[Federal Register: September 5, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 171)]
[Notices]
[Page 50931-50933]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
(A-549-822)
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand; Partial Rescission
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 5, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irina Itkin, AD/CVD Operations, Office
2, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0656.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 2, 2007, the Department of Commerce (the Department)
published in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to request an
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen
warmwater shrimp from Thailand for the period February 1, 2006, through
January 31, 2007. See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order,
Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request
Administrative Review, 72 FR 5007 (Feb. 2, 2007). On February 28, 2007,
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b)(2), certain respondents requested
a review of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen warmwater
shrimp from Thailand. In addition, on February 28, 2007, the petitioner
\1\ and the Louisiana Shrimp Association (LSA), a domestic interested
party, also requested administrative reviews for numerous Thai
exporters of subject merchandise in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(b)(2)(1).
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\1\ The petitioner in this proceeding is the Ad Hoc Shrimp Trade
Action Committee.
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On March 16, 2007, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the
petitioner withdrew its request for review for six companies (i.e.,
Anglo-Siam Seafoods Co., Ltd. (Anglo-Siam Seafoods); Gallant Ocean
(Thailand) Co., Ltd. (Gallant Ocean); Li-Thai Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.
(Li-Thai); Queen Marine Food Co., Ltd. (Queen Marine); Smile Heart
Foods Co., Ltd. (Smile Heart Foods); and Thai World Imports and
Exports).
On April 6, 2007, the Department initiated an administrative review
for 142 companies and requested that each provide data on the quantity
and value (Q&V) of its exports of subject merchandise to the United
States during the period of review (POR). These companies are listed in
the Department's notice of initiation. See Notice of Initiation of
Administrative
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Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders on Certain Frozen Warmwater
Shrimp from Brazil, Ecuador, India and Thailand, 72 FR 17100, 17107-09
(Apr. 6, 2007). The Department was unable to locate three of these
companies due to ``undeliverable'' addresses.
Between April and July 2007 the Department received Q&V
questionnaire responses from certain companies that indicated that
either they had no shipments of subject merchandise to the United
States during the POR or the company name was a duplicate of a name
already included in the initiation notice.
On July 5, 2007, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the LSA
withdrew its request for review for six companies (i.e., Anglo-Siam
Seafoods, Gallant Ocean, Li-Thai, Queen Marine, Smile Heart Foods, and
Thai World Imports and Exports).
Partial Rescission of Review
On March 16, 2007, and July 5, 2007, the requests for
administrative review were withdrawn for six companies, in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). These companies are: 1) Anglo-Siam Seafoods;
2) Gallant Ocean; 3) Li-Thai; 4) Queen Marine; 5) Smile Heart Foods;
and 6) Thai World Imports and Exports. Section 351.213(d)(1) of the
Department's regulations requires that the Secretary rescind an
administrative review if a party requesting a review withdraws the
request within 90 days of the date of publication of the notice of
initiation. Therefore, because all requests for administrative reviews
were timely withdrawn for the companies listed above, in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), we are rescinding this review with regard to
these companies.
In addition, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), we are
rescinding the review with respect to the following 57 companies
because these companies had no shipments of subject merchandise during
the POR:
1) Ampai Frozen Foods Ltd.
2) A.S. Intermarine Foods Co., Ltd.
3) ACU Transport
4) Chaivaree Marine Products Co., Ltd.
5) Chue Eiw Mong Eak
6) Core Seafood Processing Co., Ltd.
7) Daedong (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
8) Dynamic Intertransport
9) Earth Food Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
10) Fait
11) Far East Cold Storage Co., Ltd.
12) Findus (Thailand) Ltd.
13) Grobest Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.
14) H.A.M. International Co., Ltd.
15) Heng Seafood Ltd. Part.
16) Heritrade
17) HIC (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
18) Inter-Oceanic Resources Co., Ltd.
19) K D Trdg
20) Lee Heng Seafood Co., Ltd.
21) Leo Transports
22) Magnate and Syndicate Co., Ltd.
23) Mahachai Food Processing Co., Ltd.
24) MKF Interfood
25) Namprik Maesri
26) N&N Foods Co., Ltd.
27) NR Instant Produce
28) Pacific Queen Co., Ltd.
