[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 136 (Tuesday, July 16, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42492-42497]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-17044]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-840]
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From India: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final No Shipment
Determination; 2011-2012
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On March 12, 2013, the Department of Commerce (the Department)
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp from
India.\1\ The period of review (POR) is February 1, 2011, through
January 31, 2012. Based on our analysis of the comments received, we
have made certain changes in the margin calculations. Therefore, the
final results differ from the preliminary results. The final weighted-
average dumping margins for the reviewed firms are listed below in the
section entitled ``Final Results of the Review.'' Further, we find that
two companies had no shipments of subject merchandise during the POR.
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\1\ See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From India; Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2011-2012, 78 FR
15691 (Mar. 12, 2013) and accompanying Decision Memorandum
(Preliminary Results).
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DATES: Effective Date: July 16, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Eastwood or David Crespo,
AD/CVD Operations, Office 2, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20230;
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telephone (202) 482-3874 or (202) 482-3693, respectively.
Background
This review covers 193 producers/exporters. The respondents which
the Department selected for individual examination are Apex Frozen
Foods Private Limited (Apex) and Devi Fisheries Limited (Devi
Fisheries). The Department also accepted one voluntary respondent,
Falcon Marine Exports Limited/K.R. Enterprises (Falcon). The
respondents which were not selected for individual examination are
listed in the ``Final Results of the Review'' section of this notice.
On March 12, 2013, the Department published the Preliminary
Results. In April 2013, we received case and rebuttal briefs from the
Ad Hoc Shrimp Trade Action Committee; the American Shrimp Processors
Association; and Apex, Devi Fisheries, and Falcon (collectively, ``the
respondents''). Also in June 2013, the Department held a public hearing
at the request of the respondents.
The Department has conducted this administrative review in
accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act).
Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the order is certain frozen warmwater
shrimp.\2\ The product is currently classified under the following
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) item numbers:
0306.17.00.03, 0306.17.00.06, 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.
Although the HTSUS numbers are provided for convenience and customs
purposes, the written product description remains dispositive.
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\2\ For a complete description of the Scope of the Order, see
the ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review on Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from
India,'' from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, which is dated
concurrently with, and adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision
Memo).
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Determination of No Shipments
As noted in the Preliminary Results, we received no-shipment claims
from two companies under review (i.e., Baby Marine International and
Baby Marine Sarass). These companies reported that they made no
shipments of subject merchandise to the United States during the
POR.\3\
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\3\ For a full explanation of the Department's analysis, see the
Preliminary Results and accompanying Decision Memorandum at 6.
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We confirmed the claims from these companies with U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP). Therefore, because we find that the record
indicates that the two companies listed above did not export subject
merchandise to the United States during the POR, we determine that they
had no reviewable transactions during the POR.
As we stated in the Preliminary Results, our former practice
concerning respondents submitting timely no-shipment certifications was
to rescind the administrative review with respect to those companies if
we were able to confirm the no-shipment certifications through a no-
shipment inquiry with CBP.\4\ As a result, in such circumstances, we
normally instructed CBP to liquidate any entries from the no-shipment
company at the deposit rate in effect on the date of entry.
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\4\ See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties; Final rule,
62 FR 27296, 27393 (May 19, 1997); see also Stainless Steel Sheet
and Strip in Coils from Taiwan: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, 75 FR 76700, 76701 (Dec. 9, 2010).
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In our May 6, 2003, clarification of the ``automatic assessment''
regulation, we explained that, where respondents in an administrative
review demonstrate that they had no knowledge of sales through
resellers to the United States, we would instruct CBP to liquidate such
entries at the all-others rate applicable to the proceeding.\5\ As
noted in the Preliminary Results, because ``as entered'' liquidation
instructions do not alleviate the concerns which the May 2003
clarification was intended to address, we find it appropriate in this
case to instruct CBP to liquidate any existing entries of merchandise
produced by the above listed companies and exported by other parties at
the all-others rate. In addition, we continue to find that it is more
consistent with the May 2003 clarification not to rescind the review in
part in these circumstances but, rather, to complete the review with
respect to the two companies listed above and issue appropriate
instructions to CBP based on the final results of this administrative
review. See the ``Assessment Rates'' section of this notice below.
