hiravati International Pvt. Ltd.
69. Hiravati Marine Products Private Limited
70. HMG Industries Limited
71. HN Indigos Private Limited
72. Hyson Exports Private Limited
73. Indian Aquatic Products
74. Indo Aquatics
75. Indo Fisheries
76. Indo French Shellfish Company Private Limited
77. International Freezefish Exports
78. Jinny Marine Traders
79. K.V. Marine Exports
80. Karunya Marine Exports Private Limited
81. Kaushalya Aqua Marine Product Exports Pvt. Ltd.
82. Kay Exports
83. Kings Marine Products
84. Koluthara Exports Ltd.
85. Libran Foods
86. Mangala Sea Products
87. Marine Harvest India
88. Megaa Moda Pvt. Ltd.
89. Milsha Agro Exports Private Limited
90. Milsha Sea Product
91. Minaxi Fisheries Private Limited
92. Mindhola Foods LLP
93. MMC Exports Limited
94. MTR Foods
95. Naik Frozen Foods Private Limited
96. Naik Oceanic Exports Pvt. Ltd./Rafiq Naik Exports Pvt. Ltd.
97. Naik Seafoods Limited
98. NAS Fisheries Pvt. Ltd.
99. Nine Up Frozen Foods
100. NK Marine Exports LLP
101. Nutrient Marine Foods Limited
102. Oceanic Edibles International Limited
103. Paragon Sea Foods Pvt. Ltd.
104. Paramount Seafoods
105. Pesca Marine Products Pvt., Ltd.
106. Pijikay International Exports P Ltd.
107. Pravesh Seafood Private Limited
108. Premier Exports International
109. Premier Marine Foods
110. Premier Seafoods Exim (P) Ltd.
111. Raju Exports
112. Raunaq Ice & Cold Storage
113. RDR Exports
114. RF Exports Private Limited
115. Riyarchita Agro Farming Private Limited
116. Rupsha Fish Private Limited
117. R V R Marine Products Private Limited
118. S Chanchala Combines Private Limited
119. Sagar Samrat Seafoods
120. Sahada Exports
121. Samaki Exports Private Limited
122. Sasoondock Matsyodyog Sahakari Society Ltd.
123. Sea Doris Marine Exports
124. Seagold Overseas Pvt. Ltd.
125. Shimpo Exports Private Limited
126. Shimpo Seafoods Private Limited
127. Shiva Frozen Food Exp. Pvt. Ltd.
128. Shroff Processed Food & Cold Storage P Ltd.
129. Silver Seafood
130. Sita Marine Exports
131. Sonia Fisheries
132. Sri Sakkthi Cold Storage
133. Srikanth International
134. SSF Ltd.
135. Star Agro Marine Exports Private Limited
136. Star Organic Foods Private Limited
137. Stellar Marine Foods Private Limited
138. Sterling Foods
139. Summit Marine Exports Private Limited
140. Sun Agro Exim
141. Supran Exim Private Limited
142. Suvarna Rekha Exports Private Limited
143. Suvarna Rekha Marines P Ltd.
144. TBR Exports Pvt. Ltd.
145. Teekay Marine P Ltd.
146. The Waterbase Limited
147. Torry Harris Seafoods Ltd.
148. Triveni Fisheries P Ltd.
149. U & Company Marine Exports
150. Ulka Sea Foods Private Limited
151. Uniroyal Marine Exports Ltd.
152. Unitriveni Overseas Private Limited
153. Vaisakhi Bio-Marine Pvt. Ltd.
154. Vasai Frozen Food Co.
155. Veronica Marine Exports Private Limited
156. Victoria Marine & Agro Exports Ltd.
157. Vinner Marine
158. Vitality Aquaculture Pvt. Ltd.
159. VKM Foods Private Limited
160. VRC Marine Foods LLP

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161. Zeal Aqua Limited

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