Certain Frozen Fish Fillets From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Preliminary Determination of No Shipments and Partial Rescission of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2017, 46479-46482 [2018-19931]
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International Trade Administration
[A–552–801]
Certain Frozen Fish Fillets From the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam:
Preliminary Results of the
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review, Preliminary Determination of
No Shipments and Partial Rescission
of the Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2016–2017
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) preliminarily determines
that certain frozen fish fillets from the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam)
are being, or are likely to be, sold in the
United States at less than normal value
(NV) during the period of review (POR),
August 1, 2016, through July 31, 2017.
DATES: Applicable September 13, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Javier Barrientos, AD/CVD Operations,
Office V, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–2243.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On October 16, 2017, Commerce
published in the Federal Register the
notice of initiation of an administrative
review of the antidumping duty (AD)
order on frozen fish fillets from
Vietnam.1 Commerce initiated a review
with respect to 74 companies,2 and
selected two of these companies, Hung
Vuong Group (HVG) and NTSF Seafoods
Joint Stock Company (NTSF), as
mandatory respondents.3 On March 22,
2018, Commerce partially extended the
deadline for issuing the preliminary
results.4 On June 14, 2018, Commerce
fully extended the preliminary results of
review to September 4, 2018.5
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Socialist Republic of Vietnam. For a full
description of the scope see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum
dated concurrently with and hereby
adopted by this notice.6
Partial Rescission of Administrative
Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1),
Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in
part, if the parties that requested a
review withdraw the request within 90
days of the date of publication of the
notice of initiation. Between December
26, 2017 and January 12, 2018, we
received timely withdrawal of review
requests for 47 companies from the
petitioners and self-requested
companies. Of these 47 companies, 34
do not have any other outstanding
review requests. Therefore, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1),
Commerce is rescinding this review of
the AD order on certain frozen fish
fillets from Vietnam with respect to
these 34 companies.7 The review will
continue with respect to the other firms
for which a review was requested and
initiated.
Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments
Based on the no-shipments letters
filed by three companies, Commerce
preliminarily determines that these
companies had no shipments during the
POR. For additional information
regarding this determination, including
a list of these companies, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Consistent with our assessment practice
in non-market economy (NME)
administrative reviews, Commerce is
not rescinding this review for these
companies, but intends to complete the
review and issue appropriate
instructions to CBP based on the final
results of the review.8
The product covered by this review is
certain frozen fish fillets from the
Separate Rates
Commerce preliminarily determines
that information placed on the record by
the mandatory respondents HVG and
NTSF, as well as by the four other
separate rate applicants, demonstrates
that these companies are entitled to
1 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 82 FR
48051 (October 16, 2017) (Initiation Notice); see
also Appendix I therein for the complete list of all
companies upon which Commerce initiated an
administrative review.
2 Id.
3 See Commerce Memorandums dated January 5,
2018 (HVG), and February 7, 2018 (NTSF).
4 See Commerce Memorandum dated June 14,
2018.
5 See Commerce Memorandum dated March 22,
2018.
6 See Commerce Memorandum, ‘‘Decision
Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the
2016–2017 Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review: Certain Frozen Fish Fillets from the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam,’’ dated concurrently
with this notice (Preliminary Decision
Memorandum).
7 See Appendix II for a full list of rescinded
companies.
8 See Non-Market Economy Antidumping
Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76
FR 65694, 65694–95 (October 24, 2011) and the
‘‘Assessment Rates’’ section, below.
Scope of the Order
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versions of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
separate rate status. See Preliminary
Results of Review section below. For
additional information, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Vietnam-Wide Entity
Commerce’s policy regarding
conditional review of the Vietnam-wide
entity applies to this administrative
review.9 Under this policy, the Vietnamwide entity will not be under review
unless a party specifically requests, or
Commerce self-initiates, a review of the
entity. Because no party requested a
review of the Vietnam-wide entity in
this review, the entity is not under
review and the weighted-average
dumping margin determined for the
Vietnam-wide entity is not subject to
change (i.e., $2.39 per kilogram) as a
result of this review.10 Aside from the
companies discussed above, Commerce
considers all other companies for which
a review was requested to be part of the
Vietnam-wide entity. For additional
information, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1)(B)
and 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act. Constructed
export prices and export prices have
been calculated in accordance with
section 772 of the Act. Because Vietnam
is an NME country within the meaning
of section 771(18) of the Act, normal
value (NV) has been calculated in
accordance with section 773(c) of the
Act.