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\5\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003)
(Assessment Policy Notice).
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Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case briefs by parties are addressed in
the Issues and Decision Memo. A list of the issues which parties raised
and to which we respond in the Issues and Decision Memo is attached to
this notice as Appendix I. The Issues and Decision Memo is a public
document and is on file electronically via Import Administration's
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service
System (IA ACCESS). IA ACCESS is available to registered users at
http://iaaccess.trade.gov and in the Central Records Unit (CRU), room
7046 of the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a
complete version of the Issues and Decision Memo can be accessed
directly on the Internet at http://www.trade.gov/ia/. The signed Issues
and Decision Memo and the electronic versions of the Issues and
Decision Memo are identical in content.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our analysis of the comments received, we made changes to
the margin calculations for Devi Fisheries to correct certain
calculation errors. For further discussion, see the Issues and Decision
Memo.
Period of Review
The POR is February 1, 2011, through January 31, 2012.
Final Results of the Review
We are assigning the following dumping margins to the firms listed
below as follows:
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Manufacturer/Exporter Percent Margin
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Apex Frozen Foods Private Limited.................... 3.49
Devi Fisheries Limited/Satya Seafoods Private Limited/ 0.23
Usha Seafoods....................................... (de minimis)
Falcon Marine Exports Limited/K.R. Enterprises....... 0.00
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Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to the Following Companies:\6\
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\6\ This rate is based on the margin calculated for Apex because
it is the only above de minimis margin calculated in this
administrative review. Further, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.204(d)(3), we
have not included Falcon's weighted-average dumping margin in our
calculation of the review-specific average rate.
\7\ The Department received a request for an administrative
review of the antidumping order on shrimp from India with respect to
Devi Sea Foods Limited (Devi). Shrimp produced and exported by Devi
was excluded from this order effective February 1, 2009. See Certain
Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From India: Final Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review, Partial Rescission of Review, and Notice
of Revocation of Order in Part, 75 FR 41813, 41814 (July 19, 2010).
However, shrimp produced by other Indian producers and exported by
Devi remains subject to the order. Thus, this administrative review
with respect to Devi covers only shrimp which was produced in India
by other companies and exported by Devi.
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Manufacturer/Exporter Percent Margin
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Abad Fisheries Pvt. Ltd.............................. 3.49
Accelerated Freeze-Drying Co......................... 3.49
Adilakshmi Enterprises............................... 3.49
Allana Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd......................... 3.49
Allanasons Ltd....................................... 3.49
AMI Enterprises...................................... 3.49
Amulya Seafoods...................................... 3.49
Anand Aqua Exports................................... 3.49
Ananda Aqua Applications/Ananda Aqua Exports (P) 3.49
Limited/Ananda Foods................................
Andaman Sea Foods Private Limited.................... 3.49
Angelique Intl....................................... 3.49
Anjaneya Seafoods.................................... 3.49
Arvi Import & Export................................. 3.49
Asvini Exports....................................... 3.49
Asvini Fisheries Private Limited..................... 3.49
Avanti Feeds Limited................................. 3.49
Ayshwarya Seafood Private Limited.................... 3.49
Baby Marine Exports.................................. 3.49
Baby Marine International............................ *
Baby Marine Sarass................................... *
Bhatsons Aquatic Products............................ 3.49
Bhavani Seafoods..................................... 3.49
Bijaya Marine Products............................... 3.49
Blue Fin Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd....................... 3.49
Blue Water Foods & Exports P. Ltd.................... 3.49
Bluefin Enterprises.................................. 3.49
Bluepark Seafoods Private Ltd........................ 3.49
BMR Exports.......................................... 3.49
Britto Exports....................................... 3.49
C P Aquaculture (India) Ltd.......................... 3.49
Calcutta Seafoods Pvt. Ltd........................... 3.49
Capithan Exporting Co................................ 3.49
Castlerock Fisheries Ltd............................. 3.49
Chemmeens (Regd)..................................... 3.49
Cherukattu Industries (Marine Division).............. 3.49
Choice Canning Company............................... 3.49
Choice Trading Corporation Private Limited........... 3.49
Coastal Corporation Ltd.............................. 3.49
Cochin Frozen Food Exports Pvt. Ltd.................. 3.49
Coreline Exports..................................... 3.49
Corlim Marine Exports Pvt. Ltd....................... 3.49
Damco India Private.................................. 3.49
Devi Marine Food Exports Private Ltd./Kader Exports 3.49
Private Limited/Kader Investment and Trading Company
Private Limited/Liberty Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd./
Liberty Oil Mills Ltd./Premier Marine Products/
Universal Cold Storage Private Limited..............
