Notice2021-12317
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final Determination of No Shipments; 2019-2020
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June 11, 2021
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Abstract
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that four exporters subject to this administrative review had no shipments of certain frozen warmwater shrimp (shrimp) from the People's Republic of China (China) during the period of review (POR) February 1, 2019, through January 31, 2020. We also determine that the 125 remaining companies subject to this review are part of the China-wide entity because they failed to demonstrate their eligibility for separate rates.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 111 (Friday, June 11, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31278-31280]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-12317]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-893]
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the People's Republic of
China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and
Final Determination of No Shipments; 2019-2020
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that four
exporters subject to this administrative review had no shipments of
certain frozen warmwater shrimp (shrimp) from the People's Republic of
China (China) during the period of review (POR) February 1, 2019,
through January 31, 2020. We also determine that the 125 remaining
companies subject to this review are part of the China-wide entity
because they failed to demonstrate their eligibility for separate
rates.
DATES: Applicable June 11, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jasun Moy, AD/CVD Operations, Office
V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20230; telephone: (202) 482-8194.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On March 22, 2021, Commerce published the preliminary results of
this administrative review.\1\ We invited parties to comment on the
Preliminary Results. No party submitted comments. Accordingly, the
final results remain unchanged from the Preliminary Results.
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\1\ See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the People's
Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments;
2019-2020, 86 FR 15195 (March 22, 2021) (Preliminary Results).
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by this order are shrimp from China. For a
complete description of the scope, see Appendix II.
Final Determination of No Shipments
Commerce preliminarily found that: (1) Allied Pacific; \2\ (2)
Shantou Red Garden Foods; \3\ (3) Zhangzhou Hongwei Foods Co., Ltd.
(Zhangzhou Hongwei); and (4) Zhanjiang Guolian Aquatic Products Co.,
Ltd. (Zhanjiang Guolian) had no shipments during the POR.\4\ As noted
in the Preliminary Results, we received no shipment statements from the
four exporters identified above, and the statements were consistent
with the information we received from U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP).
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\2\ Allied Pacific Food (Dalian) Co., Ltd./Allied Pacific (HK)
Co., Ltd./Allied Pacific Aquatic Products (Zhanjiang) Co., Ltd/
Allied Pacific Aquatic Products (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd. comprise the
single entity Allied Pacific. See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp
from the People's Republic of China and Diamond Sawblades and Parts
Thereof from the People's Republic of China: Notice of
Implementation of Determinations Under Section 129 of the Uruguay
Round Agreements Act and Partial Revocation of the Antidumping Duty
Orders, 78 FR 18958, 18959 (March 28, 2013) (Exclusion Notice).
Additionally, Allied Pacific is excluded from the order with respect
to merchandise exported by Allied Pacific (HK) Co., Ltd., or Allied
Pacific Food (Dalian) Co., Ltd., and manufactured by Allied Pacific
Aquatic Products (Zhanjiang) Co., Ltd., or Allied Pacific Aquatic
Products (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd., or Allied Pacific Food (Dalian) Co.,
Ltd. See Exclusion Notice, 78 FR at 18959. Allied Pacific submitted
a no shipment certification for exports outside the above
combinations. See Allied Pacific's Letter, ``Certain Frozen
Warmwater Shrimp from the People's Republic of China: Notice of No
Shipments,'' dated April 27, 2020.
\3\ Shantou Red Garden Food Processing Co., Ltd./Shantou Red
Garden Foodstuff Co., Ltd. comprise the single entity Shantou Red
Garden Foods. See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the People's
Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review and Final Determination of No Shipments; 2018-2019, 85 FR
83891 (December 23, 2020).
\4\ Zhanjiang Guolian is excluded from the order with respect to
merchandise produced and exported by Zhanjiang Guolian. See Notice
of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and
Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the
People's Republic of China, 70 FR 5149, 5152 (February 1, 2005).
Zhanjiang Guolian submitted a no shipment certification for exports
outside the above combination. See Zhanjiang Guolian's Letter,
``Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the People's Republic of
China: Notice of No Shipments,'' dated May 15, 2020.
