[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 22 (Friday, February 1, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6125-6127]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-1895]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-840]


Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from India; Partial Rescission of 
Antidumping DutyAdministrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is rescinding the 
administrative reviews of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen 
warmwater shrimp from India for the period February 1, 2006, through 
January 31, 2007, for 114 companies, based on: 1) timely withdrawals of 
the review requests; 2) confirmed statements of no shipments during the 
period of review (POR); 3) our inability to locate certain companies; 
and/or 4) duplicated names in our notice of initiation.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: February 1, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Eastwood, 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) 482-3874.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 2, 2007, the Department published in the Federal 
Register a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of 
the antidumping duty order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp from 
India for the period February 1, 2006, through January 31, 2007. See 
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended 
Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative Review, 72 FR 5007 
(Feb. 2, 2007). Between February 21, 2007, and February 28, 2007, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b)(2), certain Indian producers and 
exporters requested a review of this antidumping duty order. In 
addition, on February 28, 2007, the petitioner>\1\ and the Louisiana 
Shrimp Association (LSA) also requested an administrative review for 
numerous Indian exporters of subject merchandise in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.213(b)(1).
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    \1\ The petitioner in this proceeding is the Ad Hoc Shrimp Trade 
Action Committee.
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    On March 17, 2007, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the 
petitioner withdrew its request for review for the following companies: 
1) Amison Foods Ltd.; 2) Amison Seafoods Ltd.; 3) Baby Marine (Eastern) 
Exports; 4) Baby Marine Exports; 5) Baby Marine Products; 6) Cherukattu 
Industries (Marine Div.); 7) Global Sea Foods & Hotels Ltd.; 8) HA & R 
Enterprises; 9) InterSea Exports Corporation; 10) Kadalkanny Frozen 
Foods; 11) Lotus Sea Farms; 12) National Steel; 13) National Steel & 
Agro Ind.; 14) Nsil Exports; 15) Premier Marine Foods; 16) R.F. 
Exports; and 17) Vaibhav Sea Foods.
    In April 2007, the Department initiated an administrative review 
for 313 companies and we requested that each provide data on the 
quantity and value of its exports of subject merchandise to the United 
States during the POR. These companies are listed in the Department's 
notice of initiation. See Notice of Initiation of Administrative 
Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders on Certain Frozen Warmwater 
Shrimp From Brazil, Ecuador, India and Thailand, 72 FR 17100, 17102-
17107 (Apr. 6, 2007) (Notice of Initiation).
    In addition, between April and July 2007, the Department received 
responses to quantity and value questionnaires from certain companies 
that indicated that they either: 1) had no shipments of subject 
merchandise to the United States during the POR; or 2) were duplicated 
in the Notice of Initiation.
    On July 5, 2007, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the LSA 
withdrew its request for review for 17 companies (i.e, Amison Foods 
Ltd.; Amison Seafoods Ltd.; Baby Marine (Eastern) Exports; Baby Marine 
Exports; Baby Marine Products; Cherukattu Industries (Marine Div.); 
Global Sea Foods & Hotels Ltd.; HA & R Enterprises; InterSea Exports 
Corporation; Kadalkanny Frozen Foods; Lotus Sea Farms; National Steel; 
National Steel & Agro Ind.; Nsil Exports; Premier Marine Foods; R.F. 
Exports; and Vaibhav Sea Foods).

Partial Rescission of Review

    As noted above, the petitioner and the LSA both withdrew their 
requests for an administrative review for each of the following 
companies within the time limits set forth in 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1): 
Amison Foods Ltd.; Amison Seafoods Ltd.; Baby Marine (Eastern) Exports; 
Baby Marine Exports; Baby Marine Products; Cherukattu Industries 
(Marine Div.); Global Sea Foods & Hotels Ltd.; HA & R Enterprises; 
InterSea Exports Corporation; Lotus Sea Farms; National Steel; National 
Steel & Agro Ind.; Nsil Exports; Premier Marine Foods; R.F. Exports; 
and Vaibhav Sea Foods. Section 351.213(d)(1) of the Department's 
regulations requires that the Secretary rescind an administrative 
review if a party requesting a review withdraws the request within 90 
days of the date of publication of the notice of initiation. Therefore, 
because all requests for administrative reviews were timely withdrawn 
for the companies listed above, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(1), we are rescinding this review with regard to these 
companies.\2\
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    \2\ Moreover, as noted above, the petitioner and the LSA also 
withdrew their requests for an administrative review for an exporter 
named Kadalkanny Frozen Foods. However, on April 23, 2007, 
Kadalkanny Frozen Foods informed the Department that it is a member 
of an affiliated group of companies (hereinafter referred to as 
<gr-thn-eq>the Kadalkanny Group<gr-thn-eq>). On December 20, 2007, 
the Department collapsed the members of the Kadalkanny Group. 
