Notice2023-04568
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From Thailand: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022
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March 7, 2023
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that Thai Union Group Public Co., Ltd./Thai Union Seafood Co., Ltd./Pakfood Public Company Limited/Asia Pacific (Thailand) Co., Ltd./Chaophraya Cold Storage Co., Ltd./Okeanos Co., Ltd./Okeanos Food Co., Ltd./Takzin Samut Co., Ltd. (collectively, Thai Union), a producer and exporter subject to this administrative review, did not make sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) February 1, 2021, through January 31, 2022. Additionally, based on timely withdrawal of requests for review, we are rescinding this administrative review with respect to all other companies for which we initiated an administrative review. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14137-14139]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04568]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-549-822]
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From Thailand: Preliminary
Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2021-2022
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that Thai Union Group Public Co., Ltd./Thai Union Seafood
Co., Ltd./Pakfood Public Company Limited/Asia Pacific (Thailand) Co.,
Ltd./Chaophraya Cold Storage Co., Ltd./Okeanos Co., Ltd./Okeanos Food
Co., Ltd./Takzin Samut Co., Ltd. (collectively, Thai Union), a producer
and exporter subject to this administrative review, did not make sales
of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of
review (POR) February 1, 2021, through January 31, 2022. Additionally,
based on timely withdrawal of requests for review, we are rescinding
this administrative review with respect to all other companies for
which we initiated an administrative review. Interested parties are
invited to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable March 7, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Benjamin A. Luberda or Ann Marie
Caton, 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) 482-2185
or (202) 482-2607, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 12, 2022, based on timely requests for review, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative
review of the antidumping duty order \1\ on certain frozen warmwater
shrimp (shrimp) from Thailand.\2\ On June 6, 2022, Commerce selected
two mandatory respondents for individual examination: (1) Kongphop
Frozen Food Co., Ltd.; and (2) Thai Union.\3\ On July 7, 2022, the Ad
Hoc Shrimp Trade Action Committee (AHSTAC); the American Shrimp
Processors Association (ASPA); and Thai Royal Frozen Food Co., Ltd.
(Thai Royal) withdrew their requests for an administrative review with
respect to every company except Thai Union.\4\
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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 Thailand, 70 FR 5145 (February 1, 2005) (Order).
\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 87 FR 21619 (April 12, 2022) (Initiation
Notice).
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Selection of Respondents for Individual
Review,'' dated June 6, 2022. In the 2012-2013 administrative
review, Commerce found that the following companies composed a
single entity: Thai Union Frozen Products Public Co. Ltd.; Thai
Union Seafood Co., Ltd.; Pakfood Public Company Limited; Asia
Pacific (Thailand) Co., Ltd.; Chaophraya Cold Storage Co., Ltd.;
Okeanos Co., Ltd.; Okeanos Food Co., Ltd.; Takzin Samut Co., Ltd.
See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Final Determination of No
Shipments, and Partial Rescission of Review; 2012-2013, 79 FR 51306,
51306 (August 28, 2014). Further, on January 5, 2016, Commerce found
that Thai Union Group Public Co., Ltd. is the successor-in-interest
to Thai Union Frozen Products Public Co., Ltd. See Notice of Final
Results of Antidumping Changes Circumstances Review: Certain Frozen
Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand, 81 FR 222 (January 5, 2016).
Therefore, absent information to the contrary, we are treating these
companies as a single entity for the purposes of this administrative
review.
\4\ See ASPA's Letter, ``Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from
Thailand: American Shrimp Processors Associations' Partial
Withdrawal of Review Requests,'' dated July 6, 2022; and AHSTAC's
Letter, ``Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand: Domestic
Producers' Partial Withdrawal of Review Requests,'' dated July 5,
2022; see also Thai Royal's Letter, ``Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from
Thailand: Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,'' dated
July 5, 2022.
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On October 3, 2022, Commerce extended the preliminary results of
this review by 120 days, until February 28, 2023.\5\ For a complete
description of the events that followed the initiation of this review,
see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\6\ A list of topics discussed
in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included at Appendix I to
this notice. 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 <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade/gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade/gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
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\5\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of 2021-2022 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated
October 3, 2022.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the 2021-2022 Administrative Review of the Antidumping
Duty Order on Circular Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand,''
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Partial Rescission
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party who requested
the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of
publication of notice of initiation of the requested review. AHSTAC,
ASPA, and Thai Royal timely withdrew their requests for an
administrative review with respect to each company listed in the
Initiation Notice, other than Thai Union. No other party requested a
review of these companies. Accordingly, we are rescinding this review,
in part, with respect to these companies, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.213(d)(1). The producers and/or exporters for which we are
rescinding the administrative review are listed at Appendix II of this
notice.
Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the Order is certain warmwater shrimp
and prawns, whether frozen, wild-caught (ocean harvested) or farm-
raised (produced by aquaculture), head-on 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. The frozen warmwater shrimp and
prawn products included in the scope of this order, 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 subject to the Order are currently classifiable in HTSUS
subheadings 0306.17.0004, 0306.17.0005, 0306.17.0007, 0306.17.0008,
0307.17.0010. 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, and 0306.17.0029. Although
the HTSUS numbers are provided for convenience and for customs
purposes, the written product description remains dispositive.\7\
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\7\ For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see
Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 4-5.
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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 and constructed export price are calculated in accordance
with section 772 of the Act. Normal value 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.
Preliminary Results of the Review
We preliminarily determine that the following weighted-average
dumping margin exists for Thai Union for the period February 1, 2021,
through January 31, 2022:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Thai Union Group Public Co., Ltd./Thai Union Seafood 0.00
Co., Ltd./Pakfood Public Company Limited/Asia Pacific
(Thailand) Co., Ltd./Chaophraya Cold Storage Co., Ltd./
Okeanos Co., Ltd./Okeanos Food Co., Ltd./Takzin Samut
Co., Ltd...............................................
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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.\8\ Case briefs
or other written comments may be submitted to Commerce no later than 30
days after the date of publication of this notice.\9\ 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.\10\ 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.\11\ Case and
rebuttal briefs should be filed using ACCESS.\12\ Note that Commerce
has temporarily modified certain of its requirements for serving
documents containing business proprietary information.\13\
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\8\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c).
\10\ Commerce is exercising its discretion, under 19 CFR
351.309(d)(1), to alter the time limit for filing of rebuttal
briefs.
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
\12\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
\13\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements
Due to COVID-19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July
10, 2020).
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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.\14\ 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. Issues raised
in the hearing will be limited to issues raised in the briefs. If a
request for a hearing is made, Commerce intends to hold the hearing at
a date and time to be determined.\15\ Parties should confirm by
telephone the date and time of the hearing two days before the
scheduled date. An electronically filed document must be received
successfully in its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the
established deadline.
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\14\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
\15\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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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.\16\
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\16\ 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.\17\ If the weighted
average dumping margin for Thai Union is not zero or de minimis (i.e.,
less than 0.5 percent), we will calculate importer-specific ad valorem
antidumping duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total
amount of dumping calculated for each importer's examined sales to the
total entered value of those same sales in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1). Where the respondent did not report entered value, we
will calculate the entered value in order to calculate the assessment
rate. If the weighted-average dumping margin for the respondents listed
above is zero or de minimis in the final results, or an importer-
specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis in the final results, we
will instruct CBP not to assess antidumping duties on any of their
entries in accordance with the Final Modification for Reviews.\18\
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\17\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
\18\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102 (February 14,
2012) (Final Modification for Reviews).
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Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' will apply to entries of
subject merchandise during the POR produced by Thai Union for which it
did not know that the merchandise it sold to an 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.\19\
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\19\ 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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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 Thai Union will
be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin 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 rate will continue to be the company-
specific rate published for the most recently-completed segment of this
proceeding in which the company was reviewed; (3) if the exporter is
not a firm covered in this review or previous segment, but the producer
is, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the
most recently-completed segment for the producer of the merchandise;
and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will
continue to
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be 5.34 percent, the all-others rate made effective by the Section 129
Determination.\20\ These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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\20\ See Implementation of the Findings of the WTO Panel in
United States Antidumping Measure on Shrimp from Thailand: Notice of
Determination Under Section 129 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act
and Partial Revocation of the Antidumping Duty Order on Frozen
Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand, 74 FR 5638 (January 30, 2009)
(Section 129 Determination).
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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)(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.
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, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: February 28, 2023.
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. Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation
Appendix II
List of Companies for Which the Administrative Review Has Been
Rescinded
A. Wattanachai Frozen Products Co., Ltd.
A.P. Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.
A.S. Intermarine Foods Co., Ltd.
Ampai Frozen Food Co., Ltd.
Anglo-Siam Seafoods Co., Ltd.
Apitoon Enterprise Industry Co., Ltd.
Asian Alliance International Co., Ltd.
Asian Sea Corporation Public Company Limited
Asian Seafoods Coldstorage PLC
Asian Seafoods Coldstorage Public Co., Ltd. (A.K.A. Asian Seafoods
Coldstorage (Suratthani) Co.)