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No party commented on our preliminary no-shipment findings with
respect to Allied Pacific, Shantou Red Garden Foods, Zhangzhou Hongwei,
and Zhanjiang Guolian. Therefore, for these final results, we continue
to find that these four exporters had no shipments of subject
merchandise to the United States during the POR.
China-Wide Entity
With the exception of Allied Pacific, Shantou Red Garden Foods,
Zhangzhou Hongwei, and Zhanjiang Guolian, we find all other companies
for which a review was requested to be part of the China-wide entity
because they failed to file no-shipment statements, separate rate
applications, or separate rate certifications. Accordingly, the
companies listed in Appendix I are part of the China-wide entity.
Because no party requested a review of the China-wide entity, and
Commerce no longer considers the China-wide entity as an exporter
conditionally subject to administrative reviews, we did not conduct a
review of the China-wide entity. The rate previously established for
the China-wide entity is 112.81 percent and is not subject to change as
a result of this review.\5\
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\5\ See Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Frozen Warmwater
Shrimp from the People's Republic of China, 70 FR 5149 (February 1,
2005).
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Assessment Rates
We have not calculated any assessment rates in this administrative
review. Based on record evidence, we have determined that Allied
Pacific, Shantou Red Garden Foods, Zhangzhou Hongwei, and Zhanjiang
Guolian had no shipments of subject merchandise, and, therefore,
pursuant to Commerce's assessment practice, any suspended entries
entered under their case numbers will be liquidated at the China-wide
entity rate.\6\
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\6\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011).
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For all remaining companies subject to this review, which are part
of the China-wide entity, we will instruct CBP to liquidate their
entries at the current rate for the China-wide entity (i.e., 112.81
percent). Consistent with its recent notice,\7\ 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).
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\7\ See Notice of Discontinuation of Policy to Issue Liquidation
Instructions After 15 Days in Applicable Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Proceedings, 86 FR 3995 (January
15, 2021).
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this review for shipments of
subject merchandise from China entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the publication date, as provided by
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For previously investigated or
reviewed Chinese and non-Chinese exporters that received a separate
rate in a prior segment of this proceeding, and which were not assigned
the China-wide rate in this review, the cash deposit rate will continue
to be the existing exporter-specific rate published for the most
recently-completed period; (2) for all Chinese exporters of subject
merchandise that have not been found to be entitled to a separate rate
(including the companies listed in Appendix I), the cash deposit rate
will be that for the China-wide entity (i.e., 112.81 percent); and (3)
for all non-Chinese exporters of subject merchandise which have not
received their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate
applicable to the Chinese exporter that supplied that non-Chinese
exporter. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain
in effect until further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 315.402(f)(2) 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 Commerce's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
Administrative Protective Orders
This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
written notification of the return or 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 subject
to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
These final results are issued and published in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h).
