Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From Thailand: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Preliminary No Shipment Determination, 12033-12044 [2011-4978]
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Disclosure and Public Hearing
The Department will disclose to
parties the calculations performed in
connection with these preliminary
results within five days of the date of
publication of this notice. See 19 CFR
351.224(b). Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(c), interested parties may
submit case briefs not later than the
later of 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice or one week
after the issuance of the cost verification
report for Apex. Rebuttal briefs, limited
to issues raised in the case briefs, may
be filed not later than five days after the
date for filing case briefs. See 19 CFR
351.309(d). 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.
See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),
interested parties who wish to request a
hearing, or to participate if one is
requested, must submit a written
request to the Assistant Secretary for
Import Administration, Room 1870,
within 30 days of the date of publication
of this notice. 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. Id. Issues raised in the
hearing will be limited to those raised
in the respective case briefs. Id. The
Department will issue the final results
of this administrative review, including
the results of its analysis of the issues
raised in any written briefs, not later
than 120 days after the date of
publication of this notice, pursuant to
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
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Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the
administrative review, the Department
shall determine, and CBP shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1). The Department will
issue appropriate appraisement
instructions for the companies subject to
this review directly to CBP 15 days after
the date of publication of the final
results of this review.
For Apex and Falcon, we will
calculate importer-specific ad valorem
duty assessment rates based on the ratio
of the total amount of antidumping
duties calculated for the examined sales
to the total entered value of the sales.
See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
For the companies which were not
selected for individual review, we will
calculate an assessment rate based on
the average of the margins calculated for
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those companies selected for individual
review, weighted by each company’s
publicly-ranged quantity of reported
U.S. transactions. In situations where
we cannot apply our normal
methodology of calculating a weightedaverage margin due to requests to
protect business-proprietary information
but where use of a simple average does
not yield the best proxy of the weightedaverage margin relative to publicly
available data, normally we will use the
publicly available figures as a matter of
practice. See Bearings from France, 75
FR at 53663.
We will instruct CBP to assess
antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries covered by this review if any
importer-specific assessment rate
calculated in the final results of this
review is above de minimis. 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. The final results of this review
shall be the basis for the assessment of
antidumping duties on entries of
merchandise covered by the final results
of this review and for future deposits of
estimated duties, where applicable. See
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
The Department clarified its
‘‘automatic assessment’’ regulation on
May 6, 2003. See Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68
FR 23954 (May 6, 2003) (Assessment
Policy Notice). This clarification will
apply to entries of subject merchandise
during the POR produced by companies
included in the final results of this
review for which the reviewed
companies did not know that the
merchandise they sold to the
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 intermediary
involved in the transaction. See
Assessment Policy Notice for a full
discussion of this clarification.
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 recent period; (3)
if the exporter is not a firm covered in
this review, or the original less-thanfair-value (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 made
effective by the LTFV investigation. See
Shrimp Order, 70 FR at 5148. These
deposit requirements, when imposed,
shall remain in effect until further
notice.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash 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 each specific
company listed above will be that
established in the final results of this
review, except if the rate is less than
0.50 percent and, therefore, de minimis
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Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a
preliminary 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.
This administrative review and notice
are published in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: February 28, 2011.
Paul Piquado,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp
From Thailand: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review and Preliminary No Shipment
Determination
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Department) is conducting an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on certain
AGENCY:
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frozen warmwater shrimp (shrimp) from
Thailand with respect to 152
companies. The respondents which the
Department selected for individual
examination are Marine Gold Products
Co., Ltd. (MRG) and Pakfood Public
Company Limited and its affiliated
subsidiaries (collectively, ‘‘Pakfood’’).1
The respondents which were not
selected for individual examination are
listed in the ‘‘Preliminary Results of
Review’’ section of this notice. This is
the fifth administrative review of this
order. The period of review (POR) is
February 1, 2009, through January 31,
2010.
We preliminarily determine that sales
made by MRG and Pakfood have been
made at below normal value (NV) and,
therefore, are subject to antidumping
duties. In addition, based on the
preliminary results for the respondents
selected for individual examination, we
have preliminarily determined a margin
for those companies that were not
individually examined.
If the preliminary results are adopted
in our final results of administrative
review, we will instruct U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) to assess
antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries. Interested parties are invited to
comment on the preliminary results.
DATES: Effective Date: March 4, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Blaine Wiltse or Holly Phelps, 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) 482–6345 or (202) 482–
0656, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In February 2005, the Department
published in the Federal Register an
antidumping duty order on certain
frozen warmwater shrimp from
Thailand. 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 (Feb.
1, 2005) (Shrimp Order). On February 1,
2010, the Department published in the
Federal Register a notice of opportunity
to request an administrative review of
the antidumping duty order of certain
frozen warmwater shrimp from
Thailand for the period February 1,
2009, through January 31, 2010. See
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty
1 These subsidiaries are: Okeanos Co., Ltd.,
Okeanos Food Co., Ltd., Takzin Samut Co., Ltd.,
Chaophraya Cold Storage Co., Ltd., and Asia Pacific
(Thailand) Company Ltd.
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Order, Finding, or Suspended
Investigation; Opportunity to Request
Administrative Review, 75 FR 5037
(Feb. 1, 2010). In response to timely
requests from interested parties
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(b)(1) and
(2) to conduct an administrative review
of the U.S. sales of shrimp by numerous
Thai producers/exporters, the
Department published a notice of
initiation of administrative review for
153 companies. See Certain Frozen
Warmwater Shrimp from Brazil, India,
and Thailand: Notice of Initiation of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Reviews, 75 FR 17693 (Apr. 7, 2010)
(Initiation Notice).2
In the Initiation Notice, the
Department indicated that, in the event
that we would limit the respondents
selected for individual examination in
accordance with section 777A(c)(2) of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act), we would select mandatory
respondents for individual examination
based upon CBP entry data. See
Initiation Notice, 75 FR at 17699. In
April and May 2010, we received
comments on the issue of respondent
selection from MRG, Pakfood, the
domestic processors,3 and the
petitioner.4
In April and May 2010, we received
statements from 14 companies that
indicated that they had no shipments of
subject merchandise to the United
States during the POR.
In July 2010, after considering the
large number of potential exporters or
producers involved in this
administrative review, and the resources
available to the Department, we
determined that it was not practicable to
examine all exporters/producers of
subject merchandise for which a review
was requested. See Memorandum to
James Maeder, Director, Office 2, AD/
CVD Operations, from Elizabeth
Eastwood, Senior Analyst, Office 2, AD/
CVD Operations, entitled, ‘‘2009–2010
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review on Certain Frozen Warmwater
2 In the Initiation Notice, the Department
separately listed Bright Sea Co., Ltd. in the list of
companies under review. However, in the original
investigation, the Department found that The Union
Frozen Products Co., Ltd. and Bright Sea Co., Ltd.
comprised a single entity. See Notice of Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and
Negative Final Determination of Critical
Circumstances: Certain Frozen and Canned
Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand, 69 FR 76918
(Dec. 23, 2004). Therefore, we have treated Bright
Sea Co., Ltd. and The Union Frozen Products, Co.,
Ltd. as a single entity for purposes of the
preliminary results.
3 The domestic processors consist of the
American Shrimp Processors Association and the
Louisiana Shrimp Association.
4 The petitioner is the Ad Hoc Shrimp Trade
Action Committee.
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Shrimp from Thailand: Selection of
Respondents for Individual Review,’’
dated July 9, 2010 (Respondent
Selection Memo). As a result, pursuant
to section 777A(c)(2)(B) of the Act, we
determined that we could reasonably
individually examine only the two
producers/exporters accounting for the
largest volume of certain frozen
warmwater shrimp from Thailand
during the POR (i.e., based on CBP entry
data, Pakfood and MRG). Accordingly,
we issued the antidumping duty
questionnaire to these companies on
July 9, 2010.
On August 18, 2010, the domestic
processors alleged that a particular
market situation existed in Thailand
during the POR that prevented home
market prices of shrimp from being
competitively set. Therefore, the
domestic processors argued that the
Department should not use home
market sales as a basis for NV. In August
and September 2010, we received
rebuttal and surrebuttal comments
regarding this issue from the
respondents and the domestic
processors.
In August 2010, we received
responses from MRG and Pakfood to
section A (i.e., the section related to
general information) of the Department’s
questionnaire. Also in August 2010, we
issued a supplemental section A
questionnaire to Pakfood. In September
2010, we received responses from MRG
and Pakfood to sections B and C (i.e.,
the sections covering the comparison
market and U.S. sales, respectively) of
the Department’s questionnaire. In this
same month, we also received Pakfood’s
response to section D (i.e., the section
covering cost of production (COP) and
constructed value (CV)) of the
Department’s questionnaire and its
response to the Department’s
supplemental section A questionnaire.
On September 28, 2010, the petitioner
requested that the Department
automatically initiate a sales-belowcost-investigation of MRG. On October
1, 2010, we issued a letter to the
petitioner denying this request because
the Department had not made a finding
to disregard sales-below-cost for MRG in
the most recently completed segment of
the proceeding in which it participated
as of the date of initiation of the current
review.5 On October 6, 2010, the
petitioner filed a company-specific
sales-below-cost allegation for MRG.
On October 7, 2010, the Department
extended the preliminary results in the
current review to no later than February
5 See generally Import Administration Policy
Bulletin 05–2, which can be found at https://
ia.ita.doc.gov/policy/bull05–2.pdf.
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28, 2011. See Certain Frozen
Warmwater Shrimp From India and
Thailand: Notice of Extension of Time
Limits for the Preliminary Results of the
2009–2010 Administrative Reviews, 75
FR 62099, 62100 (Oct. 7, 2010) (2009–
2010 Preliminary Extension).6 Also in
October 2010, we issued supplemental
sales questionnaires to each respondent,
and we received responses to these
questionnaires.
On October 21, 2010, the Department
initiated a sales-below-cost investigation
for MRG, and on that date we instructed
MRG to respond to section D of the
Department’s questionnaire. See
Memorandum to James Maeder,
Director, Office 2, AD/CVD Operations,
from the Team, entitled, ‘‘February
2009–January 2010 Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review of Certain
Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from
Thailand: The Petitioner’s Allegation of
Sales-Below-Cost of Production for
Marine Gold Products Ltd.,’’ dated
October 21, 2010 (MRG Cost
Investigation Memo).
On October 29, 2010, the Department
found that there was insufficient
evidence to determine that a particular
market situation, within the meaning of
section 773(a)(1)(C)(iii) of the Act,
existed in Thailand during the POR that
would prevent a proper comparison
between respondents’ export prices and
their home market prices. See
Memorandum to James Maeder,
Director, Office 2, AD/CVD Operations,
from Blaine Wiltse, Trade Analyst,
Office 2, AD/CVD Operations, entitled,
‘‘2009–2010 Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review on Certain
Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from
Thailand: Allegation of a Particular
Market Situation,’’ dated October 29,
2010.
In November and December 2010, we
issued supplemental sales and cost
questionnaires to both respondents, and
we received responses to these
supplemental questionnaires in these
months.
In January and February 2011, we
verified the sales and cost data reported
by Pakfood.
Scope of the Order
The scope of this order includes
certain frozen warmwater shrimp and
prawns, whether wild-caught (ocean
harvested) or farm-raised (produced by
aquaculture), head-on or head-off, shellon or peeled, tail-on or tail-off,7
6 In this notice, we incorrectly stated that the
Department would issue the preliminary results no
later than March 1, 2011. See 2009–2010 Prelminary
Extension, 75 FR at 62100.
7 ‘‘Tails’’ in this context means the tail fan, which
includes the telson and the uropods.
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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 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, whiteleg 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 Thai white prawn (Penaeus
indicus).
Frozen shrimp and prawns that are
packed with marinade, spices or sauce
are included in the scope of this 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 this order.
Excluded from the scope are: (1)
Breaded shrimp and prawns (HTSUS
subheading 1605.20.10.20); (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
(HTSUS subheadings 0306.23.00.20 and
0306.23.00.40); (4) shrimp and prawns
in prepared meals (HTSUS subheading
1605.20.05.10); (5) dried shrimp and
prawns; (6) canned warmwater shrimp
and prawns (HTSUS subheading
1605.20.10.40); (7) certain dusted
shrimp; and (8) certain battered shrimp.
Dusted 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
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four and ten percent of the product’s
total weight after being dusted, but prior
to being frozen; and (5) that is subjected
to IQF freezing immediately after
application of the dusting layer.
Battered shrimp is a shrimp-based
product that, when dusted in
accordance with the definition of
dusting above, is 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 HTSUS subheadings:
0306.13.00.03, 0306.13.00.06,
0306.13.00.09, 0306.13.00.12,
0306.13.00.15, 0306.13.00.18,
0306.13.00.21, 0306.13.00.24,
0306.13.00.27, 0306.13.00.40,
1605.20.10.10, and 1605.20.10.30. These
HTSUS subheadings are provided for
convenience and for customs purposes
only and are not dispositive, but rather
the written description of the scope of
this order is dispositive.
Preliminary No Shipment
Determination
In April and May 2010, 14 companies
notified the Department that they had
no shipments of subject merchandise to
the United States during the POR; only
12 of these claims, however, were
properly filed and/or contained
information sufficient to determine
whether shipments were, in fact, made.
The Department subsequently
confirmed with CBP the no-shipment
claim made by these 12 companies.
Because the evidence on the record
indicates that these companies did not
export subject merchandise to the
United States during the POR, we
preliminarily determine that the
following 12 companies had no
reviewable transactions during the POR:
(1) American Commercial Transport,
Inc.8
(2) Ampai Frozen Food Co., Ltd.
(3) Far East Cold Storage Co., Ltd.
(4) Grobest Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.
(5) Inter-Oceanic Resources Co., Ltd.
(6) Leo Transport Corporation Ltd.9
(7) Mahachai Food Processing Co.,
Ltd.
