[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 120 (Tuesday, June 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35935-35936]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-15468]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-893]
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the People's Republic of
China: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014-2015
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is rescinding
the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain
frozen warmwater shrimp (``shrimp'') from the People's Republic of
China (``PRC'') for the period February 1, 2014 through January 31,
2015.
DATES: Effective Date: June 23, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Annathea Cook, AD/CVD Operations,
Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-7425.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 3, 2015, based on a timely request for review on behalf of
the Ad Hoc Shrimp Trade Action Committee (``Petitioner'') \1\ and the
American Shrimp Processors Association (``Domestic Processors''),\2\
the Department published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation
of an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on shrimp
from the PRC covering the period February 1, 2014, through January 31,
2015.\3\ The review covers sixty two companies.\4\ On April 16, 2015,
and May 1, 2015, respectively, Petitioner and Domestic Processors
withdrew their requests for an administrative review on all of the
sixty two companies listed in the Initiation Notice.\5\ No other party
requested a review of these companies or any other exporters of subject
merchandise.
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\1\ See Letter to the Secretary of Commerce from the Ad Hoc
Shrimp Trade Action Committee (``AHSTAC'') ``Certain Frozen
Warmwater Shrimp from the People's Republic of China: Request for
Administrative Reviews'' (February 27, 2015).
\2\ See Letter to the Secretary of Commerce from the American
Shrimp Processors Association (``ASPA'') ``Administrative Review of
the Antidumping Duty Order Covering Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the
People's Republic of China (POR 10:2/1/14-1/31/15): American Shrimp
Processors Association's Request for an Administrative Review''
(February 27, 2015).
\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 80 FR 18202, 18208 (April 3rd, 2015)
(``Initiation Notice'').
\4\ See id.
\5\ See Letter to the Secretary of Commerce from Petitioner
``Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the People's Republic of
China: Domestic Producers' Withdrawal of Review Requests'' (April
16, 2015); Letter to the Secretary of Commerce from Domestic
Processors ``Administrative Review of Antidumping Duty Order
Covering Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the People's Republic
of China: Withdrawal of Review Request on Behalf of the American
Shrimp Processors Association'' (May 1, 2015).
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Rescission of Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Department will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the party that requested
the review withdraws its request within 90 days of the publication of
the notice of initiation of the requested review. In this case,
Petitioner and Domestic Processors timely withdrew their request by the
90-day deadline, and no other party requested an administrative review
of the antidumping duty order. As a result, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.213(d)(1), we are rescinding the administrative review of shrimp
from the PRC for the period February 1, 2014, through January 31, 2015,
in its entirety.
Assessment
The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(``CBP'') to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries.
Because the Department is rescinding this administrative review in its
entirety, the entries to which this administrative review pertained
shall be assessed antidumping duties at rates equal to the cash deposit
of estimated antidumping duties required at the time of entry, or
withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(c)(1)(i). The Department intends to issue appropriate
assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the publication of this
notice in the Federal Register, if appropriate.
Notifications
This notice serves as a final 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 the Department's presumption that
reimbursement of the antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
This notice also serves as a final 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), which
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of
the proceeding. 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 which is subject to sanction.
This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19
CFR 351.213(d)(4).
Dated: June 17, 2015.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2015-15468 Filed 6-22-15; 8:45 am]
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