Because there are outstanding requests for review for the remaining 
members of this group, we are not rescinding the review for 
Kadalkanny Frozen Foods.
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    In addition, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), we are 
rescinding the review with respect to the following 70 companies 
because these companies reported no shipments of subject merchandise 
during the POR:
1) Abad Fisheries
2) Accelerated Freeze Drying Co.
3) Allana Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd.
4) Allanasons Ltd.
5) Amalgam Foods & Beverages Limited
6) Amulya Sea Foods
7) Anjaneya Seafoods
8) Baby Marine International
9) Bhavani Seafoods
10) Bijaya Marine Products
11) Blue Water Foods & Exports
12) BMR Exports
13) Britto Exports
14) C P Aquaculture (India) Ltd.
15) Capithan Exporting Co
16) Chemmeens (Regd.)
17) Coastal Corporation Ltd.
18) Cochin Frozen Food Exports Pvt. Ltd.
19) Corlim Marine Exports Pvt. Ltd.
20) Esmario Export Enterprises
21) Forstar Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd.
22) Frigerio Conserva Allana Limited
23) Frontline Exports Pvt. Ltd.
24) G A Randerian Ltd.
25) GKS Business Associates Pvt. Ltd.
26) Geo Aquatic Products (P) Ltd.
27) Geo Seafoods
28) Grandtrust Overseas (P) Ltd.
29) HIC AFB Special Foods Pvt. Ltd.
30) Hiravata Ice & Cold Storage
31) Hiravati Exports Pvt. Ltd.
32) Hiravati International P. Ltd.
33) Indian Aquatic Products
34) Innovative Foods Limited/Amalgam Foods Ltd.
35) International Freezefish Exports
36) Interseas
37) Jagadeesh Marine Exports
38) Jinny Marine Traders
39) K R M Marine Exports Ltd.
40) Kalyanee Marine
41) Kay Kay Exports
42) Koluthara Exports Ltd.
43) L.G. Seafoods
44) Lewis Natural Foods Ltd.
45) Libran Cold Storages (P) Ltd.
46) M.S.C. Marine Exporters
47) Malnad Exports Pvt. Ltd.
48) Meenaxi Fisheries Pvt. Ltd.
49) Naga Hanuman Fish Packers
50) Naik Seafoods Ltd.
51) Pijikay International Exports P Ltd.
52) Pisces Seafood International
53) Raunaq Ice & Cold Storage
54) Raysons Aquatics Pvt. Ltd.
55) RBT Exports
56) Rohi Marine Private Ltd.
57) S Chanchala Combines
58) SSF Ltd.
59) Sagar Foods
60) Sagarvihar Fisheries Pvt. Ltd.
61) Sanchita Marine Products P Ltd.
62) Sawant Food Products
63) Silver Seafood

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64) Sita Marine Exports
65) Sri Satya Marine Exports
66) Sri Venkata Padmavathi Marine Foods Pvt. Ltd.
67) Sterling Foods
68) TBR Exports Pvt Ltd.
69) Teekay Maine P. Ltd.
70) Victoria Marine & Agro Exports Ltd.
    We reviewed U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data and 
confirmed that there were no entries of subject merchandise from any of 
these companies. Consequently, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3) 
and consistent with our practice, we are rescinding our review for the 
companies listed above. See, e.g., Certain Steel Concrete Reinforcing 
Bars From Turkey; Final Results and Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review in Part, 71 FR 65082, 65083 (Nov. 7, 2006) (Rebar 
from Turkey). See also Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From India; 
Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 71 FR 
41419 (July 21, 2006).