(8) S. Khonkaen Food Industry Public
Co., Ltd.
(9) Siam Marine Frozen Foods Co.,
Ltd.
(10) Siam Ocean Frozen Foods Co.
Ltd.
(11) Thai Union Manufacturing Co.,
Ltd.
8 This company was listed in the Initiation Notice
as American Commercial Transport (Thailand).
9 This company was listed in the Initiation Notice
as Leo Transports.
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(12) V. Thai Food Product Co., Ltd.10
Since the implementation of the 1997
regulations, our practice concerning noshipment respondents has been to
rescind the administrative review if the
respondent certifies that it had no
shipments and we have confirmed
through our examination of CBP data
that there were no shipments of subject
merchandise during the POR. See
Antidumping Duties; Countervailing
Duties, 62 FR 27296, 27393 (May 19,
1997). As a result, in such
circumstances, we normally instruct
CBP to liquidate any entries from the
no-shipment company at the deposit
rate in effect on the date of entry.
In our May 6, 2003, ‘‘automatic
assessment’’ clarification, 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. See Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68
FR 23954 (May 6, 2003) (Assessment
Policy Notice).
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
12 companies listed above and exported
by other parties at the all-others rate,
should we continue to find that these
companies had no shipments of subject
merchandise in the POR in our final
results. See, e.g., Magnesium Metal
From the Russian Federation:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR
26922 (May 13, 2010), unchanged in
Magnesium Metal From the Russian
Federation: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review, 75 FR 56989 (Sept. 17, 2010);
and Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in
Coils From Taiwan: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review, 75 FR 76700, 76701 (Dec. 9,
2010).
In addition, the Department finds 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
these 12 companies and issue
appropriate instructions to CBP based
on the final results of the review. See
the ‘‘Assessment Rates’’ section of this
notice, below.
10 This company was listed in the Initiation
Notice as V Thai Food Product.
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With respect to the remaining two
companies which submitted deficient
statements of no shipments during the
POR, A. Wattanachai Frozen Products
Co., Ltd. (Wattanachai) did not properly
certify its statement of no shipments in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.303(g)(1),
while Calsonic Kansei (Thailand) Co.,
Ltd.’s (Calsonic) statement of no
shipments contained inadequate
information. The Department contacted
each of these companies on multiple
occasions requesting that they correct
the deficiencies in their statements of no
shipments; however, neither company
responded to our requests. Therefore,
we preliminarily find that there is
insufficient evidence on the record of
this review to conclude that these
companies made no shipments of
subject merchandise to the United
States during the POR. Therefore, we are
continuing to include both companies
in this administrative review.
Comparisons to Normal Value
To determine whether sales of shrimp
from Thailand to the United States were
made at less than NV, we compared the
export price (EP) or constructed export
price (CEP) to the NV, as described in
the ‘‘Constructed Export Price/Export
Price’’ and ‘‘Normal Value’’ sections of
this notice.
Pursuant to sections 773(a)(1)(B)(i)
and 777A(d)(2) of the Act, for MRG and
Pakfood, we compared the EPs or CEPs
of individual U.S. transactions, as
applicable, to the weighted-average NV
of the foreign like product in the
appropriate corresponding calendar
month where there were sales made in
the ordinary course of trade, as
discussed in the ‘‘Cost of Production
Analysis’’ section below.
Product Comparisons
In accordance with section 771(16)(A)
of the Act, we considered all products
produced by MRG and Pakfood covered
by the description in the ‘‘Scope of the
Order’’ section, above, to be foreign like
products for purposes of determining
appropriate product comparisons to
U.S. sales. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.414(e)(2), we compared U.S. sales of
shrimp to sales of shrimp made in the
home market within the
contemporaneous window period,
which extends from three months prior
to the month of the first U.S. sale until
two months after the month of the last
U.S. sale.
Where there were no sales of identical
merchandise in the comparison market
made in the ordinary course of trade to
compare to U.S. sales, according to
section 771(16)(B) of the Act, we
compared U.S. sales of non-broken
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shrimp to sales of the non-broken most
similar foreign like product made in the
ordinary course of trade. In making the
product comparisons, we matched
foreign like products based on the
physical characteristics reported by
MRG and Pakfood in the following
order: cooked form, head status, count
size, organic certification, shell status,
vein status, tail status, other shrimp
preparation, frozen form, flavoring,
container weight, presentation, species,
and preservative. Where there were no
sales of identical or similar non-broken
merchandise, we made product
comparisons using CV, as discussed in
the ‘‘Calculation of Normal Value Based
on Constructed Value’’ section below.
See section 773(a)(4) of the Act.
With respect to sales comparisons
involving broken shrimp, we compared
Pakfood’s sales of broken shrimp in the
United States to sales of comparable
quality shrimp in the home market.
Where there were no sales of identical
broken shrimp in the home market
made in the ordinary course of trade to
compare to U.S. sales, we compared
U.S. sales of broken shrimp to sales of
the most similar broken shrimp made in
the ordinary course of trade. Where
there were no sales of identical or
similar broken shrimp, we made
product comparisons using CV. MRG
did not make sales of broken shrimp to
the United States during the POR.
Because we disallowed Pakfood’s
differentiation of trays under the
‘‘presentation’’ product characteristic in
the final results of the 2008–2009
administrative review, we revised
Pakfood’s relevant presentation codes
and product control numbers in our
margin calculations, including the
calculation of the COP, to reflect this
change. See Certain Frozen Warmwater
Shrimp from Thailand: Final Results
and Partial Rescission of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR
54847 (Sept. 9, 2010), and
accompanying Issues and Decision
Memorandum at Comment 12.
Constructed Export Price/Export Price
For certain U.S. sales made by MRG
and Pakfood, we calculated CEP in
accordance with section 772(b) of the
Act because the subject merchandise
was first sold to unaffiliated purchasers
after its importation into the United
States.
For the remaining U.S. sales made by
MRG and Pakfood, we used EP
methodology, in accordance with
section 772(a) of the Act, because the
subject merchandise was sold by the
producer/exporter outside of the United
States directly to the first unaffiliated
purchaser in the United States prior to
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importation and CEP methodology was
not otherwise warranted based on the
facts of record.
MRG reported that, during the POR, it
sold subject merchandise to the United
States that it purchased from an
unaffiliated producer. In such cases, the
Department normally would base NV for
those sales on MRG’s sales in the
comparison market of foreign like
product produced by the same
unaffiliated producer, in accordance
with sections 771(16) and 773(a)(1)(B)(I)
of the Act. In this case, however, MRG
made no such sales in the home market.
While the Department could have
requested that the unaffiliated producer
provide cost data for the U.S. sales, and
based NV on the CV of the merchandise,
we find that the percentage of MRG’s
U.S. sales accounted for by this
merchandise is not significant.
Therefore, we have not requested such
information and, instead, as facts
otherwise available, pursuant to section
776(a)(1) of the Act, we have used
MRG’s costs to produce merchandise
with characteristics identical or similar
to the characteristics of the merchandise
produced by the unaffiliated producer
as the basis for CV. See Stainless Steel
Sheet and Strip in Coils from Taiwan:
Preliminary Results and Preliminary
Rescission in Part of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, 73 FR 45393,
45398 (Aug. 5, 2008), unchanged in
Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils
From Taiwan: Final Results and
Rescission in Part of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, 73 FR 74704
(Dec. 9, 2008). For further discussion,
see the Memorandum to the File, from
Blaine Wiltse, Analyst, Office 2, AD/
CVD Operations, entitled, ‘‘Calculation
Adjustments for Marine Gold Products
Limited, for the Preliminary Results in
the 2009–2010 Administrative Review
of Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp
from Thailand,’’ dated February 28, 2011
(MRG Prelim Calc Memo).
We also revised the date of sale for
certain of MRG’s U.S. sales to report the
date of the last invoice issued, which set
the final material terms of sale, as the
date of sale. For further discussion, see
the MRG Prelim Calc Memo.
We revised the data reported by
Pakfood to take into account minor
corrections found at verification. See
Memorandum to the File, from Holly
Phelps, Analyst, Office 2, AD/CVD
Operations, entitled, ‘‘Calculation
Adjustments for Pakfood Public
Company Limited and its affiliated
subsidiaries, Okeanos Co., Ltd., Okeanos
Food Co., Ltd., Takzin Samut Co., Ltd.,
Chaophraya Coldstorage Co., Ltd., and
Asia Pacific (Thailand) Company Ltd.
(collectively, ‘‘Pakfood’’), for the
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Preliminary Results in the 2009–2010
Administrative Review of Certain
Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from
Thailand,’’ dated February 28, 2011
(Pakfood Prelim Calc Memo).
A. MRG
We based EP on packed prices to the
first unaffiliated purchaser in the United
States. Where appropriate, we made
adjustments to the starting price for
billing adjustments and rebates in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.401(c). We
also made deductions from the starting
price for foreign inland freight expenses,
foreign warehousing expenses, foreign
brokerage and handling expenses,
international freight expenses, marine
insurance expenses, U.S. brokerage and
handling expenses, U.S. customs duties
(including harbor maintenance fees and
merchandise processing fees), U.S.
inland freight expenses, and U.S.
warehousing expenses, where
appropriate, in accordance with section
772(c)(2)(A) of the Act.
We based CEP on C&F (cost and
freight) or DDP (delivered, duty paid)
prices to unaffiliated purchasers in the
United States. We made deductions for
movement expenses, in accordance with
section 772(c)(2)(A) of the Act; these
included, where appropriate, foreign
warehousing expenses, foreign inland
freight expenses, foreign brokerage and
handling expenses, international freight
expenses, marine insurance expenses,
U.S. brokerage and handling expenses,
and U.S. customs duties (including
harbor maintenance fees and
merchandise processing fees). In
accordance with section 772(d)(1) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.402(b), we
deducted those selling expenses
associated with economic activities
occurring in the United States,
including direct selling expenses (e.g.,
bank fees and imputed credit expenses)
and indirect selling expenses (including
inventory carrying costs).
Pursuant to section 772(d)(3) of the
Act, we further reduced the starting
price by an amount for profit to arrive
at CEP. In accordance with section
772(f) of the Act, we calculated the CEP
profit rate using the expenses incurred
by MRG on its sales of the subject
merchandise in the United States and
the profit associated with those sales.
B. Pakfood
We based EP on C&F and DDP packed
prices to the first unaffiliated purchaser
in the United States. Where appropriate,
we made deductions from the starting
price for discounts in accordance with
19 CFR 351.401(c). We also made
deductions from the starting price for
foreign warehousing expenses, foreign
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inland freight expenses, foreign
brokerage and handling expenses, ocean
freight expenses, marine insurance
expenses, U.S. brokerage and handling
expenses, FDA inspection expenses, and
U.S. customs duties (including harbor
maintenance fees and merchandise
processing fees), where appropriate, in
accordance with section 772(c)(2)(A) of
the Act. We recalculated foreign
warehousing expenses to remove the
amount of certain ‘‘short’’ payments
received by Pakfood on its CEP sales.
For further discussion, see the Pakfood
Prelim Calc Memo.
We based CEP on DDP prices to
unaffiliated purchasers in the United
States. We made deductions for billing
adjustments, where appropriate, based
on the value of ‘‘short’’ payments not
collected by Pakfood during the POR,
which Pakfood reported as part of
warehousing expenses. For further
discussion, see the Pakfood Prelim Calc
Memo.
We also made deductions for
movement expenses, in accordance with
section 772(c)(2)(A) of the Act; these
included, where appropriate, foreign
warehousing expenses, foreign inland
freight expenses, foreign brokerage and
handling expenses, ocean freight
expenses, marine insurance expenses,
U.S. brokerage and handling expenses,
FDA inspection expenses, and U.S.
customs duties (including harbor
maintenance fees and merchandise
processing fees). We recalculated
foreign warehousing expenses in the
same manner noted above.
In accordance with section 772(d)(1)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.402(b), we
deducted direct selling expenses (i.e.,
imputed credit expenses), and indirect
selling expenses (including inventory
carrying costs). Pursuant to section
772(d)(3) of the Act, we further reduced
the starting price by an amount for
profit to arrive at CEP. In accordance
with section 772(f) of the Act, we
calculated the CEP profit rate using the
expenses incurred by Pakfood on its
sales of the subject merchandise in the
United States and the profit associated
with those sales.
Normal Value
A. Home Market Viability
In order to determine whether there
was a sufficient volume of sales in the
home market to serve as a viable basis
for calculating NV, we compared the
volume of home market sales of the
foreign like product to the volume of
U.S. sales of the subject merchandise.
See section 773(a)(1)(C) of the Act.
Based on this comparison, we
determined that MRG and Pakfood had
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viable home markets during the POR.
Consequently, we based NV on home
market sales for MRG and Pakfood.
B. Level of Trade
Section 773(a)(1)(B)(i) of the Act
states that, to the extent practicable, the
Department will calculate NV based on
sales at the same level of trade (LOT) as
the EP or CEP. Sales are made at
different LOTs if they are made at
different marketing stages (or their
equivalent). See 19 CFR 351.412(c)(2).
Substantial differences in selling
activities are a necessary, but not
sufficient, condition for determining
that there is a difference in the stages of
marketing. Id; see also Certain Orange
Juice From Brazil: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review and Notice of Intent Not To
Revoke Antidumping Duty Order in
Part, 75 FR 50999, 51001 (Aug. 18,
2010), and accompanying Issues and
Decision Memorandum at Comment 7
(OJ from Brazil). In order to determine
whether the comparison market sales
were at different stages in the marketing
process than the U.S. sales, we reviewed
the distribution system in each market
(i.e., the chain of distribution),
including selling functions, class of
customer (customer category), and the
level of selling expenses for each type
of sale.
