[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 190 (Friday, October 1, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60730-60731]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-24729]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-552-802]


Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam: Initiation of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review

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

DATES: Effective Date: October 1, 2010.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') has determined 
that a request for a new shipper review (``NSR'') of the antidumping 
duty order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp (``shrimp'') from the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam (``Vietnam''), received on August 26, 
2010, meets the statutory and regulatory requirements for initiation. 
The period of review (``POR'') for this NSR is February 1, 2010-July 
31, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Walker, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
9, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202-482-0413.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    The notice announcing the antidumping duty order on shrimp from 
Vietnam was published in the Federal Register on February 1, 2005.\1\ 
On August 26, 2010, pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended (``Act''), and section 351.214(c) of the 
Department's regulations, the Department received a NSR request from 
Quoc Viet Seaproducts Processing Trading and Import-Export Co., Ltd. 
(``Quoc Viet''). Quoc Viet's request was properly made during August 
2010, which is the semi-annual anniversary of the Order. Quoc Viet 
certified that it is a producer and exporter of the subject merchandise 
upon which the request was based.
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    \1\ See Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Frozen Warmwater 
Shrimp From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 70 FR 5152 (February 
1, 2005) (``Order'').
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    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(I) of the Act and section 
351.214(b)(2)(i) of the Department's regulations, Quoc Viet

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certified that it did not export subject merchandise to the United 
States during the period of investigation (``POI''). In addition, 
pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(II) of the Act and section 
351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A) of the Department's regulations, Quoc Viet 
certified that, since the initiation of the investigation, it has never 
been affiliated with any Vietnamese exporter or producer who exported 
subject merchandise to the United States during the POI, including 
those respondents not individually examined during the investigation. 
As required by section 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B) of the Department's 
regulations, Quoc Viet also certified that its export activities were 
not controlled by the central government of Vietnam.
    In addition to the certifications described above, pursuant to 
section 351.214(b)(2)(iv) of the Department's regulations, Quoc Viet 
submitted documentation establishing the following: (1) The date on 
which Quoc Viet first shipped subject merchandise for export to the 
United States and; (2) the volume of its first shipment; and (3) the 
date of its first sale to an unaffiliated customer in the United 
States.\2\
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    \2\ See also ``Memorandum to the File, through Scot T. 
Fullerton, Program Manager, ``Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from 
the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Placing CBP data on the record,'' 
dated concurrently with this notice.
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Initiation of New Shipper Review

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and section 
351.214(d)(1) of the Department's regulations, we find that the request 
submitted by Quoc Viet meets the threshold requirements for initiation 
of a NSR for shipments of shrimp from Vietnam produced and exported by 
Quoc Viet.\3\ The POR is February 1, 2010-July 31, 2010.\4\ The 
Department intends to issue the preliminary results of this NSR no 
later than 180 days from the date of initiation, and the final results 
no later than 270 days from the date of initiation.\5\
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    \3\ See ``Memorandum to the File, through Scot T. Fullerton, 
Program Manager, ``Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam: New Shipper Initiation Checklist,'' 
dated concurrently with this notice.
    \4\ See section 351.214(g)(1)(i)(B) of the Department's 
regulations.
    \5\ See section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act.
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    It is the Department's usual practice, in cases involving non-
market economies, to require that a company seeking to establish 
eligibility for an antidumping duty rate separate from the NME entity-
wide rate provide evidence of de jure and de facto absence of 
government control over the company's export activities. Accordingly, 
we will issue questionnaires to Quoc Viet, which will include a section 
requesting information with regard to Quoc Viet's export activities for 
separate rate purposes. The NSR will proceed if the response provides 
sufficient indication that Quoc Viet is not subject to either de jure 
or de facto government control with respect to its export of subject 
merchandise.
    We will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to allow, at 
the option of the importer, the posting, until the completion of the 
review, of a bond or security in lieu of a cash deposit for each entry 
of the subject merchandise from Quoc Viet in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Act and section 351.214(e) of the Department's 
regulations. Because Quoc Viet certified that it both produced and 
exported the subject merchandise, the sale of which is the basis for 
this new shipper review request, we will apply the bonding privilege to 
Quoc Viet only for subject merchandise which Quoc Viet both produced 
and exported.
    Interested parties requiring access to proprietary information in 
this NSR should submit applications for disclosure under administrative 
protective order in accordance with sections 351.305 and 351.306 of the 
Department's regulations.
    This initiation and notice are in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and sections 351.214 and 351.221(c)(1)(i) of 
the Department's regulations.

    Dated: September 20, 2010.
Susan H. Kuhbach,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-24729 Filed 9-30-10; 8:45 am]
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