Devi Sea Foods Limited \7\........................... 3.49
Diamond Seafood Exports/Edhayam Frozen Foods Pvt. 3.49
Ltd./Kadalkanny Frozen Foods/Theva & Company........
Digha Seafood Exports................................ 3.49
Esmario Export Enterprises........................... 3.49
Exporter Coreline Exports............................ 3.49
Five Star Marine Exports Private Limited............. 3.49
Forstar Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd........................ 3.49
Frontline Exports Pvt. Ltd........................... 3.49
G A Randerian Limited................................ 3.49
Gadre Marine Exports................................. 3.49
Galaxy Maritech Exports P. Ltd....................... 3.49
Gayatri Seafoods..................................... 3.49
Geo Aquatic Products (P) Ltd......................... 3.49
Geo Seafoods......................................... 3.49
Grandtrust Overseas (P) Ltd.......................... 3.49
Goodwill Enterprises................................. 3.49
GVR Exports Pvt. Ltd................................. 3.49
Haripriya Marine Export Pvt. Ltd..................... 3.49
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Harmony Spices Pvt. Ltd.............................. 3.49
HIC ABF Special Foods Pvt. Ltd....................... 3.49
Hindustan Lever, Ltd................................. 3.49
Hiravata Ice & Cold Storage.......................... 3.49
Hiravati Exports Pvt. Ltd............................ 3.49
Hiravati International Pvt. Ltd. (located at APM-- 3.49
Mafco Yard, Sector--18, Vashi, Navi, Mumbai --400
705, India).........................................
Hiravati International Pvt. Ltd. (located at Jawar 3.49
Naka, Porbandar, Gujarat, 360 575, India)...........
IFB Agro Industries Ltd.............................. 3.49
Indian Aquatic Products.............................. 3.49
Indo Aquatics........................................ 3.49
Innovative Foods Limited............................. 3.49
International Freezefish Exports..................... 3.49
Interseas............................................ 3.49
ITC Limited, International Business.................. 3.49
ITC Ltd.............................................. 3.49
Jagadeesh Marine Exports............................. 3.49
Jaya Satya Marine Exports............................ 3.49
Jaya Satya Marine Exports Pvt. Ltd................... 3.49
Jayalakshmi Sea Foods Private Limited................ 3.49
Jinny Marine Traders................................. 3.49
Jiya Packagings...................................... 3.49
K R M Marine Exports Ltd............................. 3.49
K.V. Marine Exp...................................... 3.49
Kalyan Aqua & Marine Exp. India Pvt. Ltd............. 3.49
Kalyanee Marine...................................... 3.49
Kanch Ghar........................................... 3.49
Kay Kay Exports...................................... 3.49
Kings Marine Products................................ 3.49
Koluthara Exports Ltd................................ 3.49
Konark Aquatics & Exports Pvt. Ltd................... 3.49
Landauer Ltd......................................... 3.49
Libran Cold Storages (P) Ltd......................... 3.49
Lighthouse Trade Links Pvt. Ltd...................... 3.49
Magnum Estates Limited............................... 3.49
Magnum Export........................................ 3.49
Magnum Sea Foods Limited............................. 3.49
Malabar Arabian Fisheries............................ 3.49
Malnad Exports Pvt. Ltd.............................. 3.49
Mangala Marine Exim India Pvt. Ltd................... 3.49
Mangala Sea Products................................. 3.49
Meenaxi Fisheries Pvt. Ltd........................... 3.49
MSC Marine Exporters................................. 3.49
MSRDR Exports........................................ 3.49
MTR Foods............................................ 3.49
N.C. John & Sons (P) Ltd............................. 3.49
Naga Hanuman Fish Packers............................ 3.49
Naik Frozen Foods.................................... 3.49
Naik Frozen Foods Pvt., Ltd.......................... 3.49
Naik Seafoods Ltd.................................... 3.49
Navayuga Exports..................................... 3.49
Nekkanti Sea Foods Limited........................... 3.49
Nila Sea Foods Pvt. Ltd.............................. 3.49
Nine Up Frozen Foods................................. 3.49
Overseas Marine Export............................... 3.49
Paragon Sea Foods Pvt. Ltd........................... 3.49
Parayil Food Products Pvt., Ltd...................... 3.49