Pursuant to section 773(a)(1)(B)(i) of
the Act, in identifying LOTs for EP and
comparison market sales (i.e., NV based
on either home market or third country
prices),11 we consider the starting prices
before any adjustments. For CEP sales,
we consider only the selling activities
reflected in the price after the deduction
of expenses and profit under section
772(d) of the Act. See Micron Tech., Inc.
v. United States, 243 F.3d 1301, 1314–
16 (Fed. Cir. 2001).
When the Department is unable to
match U.S. sales of the foreign like
product in the comparison market at the
same LOT as the EP or CEP, the
Department may compare the U.S. sale
to sales at a different LOT in the
comparison market. In comparing EP or
CEP sales at a different LOT in the
comparison market, where available
data make it possible, we make an LOT
adjustment under section 773(a)(7)(A) of
the Act. Finally, for CEP sales only, if
the NV LOT is at a more advanced stage
of distribution than the LOT of the CEP
and there is no basis for determining
whether the difference in LOTs between
NV and CEP affects price comparability
11 Where NV is based on CV, we determine the
NV LOT based on the LOT of the sales from which
we derive selling expenses, general and
administrative (G&A) expenses, and profit for CV,
where possible.
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(i.e., no LOT adjustment was possible),
the Department shall grant a CEP offset,
as provided in section 773(a)(7)(B) of
the Act. See, e.g., OJ from Brazil, 75 FR
at 51001.
In this administrative review, we
obtained information from both
respondents regarding the marketing
stages involved in making the reported
home market and U.S. sales, including
a description of the selling activities
performed by each respondent for each
channel of distribution. Companyspecific LOT findings are summarized
below.
1. MRG
MRG reported that it made sales
through one channel of distribution in
the United States (i.e., EP sales made
directly to unaffiliated customers).
However, during the POR, certain of
MRG’s EP sales were cancelled and then
resold after importation into the United
States on a CEP basis. These CEP sales
represent a second channel of
distribution for MRG’s U.S. sales during
the POR.
MRG reported performing the
following selling functions for its EP
U.S. sales: Sales forecasting/market
research; sales promotion/trade shows
and advertising; direct sales personnel;
paying commissions; order processing/
sales documentation; packing/
packaging; inventory maintenance;
freight/delivery arrangements; providing
cash discounts; providing financing;
and warranty service. These selling
activities can be generally grouped into
four selling function categories for
analysis: (1) Sales and marketing; (2)
freight and delivery; (3) inventory
maintenance and warehousing; and, (4)
warranty and technical support.
Accordingly, based on the selling
function categories, we find that MRG
performed sales and marketing, freight
and delivery services, inventory
maintenance and warehousing, and
warranty and technical support for all
EP U.S. sales. MRG reported performing
the same selling functions for its CEP
U.S. sales as its EP U.S. sales. Therefore,
because MRG did not perform any
different selling functions to make its
CEP U.S. sales, we find that such sales
do not constitute a different LOT in the
U.S. market. Accordingly, we
preliminarily determine that there is
one LOT in the U.S. market.
With respect to the home market,
MRG reported that it made sales through
two channels of distribution (i.e., sales
to one customer which purchases
shrimp for processing into non-subject
merchandise; and sales to all other
customers). We examined the selling
activities performed for these channels,
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and found that MRG performed the
following selling functions for both
channels: Order processing/sales
documentation, inventory maintenance,
limited freight/delivery services,
financing services, warranty services,
and packing/packaging. These selling
activities can be generally grouped into
four selling function categories for
analysis: (1) Sales and marketing; (2)
freight and delivery services; (3)
inventory maintenance and
warehousing; and (4) warranty and
technical support. Accordingly, we find
that MRG performed sales and
marketing, freight and delivery services,
inventory maintenance and
warehousing, and warranty and
technical support for all customers in
the home market. In addition, MRG
reported that it performed sales
forecasting/market research and
employed direct sales personnel at a
low-to-medium level of intensity for one
home market channel, and did not
perform these activities for the other
home market channel. However, after
analyzing the selling functions
performed for both sales channels in the
home market, we find that the
distinctions in selling functions are not
significant. Therefore, based on the
totality of the facts and circumstances,
we preliminarily determine that there is
one LOT in the home market for MRG.
Finally, we compared the U.S. LOT to
the home market LOT and found that
the selling functions performed for U.S.
and home market customers are
essentially the same, with the exception
of commission payments made for
certain U.S. sales. We note that this
difference is not a sufficient basis to
determine that the U.S. LOT is different
from the home market LOT. Moreover,
although there are some differences in
the level of intensity at which some of
the selling functions were performed in
the two markets, we find that these
differences are not significant.
Therefore, based on the totality of the
facts and circumstances, we
preliminarily determine that sales to the
U.S. and home markets during the POR
were made at the same LOT, and as a
result, no LOT adjustment or CEP offset
is warranted.
2. Pakfood
Pakfood reported that it made EP and
CEP sales through a single channel of
distribution (i.e., direct sales to
distributors), and performed the
following selling functions for sales to
U.S. customers: Sales forecasting,
market research, sales promotion,
advertising, order processing,
procurement/sourcing services, direct
sales personnel, provision of cash
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discounts, payment of commissions,
freight and delivery services,
warehousing services, and packing.
These selling activities can be generally
grouped into four selling function
categories for analysis: (1) Sales and
marketing; (2) freight and delivery
services; (3) inventory maintenance and
warehousing; and (4) warranty and
technical support. Accordingly, based
on the selling function categories, we
find that Pakfood performed sales and
marketing, freight and delivery services,
and inventory maintenance and
warehousing for U.S. sales. Because all
sales in the United States are made
through a single distribution channel
(i.e., direct sales to unaffiliated
customers) and the selling activities to
Pakfood’s customers did not vary within
this channel, we preliminarily
determine that there is one LOT in the
U.S. market.
With respect to the home market,
Pakfood reported that it made sales to
processors, distributors, retailers, and
end-users. Pakfood stated that its home
market sales were made through a single
channel of distribution, direct from
factory to customer, and that it
performed the following selling
functions for sales to home market
customers: Sales forecasting, market
research, sales promotion, advertising,
procurement/sourcing services, order
processing, direct sales personnel,
provision of cash discounts, freight and
delivery services, warehousing, and
packing. These selling activities can be
generally grouped into four selling
function categories for analysis: (1)
Sales and marketing; (2) freight and
delivery services; (3) inventory
maintenance and warehousing; and (4)
warranty and technical support.
Accordingly, we find that Pakfood
performed sales and marketing, freight
and delivery services, and inventory
maintenance and warehousing at the
same relative level of intensity for all
customers in the home market. Because
all sales in the home market sales are
made through a single distribution
channel and the selling activities to
Pakfood’s customers did not vary within
this channel, we preliminarily
determine that there is one LOT in the
home market for Pakfood.
Finally, we compared the U.S. LOT to
the home market LOT and found that
the selling functions performed for U.S.
and home market customers are
virtually identical, with the exception of
commission payments made for certain
U.S. sales. We note that this difference
is not a sufficient basis to determine that
the U.S. LOT is different from the home
market LOT. Moreover, although there
are some differences in the level of
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intensity at which some of the selling
functions were performed in the two
markets, we find that these differences
are not significant. Therefore, based on
the totality of the facts and
circumstances, we preliminarily
determine that sales to the U.S. and
home markets during the POR were
made at the same LOT, and as a result,
no LOT adjustment or CEP offset is
warranted.
C. Cost of Production Analysis
Based on our analysis of the
petitioner’s allegation, we found that
there were reasonable grounds to
believe or suspect that MRG’s sales of
shrimp in the home market were made
at prices below its COP. Accordingly,
pursuant to section 773(b) of the Act, we
initiated a sales-below-cost investigation
to determine whether MRG’s sales were
made at prices below its COP. See MRG
Cost Investigation Memo.
Moreover, we found that Pakfood
made sales in the same comparison
market below the COP in the most
recently completed segment of this
proceeding as of the date of initiation of
this review and such sales were
disregarded. See Certain Frozen
Warmwater Shrimp From Thailand:
Final Results and Partial Rescission of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review, 74 FR 47551, 47552 (Sept. 16,
2009). Thus, in accordance with section
773(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Act, we find that
there are reasonable grounds to believe
or suspect that Pakfood made sales in
the home market at prices below the
cost of producing the merchandise in
the current POR.
1. Calculation of Cost of Production
In accordance with section 773(b)(3)
of the Act, we calculated the
respondents’ COPs based on the sum of
their costs of materials and conversion
for the foreign like product, plus
amounts for G&A expenses and interest
expenses (see ‘‘Test of Comparison
Market Sales Prices’’ section, below, for
treatment of third country selling
expenses).
The Department relied on the COP
data submitted by each respondent in its
most recently submitted cost database
for the COP calculation, for the
following instance.
We have revised Pakfood’s G&A
expenses to eliminate certain double
counting of direct selling expenses. For
further discussion of these adjustments,
see the memorandum from Ernest
Gziryan, Accountant, to Neal M. Halper,
Director, Office of Accounting, entitled,
‘‘Cost of Production and Constructed
Value Calculation Adjustments for the
Preliminary Results—Pakfood Public
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Company Limited,’’ dated February 28,
2011.
2. Test of Comparison Market Sales
Prices
On a product-specific basis, pursuant
to section 773(a)(1)(B)(i) of the Act, we
compared the adjusted weightedaverage COP to the home market sales
prices of the foreign like product, in
order to determine whether the sale
prices were below the COP. For
purposes of this comparison, we used
COP exclusive of selling and packing
expenses. The prices (inclusive of
billing adjustments, where appropriate)
were exclusive of any applicable
movement charges, discounts, direct
and indirect selling expenses and
packing expenses.
3. Results of the COP Test
In determining whether to disregard
home market sales made at prices below
the COP, we examined, in accordance
with sections 773(b)(1)(A) and (B) of the
Act whether: (1) Within an extended
period of time, such sales were made in
substantial quantities; and (2) such sales
were made at prices which permitted
the recovery of all costs within a
reasonable period of time in the normal
course of trade. In accordance with
sections 773(b)(2)(B) and (C) of the Act,
where less than 20 percent of the
respondent’s home market sales of a
given product are at prices less than the
COP, we do not disregard any belowcost sales of that product because we
determine that in such instances the
below-cost sales were not made within
an extended period of time and in
‘‘substantial quantities.’’ Where 20
percent or more of a respondent’s sales
of a given product are at prices less than
the COP, we disregard the below-cost
sales when: (1) They were made within
an extended period of time in
‘‘substantial quantities,’’ in accordance
with sections 773(b)(2)(B) and (C) of the
Act; and (2) based on our comparison of
prices to the weighted-average COPs for
the POR, they were at prices which
would not permit the recovery of all
costs within a reasonable period of time,
in accordance with section 773(b)(2)(D)
of the Act.
We found that, for certain products,
more than 20 percent of MRG’s and
Pakfood’s home market sales were at
prices less than the COP and, in
addition, such sales did not provide for
the recovery of costs within a reasonable
period of time. We therefore excluded
these sales and used the remaining sales
as the basis for determining NV, in
accordance with section 773(b)(1) of the
Act.
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For those U.S. sales of subject
merchandise for which there were no
home market sales in the ordinary
course of trade, we compared CEPs or
EPs, as appropriate, to CV in accordance
with section 773(a)(4) of the Act. See
‘‘Calculation of Normal Value Based on
Constructed Value’’ section below.
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D. Calculation of Normal Value Based
on Comparison Market Prices
1. MRG
For MRG, we calculated NV based on
delivered prices to unaffiliated
customers in the home market. We
made adjustments to the starting price,
where appropriate, for billing
adjustments, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.401(c). We also made deductions for
foreign inland freight expenses and
foreign warehousing expenses, under
section 773(a)(6)(B) of the Act.
For comparisons to EP sales, we made
adjustments under section
773(a)(6)(C)(iii) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.410 for differences in circumstances
of sale for direct selling expenses
(including bank fees and imputed credit
expenses) and commissions, where
appropriate. Because commissions were
paid only on sales in the U.S. market,
we also made a downward adjustment
to NV for the lesser of: (1) The amount
of commissions paid in the U.S. market;
or (2) the amount of indirect selling
expenses incurred in the home market.
See 19 CFR 351.410(e). We recalculated
MRG’s foreign indirect selling expense
ratio to remove sales of scrap from the
denominator of the calculation. See
MRG Prelim Calc Memo.
For comparisons to CEP sales, in
accordance with section 773(a)(6)(C)(iii)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.410, we
deducted from NV direct selling
expenses (i.e., imputed credit expenses
and bank fees) and commissions.
Because commissions were paid only in
the U.S. market, we made a downward
adjustment to NV for the lesser of: (1)
The amount of commission paid in the
U.S. market; or (2) the amount of
indirect selling expenses (including
inventory carrying costs) incurred in the
home market. See 19 CFR 351.410(e). As
noted above, we recalculated MRG’s
foreign indirect selling expense ratio.
Finally, for all price-to-price
comparisons, we made adjustments for
differences in costs attributable to
differences in the physical
characteristics of the merchandise in
accordance with section 773(a)(6)(C)(ii)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.411. We also
deducted home market packing costs
and added U.S. packing costs, in
accordance with sections 773(a)(6)(A)
and (B)(i) of the Act.
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2. Pakfood
We based NV for Pakfood on exfactory or delivered prices to
unaffiliated customers in the home
market, or prices to affiliated customers
in the home market that were
determined to be at arm’s length. Where
appropriate, we made adjustments to
the starting price for billing
adjustments. We also made deductions,
where appropriate, from the starting
price for inland freight and warehousing
expenses, under section 773(a)(6)(B)(ii)
of the Act.
For comparisons to EP sales, we made
adjustments under section
773(a)(6)(C)(iii) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.410 for differences in circumstances
of sale for direct selling expenses
(including imputed credit expenses,
bank fees, and express mail charges) and
commissions, where appropriate.