Dated: June 7, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I
List of Companies Determined To Be Part of the China-Wide Entity
1. Anhui Fuhuang Sungem Foodstuff Group Co., Ltd
2. Asian Seafoods (Zhanjiang) Co., Ltd.
3. Beihai Anbang Seafood Co., Ltd.
4. Beihai Boston Frozen Food Co., Ltd.
5. Beihai Tianwei Aquatic Food Co. Ltd.
6. Changli Luquan Aquatic Products Co., Ltd.
7. Chengda Development Co. Ltd.
8. Dalian Beauty Seafood Company Ltd.
9. Dalian Changfeng Food Co., Ltd.
10. Dalian Guofu Aquatic Products and Food Co., Ltd.
11. Dalian Haiqing Food Co., Ltd.
12. Dalian Hengtai Foods Co., Ltd.
13. Dalian Home Sea International Trading Co., Ltd.
14. Dalian Philica International Trade Co., Ltd.
15. Dalian Philica Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd.
16. Dalian Rich Enterprise Group Co., Ltd.
17. Dalian Shanhai Seafood Co., Ltd.
18. Dalian Sunrise Foodstuffs Co., Ltd.
19. Dalian Taiyang Aquatic Products Co., Ltd.
20. Dandong Taihong Foodstuff Co., Ltd
21. Dongwei Aquatic Products (Zhangzhou) Co., Ltd.
22. Ferrero Food
23. Food Processing Co., Ltd.
24. Fujian Chaohui Aquatic Food Co., Ltd.
25. Fujian Chaohui Group
26. Fujian Chaohui International Trading Co., Ltd.
27. Fujian Dongshan County Shunfa Aquatic Product Co., Ltd.
28. Fujian Dongwei Food Co., Ltd.
29. Fujian Dongya Aquatic Products Co., Ltd.
30. Fujian Fuding Seagull Fishing Food Co., Ltd.
31. Fujian Hainason Trading Co., Ltd.
32. Fujian Haohui Import & Export Co., Ltd.
33. Fujian Hongao Trade Development Co.
34. Fujian R & J Group Ltd.
35. Fujian Rongjiang Import and Export Co., Ltd.
36. Fujian Zhaoan Haili Aquatic Co., Ltd.
37. Fuqing Chaohui Aquatic Food Co., Ltd.
38. Fuqing Dongwei Aquatic Products Industry Co., Ltd.
39. Fuqing Longhua Aquatic Food Co., Ltd.
40. Fuqing Minhua Trade Co., Ltd.
41. Fuqing Yihua Aquatic Food Co., Ltd.
42. Gallant Ocean Group
43. Guangdong Foodstuffs Import & Export (Group) Corporation
44. Guangdong Gourmet Aquatic Products Co., Ltd.
45. Guangdong Jinhang Foods Co., Ltd.
46. Guangdong Rainbow Aquatic Development
47. Guangdong Shunxin Marine Fishery Group Co., Ltd.
48. Guangdong Taizhou Import & Export Trade Co., Ltd.
49. Guangdong Universal Aquatic Food Co. Ltd.
50. Guangdong Wanshida Holding Corp.
51. Guangdong Wanya Foods Fty. Co., Ltd.
52. HaiLi Aquatic Product Co., Ltd.
53. Hainan Brich Aquatic Products Co., Ltd.
54. Hainan Golden Spring Foods Co., Ltd.
55. Hainan Qinfu Foods Co., Ltd.
56. Hainan Xintaisheng Industry Co., Ltd.
57. Huazhou Xinhai Aquatic Products Co. Ltd.
58. Kuehne Nagel Ltd. Xiamen Branch
59. Leizhou Bei Bu Wan Sea Products Co., Ltd.
60. Longhai Gelin Foods Co., Ltd.
61. Maoming Xinzhou Seafood Co., Ltd.
62. New Continent Foods Co., Ltd.
63. Ningbo Prolar Global Co., Ltd.
64. North Seafood Group Co.
65. Pacific Andes Food Ltd.
66. Penglai Huiyang Foodstuff Co., Ltd.
67. Penglai Yuming Foodstuff Co., Ltd.
68. Qingdao Free Trade Zone Sentaida
69. Qingdao Fusheng Foodstuffs Co., Ltd.
70. Qingdao Yihexing Foods Co., Ltd.
71. Qingdao Yize Food Co., Ltd.
72. Qingdao Zhongfu International
73. Qinhuangdao Gangwan Aquatic Products Co., Ltd.
74. Rizhao Meijia Aquatic Foodstuff Co., Ltd.
75. Rizhao Meijia Keyuan Foods Co. Ltd.
76. Rizhao Rongxing Co. Ltd.
77. Rizhao Smart Foods Company Limited
78. Rongcheng Yinhai Aquatic Product Co., Ltd.
79. Rushan Chunjiangyuan Foodstuffs Co., Ltd.
80. Rushan Hengbo Aquatic Products Co., Ltd.
81. Savvy Seafood Inc.
82. Sea Trade International Inc.
83. Shanghai Zhoulian Foods Co., Ltd.
84. Shantou Freezing Aquatic Product Foodstuffs Co.
85. Shantou Haili Aquatic Product Co. Ltd.
86. Shantou Haimao Foodstuff Factory Co., Ltd.
87. Shantou Jiazhou Food Industrial Co., Ltd.
88. Shantou Jintai Aquatic Product Industrial Co., Ltd.
89. Shantou Longsheng Aquatic Product
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Foodstuff Co., Ltd.