Penver Products (P) Ltd.............................. 3.49
Pesca Marine Products Pvt., Ltd...................... 3.49
Pijikay International Exports P Ltd.................. 3.49
Pisces Seafoods International........................ 3.49
Premier Exports International........................ 3.49
Premier Marine Foods................................. 3.49
Premier Seafoods Exim (P) Ltd........................ 3.49
R V R Marine Products Private Limited................ 3.49
Raa Systems Pvt. Ltd................................. 3.49
Raju Exports......................................... 3.49
Ram's Assorted Cold Storage Ltd...................... 3.49
Raunaq Ice & Cold Storage............................ 3.49
Raysons Aquatics Pvt. Ltd............................ 3.49
Razban Seafoods Ltd.................................. 3.49
RBT Exports.......................................... 3.49
RDR Exports.......................................... 3.49
Riviera Exports Pvt. Ltd............................. 3.49
Rohi Marine Private Ltd.............................. 3.49
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S & S Seafoods....................................... 3.49
S Chanchala Combines................................. 3.49
S. A. Exports........................................ 3.49
Safa Enterprises..................................... 3.49
Sagar Foods.......................................... 3.49
Sagar Grandhi Exports Pvt. Ltd....................... 3.49
Sagar Samrat Seafoods................................ 3.49
Sagarvihar Fisheries Pvt. Ltd........................ 3.49
SAI Marine Exports Pvt. Ltd.......................... 3.49
SAI Sea Foods........................................ 3.49
Sandhya Aqua Exports................................. 3.49
Sandhya Aqua Exports Pvt. Ltd........................ 3.49
Sandhya Marines Limited.............................. 3.49
Santhi Fisheries & Exports Ltd....................... 3.49
Sarveshwari Exp...................................... 3.49
Sarveshwari Ice & Cold Storage Pvt. Ltd.............. 3.49
Sawant Food Products................................. 3.49
Seagold Overseas Pvt. Ltd............................ 3.49
Selvam Exports Private Limited....................... 3.49
Sharat Industries Ltd................................ 3.49
Shimpo Exports....................................... 3.49
Shimpo Exports Pvt. Ltd.............................. 3.49
Shippers Exports..................................... 3.49
Shiva Frozen Food Exp. Pvt., Ltd..................... 3.49
Shree Datt Aquaculture Farms Pvt. Ltd................ 3.49
Shroff Processed Food & Cold Storage P Ltd........... 3.49
Silver Seafood....................................... 3.49
Sita Marine Exports.................................. 3.49
Sowmya Agri Marine Exports........................... 3.49
Sprint Exports Pvt. Ltd.............................. 3.49
Sri Chandrakantha Marine Exports..................... 3.49
Sri Sakkthi Cold Storage............................. 3.49
Sri Sakthi Marine Products P Ltd..................... 3.49
Sri Satya Marine Exports............................. 3.49
Sri Venkata Padmavathi Marine Foods Pvt. Ltd......... 3.49
Srikanth International............................... 3.49
SSF Ltd.............................................. 3.49
Star Agro Marine Exports Private Limited............. 3.49
Sun Bio-Technology Limited........................... 3.49
Suryamitra Exim (P) Ltd.............................. 3.49
Suvarna Rekha Exports Private Limited................ 3.49
Suvarna Rekha Marines P Ltd.......................... 3.49
TBR Exports Pvt Ltd.................................. 3.49
Teekay Marine P. Ltd................................. 3.49
Tejaswani Enterprises................................ 3.49
The Waterbase Ltd.................................... 3.49
Triveni Fisheries P Ltd.............................. 3.49
Uniroyal Marine Exports Ltd.......................... 3.49
V.S Exim Pvt Ltd..................................... 3.49
Veejay Impex......................................... 3.49
Victoria Marine & Agro Exports Ltd................... 3.49
Vinner Marine........................................ 3.49
Vishal Exports....................................... 3.49
Wellcome Fisheries Limited........................... 3.49
West Coast Frozen Foods Private Limited.............. 3.49
Z A Sea Foods Pvt. Ltd............................... 3.49
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\*\ No shipments or sales subject to this review.
Disclosure
We intend to disclose the calculations performed within five days