Because commissions were paid only in
the U.S. market, we made a downward
adjustment to NV for the lesser of: (1)
The amount of commission paid in the
U.S. market; or (2) the amount of
indirect selling expenses (including
inventory carrying costs) incurred in the
home market. See 19 CFR 351.410(e).
For comparisons to CEP sales, in
accordance with section 773(a)(6)(C)(iii)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.410, we
deducted from NV direct selling
expenses (i.e., imputed credit expenses,
bank fees, and express mail charges).
Finally, for all price-to-price
comparisons, we made adjustments for
differences in costs attributable to
differences in the physical
characteristics of the merchandise, in
accordance with section 773(a)(6)(C)(ii)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.411. We also
deducted home market packing costs
and added U.S. packing costs, in
accordance with sections 773(a)(6)(A)
and (B)(i) of the Act.
E. Calculation of Normal Value Based
on Constructed Value
Section 773(a)(4) of the Act provides
that where NV cannot be based on
comparison market sales, NV may be
based on CV. Accordingly, for MRG’s
shrimp products for which we could not
determine the NV based on home
market sales because, as noted in the
‘‘Results of the COP Test’’ section above,
all sales of the comparable products
failed the COP test, we based NV on CV.
Sections 773(e)(1) and (2)(A) of the
Act provides that CV shall be based on
the sum of the cost of materials and
fabrication for the imported
merchandise, plus amounts for selling,
general, and administrative (SG&A)
expenses, profit, and U.S. packing costs.
For MRG, we calculated the cost of
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materials and fabrication based on the
methodology described in the ‘‘Cost of
Production Analysis’’ section, above. We
based SG&A and profit for MRG on the
actual amounts incurred and realized by
it in connection with the production
and sale of the foreign like product in
the ordinary course of trade for
consumption in the home market, in
accordance with section 773(e)(2)(A) of
the Act.
For MRG, we made adjustments to CV
for differences in circumstances of sale,
in accordance with section
773(a)(6)(C)(iii) and (a)(8) of the Act and
19 CFR 351.410. For comparisons to EP,
we made circumstance-of-sale
adjustments by deducting direct selling
expenses incurred on MRG’s
comparison market sales from, and
adding U.S. direct selling expenses to,
CV. See 19 CFR 351.410(c). For
comparisons to CEP, we deducted
MRG’s comparison market direct selling
expenses from CV. Id. We also made
adjustments, when applicable, for
MRG’s home market indirect selling
expenses to offset U.S. commissions in
EP comparisons. See 19 CFR 351.410(e).
Currency Conversion
We made currency conversions into
U.S. dollars for all spot transactions by
MRG and Pakfood, in accordance with
section 773A of the Act and 19 CFR
351.415, based on the exchange rates in
effect on the dates of the U.S. sales as
certified by the Federal Reserve Bank. In
addition, both MRG and Pakfood
reported that they purchased forward
exchange contracts which were used to
convert their sales prices into home
market currency. Under 19 CFR
351.415(b), if a currency transaction on
forward markets is directly linked to an
export sale under consideration, the
Department is directed to use the
exchange rate specified with respect to
such currency in the forward sale
agreement to convert the foreign
currency. See, e.g., Notice of Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value and Negative Final
Determination of Critical
Circumstances: Certain Frozen and
Canned Warmwater Shrimp from
Thailand, 69 FR 76918 (Dec. 23, 2004),
and accompanying Issues and Decision
Memorandum at Comment 6; see also
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from
India: Preliminary Results and
Preliminary Partial Rescission of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review, 73 FR 12103, 12113 (Mar. 6,
2008), unchanged in Certain Frozen
Warmwater Shrimp form India: Final
Results and Partial Rescission of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review, 73 FR 40492 (July 15, 2008).
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Therefore, for MRG and Pakfood we
used the reported forward exchange
rates for currency conversions where
applicable.
Preliminary Results of the Review
We preliminarily determine that
weighted-average dumping margins
12041
exist for the respondents for the period
February 1, 2009, through January 31,
2010, as follows:
Manufacturer/exporter
Percent margin
Marine Gold Products Co., Ltd ......................................................................................................................................................
Pakfood Public Company Limited/Asia Pacific (Thailand) Co., Chaophraya Cold Storage Co., Ltd./Okeanos Co. Ltd./
Okeanos Food Co. Ltd./Takzin Samut Co., Ltd ........................................................................................................................
0.68
0.72
Review-Specific Average Rate
Applicable to the Following
Companies: 12
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A. Wattanachai Frozen Products Co., Ltd .....................................................................................................................................
A.S. Intermarine Foods Co., Ltd ....................................................................................................................................................
ACU Transport Co., Ltd .................................................................................................................................................................
American Commercial Transport (Thailand) .................................................................................................................................
Ampai Frozen Food Co., Ltd .........................................................................................................................................................
Apex Maritime (Thailand) Co., Ltd ................................................................................................................................................
Apex Maritime Thailand .................................................................................................................................................................
Asian Seafoods Coldstorage Public Co., Ltd/Asian Seafoods Coldstorage (Suratthani) Co./STC Foodpak Ltd .........................
Assoc. Commercial Systems .........................................................................................................................................................
B.S.A. Food Products Co., Ltd ......................................................................................................................................................
Bangkok Dehydrated Marine Product Co., Ltd .............................................................................................................................
Best Fruits ......................................................................................................................................................................................
C.P. Merchandising Co., Ltd .........................................................................................................................................................
C Y Frozen Food Co., Ltd .............................................................................................................................................................
Calsonic Kansei (Thailand) Co., Ltd ..............................................................................................................................................
Century Industries Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................................................
Chaivaree Marine Products Co., Ltd .............................................................................................................................................
Chaiwarut Co., Ltd .........................................................................................................................................................................
Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Co., Ltd ....................................................................................................................................
Chue Eie Mong Eak ......................................................................................................................................................................
Conair Intertraffic Co., Ltd .............................................................................................................................................................
Core Seafood Processing Co., Ltd ................................................................................................................................................
Crystal Frozen Foods Co., Ltd and/or Crystal Seafood ................................................................................................................
Daedong (Thailand) Co. Ltd ..........................................................................................................................................................
Daiei Taigen (Thailand) Co., Ltd ...................................................................................................................................................
Daiho (Thailand) Co., Ltd ..............................................................................................................................................................
Dextrans Worldwide (Thailand) Ltd ...............................................................................................................................................
Dragon International Furniture Co., Ltd .........................................................................................................................................
Earth Food Manufacturing Co., Ltd ...............................................................................................................................................
Enburg Food Thai Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................................................
Extra Maritime Co., Ltd ..................................................................................................................................................................
F.A.I.T. Corporation Limited ..........................................................................................................................................................
Far East Cold Storage Co., Ltd .....................................................................................................................................................
Findus (Thailand) Ltd .....................................................................................................................................................................
Fortune Frozen Foods (Thailand) Co., Ltd ....................................................................................................................................
Frozen Marine Products Co., Ltd ..................................................................................................................................................
Fujitsu General (Thailand) Co., Ltd ...............................................................................................................................................
Gallant Ocean (Thailand) Co., Ltd/Gallant Seafoods Corporation ................................................................................................
Golden Sea Frozen Foods Co., Ltd ..............................................................................................................................................
Good Fortune Cold Storage Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................................
Good Luck Product Co., Ltd ..........................................................................................................................................................
Great Food (Dehydration) Co., Ltd ................................................................................................................................................
Grobest Frozen Foods Co., Ltd .....................................................................................................................................................
Gulf Coast Crab Intl. ......................................................................................................................................................................
H.A.M. International Co., Ltd .........................................................................................................................................................
Heng Seafood Limited Partnership ...............................................................................................................................................
Herba Bangkok S.L. ......................................................................................................................................................................
Heritrade Co., Ltd ..........................................................................................................................................................................
HIC (Thailand) Co., Ltd .................................................................................................................................................................
I.T. Foods Industries Co., Ltd ........................................................................................................................................................
12 This rate is based on the average of the margins
calculated for those companies selected for
individual review, weighted by each company’s
publicly-ranged quantity of reported U.S.
transactions. Because we cannot apply our normal
methodology of calculating a weighted-average
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margin due to requests to protect businessproprietary information, we find this rate to be the
best proxy of the actual weighted-average margin
determined for the mandatory respondents. See Ball
Bearings and Parts Thereof From France, et al.:
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
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Review, and Revocation of an Order in Part, 75 FR
53661, 53663 (Sept. 1, 2010) (Bearings from
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Manufacturer/exporter
Percent margin
Inter-Furnitech Co., Ltd ..................................................................................................................................................................
Inter-Oceanic Resources Co., Ltd .................................................................................................................................................
Inter-Pacific Marine Products Co., Ltd ..........................................................................................................................................
Inter-Taste Foods Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................................................
K Fresh ..........................................................................................................................................................................................
K. D. Trading Co., Ltd ...................................................................................................................................................................
KF Foods .......................................................................................................................................................................................
K.L. Cold Storage Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................................................
K & U Enterprise Co., Ltd ..............................................................................................................................................................
Kiang Huat Sea Gull Trading Frozen Food Public Co., Ltd ..........................................................................................................
Kingfisher Holdings Ltd ..................................................................................................................................................................
Kibun Trdg .....................................................................................................................................................................................
Klang Co., Ltd ................................................................................................................................................................................
Kitchens of the Ocean (Thailand) Ltd ...........................................................................................................................................
Kongphop Frozen Foods Co., Ltd .................................................................................................................................................
Kosamut Frozen Foods Co., Ltd ...................................................................................................................................................
Lee Heng Seafood Co., Ltd ...........................................................................................................................................................
Leo Transports ...............................................................................................................................................................................
Maersk Line ...................................................................................................................................................................................
Magnate & Syndicate Co., Ltd ......................................................................................................................................................
Mahachai Food Processing Co., Ltd .............................................................................................................................................
May Ao Co., Ltd/May Ao Foods Co., Ltd ......................................................................................................................................
Meyer Industries Ltd ......................................................................................................................................................................
Namprik Maesri Ltd Part. ...............................................................................................................................................................
Narong Seafood Co., Ltd ...............................................................................................................................................................
National Starch and Chemical Thailand Ltd ..................................................................................................................................
Noble Marketing Co., Ltd ...............................................................................................................................................................
NR Instant Produce Co., Ltd .........................................................................................................................................................
Oki Data Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd .................................................................................................................................
Ongkorn Cold Storage Co., Ltd/Thai-Ger Marine Co., Ltd ...........................................................................................................
Orion Electric Co., Ltd ...................................................................................................................................................................
Pacific Queen Co., Ltd ..................................................................................................................................................................
Penta Impex Co., Ltd .....................................................................................................................................................................
Pinwood Nineteen Ninety Nine ......................................................................................................................................................
Pioneer Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd ...................................................................................................................................
Piti Seafoods Co., Ltd ....................................................................................................................................................................
Premier Frozen Products Co., Ltd .................................................................................................................................................
Preserved Food Specialty Co., Ltd ...............................................................................................................................................
Protainer International Co., Ltd .....................................................................................................................................................
Queen Marine Food Co., Ltd .........................................................................................................................................................
Rayong Coldstorage (1987) Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................................
S&D Marine Products Co., Ltd ......................................................................................................................................................
S&P Aquarium ...............................................................................................................................................................................
S&P Syndicate Public Company Ltd .............................................................................................................................................
S. Chaivaree Cold Storage Co., Ltd ..............................................................................................................................................
S. Khonkaen Food Industry Public Co., Ltd and/or ......................................................................................................................
S. Khonkaen Food Ind Public.
SMP Foods Products Co., Ltd .......................................................................................................................................................
Samui Foods Company Limited ....................................................................................................................................................
Sea Bonanza Food Co., Ltd ..........................................................................................................................................................
Seafoods Enterprise Co., Ltd ........................................................................................................................................................
Seafresh Fisheries/Seafresh Industry Public Co., Ltd ..................................................................................................................
Siam Food Supply Co., Ltd ...........................................................................................................................................................
Siam Intersea Co., Ltd ...................................................................................................................................................................
Siam Marine Products Co. Ltd ......................................................................................................................................................
Siam Marine Frozen Foods Co., Ltd .............................................................................................................................................
Siam Ocean Frozen Foods Co. Ltd ..............................................................................................................................................
Siam Union Frozen Foods .............................................................................................................................................................
Siamchai International Food Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................................
Smile Heart Foods Co. Ltd ............................................................................................................................................................
Southport Seafood Company Limited ...........................................................................................................................................
Suntechthai Intertrading Co., Ltd ...................................................................................................................................................
Surapon Nichirei Foods Co., Ltd ...................................................................................................................................................
Surapon Seafoods Public Co., Ltd/Surapon Foods Public Co., Ltd/0.70.
Surat Seafoods Co., Ltd.
Suratthani Marine Products Co., Ltd .............................................................................................................................................
Suree Interfoods Co., Ltd ..............................................................................................................................................................
T.H.I. Group (Bangkok) Co., Ltd ...................................................................................................................................................
T.P. Food Canning Ltd, Part. ........................................................................................................................................................
T.S.F. Seafood Co., Ltd .................................................................................................................................................................
Tanaya International Co., Ltd ........................................................................................................................................................
Tanaya Intl. ....................................................................................................................................................................................
Teppitak Seafood Co., Ltd .............................................................................................................................................................
Tey Seng Cold Storage Co., Ltd ...................................................................................................................................................
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Tep Kinsho Foods Co., Ltd ...........................................................................................................................................................
Thai Agri Foods Public Co., Ltd ....................................................................................................................................................
Thai Frozen Foods Co., Ltd ..........................................................................................................................................................
Thai Lee Agriculture Co., Ltd ........................................................................................................................................................
Thai Mahachai Seafood Products Co., Ltd ...................................................................................................................................
Thai Ocean Venture Co., Ltd ........................................................................................................................................................
Thai Onono Public Co., Ltd ...........................................................................................................................................................