Asian Seafoods Coldstorage Public Company Limited
Asian Star Trading Co., Ltd.
B.S.A. Food Products Co., Ltd.
Bright Sea Co., Ltd./The Union Frozen Products Co., Ltd.
C N Import Export Co., Ltd.
C.K. Frozen Fish and Food Co., Ltd.
C.P. Intertrade Co. Ltd.
Chaivaree Marine Products Co., Ltd.
Chanthaburi Frozen Food Co., Ltd.
Chanthaburi Seafoods Co., Ltd.
Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Company Limited/CP Merchandising Co.,
Ltd.
Chonburi LC
Commonwealth Trading Co., Ltd.
CPF Food Products Co., Ltd.
Crystal Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.
Daedong (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Daiei Taigen (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Daiho (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Earth Food Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
F.A.I.T. Corporation Limited
Far East Cold Storage Co., Ltd.
Findus (Thailand) Ltd.
Fortune Frozen Foods (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Gallant Ocean (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Golden Seafood International Co., Ltd.
Good Fortune Cold Storage Ltd.
Good Luck Product Co., Ltd.
Grobest Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.
Haitai Seafood Co., Ltd.
Handy International (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Heritrade Co., Ltd. (AKA Heritrade)
HIC (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
I.T. Foods Industries Co., Ltd.
Inter-Oceanic Resources Co., Ltd.
Inter-Pacific Marine Products Co., Ltd.
K & U Enterprise Co., Ltd.
Kiang Huat Sea Gull Trading Frozen Food Public Co., Ltd.
Kingfisher Holdings Ltd./KF Foods Limited
Kitchens of the Ocean (Thailand) Ltd.
Kongphop Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.
Kyokuyo Global Seafoods Co., Ltd.
Lee Heng Seafood Co., Ltd.
Li-Thai Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.
Lucky Union Foods Co., Ltd.
Mahachai Food Processing Co., Ltd.
Marine Gold Products Ltd.
May Ao Foods Co., Ltd./A Foods 1991 Co., Limited
Merkur Co., Ltd.
N&N Foods Co., Ltd.
N.R. Instant Produce Co., Ltd.
Narong Seafood Co., Ltd.
Nongmon SMJ Products
Pacific Fish Processing Co., Ltd.
Penta Impex Co., Ltd.
Phatthana Frozen Food Co., Ltd.
Phatthana Seafood Co., Ltd.
Premier Frozen Products Co., Ltd.
Royal Andaman Seafood Co., Ltd.
S&D Marine Products Co., Ltd.
S. Chaivaree Cold Storage Co., Ltd.
S. Khonkaen Food Industry Public Co., Ltd.
S.K. Foods (Thailand) Public Co. Limited
S2K Marine Product Co., Ltd.
Sea Bonanza Food Co., Ltd.
Sea Wealth Frozen Food Co., Ltd.
Seafresh Industry Public Co., Ltd./Seafresh Fisheries
SEAPAC
Sea-Tech Intertrade Co., Ltd.
Sethachon Co., Ltd.
Shianlin Bangkok Co., Ltd.
Shing Fu Seaproducts Development Co.
Siam Food Supply Co., Ltd.
Siam Intersea Co., Ltd.
Siam Marine Products Co., Ltd.
Siam Ocean Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.
Siam Union Frozen Foods (A.K.A. The Siam Union Frozen Foods Co.,
Ltd.)
Siamchai International Food Co., Ltd.
Smile Heart Foods (A.K.A. Smile Heart Foods Co. Ltd.)
SMP Food Product Co., Ltd.
Songkla Canning Public Co., Ltd.
Southeast Asian Packaging and Canning Ltd.
Southport Seafood (A.K.A. Southport Seafood Co., Ltd.)
Starfoods Industries Co., Ltd.
STC Foodpak Ltd.
Suntechthai Intertrading Co., Ltd.
Surapon Foods Public Co. Ltd/Surat Seafoods Public Co., Ltd.
Surapon Nichirei Foods Co., Ltd.
Tep Kinsho Foods Co., Ltd.
Tey Seng Cold Storage Co., Ltd./Chaiwarut Co., Ltd.
Thai Agri Foods Public Co., Ltd.
Thai I-Mei Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.
Thai Ocean Venture Co., Ltd.
Thai Royal Frozen Food Co., Ltd.
Thai Spring Fish Co., Ltd.
Thai Union Manufacturing Company Limited
Top Product Food Co., Ltd.
Trang Seafood Products Public Co., Ltd.
Unicord Public Co., Ltd.
Xian-Ning Seafood Co., Ltd.
Yeenin Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.
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