For a full description of the
methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum. The
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a
public document and is on file
electronically via Enforcement and
Compliance’s Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
ACCESS is available to registered users
at https://access.trade.gov and is
available to all parties in the Central
Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main
Department of Commerce building. In
addition, a complete version of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can
be accessed directly on the internet at
https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The
signed Preliminary Decision
Memorandum and the electronic
9 See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement
of Change in Department Practice for Respondent
Selection in Antidumping Duty Proceedings and
Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy
Entity in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78
FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
10 Id.
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address, and telephone number, the
number of participants, whether any
participant is a foreign national, and a
Preliminary Results of Review
list of the issues to be discussed. If a
Commerce preliminarily determines
request for a hearing is made, Commerce
that the following weighted-average
intends to hold the hearing at the U.S.
dumping margins exist for the period
Department of Commerce, 1401
August 1, 2016, through July 31, 2017:
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230, at a time and date to be
Weighteddetermined. Parties should confirm by
average
telephone the date, time, and location of
dumping
the hearing two days before the
margin
and
Exporter/producer
scheduled date.
cash deposit
rate
Commerce intends to issue the final
(dollars per
results of this administrative review,
kilogram)
which will include the results of our
Hung Vuong Group ..............
0.00 analysis of all issues raised in the case
briefs, within 120 days of publication of
NTSF Seafoods Joint Stock
Company ...........................
1.37 these preliminary results in the Federal
C.P. Vietnam Corporation ....
0.41 Register, pursuant to section
Cuu Long Fish Joint Stock
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, unless extended.
Company ...........................
Green Farms Seafood Joint
Stock Company .................
Vinh Quang Fisheries Corporation .............................
0.41
Assessment Rates
For those companies for which
Commerce is rescinding this review,
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Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) to assess
Disclosure
antidumping duties on all appropriate
Commerce intends to disclose to
entries, consistent with 19 CFR
interested parties the calculations
351.212(b)(1).12 For these companies,
performed in connection with these
antidumping duties shall be assessed at
preliminary results within five days of
rates equal to the cash deposit of
its public announcement or, if there is
estimated antidumping duties required
no public announcement, within five
at the time of entry, or withdrawal from
days of the date of publication of this
warehouse, for consumption, during the
notice in accordance with 19 CFR
period August 1, 2016, through July 31,
351.224(b).
2017, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(c)(1)(i). The Department
Public Comment
intends to issue appropriate assessment
Case briefs or other written comments instruction to CBP 15 days after
may be submitted to the Assistant
publication of this notice.
Secretary for Enforcement and
Upon issuance of the final results,
Compliance no later than 30 days after
Commerce will determine, and CBP
the date of publication of these
shall assess, antidumping duties on all
preliminary results, unless the Secretary appropriate entries covered by this
alters the time limit. Rebuttal briefs,
review.13 Commerce intends to issue
limited to issues raised in case briefs,
assessment instructions to CBP 15 days
may be submitted no later than five days after the publication date of the final
after the deadline date for case briefs.11
results of this review.
For any individually examined
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and
respondent whose weighted average
(d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or
dumping margin is not zero or de
rebuttal briefs in this administrative
minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent) in
review are encouraged to submit with
the final results of this review,
each argument: (1) A statement of the
Commerce will calculate importerissue; (2) a brief summary of the
specific assessment rates on the basis of
argument; and (3) a table of authorities.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),
the ratio of the total amount of dumping
interested parties who wish to request a calculated for the importer’s examined
hearing, limited to issues raised in the
sales to the total entered value of those
case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a
sales, in accordance with 19 CFR
written request to the Assistant
351.212(b)(1). Where an importerSecretary for Enforcement and
specific ad valorem rate is not zero or
Compliance, U.S. Department of
de minimis, Commerce will instruct
Commerce, within 30 days after the date CBP to collect the appropriate duties at
of publication of this notice. Requests
the time of liquidation.14 Where either
should contain the party’s name,
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12 See
11 See
19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303
(for general filing requirements).
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Appendix II.