Thai Patana Frozen .......................................................................................................................................................................
Thai Prawn Culture Center Co., Ltd ..............................................................................................................................................
Thai Royal Frozen Food Co. Ltd ...................................................................................................................................................
Thai Spring Fish Co., Ltd ..............................................................................................................................................................
Thai Union Frozen Products Public Co., Ltd/0.70.
Thai Union Seafood Co., Ltd.
Thai Union Manufacturing Co., Ltd and/or Thai Union Mfg ..........................................................................................................
Thai World Imp & Exp Co. ............................................................................................................................................................
Thai Yoo Ltd, Part. ........................................................................................................................................................................
Thaveevong Industry Co., Ltd .......................................................................................................................................................
The Siam Union Frozen Foods Co., Ltd .......................................................................................................................................
The Union Frozen Products Co., Ltd/Bright Sea Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................
Trang Seafood Products Public Co., Ltd .......................................................................................................................................
Transamut Food Co., Ltd ..............................................................................................................................................................
Tung Lieng Trdg ............................................................................................................................................................................
United Cold Storage Co., Ltd ........................................................................................................................................................
V Thai Food Product .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wann Fisheries Co., Ltd ................................................................................................................................................................
Xian-Ning Seafood Co., Ltd ...........................................................................................................................................................
Yeenin Frozen Foods Co., Ltd ......................................................................................................................................................
YHS Singapore Pte .......................................................................................................................................................................
ZAFCO TRDG ...............................................................................................................................................................................
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Disclosure and Public Hearing
The Department will disclose to
parties the calculations performed in
connection with these preliminary
results within five days of the date of
publication of this notice. See 19 CFR
351.224(b). Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(c), interested parties may
submit cases briefs not later than the
later of 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice or one week
after the issuance of the cost verification
report for Pakfood. Rebuttal briefs,
limited to issues raised in the case
briefs, may be filed not later than five
days after the date for filing case briefs.
See 19 CFR 351.309(d). 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. See 19 CFR
351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),
interested parties who wish to request a
hearing, or to participate if one is
requested, must submit a written
request to the Assistant Secretary for
Import Administration, Room 1870,
within 30 days of the date of publication
of this notice. 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. Id. Issues raised in the
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hearing will be limited to those raised
in the respective case briefs. Id. The
Department will issue the final results
of this administrative review, including
the results of its analysis of the issues
raised in any written briefs, not later
than 120 days after the date of
publication of this notice, pursuant to
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the
administrative review, the Department
shall determine, and CBP shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1). The Department will
issue appropriate appraisement
instructions for the companies subject to
this review directly to CBP 15 days after
the date of publication of the final
results of this review.
MRG and Pakfood reported the
entered value for certain of their U.S.
sales. We will calculate importerspecific ad valorem duty assessment
rates based on the ratio of the total
amount of antidumping duties
calculated for the examined sales to the
total entered value of these sales. See 19
CFR 351.212(b)(1).
For the remainder of MRG’s and
Pakfood’s U.S. sales, we note that these
companies did not report the entered
value for the U.S. sales in question. We
will calculate importer-specific per-unit
duty assessment rates by aggregating the
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total amount of antidumping duties
calculated for the examined sales and
dividing this amount by the total
quantity of those sales. With respect to
MRG’s and Pakfood’s U.S. sales of
shrimp with sauce for which no entered
value was reported, we will include the
total quantity of the merchandise with
sauce in the denominator of the
calculation of the importer-specific rate
because CBP will apply the per-unit
duty rate to the total quantity of
merchandise entered, including the
sauce weight. 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 will
calculate importer-specific ad valorem
ratios based on the estimated entered
value.
For the companies which were not
selected for individual review, we will
calculate an assessment rate based on
the average of the margins calculated for
those companies selected for individual
review, weighted by each company’s
publicly-ranged quantity of reported
U.S. transactions. In situations where
we cannot apply our normal
methodology of calculating a weightedaverage margin due to requests to
protect business-proprietary information
but where use of a simple average does
not yield the best proxy of the weightedaverage margin relative to publicly
available data, normally we will use the
publicly available figures as a matter of
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practice. See Bearings from France, 75
FR at 53663.
We will instruct CBP to assess
antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries covered by this review if any
importer-specific assessment rate
calculated in the final results of this
review is above de minimis. 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. The final results of this review
shall be the basis for the assessment of
antidumping duties on entries of
merchandise covered by the final results
of this review and for future deposits of
estimated duties, where applicable. See
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
The Department clarified its
‘‘automatic assessment’’ regulation on
May 6, 2003. See Assessment Policy
Notice. This clarification will apply 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 the 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 allothers rate if there is no rate for the
intermediary 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 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 each specific
company listed above will be that
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 recent period; (3)
if the exporter is not a firm covered in
this review, or the original less-thanfair-value (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
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or exporters will continue to be 5.34
percent, the all-others rate made
effective by the Section 129
Determination.13 These deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a
preliminary 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.
This administrative review and notice
are published in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: February 28, 2011.
Paul Piquado,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011–4978 Filed 3–3–11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–533–810]
Stainless Steel Bar From India:
Preliminary Results of, and Partial
Rescission of, the Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, and Intent Not
To Revoke the Order, in Part
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(‘‘Department’’) is conducting an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on stainless
steel bar (‘‘SS Bar’’) from India for the
period of review (‘‘POR’’) February 1,
2009, through January 31, 2010. The
Department initiated this review of
Facor Steels Ltd./Ferro Alloys
Corporation, Ltd. (‘‘Facor’’); Mukand,
Ltd. (‘‘Mukand’’); India Steel Works,
Limited (‘‘India Steel’’); and Venus Wire
AGENCY:
13 Effective January 16, 2009, there is no longer
a cash deposit requirement for certain producers/
exporters in accordance with the 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 (Jan. 30, 2009) (Section 129 Determination).
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Industries Pvt. Ltd. (‘‘Venus Wire’’) and
its affiliates Precision Metals and Sieves
Manufacturers (India) Private Limited
(‘‘Sieves’’). Based on timely withdrawal
of the request for review, the
Department is rescinding the review
with respect to India Steel.
We preliminarily determine Venus
Wire, Mukand and Facor made sales of
the subject merchandise at prices below
normal value (‘‘NV’’). The Department
also preliminarily determines that total
adverse facts available (‘‘AFA’’) is
warranted for Mukand because it failed
to cooperate to the best of its ability in
this proceeding. Finally, we have
preliminarily determined not to revoke
the antidumping duty order on SS Bar
from India with respect to SS Bar
exported and/or sold by Venus Wire.
Interested parties are invited to
comment on these preliminary results. If
these preliminary results are adopted in
our final results of review, we will
instruct U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (‘‘CBP’’) to assess
antidumping duties on appropriate
entries. We will issue the final results
no later than 120 days from the date of
publication of this notice.
DATES: Effective Date: March 4, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Seth
Isenberg, Mahnaz Khan, Austin
Redington, Scott Holland or Yasmin
Nair, AD/CVD Operations, Office 1,
Import Administration, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department
of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington
DC 20230; telephone (202) 482–0588,
(202) 482–0914, (202) 482–1664, (202)
482–1279 or (202) 482–3813,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 21, 1995, the Department
published in the Federal Register the
antidumping duty order on SS Bar from
India. See Antidumping Duty Orders:
Stainless Steel Bar from Brazil, India
and Japan, 60 FR 9661 (February 21,
1995) (‘‘the Order’’). On February 1,
2010, the Department published a notice
of opportunity to request an
administrative review of the Order on
SS Bar from India for the period
February 1, 2009, through January 31,
2010. See Antidumping or
Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity
to Request Administrative Review, 75
FR 5037 (February 1, 2010).
On February 24, 2010, Venus Wire
submitted a request, in accordance with
19 CFR 351.222(e), that the Department
revoke the Order with respect to Venus
Wire’s sales of the subject merchandise
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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 43 (Friday, March 4, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12033-12044]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-549-822]
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From Thailand: Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Preliminary No
Shipment Determination
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Department) is conducting an
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain
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frozen warmwater shrimp (shrimp) from Thailand with respect to 152
companies. The respondents which the Department selected for individual
examination are Marine Gold Products Co., Ltd. (MRG) and Pakfood Public
Company Limited and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively,
``Pakfood'').\1\ The respondents which were not selected for individual
examination are listed in the ``Preliminary Results of Review'' section
of this notice. This is the fifth administrative review of this order.
The period of review (POR) is February 1, 2009, through January 31,
2010.
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\1\ These subsidiaries are: Okeanos Co., Ltd., Okeanos Food Co.,
Ltd., Takzin Samut Co., Ltd., Chaophraya Cold Storage Co., Ltd., and
Asia Pacific (Thailand) Company Ltd.
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We preliminarily determine that sales made by MRG and Pakfood have
been made at below normal value (NV) and, therefore, are subject to
antidumping duties. In addition, based on the preliminary results for
the respondents selected for individual examination, we have
preliminarily determined a margin for those companies that were not
individually examined.
If the preliminary results are adopted in our final results of
administrative review, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries. Interested parties are invited to comment on the preliminary
results.
DATES: Effective Date: March 4, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Blaine Wiltse or Holly Phelps, 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-
6345 or (202) 482-0656, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In February 2005, the Department published in the Federal Register
an antidumping duty order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp from
Thailand. 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 (Feb. 1, 2005) (Shrimp Order). On
February 1, 2010, the Department published in the Federal Register a
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the
antidumping duty order of certain frozen warmwater shrimp from Thailand
for the period February 1, 2009, through January 31, 2010. See
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended
Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 75 FR 5037
(Feb. 1, 2010). In response to timely requests from interested parties
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(b)(1) and (2) to conduct an administrative
review of the U.S. sales of shrimp by numerous Thai producers/
exporters, the Department published a notice of initiation of
administrative review for 153 companies. See Certain Frozen Warmwater
Shrimp from Brazil, India, and Thailand: Notice of Initiation of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, 75 FR 17693 (Apr. 7, 2010)
(Initiation Notice).\2\
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\2\ In the Initiation Notice, the Department separately listed
Bright Sea Co., Ltd. in the list of companies under review. However,
in the original investigation, the Department found that The Union
Frozen Products Co., Ltd. and Bright Sea Co., Ltd. comprised a
single entity. See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value and Negative Final Determination of Critical
Circumstances: Certain Frozen and Canned Warmwater Shrimp from
Thailand, 69 FR 76918 (Dec. 23, 2004). Therefore, we have treated
Bright Sea Co., Ltd. and The Union Frozen Products, Co., Ltd. as a
single entity for purposes of the preliminary results.
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In the Initiation Notice, the Department indicated that, in the
event that we would limit the respondents selected for individual
examination in accordance with section 777A(c)(2) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act), we would select mandatory respondents for
individual examination based upon CBP entry data. See Initiation
Notice, 75 FR at 17699. In April and May 2010, we received comments on
the issue of respondent selection from MRG, Pakfood, the domestic
processors,\3\ and the petitioner.\4\
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\3\ The domestic processors consist of the American Shrimp
Processors Association and the Louisiana Shrimp Association.
\4\ The petitioner is the Ad Hoc Shrimp Trade Action Committee.
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In April and May 2010, we received statements from 14 companies
that indicated that they had no shipments of subject merchandise to the
United States during the POR.
In July 2010, after considering the large number of potential
exporters or producers involved in this administrative review, and the
resources available to the Department, we determined that it was not
practicable to examine all exporters/producers of subject merchandise
for which a review was requested. See Memorandum to James Maeder,
Director, Office 2, AD/CVD Operations, from Elizabeth Eastwood, Senior
Analyst, Office 2, AD/CVD Operations, entitled, ``2009-2010 Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review on Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from
Thailand: Selection of Respondents for Individual Review,'' dated July
9, 2010 (Respondent Selection Memo). As a result, pursuant to section
777A(c)(2)(B) of the Act, we determined that we could reasonably
individually examine only the two producers/exporters accounting for
the largest volume of certain frozen warmwater shrimp from Thailand
during the POR (i.e., based on CBP entry data, Pakfood and MRG).
Accordingly, we issued the antidumping duty questionnaire to these
companies on July 9, 2010.
On August 18, 2010, the domestic processors alleged that a
particular market situation existed in Thailand during the POR that
prevented home market prices of shrimp from being competitively set.
Therefore, the domestic processors argued that the Department should
not use home market sales as a basis for NV. In August and September
2010, we received rebuttal and surrebuttal comments regarding this
issue from the respondents and the domestic processors.
In August 2010, we received responses from MRG and Pakfood to
section A (i.e., the section related to general information) of the
Department's questionnaire. Also in August 2010, we issued a
supplemental section A questionnaire to Pakfood. In September 2010, we
received responses from MRG and Pakfood to sections B and C (i.e., the
sections covering the comparison market and U.S. sales, respectively)
of the Department's questionnaire. In this same month, we also received
Pakfood's response to section D (i.e., the section covering cost of
production (COP) and constructed value (CV)) of the Department's
questionnaire and its response to the Department's supplemental section
A questionnaire.
On September 28, 2010, the petitioner requested that the Department
automatically initiate a sales-below-cost-investigation of MRG. On
October 1, 2010, we issued a letter to the petitioner denying this
request because the Department had not made a finding to disregard
sales-below-cost for MRG in the most recently completed segment of the
proceeding in which it participated as of the date of initiation of the
current review.\5\ On October 6, 2010, the petitioner filed a company-
specific sales-below-cost allegation for MRG.
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On October 7, 2010, the Department extended the preliminary results
in the current review to no later than February
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28, 2011. See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From India and Thailand:
Notice of Extension of Time Limits for the Preliminary Results of the
2009-2010 Administrative Reviews, 75 FR 62099, 62100 (Oct. 7, 2010)
(2009-2010 Preliminary Extension).\6\ Also in October 2010, we issued
supplemental sales questionnaires to each respondent, and we received
responses to these questionnaires.