90. Shantou Ocean Best Seafood Corporation
91. Shantou Ruiyuan Industry Co., Ltd.
92. Shantou Wanya Foods Fty. Co., Ltd.
93. Shantou Yuexing Enterprise Company
94. Shengyuan Aquatic Food Co., Ltd.
95. Suizhong Tieshan Food Co., Ltd.
96. Thai Royal Frozen Food Zhanjiang Co., Ltd.
97. Tongwei Hainan Aquatic Products Co., Ltd.
98. Xiamen East Ocean Foods Co., Ltd.
99. Xiamen Granda Import and Export Co., Ltd.
100. Yangjiang Dawu Aquatic Products Co., Ltd.
101. Yangjiang Guolian Seafood Co., Ltd.
102. Yangjiang Haina Datong Trading Co.
103. Yantai Longda Foodstuffs Co., Ltd.
104. Yantai Tedfoods Co., Ltd.
105. Yantai Wei Cheng Food Co., Ltd.
106. Yantai Wei-Cheng Food Co., Ltd.
107. Yixing Magnolia Garment Co., Ltd.
108. Zhangzhou Donghao Seafoods Co., Ltd.
109. Zhangzhou Xinhui Foods Co., Ltd.
110. Zhangzhou Xinwanya Aquatic Product Co., Ltd.
111. Zhangzhou Yanfeng Aquatic Product & Foodstuff Co., Ltd.
112. Zhanjiang Evergreen Aquatic Product Science and Technology Co.,
Ltd.
113. Zhanjiang Fuchang Aquatic Products Co., Ltd.
114. Zhanjiang Fuchang Aquatic Products Freezing Plant
115. Zhanjiang Longwei Aquatic Products Industry Co., Ltd.
116. Zhanjiang Newpro Foods Co., Ltd.
117. Zhanjiang Regal Integrated Marine Resources Co., Ltd.
118. Zhanjiang Universal Seafood Corp.
119. Zhaoan Yangli Aquatic Co., Ltd.
120. Zhejiang Evernew Seafood Co.
121. Zhejiang Xinwang Foodstuffs Co., Ltd.
122. Zhoushan Genho Food Co., Ltd.
123. Zhoushan Green Food Co., Ltd.
124. Zhoushan Haizhou Aquatic Products
125. Zhuanghe Yongchun Marine Products
Appendix II
Scope of the Order
The scope of the order includes certain frozen warmwater shrimp
and prawns, whether wild caught (ocean harvested) or farm raised
(produced by aquaculture), head on or head off, shell on or peeled,
tail on or tail off,\8\ deveined or not deveined, cooked or raw, or
otherwise processed in frozen form.
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The frozen warmwater shrimp and prawn products included in the
scope of the order, regardless of definitions in the harmonized
tariff schedule (HTS), 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, white-leg 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 of the order. 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 of the order.
Excluded from the scope are: (1) Breaded shrimp and prawns (HTS
subheading 1605.20.1020); (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 (HTS subheadings 0306.23.0020 and
0306.23.0040); (4) shrimp and prawns in prepared meals (HTS
subheading 1605.20.0510); (5) dried shrimp and prawns; (6) Lee Kum
Kee's shrimp sauce; (7) canned warmwater shrimp and prawns (HTS
subheading 1605.20.1040); and (8) 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 10
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 this order are currently classified
under the following HTS subheadings: 0306.17.00.03, 0306.17.00.06,
0306.17.00.09, 0306.17.00.12, 0306.17.00.15, 0306.17.00.18,
0306.17.00.21, 0306.17.00.24, 0306.17.00.27, 0306.17.00.40,
1605.21.10.30, and 1605.29.10.10. These HTS subheadings are provided
for convenience and for customs purposes only; the written
description of the scope of this order is dispositive.\9\
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\9\ On April 26, 2011, Commerce amended the order to include
dusted shrimp, pursuant to the CIT decision in Ad Hoc Shrimp Trade
Action Committee v. United States, 703 F. Supp. 2d 1330 (CIT 2010)
and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) determination,
which found the domestic like product to include dusted shrimp. See
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Brazil, India, the People's
Republic of China, Thailand, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam:
Amended Antidumping Duty Orders in Accordance with Final Court
Decision, 76 FR 23277 (April 26, 2011); see also Frozen Warmwater
Shrimp from Brazil, China, India, Thailand, and Vietnam
(Investigation Nos. 731-TA-1063, 1064, 1066-1068 (Review), USITC
Publication 4221, March 2011.
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