    Further, with respect to the following companies, the Department 
either: 1) was unable to locate accurate addresses for them, and thus 
was unable to serve them with any information requests in this case; or 
2) determined based on information on the record that the noted company 
names do not, or no longer, exist\3\: 1) AMI Food Products; 2) Atta 
Export; 3) Brilliant Exports; 4) Castlerock Seafoods Ltd; 5) Coastal 
Trawlers Ltd.; 6) Hanjar Ice and Cold Storage; 7) Haripriya Marine Food 
Exports; 8) I Ahamed & Company; 9) KNR Marine Exports; 10) KRM Group; 
11) Nezami Rekha Sea Food; 12) Pronto Foods Pvt. Ltd.; 13) RVR Marine 
Products; 14) Royal Cold Storage (India) Pvt. Ltd; 15) S B Agro (India) 
Ltd.; 16) Saanthi Seafoods Ltd.; 17) Sharon Exports; 18) Sheimar 
Seafoods Ltd.; 19) Sree Vaialakshrm Exports; 20) Swarna Seafoods Ltd.; 
and 21) Wisdom Marine Exports. See the June 1, 2007, Memorandum to the 
File from Elizabeth Eastwood entitled, ``2006-2007 Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review of Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Brazil, 
India, and Thailand: Information Regarding Incorrect Addresses.'' See 
also the June 4, 2007, Memorandum to the File from Elizabeth Eastwood 
entitled, ``Revisions to June 1, 2007, Memorandum Regarding Incorrect 
Addresses in the 2006-2007 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of 
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from India.'' Subsequently, we 
contacted the petitioner and the LSA and requested that they provide 
alternate addresses for these companies. For the companies noted above, 
we note that neither the petitioner nor the LSA was able to provide 
alternate addresses or, if they did provide additional address 
information, the new addresses continued to be ``undeliverable.'' 
Consequently, in accordance with our practice, we are also rescinding 
our review with respect to these companies. See Rebar from Turkey, 71 
FR at 65083.
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    \3\ See the July 19, 2007, Memorandum from James Maeder to 
Stephen J. Claeys entitled, ``2006-2007 Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review of Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from India: 
Selection of Respondents for Individual Review'' at Attachment 6.
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    The Department has also received information that the following 
company names are duplicate names: 1) Innovative Foods Limited/Amalgam 
Foods Limited; 2) K.V. Marine Exports; 3) M.S.C. Marine Exporters; 4) 
Sprint Exports; and 5) Universal Cold Storage Ltd. These names are 
either: 1) partial versions of names of other companies for which we 
initiated an administrative review (i.e., Sprint Exports Pvt. Ltd. and 
Universal Cold Storage Private Limited); or 2) companies for which we 
initiated multiple administrative reviews because the petitioner, the 
LSA, and/or the respondent listed separate addresses for these 
companies in their review requests (i.e., Innovative Foods Limited/
Amalgam Foods Limited\4\; M.S.C. Marine Exporters\5\; and K.V. Marine 
Exports). Therefore, we are also rescinding the review with respect to 
these duplicate company names/addresses.
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    \4\ We are rescinding our review with respect to Innovative 
Foods Limited/Amalgam Foods Limited because the company had no 
shipments during the POR. See page 5, above.
    \5\ We are rescinding our review with respect to M.S.C. Marine 
Exporters because the company had no shipments during the POR. See 
page 5, above.
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    Finally, the Department received no-shipment responses from the 
following companies for which there appeared to be U.S. customs entries 
of subject merchandise: 1) Ayshwarya Seafood Private Limited; and 2) 
Triveni Fisheries (P) Ltd. We requested data on the relevant entries 
from CBP and determined that the entries were not reportable 
transactions because they were reported by another company in its 
quantity and value questionnaire. Under these circumstances, we 
determine that these companies satisfy the requirement under 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(3) not to have ``entries, exports, or sales of the subject 
merchandise,'' and, consistent with the Department's practice, we are 
rescinding the review with respect to these companies. See, e.g., 
Certain Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars From Turkey; Final Results, 
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review in Part, and 
Determination to Revoke in Part, 70 FR 67665, 67666 (Nov. 8, 2005).
    This notice is published in accordance with section 777(i) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: January 25, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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