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\6\ In this notice, we incorrectly stated that the Department
would issue the preliminary results no later than March 1, 2011. See
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On October 21, 2010, the Department initiated a sales-below-cost
investigation for MRG, and on that date we instructed MRG to respond to
section D of the Department's questionnaire. See Memorandum to James
Maeder, Director, Office 2, AD/CVD Operations, from the Team, entitled,
``February 2009-January 2010 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand: The Petitioner's
Allegation of Sales-Below-Cost of Production for Marine Gold Products
Ltd.,'' dated October 21, 2010 (MRG Cost Investigation Memo).
On October 29, 2010, the Department found that there was
insufficient evidence to determine that a particular market situation,
within the meaning of section 773(a)(1)(C)(iii) of the Act, existed in
Thailand during the POR that would prevent a proper comparison between
respondents' export prices and their home market prices. See Memorandum
to James Maeder, Director, Office 2, AD/CVD Operations, from Blaine
Wiltse, Trade Analyst, Office 2, AD/CVD Operations, entitled, ``2009-
2010 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review on Certain Frozen Warmwater
Shrimp from Thailand: Allegation of a Particular Market Situation,''
dated October 29, 2010.
In November and December 2010, we issued supplemental sales and
cost questionnaires to both respondents, and we received responses to
these supplemental questionnaires in these months.
In January and February 2011, we verified the sales and cost data
reported by Pakfood.
Scope of the Order
The scope of this 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,\7\ 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 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 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, whiteleg 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 Thai white prawn (Penaeus indicus).
Frozen shrimp and prawns that are packed with marinade, spices or
sauce are included in the scope of this 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 this order.
Excluded from the scope are: (1) Breaded shrimp and prawns (HTSUS
subheading 1605.20.10.20); (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 (HTSUS subheadings 0306.23.00.20 and 0306.23.00.40); (4)
shrimp and prawns in prepared meals (HTSUS subheading 1605.20.05.10);
(5) dried shrimp and prawns; (6) canned warmwater shrimp and prawns
(HTSUS subheading 1605.20.10.40); (7) certain dusted shrimp; and (8)
certain battered shrimp. Dusted 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 ten
percent of the product's total weight after being dusted, but prior to
being frozen; and (5) that is subjected to IQF freezing immediately
after application of the dusting layer. Battered shrimp is a shrimp-
based product that, when dusted in accordance with the definition of
dusting above, is 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 HTSUS subheadings: 0306.13.00.03, 0306.13.00.06,
0306.13.00.09, 0306.13.00.12, 0306.13.00.15, 0306.13.00.18,
0306.13.00.21, 0306.13.00.24, 0306.13.00.27, 0306.13.00.40,
1605.20.10.10, and 1605.20.10.30. These HTSUS subheadings are provided
for convenience and for customs purposes only and are not dispositive,
but rather the written description of the scope of this order is
dispositive.
Preliminary No Shipment Determination
In April and May 2010, 14 companies notified the Department that
they had no shipments of subject merchandise to the United States
during the POR; only 12 of these claims, however, were properly filed
and/or contained information sufficient to determine whether shipments
were, in fact, made. The Department subsequently confirmed with CBP the
no-shipment claim made by these 12 companies. Because the evidence on
the record indicates that these companies did not export subject
merchandise to the United States during the POR, we preliminarily
determine that the following 12 companies had no reviewable
transactions during the POR:
(1) American Commercial Transport, Inc.\8\
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(2) Ampai Frozen Food Co., Ltd.
(3) Far East Cold Storage Co., Ltd.
(4) Grobest Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.
(5) Inter-Oceanic Resources Co., Ltd.
(6) Leo Transport Corporation Ltd.\9\
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(7) Mahachai Food Processing Co., Ltd.
(8) S. Khonkaen Food Industry Public Co., Ltd.
(9) Siam Marine Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.
(10) Siam Ocean Frozen Foods Co. Ltd.
(11) Thai Union Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
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(12) V. Thai Food Product Co., Ltd.\10\
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Since the implementation of the 1997 regulations, our practice
concerning no-shipment respondents has been to rescind the
administrative review if the respondent certifies that it had no
shipments and we have confirmed through our examination of CBP data
that there were no shipments of subject merchandise during the POR. See
Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 62 FR 27296, 27393 (May 19,
1997). As a result, in such circumstances, we normally instruct CBP to
liquidate any entries from the no-shipment company at the deposit rate
in effect on the date of entry.
In our May 6, 2003, ``automatic assessment'' clarification, 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. See Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68
FR 23954 (May 6, 2003) (Assessment Policy Notice).
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 12 companies listed
above and exported by other parties at the all-others rate, should we
continue to find that these companies had no shipments of subject
merchandise in the POR in our final results. See, e.g., Magnesium Metal
From the Russian Federation: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, 75 FR 26922 (May 13, 2010), unchanged in
Magnesium Metal From the Russian Federation: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR 56989 (Sept. 17, 2010);
and Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils From Taiwan: Final Results
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR 76700, 76701 (Dec. 9,
2010).
In addition, the Department finds 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 these
12 companies and issue appropriate instructions to CBP based on the
final results of the review. See the ``Assessment Rates'' section of
this notice, below.
With respect to the remaining two companies which submitted
deficient statements of no shipments during the POR, A. Wattanachai
Frozen Products Co., Ltd. (Wattanachai) did not properly certify its
statement of no shipments in accordance with 19 CFR 351.303(g)(1),
while Calsonic Kansei (Thailand) Co., Ltd.'s (Calsonic) statement of no
shipments contained inadequate information. The Department contacted
each of these companies on multiple occasions requesting that they
correct the deficiencies in their statements of no shipments; however,
neither company responded to our requests. Therefore, we preliminarily
find that there is insufficient evidence on the record of this review
to conclude that these companies made no shipments of subject
merchandise to the United States during the POR. Therefore, we are
continuing to include both companies in this administrative review.
Comparisons to Normal Value
To determine whether sales of shrimp from Thailand to the United
States were made at less than NV, we compared the export price (EP) or
constructed export price (CEP) to the NV, as described in the
``Constructed Export Price/Export Price'' and ``Normal Value'' sections
of this notice.
Pursuant to sections 773(a)(1)(B)(i) and 777A(d)(2) of the Act, for
MRG and Pakfood, we compared the EPs or CEPs of individual U.S.
transactions, as applicable, to the weighted-average NV of the foreign
like product in the appropriate corresponding calendar month where
there were sales made in the ordinary course of trade, as discussed in
the ``Cost of Production Analysis'' section below.
Product Comparisons
In accordance with section 771(16)(A) of the Act, we considered all
products produced by MRG and Pakfood covered by the description in the
``Scope of the Order'' section, above, to be foreign like products for
purposes of determining appropriate product comparisons to U.S. sales.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.414(e)(2), we compared U.S. sales of shrimp to
sales of shrimp made in the home market within the contemporaneous
window period, which extends from three months prior to the month of
the first U.S. sale until two months after the month of the last U.S.
sale.
Where there were no sales of identical merchandise in the
comparison market made in the ordinary course of trade to compare to
U.S. sales, according to section 771(16)(B) of the Act, we compared
U.S. sales of non-broken shrimp to sales of the non-broken most similar
foreign like product made in the ordinary course of trade. In making
the product comparisons, we matched foreign like products based on the
physical characteristics reported by MRG and Pakfood in the following
order: cooked form, head status, count size, organic certification,
shell status, vein status, tail status, other shrimp preparation,
frozen form, flavoring, container weight, presentation, species, and
preservative. Where there were no sales of identical or similar non-
broken merchandise, we made product comparisons using CV, as discussed
in the ``Calculation of Normal Value Based on Constructed Value''
section below. See section 773(a)(4) of the Act.
With respect to sales comparisons involving broken shrimp, we
compared Pakfood's sales of broken shrimp in the United States to sales
of comparable quality shrimp in the home market. Where there were no
sales of identical broken shrimp in the home market made in the
ordinary course of trade to compare to U.S. sales, we compared U.S.
sales of broken shrimp to sales of the most similar broken shrimp made
in the ordinary course of trade. Where there were no sales of identical
or similar broken shrimp, we made product comparisons using CV. MRG did
not make sales of broken shrimp to the United States during the POR.
Because we disallowed Pakfood's differentiation of trays under the
``presentation'' product characteristic in the final results of the
2008-2009 administrative review, we revised Pakfood's relevant
presentation codes and product control numbers in our margin
calculations, including the calculation of the COP, to reflect this
change. See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand: Final
Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review, 75 FR 54847 (Sept. 9, 2010), and accompanying Issues and
Decision Memorandum at Comment 12.
Constructed Export Price/Export Price
For certain U.S. sales made by MRG and Pakfood, we calculated CEP
in accordance with section 772(b) of the Act because the subject
merchandise was first sold to unaffiliated purchasers after its
importation into the United States.
For the remaining U.S. sales made by MRG and Pakfood, we used EP
methodology, in accordance with section 772(a) of the Act, because the
subject merchandise was sold by the producer/exporter outside of the
United States directly to the first unaffiliated purchaser in the
United States prior to
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importation and CEP methodology was not otherwise warranted based on
the facts of record.
MRG reported that, during the POR, it sold subject merchandise to
the United States that it purchased from an unaffiliated producer. In
such cases, the Department normally would base NV for those sales on
MRG's sales in the comparison market of foreign like product produced
by the same unaffiliated producer, in accordance with sections 771(16)
and 773(a)(1)(B)(I) of the Act. In this case, however, MRG made no such
sales in the home market. While the Department could have requested
that the unaffiliated producer provide cost data for the U.S. sales,
and based NV on the CV of the merchandise, we find that the percentage
of MRG's U.S. sales accounted for by this merchandise is not
significant. Therefore, we have not requested such information and,
instead, as facts otherwise available, pursuant to section 776(a)(1) of
the Act, we have used MRG's costs to produce merchandise with
characteristics identical or similar to the characteristics of the
merchandise produced by the unaffiliated producer as the basis for CV.
See Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from Taiwan: Preliminary
Results and Preliminary Rescission in Part of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, 73 FR 45393, 45398 (Aug. 5, 2008), unchanged in
Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils From Taiwan: Final Results and
Rescission in Part of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 73 FR
74704 (Dec. 9, 2008). For further discussion, see the Memorandum to the
File, from Blaine Wiltse, Analyst, Office 2, AD/CVD Operations,
entitled, ``Calculation Adjustments for Marine Gold Products Limited,
for the Preliminary Results in the 2009-2010 Administrative Review of
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand,'' dated February 28,
2011 (MRG Prelim Calc Memo).
We also revised the date of sale for certain of MRG's U.S. sales to
report the date of the last invoice issued, which set the final
material terms of sale, as the date of sale. For further discussion,
see the MRG Prelim Calc Memo.
We revised the data reported by Pakfood to take into account minor
corrections found at verification. See Memorandum to the File, from
Holly Phelps, Analyst, Office 2, AD/CVD Operations, entitled,
``Calculation Adjustments for Pakfood Public Company Limited and its
affiliated subsidiaries, Okeanos Co., Ltd., Okeanos Food Co., Ltd.,
Takzin Samut Co., Ltd., Chaophraya Coldstorage Co., Ltd., and Asia
Pacific (Thailand) Company Ltd. (collectively, ``Pakfood''), for the
Preliminary Results in the 2009-2010 Administrative Review of Certain
Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand,'' dated February 28, 2011
(Pakfood Prelim Calc Memo).
A. MRG
We based EP on packed prices to the first unaffiliated purchaser in
the United States. Where appropriate, we made adjustments to the
starting price for billing adjustments and rebates in accordance with
19 CFR 351.401(c). We also made deductions from the starting price for
foreign inland freight expenses, foreign warehousing expenses, foreign
brokerage and handling expenses, international freight expenses, marine
insurance expenses, U.S. brokerage and handling expenses, U.S. customs
duties (including harbor maintenance fees and merchandise processing
fees), U.S. inland freight expenses, and U.S. warehousing expenses,
where appropriate, in accordance with section 772(c)(2)(A) of the Act.
We based CEP on C&F (cost and freight) or DDP (delivered, duty
paid) prices to unaffiliated purchasers in the United States. We made
deductions for movement expenses, in accordance with section
772(c)(2)(A) of the Act; these included, where appropriate, foreign
warehousing expenses, foreign inland freight expenses, foreign
brokerage and handling expenses, international freight expenses, marine
insurance expenses, U.S. brokerage and handling expenses, and U.S.
customs duties (including harbor maintenance fees and merchandise
processing fees). In accordance with section 772(d)(1) of the Act and
19 CFR 351.402(b), we deducted those selling expenses associated with
economic activities occurring in the United States, including direct
selling expenses (e.g., bank fees and imputed credit expenses) and
indirect selling expenses (including inventory carrying costs).
Pursuant to section 772(d)(3) of the Act, we further reduced the
starting price by an amount for profit to arrive at CEP. In accordance
with section 772(f) of the Act, we calculated the CEP profit rate using
the expenses incurred by MRG on its sales of the subject merchandise in
the United States and the profit associated with those sales.
B. Pakfood
We based EP on C&F and DDP packed prices to the first unaffiliated
purchaser in the United States. Where appropriate, we made deductions
from the starting price for discounts in accordance with 19 CFR
351.401(c). We also made deductions from the starting price for foreign
warehousing expenses, foreign inland freight expenses, foreign
brokerage and handling expenses, ocean freight expenses, marine
insurance expenses, U.S. brokerage and handling expenses, FDA
inspection expenses, and U.S. customs duties (including harbor
maintenance fees and merchandise processing fees), where appropriate,
in accordance with section 772(c)(2)(A) of the Act. We recalculated
foreign warehousing expenses to remove the amount of certain ``short''
payments received by Pakfood on its CEP sales. For further discussion,
see the Pakfood Prelim Calc Memo.