of the date of publication of this notice to parties in this proceeding
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Assessment Rates
The Department shall determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping
duties on all appropriate entries.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), because Apex reported the entered
value for all of its U.S. sales, we have calculated importer-specific
ad valorem duty assessment rates for these sales based on the ratio of
the total amount of antidumping duties calculated for the examined
sales to the total entered value of the examined sales for that
importer. To determine whether the duty assessment rates are de
minimis, in accordance with the requirement set forth in 19 CFR
351.106(c)(2), we have calculated importer-specific ad valorem ratios
based on the entered value. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we will
instruct CBP to liquidate without regard to antidumping duties any
entries for which the assessment rate is de minimis (i.e., less than
0.50 percent).
Regarding Devi Fisheries and Falcon, pursuant to the Final
Modification for
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Reviews,\8\ because the weighted-average dumping margins for these two
companies are de minimis or zero, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.\9\
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\8\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012)
(Final Modification for Reviews).
\9\ See Final Modification for Reviews, 77 FR at 8102.
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For the companies which were not selected for individual
examination, we have used as the assessment rate the cash deposit rate
assigned to these exporters, in accordance with our practice. See,
e.g., Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From India: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final No Shipment
Determination, 77 FR 48048, 40853 (July 11, 2012).
The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15
days after the date of publication of these final results of review.
The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on
May 6, 2003. See Assessment Policy Notice. This clarification applies
to entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by companies
included in these final results of review for which the reviewed
companies did not know that the merchandise they 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 established in
the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation if there is no rate for
the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction. See
Assessment Policy Notice for a full discussion of this clarification.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of 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 rates for the reviewed companies will be
the rates shown above, except if the rate is less than 0.50 percent, de
minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), the cash deposit
will be zero; (2) for previously reviewed or investigated companies not
listed above, as well as those companies listed in the ``Determination
of No Shipments'' section, above, the cash deposit rate will continue
to be the company-specific rate published for the most recent period;
(3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a previous
review, or the original LTFV investigation, but the manufacturer is,
the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent
period 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.\10\ These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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\10\ See Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Frozen Warmwater
Shrimp from India, 70 FR 5147, 5148 (Feb. 1, 2005).
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Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a final 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 Secretary's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written
notification of return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to
judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with
the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
This administrative review and notice are published in accordance
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: July 10, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
Appendix I
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
Issues
1. Targeted Dumping Allegation
2. Treatment of Assessed Antidumping Duties
3. Devi Fisheries' Margin Calculation
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