29) Penta Impex
30) Premier Frozen Products Co., Ltd.
31) Preserved Foods
32) Rayong Coldstorage (1987) Co., Ltd.
33) S. Chaivaree Cold Storage Co., Ltd.
34) S Khonkaen Food Ind Public
35) Samui Foods
36) Sea Bonanza Foods Co., Ltd.
37) Siam Canadian Foods Co., Ltd.
38) Siam Food Supply Co., Ltd.
39) Siam Marine Products Co., Ltd.
40) Siam Ocean Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.
41) Siamchai International Food Co., Ltd.
42) Sky Fresh
43) Suntechthai Intertrdg
44) Surapon Nichirei Foods Co., Ltd.
45) Suratthani Marine Products Co., Ltd.
46) Suree Interfoods Co., Ltd.
47) T.S.F. Seafood Co., Ltd.
48) Tanaya Intl.
49) Tep Kinsho Foods
50) Teppitak Seafood
51) Thai Agri Foods Public Co., Ltd.
52) Thai Excel Foods Co., Ltd.
53) Thai Mahachai Seafood Products Co., Ltd.
54) Thai Ocean Venture
55) Thai Spring Fish Co., Ltd.
56) Thai Yoo
57) Trang Seafood Products Public Co., Ltd.
We reviewed U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data and confirmed
that there were no entries of subject merchandise from any of these
companies. Consequently, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3) and
consistent with our practice, we are rescinding our review for the
companies listed above. See, e.g., Certain Steel Concrete Reinforcing
Bars From Turkey; Final Results and Rescission of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review in Part, 71 FR 65082, 65083 (Nov. 7, 2006) (Rebar
from Turkey). We are also rescinding the review with respect to the
following three companies because the Q&V questionnaires sent to these
companies were returned to the Department because of ``undeliverable''
addresses: 1) Capital Food Trade Limited; 2) Shianlin Bangkok Co., Ltd.
(at 148 Moo 5, Tambol Tasai, Muang, Samut Sakorn, Thailand); and 3)
United Cold Storage Co., Ltd. (United Cold Storage). See the July 10,
2007, Memorandum to the File from Brianne Riker entitled, ``Placing
Information Regarding 'Undeliverable' Addresses on the Record in the
2006-2007 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain Frozen
Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand.'' Subsequently, we contacted the
petitioners and the LSA and requested that they provide alternate
addresses for these companies; however, they were unable to do so.\2\
Consequently, in accordance with our practice, we are also rescinding
our review with respect to these companies. See Rebar from Turkey, 71
FR at 65083.
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\2\ We note that, while the petitioner and the LSA provided an
alternate address for United Cold Storage, this address was also
``undeliverable.''
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Further, the Department has received information that the following
company names are duplicate names: 1) Fishery Cold Storage Public; 2)
Instant Produce; 3) International Pacific Marine Products; and 4)
Thanaya Intl. These names are partial or misspelled versions of names
of other companies for which we initiated an administrative review
(i.e., Thailand Fishery Cold Storage Public Co., Ltd.; NR Instant
Produce; Inter-Pacific Marine Products Co., Ltd.; and Tanaya Intl.,
respectively). Therefore, we are also rescinding the review with
respect to these duplicate company names.
Finally, the Department received no-shipment responses from the
following companies for which there appeared to be U.S. customs entries
of subject merchandise: 1) A. Wattanachai Frozen Products Co., Ltd.; 2)
Bangkok Dehydrated Marine Products Co., Ltd.; 3) Daiei Taigen
(Thailand) Co., Ltd.; 4) K.L. Cold Storage Co., Ltd.; and 5) Piti
Seafoods Co., Ltd. We requested data on the relevant entries from CBP
and determined that the entries were not reportable transactions
because they were either: 1) non-subject merchandise (i.e., dried
shrimp); or, 2) reported by another company in its quantity and value
questionnaire. Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), and
consistent with the Department's practice, we are rescinding the review
with respect to these companies. See, e.g., Certain Steel Concrete
Reinforcing Bars from Turkey; Final Results, Rescission of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review in Part, and Determination to Revoke in
Part, 70 FR 67665, 67666 (Nov. 8, 2005).
This notice is published in accordance with section 751 of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).
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Dated: August 29, 2007.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
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