We based CEP on DDP prices to unaffiliated purchasers in the United
States. We made deductions for billing adjustments, where appropriate,
based on the value of ``short'' payments not collected by Pakfood
during the POR, which Pakfood reported as part of warehousing expenses.
For further discussion, see the Pakfood Prelim Calc Memo.
We also made deductions for movement expenses, in accordance with
section 772(c)(2)(A) of the Act; these included, where appropriate,
foreign warehousing expenses, foreign inland freight expenses, foreign
brokerage and handling expenses, ocean freight expenses, marine
insurance expenses, U.S. brokerage and handling expenses, FDA
inspection expenses, and U.S. customs duties (including harbor
maintenance fees and merchandise processing fees). We recalculated
foreign warehousing expenses in the same manner noted above.
In accordance with section 772(d)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.402(b), we deducted direct selling expenses (i.e., imputed credit
expenses), and indirect selling expenses (including inventory carrying
costs). Pursuant to section 772(d)(3) of the Act, we further reduced
the starting price by an amount for profit to arrive at CEP. In
accordance with section 772(f) of the Act, we calculated the CEP profit
rate using the expenses incurred by Pakfood on its sales of the subject
merchandise in the United States and the profit associated with those
sales.
Normal Value
A. Home Market Viability
In order to determine whether there was a sufficient volume of
sales in the home market to serve as a viable basis for calculating NV,
we compared the volume of home market sales of the foreign like product
to the volume of U.S. sales of the subject merchandise. See section
773(a)(1)(C) of the Act. Based on this comparison, we determined that
MRG and Pakfood had
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viable home markets during the POR. Consequently, we based NV on home
market sales for MRG and Pakfood.
B. Level of Trade
Section 773(a)(1)(B)(i) of the Act states that, to the extent
practicable, the Department will calculate NV based on sales at the
same level of trade (LOT) as the EP or CEP. Sales are made at different
LOTs if they are made at different marketing stages (or their
equivalent). See 19 CFR 351.412(c)(2). Substantial differences in
selling activities are a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for
determining that there is a difference in the stages of marketing. Id;
see also Certain Orange Juice From Brazil: Final Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review and Notice of Intent Not To Revoke
Antidumping Duty Order in Part, 75 FR 50999, 51001 (Aug. 18, 2010), and
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 7 (OJ from
Brazil). In order to determine whether the comparison market sales were
at different stages in the marketing process than the U.S. sales, we
reviewed the distribution system in each market (i.e., the chain of
distribution), including selling functions, class of customer (customer
category), and the level of selling expenses for each type of sale.
Pursuant to section 773(a)(1)(B)(i) of the Act, in identifying LOTs
for EP and comparison market sales (i.e., NV based on either home
market or third country prices),\11\ we consider the starting prices
before any adjustments. For CEP sales, we consider only the selling
activities reflected in the price after the deduction of expenses and
profit under section 772(d) of the Act. See Micron Tech., Inc. v.
United States, 243 F.3d 1301, 1314-16 (Fed. Cir. 2001).
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\11\ Where NV is based on CV, we determine the NV LOT based on
the LOT of the sales from which we derive selling expenses, general
and administrative (G&A) expenses, and profit for CV, where
possible.
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When the Department is unable to match U.S. sales of the foreign
like product in the comparison market at the same LOT as the EP or CEP,
the Department may compare the U.S. sale to sales at a different LOT in
the comparison market. In comparing EP or CEP sales at a different LOT
in the comparison market, where available data make it possible, we
make an LOT adjustment under section 773(a)(7)(A) of the Act. Finally,
for CEP sales only, if the NV LOT is at a more advanced stage of
distribution than the LOT of the CEP and there is no basis for
determining whether the difference in LOTs between NV and CEP affects
price comparability (i.e., no LOT adjustment was possible), the
Department shall grant a CEP offset, as provided in section
773(a)(7)(B) of the Act. See, e.g., OJ from Brazil, 75 FR at 51001.
In this administrative review, we obtained information from both
respondents regarding the marketing stages involved in making the
reported home market and U.S. sales, including a description of the
selling activities performed by each respondent for each channel of
distribution. Company-specific LOT findings are summarized below.
1. MRG
MRG reported that it made sales through one channel of distribution
in the United States (i.e., EP sales made directly to unaffiliated
customers). However, during the POR, certain of MRG's EP sales were
cancelled and then resold after importation into the United States on a
CEP basis. These CEP sales represent a second channel of distribution
for MRG's U.S. sales during the POR.
MRG reported performing the following selling functions for its EP
U.S. sales: Sales forecasting/market research; sales promotion/trade
shows and advertising; direct sales personnel; paying commissions;
order processing/sales documentation; packing/packaging; inventory
maintenance; freight/delivery arrangements; providing cash discounts;
providing financing; and warranty service. These selling activities can
be generally grouped into four selling function categories for
analysis: (1) Sales and marketing; (2) freight and delivery; (3)
inventory maintenance and warehousing; and, (4) warranty and technical
support. Accordingly, based on the selling function categories, we find
that MRG performed sales and marketing, freight and delivery services,
inventory maintenance and warehousing, and warranty and technical
support for all EP U.S. sales. MRG reported performing the same selling
functions for its CEP U.S. sales as its EP U.S. sales. Therefore,
because MRG did not perform any different selling functions to make its
CEP U.S. sales, we find that such sales do not constitute a different
LOT in the U.S. market. Accordingly, we preliminarily determine that
there is one LOT in the U.S. market.
With respect to the home market, MRG reported that it made sales
through two channels of distribution (i.e., sales to one customer which
purchases shrimp for processing into non-subject merchandise; and sales
to all other customers). We examined the selling activities performed
for these channels, and found that MRG performed the following selling
functions for both channels: Order processing/sales documentation,
inventory maintenance, limited freight/delivery services, financing
services, warranty services, and packing/packaging. These selling
activities can be generally grouped into four selling function
categories for analysis: (1) Sales and marketing; (2) freight and
delivery services; (3) inventory maintenance and warehousing; and (4)
warranty and technical support. Accordingly, we find that MRG performed
sales and marketing, freight and delivery services, inventory
maintenance and warehousing, and warranty and technical support for all
customers in the home market. In addition, MRG reported that it
performed sales forecasting/market research and employed direct sales
personnel at a low-to-medium level of intensity for one home market
channel, and did not perform these activities for the other home market
channel. However, after analyzing the selling functions performed for
both sales channels in the home market, we find that the distinctions
in selling functions are not significant. Therefore, based on the
totality of the facts and circumstances, we preliminarily determine
that there is one LOT in the home market for MRG.
Finally, we compared the U.S. LOT to the home market LOT and found
that the selling functions performed for U.S. and home market customers
are essentially the same, with the exception of commission payments
made for certain U.S. sales. We note that this difference is not a
sufficient basis to determine that the U.S. LOT is different from the
home market LOT. Moreover, although there are some differences in the
level of intensity at which some of the selling functions were
performed in the two markets, we find that these differences are not
significant. Therefore, based on the totality of the facts and
circumstances, we preliminarily determine that sales to the U.S. and
home markets during the POR were made at the same LOT, and as a result,
no LOT adjustment or CEP offset is warranted.
2. Pakfood
Pakfood reported that it made EP and CEP sales through a single
channel of distribution (i.e., direct sales to distributors), and
performed the following selling functions for sales to U.S. customers:
Sales forecasting, market research, sales promotion, advertising, order
processing, procurement/sourcing services, direct sales personnel,
provision of cash
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discounts, payment of commissions, freight and delivery services,
warehousing services, and packing. These selling activities can be
generally grouped into four selling function categories for analysis:
(1) Sales and marketing; (2) freight and delivery services; (3)
inventory maintenance and warehousing; and (4) warranty and technical
support. Accordingly, based on the selling function categories, we find
that Pakfood performed sales and marketing, freight and delivery
services, and inventory maintenance and warehousing for U.S. sales.
Because all sales in the United States are made through a single
distribution channel (i.e., direct sales to unaffiliated customers) and
the selling activities to Pakfood's customers did not vary within this
channel, we preliminarily determine that there is one LOT in the U.S.
market.
With respect to the home market, Pakfood reported that it made
sales to processors, distributors, retailers, and end-users. Pakfood
stated that its home market sales were made through a single channel of
distribution, direct from factory to customer, and that it performed
the following selling functions for sales to home market customers:
Sales forecasting, market research, sales promotion, advertising,
procurement/sourcing services, order processing, direct sales
personnel, provision of cash discounts, freight and delivery services,
warehousing, and packing. These selling activities can be generally
grouped into four selling function categories for analysis: (1) Sales
and marketing; (2) freight and delivery services; (3) inventory
maintenance and warehousing; and (4) warranty and technical support.
Accordingly, we find that Pakfood performed sales and marketing,
freight and delivery services, and inventory maintenance and
warehousing at the same relative level of intensity for all customers
in the home market. Because all sales in the home market sales are made
through a single distribution channel and the selling activities to
Pakfood's customers did not vary within this channel, we preliminarily
determine that there is one LOT in the home market for Pakfood.
Finally, we compared the U.S. LOT to the home market LOT and found
that the selling functions performed for U.S. and home market customers
are virtually identical, with the exception of commission payments made
for certain U.S. sales. We note that this difference is not a
sufficient basis to determine that the U.S. LOT is different from the
home market LOT. Moreover, although there are some differences in the
level of intensity at which some of the selling functions were
performed in the two markets, we find that these differences are not
significant. Therefore, based on the totality of the facts and
circumstances, we preliminarily determine that sales to the U.S. and
home markets during the POR were made at the same LOT, and as a result,
no LOT adjustment or CEP offset is warranted.
C. Cost of Production Analysis
Based on our analysis of the petitioner's allegation, we found that
there were reasonable grounds to believe or suspect that MRG's sales of
shrimp in the home market were made at prices below its COP.
Accordingly, pursuant to section 773(b) of the Act, we initiated a
sales-below-cost investigation to determine whether MRG's sales were
made at prices below its COP. See MRG Cost Investigation Memo.
Moreover, we found that Pakfood made sales in the same comparison
market below the COP in the most recently completed segment of this
proceeding as of the date of initiation of this review and such sales
were disregarded. See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From Thailand:
Final Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review, 74 FR 47551, 47552 (Sept. 16, 2009). Thus, in accordance with
section 773(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Act, we find that there are reasonable
grounds to believe or suspect that Pakfood made sales in the home
market at prices below the cost of producing the merchandise in the
current POR.
1. Calculation of Cost of Production
In accordance with section 773(b)(3) of the Act, we calculated the
respondents' COPs based on the sum of their costs of materials and
conversion for the foreign like product, plus amounts for G&A expenses
and interest expenses (see ``Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices''
section, below, for treatment of third country selling expenses).
The Department relied on the COP data submitted by each respondent
in its most recently submitted cost database for the COP calculation,
for the following instance.
We have revised Pakfood's G&A expenses to eliminate certain double
counting of direct selling expenses. For further discussion of these
adjustments, see the memorandum from Ernest Gziryan, Accountant, to
Neal M. Halper, Director, Office of Accounting, entitled, ``Cost of
Production and Constructed Value Calculation Adjustments for the
Preliminary Results--Pakfood Public Company Limited,'' dated February
28, 2011.
2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices
On a product-specific basis, pursuant to section 773(a)(1)(B)(i) of
the Act, we compared the adjusted weighted-average COP to the home
market sales prices of the foreign like product, in order to determine
whether the sale prices were below the COP. For purposes of this
comparison, we used COP exclusive of selling and packing expenses. The
prices (inclusive of billing adjustments, where appropriate) were
exclusive of any applicable movement charges, discounts, direct and
indirect selling expenses and packing expenses.
3. Results of the COP Test
In determining whether to disregard home market sales made at
prices below the COP, we examined, in accordance with sections
773(b)(1)(A) and (B) of the Act whether: (1) Within an extended period
of time, such sales were made in substantial quantities; and (2) such
sales were made at prices which permitted the recovery of all costs
within a reasonable period of time in the normal course of trade. In
accordance with sections 773(b)(2)(B) and (C) of the Act, where less
than 20 percent of the respondent's home market sales of a given
product are at prices less than the COP, we do not disregard any below-
cost sales of that product because we determine that in such instances
the below-cost sales were not made within an extended period of time
and in ``substantial quantities.'' Where 20 percent or more of a
respondent's sales of a given product are at prices less than the COP,
we disregard the below-cost sales when: (1) They were made within an
extended period of time in ``substantial quantities,'' in accordance
with sections 773(b)(2)(B) and (C) of the Act; and (2) based on our
comparison of prices to the weighted-average COPs for the POR, they
were at prices which would not permit the recovery of all costs within
a reasonable period of time, in accordance with section 773(b)(2)(D) of
the Act.
We found that, for certain products, more than 20 percent of MRG's
and Pakfood's home market sales were at prices less than the COP and,
in addition, such sales did not provide for the recovery of costs
within a reasonable period of time. We therefore excluded these sales
and used the remaining sales as the basis for determining NV, in
accordance with section 773(b)(1) of the Act.
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For those U.S. sales of subject merchandise for which there were no
home market sales in the ordinary course of trade, we compared CEPs or
EPs, as appropriate, to CV in accordance with section 773(a)(4) of the
Act. See ``Calculation of Normal Value Based on Constructed Value''
section below.
D. Calculation of Normal Value Based on Comparison Market Prices
1. MRG
For MRG, we calculated NV based on delivered prices to unaffiliated
customers in the home market. We made adjustments to the starting
price, where appropriate, for billing adjustments, in accordance with
19 CFR 351.401(c). We also made deductions for foreign inland freight
expenses and foreign warehousing expenses, under section 773(a)(6)(B)
of the Act.
For comparisons to EP sales, we made adjustments under section
773(a)(6)(C)(iii) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.410 for differences in
circumstances of sale for direct selling expenses (including bank fees
and imputed credit expenses) and commissions, where appropriate.
Because commissions were paid only on sales in the U.S. market, we also
made a downward adjustment to NV for the lesser of: (1) The amount of
commissions paid in the U.S. market; or (2) the amount of indirect
selling expenses incurred in the home market. See 19 CFR 351.410(e). We
recalculated MRG's foreign indirect selling expense ratio to remove
sales of scrap from the denominator of the calculation. See MRG Prelim
Calc Memo.
For comparisons to CEP sales, in accordance with section
773(a)(6)(C)(iii) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.410, we deducted from NV
direct selling expenses (i.e., imputed credit expenses and bank fees)
and commissions. Because commissions were paid only in the U.S. market,
we made a downward adjustment to NV for the lesser of: (1) The amount
of commission paid in the U.S. market; or (2) the amount of indirect
selling expenses (including inventory carrying costs) incurred in the
home market. See 19 CFR 351.410(e). As noted above, we recalculated
MRG's foreign indirect selling expense ratio.
Finally, for all price-to-price comparisons, we made adjustments
for differences in costs attributable to differences in the physical
characteristics of the merchandise in accordance with section
773(a)(6)(C)(ii) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.411. We also deducted home
market packing costs and added U.S. packing costs, in accordance with
sections 773(a)(6)(A) and (B)(i) of the Act.
2. Pakfood
We based NV for Pakfood on ex-factory or delivered prices to
unaffiliated customers in the home market, or prices to affiliated
customers in the home market that were determined to be at arm's
length. Where appropriate, we made adjustments to the starting price
for billing adjustments. We also made deductions, where appropriate,
from the starting price for inland freight and warehousing expenses,
under section 773(a)(6)(B)(ii) of the Act.
For comparisons to EP sales, we made adjustments under section
773(a)(6)(C)(iii) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.410 for differences in
circumstances of sale for direct selling expenses (including imputed
credit expenses, bank fees, and express mail charges) and commissions,
where appropriate. Because commissions were paid only in the U.S.
market, we made a downward adjustment to NV for the lesser of: (1) The
amount of commission paid in the U.S. market; or (2) the amount of
indirect selling expenses (including inventory carrying costs) incurred
in the home market. See 19 CFR 351.410(e).
For comparisons to CEP sales, in accordance with section
773(a)(6)(C)(iii) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.410, we deducted from NV
direct selling expenses (i.e., imputed credit expenses, bank fees, and
express mail charges).
Finally, for all price-to-price comparisons, we made adjustments
for differences in costs attributable to differences in the physical
characteristics of the merchandise, in accordance with section
773(a)(6)(C)(ii) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.411. We also deducted home
market packing costs and added U.S. packing costs, in accordance with
sections 773(a)(6)(A) and (B)(i) of the Act.
E. Calculation of Normal Value Based on Constructed Value
Section 773(a)(4) of the Act provides that where NV cannot be based
on comparison market sales, NV may be based on CV. Accordingly, for
MRG's shrimp products for which we could not determine the NV based on
home market sales because, as noted in the ``Results of the COP Test''
section above, all sales of the comparable products failed the COP
test, we based NV on CV.
Sections 773(e)(1) and (2)(A) of the Act provides that CV shall be
based on the sum of the cost of materials and fabrication for the
imported merchandise, plus amounts for selling, general, and
administrative (SG&A) expenses, profit, and U.S. packing costs. For
MRG, we calculated the cost of materials and fabrication based on the
methodology described in the ``Cost of Production Analysis'' section,
above. We based SG&A and profit for MRG on the actual amounts incurred
and realized by it in connection with the production and sale of the
foreign like product in the ordinary course of trade for consumption in
the home market, in accordance with section 773(e)(2)(A) of the Act.
For MRG, we made adjustments to CV for differences in circumstances
of sale, in accordance with section 773(a)(6)(C)(iii) and (a)(8) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.410. For comparisons to EP, we made circumstance-of-
sale adjustments by deducting direct selling expenses incurred on MRG's
comparison market sales from, and adding U.S. direct selling expenses
to, CV. See 19 CFR 351.410(c). For comparisons to CEP, we deducted
MRG's comparison market direct selling expenses from CV. Id. We also
made adjustments, when applicable, for MRG's home market indirect
selling expenses to offset U.S. commissions in EP comparisons. See 19
CFR 351.410(e).
Currency Conversion
We made currency conversions into U.S. dollars for all spot
transactions by MRG and Pakfood, in accordance with section 773A of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.415, based on the exchange rates in effect on the
dates of the U.S. sales as certified by the Federal Reserve Bank. In
addition, both MRG and Pakfood reported that they purchased forward
exchange contracts which were used to convert their sales prices into
home market currency. Under 19 CFR 351.415(b), if a currency
transaction on forward markets is directly linked to an export sale
under consideration, the Department is directed to use the exchange
rate specified with respect to such currency in the forward sale
agreement to convert the foreign currency. See, e.g., Notice of Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Negative Final
Determination of Critical Circumstances: Certain Frozen and Canned
Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand, 69 FR 76918 (Dec. 23, 2004), and
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 6; see also
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from India: Preliminary Results and
Preliminary Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review, 73 FR 12103, 12113 (Mar. 6, 2008), unchanged in Certain Frozen
Warmwater Shrimp form India: Final Results and Partial Rescission of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 73 FR 40492 (July 15, 2008).
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Therefore, for MRG and Pakfood we used the reported forward exchange
rates for currency conversions where applicable.
Preliminary Results of the Review
We preliminarily determine that weighted-average dumping margins
exist for the respondents for the period February 1, 2009, through
January 31, 2010, as follows:
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Manufacturer/exporter Percent margin
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Marine Gold Products Co., Ltd........................ 0.68
Pakfood Public Company Limited/Asia Pacific 0.72
(Thailand) Co., Chaophraya Cold Storage Co., Ltd./
Okeanos Co. Ltd./Okeanos Food Co. Ltd./Takzin Samut
Co., Ltd............................................
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Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to the Following Companies:
\12\
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\12\ This rate is based on the average of the margins calculated
for those companies selected for individual review, weighted by each
company's publicly-ranged quantity of reported U.S. transactions.
Because we cannot apply our normal methodology of calculating a
weighted-average margin due to requests to protect business-
proprietary information, we find this rate to be the best proxy of
the actual weighted-average margin determined for the mandatory
respondents. See Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof From France, et
al.: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, Final
Results of Changed-Circumstances Review, and Revocation of an Order
in Part, 75 FR 53661, 53663 (Sept. 1, 2010) (Bearings from France).
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Manufacturer/exporter Percent margin
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A. Wattanachai Frozen Products Co., Ltd.............. 0.70
A.S. Intermarine Foods Co., Ltd...................... 0.70
ACU Transport Co., Ltd............................... 0.70
American Commercial Transport (Thailand)............. *
Ampai Frozen Food Co., Ltd........................... *
Apex Maritime (Thailand) Co., Ltd.................... 0.70
Apex Maritime Thailand............................... 0.70
Asian Seafoods Coldstorage Public Co., Ltd/Asian 0.70
Seafoods Coldstorage (Suratthani) Co./STC Foodpak
Ltd.................................................
Assoc. Commercial Systems............................ 0.70
B.S.A. Food Products Co., Ltd........................ 0.70
Bangkok Dehydrated Marine Product Co., Ltd........... 0.70
Best Fruits.......................................... 0.70
C.P. Merchandising Co., Ltd.......................... 0.70
C Y Frozen Food Co., Ltd............................. 0.70
Calsonic Kansei (Thailand) Co., Ltd.................. 0.70
Century Industries Co., Ltd.......................... 0.70
Chaivaree Marine Products Co., Ltd................... 0.70
Chaiwarut Co., Ltd................................... 0.70
Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Co., Ltd............... 0.70
Chue Eie Mong Eak.................................... 0.70
Conair Intertraffic Co., Ltd......................... 0.70
Core Seafood Processing Co., Ltd..................... 0.70
Crystal Frozen Foods Co., Ltd and/or Crystal Seafood. 0.70
Daedong (Thailand) Co. Ltd........................... 0.70
Daiei Taigen (Thailand) Co., Ltd..................... 0.70
Daiho (Thailand) Co., Ltd............................ 0.70
Dextrans Worldwide (Thailand) Ltd.................... 0.70
Dragon International Furniture Co., Ltd.............. 0.70
Earth Food Manufacturing Co., Ltd.................... 0.70
Enburg Food Thai Co., Ltd............................ 0.70
Extra Maritime Co., Ltd.............................. 0.70
F.A.I.T. Corporation Limited......................... 0.70
Far East Cold Storage Co., Ltd....................... *
Findus (Thailand) Ltd................................ 0.70
Fortune Frozen Foods (Thailand) Co., Ltd............. 0.70
Frozen Marine Products Co., Ltd...................... 0.70
Fujitsu General (Thailand) Co., Ltd.................. 0.70
Gallant Ocean (Thailand) Co., Ltd/Gallant Seafoods 0.70
Corporation.........................................
Golden Sea Frozen Foods Co., Ltd..................... 0.70
Good Fortune Cold Storage Co., Ltd................... 0.70
Good Luck Product Co., Ltd........................... 0.70
Great Food (Dehydration) Co., Ltd.................... 0.70
Grobest Frozen Foods Co., Ltd........................ *
Gulf Coast Crab Intl................................. 0.70
H.A.M. International Co., Ltd........................ 0.70
Heng Seafood Limited Partnership..................... 0.70
Herba Bangkok S.L.................................... 0.70
Heritrade Co., Ltd................................... 0.70
HIC (Thailand) Co., Ltd.............................. 0.70
I.T. Foods Industries Co., Ltd....................... 0.70
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Inter-Furnitech Co., Ltd............................. 0.70
Inter-Oceanic Resources Co., Ltd..................... *
Inter-Pacific Marine Products Co., Ltd............... 0.70
Inter-Taste Foods Co., Ltd........................... 0.70
K Fresh.............................................. 0.70
K. D. Trading Co., Ltd............................... 0.70
KF Foods............................................. 0.70
K.L. Cold Storage Co., Ltd........................... 0.70
K & U Enterprise Co., Ltd............................ 0.70
Kiang Huat Sea Gull Trading Frozen Food Public Co., 0.70
Ltd.................................................
Kingfisher Holdings Ltd.............................. 0.70
Kibun Trdg........................................... 0.70
Klang Co., Ltd....................................... 0.70
Kitchens of the Ocean (Thailand) Ltd................. 0.70
Kongphop Frozen Foods Co., Ltd....................... 0.70
Kosamut Frozen Foods Co., Ltd........................ 0.70
Lee Heng Seafood Co., Ltd............................ 0.70
Leo Transports....................................... *
Maersk Line.......................................... 0.70
Magnate & Syndicate Co., Ltd......................... 0.70
Mahachai Food Processing Co., Ltd.................... *
May Ao Co., Ltd/May Ao Foods Co., Ltd................ 0.70
Meyer Industries Ltd................................. 0.70
Namprik Maesri Ltd Part.............................. 0.70
Narong Seafood Co., Ltd.............................. 0.70
National Starch and Chemical Thailand Ltd............ 0.70
Noble Marketing Co., Ltd............................. 0.70
NR Instant Produce Co., Ltd.......................... 0.70
Oki Data Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd........... 0.70
Ongkorn Cold Storage Co., Ltd/Thai-Ger Marine Co., 0.70
Ltd.................................................
Orion Electric Co., Ltd.............................. 0.70
Pacific Queen Co., Ltd............................... 0.70
Penta Impex Co., Ltd................................. 0.70
Pinwood Nineteen Ninety Nine......................... 0.70
Pioneer Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd............ 0.70
Piti Seafoods Co., Ltd............................... 0.70
Premier Frozen Products Co., Ltd..................... 0.70
Preserved Food Specialty Co., Ltd.................... 0.70
Protainer International Co., Ltd..................... 0.70
Queen Marine Food Co., Ltd........................... 0.70
Rayong Coldstorage (1987) Co., Ltd................... 0.70
S&D Marine Products Co., Ltd......................... 0.70
S&P Aquarium......................................... 0.70
S&P Syndicate Public Company Ltd..................... 0.70
S. Chaivaree Cold Storage Co., Ltd................... 0.70
S. Khonkaen Food Industry Public Co., Ltd and/or..... *
S. Khonkaen Food Ind Public..........................
SMP Foods Products Co., Ltd.......................... 0.70
Samui Foods Company Limited.......................... 0.70
Sea Bonanza Food Co., Ltd............................ 0.70
Seafoods Enterprise Co., Ltd......................... 0.70
Seafresh Fisheries/Seafresh Industry Public Co., Ltd. 0.70
Siam Food Supply Co., Ltd............................ 0.70
Siam Intersea Co., Ltd............................... 0.70
Siam Marine Products Co. Ltd......................... 0.70
Siam Marine Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.................... *
Siam Ocean Frozen Foods Co. Ltd...................... *
Siam Union Frozen Foods.............................. 0.70
Siamchai International Food Co., Ltd................. 0.70
Smile Heart Foods Co. Ltd............................ 0.70
Southport Seafood Company Limited.................... 0.70
Suntechthai Intertrading Co., Ltd.................... 0.70
Surapon Nichirei Foods Co., Ltd...................... 0.70
Surapon Seafoods Public Co., Ltd/Surapon Foods Public
Co., Ltd/0.70.......................................
Surat Seafoods Co., Ltd..............................
Suratthani Marine Products Co., Ltd.................. 0.70
Suree Interfoods Co., Ltd............................ 0.70
T.H.I. Group (Bangkok) Co., Ltd...................... 0.70
T.P. Food Canning Ltd, Part.......................... 0.70
T.S.F. Seafood Co., Ltd.............................. 0.70
Tanaya International Co., Ltd........................ 0.70
Tanaya Intl..........................................