19 CFR 351.212(b).
14 See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
13 See
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a respondent’s weighted-average
dumping margin is zero or de minimis,
or an importer-specific ad valorem
assessment rate is zero or de minimis,
Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate
appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties.15
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this
review for shipments of the subject
merchandise from Vietnam entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the publication
date, as provided by sections
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For the
companies listed above that have a
separate rate, the cash deposit rate will
be equal to the weighted-average
dumping margin established in the final
results of this review (except, if the rate
is de minimis, then cash deposit rate
will be zero); (2) for previously
examined Vietnamese and nonVietnamese exporters not listed above
that at the time of entry are eligible for
a separate rate based on a prior
completed segment of this proceeding,
the cash deposit rate will continue to be
the existing exporter-specific cash
deposit rate; (3) for all Vietnam
exporters of subject merchandise that
have not been found to be entitled to a
separate rate at the time of entry, the
cash deposit rate will be that for the
Vietnam-wide entity (i.e., $2.39 per
kilogram); and (4) for all nonVietnamese exporters of subject
merchandise which at the time of entry
are not eligible for a separate rate, the
cash deposit rate will be the rate
applicable to the Vietnam exporter that
supplied that non-Vietnam exporter.
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)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of
antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during the POR.
Failure to comply with this requirement
could result in Commerce’s
presumption that reimbursement of
antidumping duties occurred and the
subsequent assessment of double
antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
This preliminary determination is
issued and published in accordance
15 See
19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of
the Act.
Dated: September 4, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations,
performing the non-exclusive functions and
duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
1. Summary
2. Case History
3. Scope of the Order
4. Affiliations
5. Partial Rescission
6. Selection of the Respondents
7. Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments
8. Non-Market Economy Country Status
9. Separate Rates
10. Vietnam-Wide Entity
11. Surrogate Country
12. Date of Sale
13. Normal Value Comparisons
14. Comparisons to Normal Value
15. Results of the Differential Pricing
Analysis
16. Currency Conversion
17. Recommendation
Appendix II
(1) An Giang Agriculture and Foods ImportExport Joint Stock Company (also known
as Afiex, An Giang Agriculture and
Foods Import-Export Joint Stock
Company, An Giang Agriculture and
Food Import-Export Company, or An
Giang Agriculture and Foods Import and
Export Company)
(2) An My Fish Joint Stock Company (also
known as Anmyfish or Anmyfishco)
(3) An Phat Import-Export Seafood Co. Ltd.
(also known as An Phat Seafood Co. Ltd.)
(4) An Phu Seafood Corporation (also known
as ASEAFOOD or An Phu Seafood Corp.)
(5) Anvifish Joint Stock Company (also
known as Anvifish or Anvifish Co., Ltd.)
(6) Asia Commerce Fisheries Joint Stock
Company (also known as Acomfish JSC
or Acomfish)
(7) Basa Joint Stock Company (BASACO)
(8) Ben Tre Aquaproduct Import and Export
Joint Stock Company (also known as
Bentre Aquaproduct or Aquatex Bentre)
(9) Bentre Forestry and Aquaproduct ImportExport Joint Stock Company (also known
as Bentre Forestry and Aquaproduct
Import and Export Joint Stock Company
or Ben Tre Forestry and Aquaproduct
Import-Export Company or Ben Tre
Forestry Aquaproduct Import-Export
Company or Ben Tre Frozen
Aquaproduct Export Company or
Faquimex)
(10) Bien Dong Seafood Company Ltd. (also
known as Bien Dong, Bien Dong Seafood,
Bien Dong Seafood Co., Ltd., or
Biendong Seafood Limited Liabilty
Company)
(11) Binh An Seafood Joint Stock Company
(also known as Binh An or Binh An
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Seafood Joint Stock Co.) Binh Dinh
Import Export Company (also known as
Binh Dinh)
(12) Cafatex Corporation (also known as
Cafatex)
(13) Can Tho Animal Fishery Products
Processing Export Enterprise (also
known as Cafatex)
(14) Cuu Long Fish Import-Export
Corporation (also known as CL Panga
Fish)
(15) Da Nang Seaproducts Import-Export
Corporation (also known as Da Nang or
Da Nang Seaproducts Import/Export
Corp.)
(16) Dai Thanh Seafoods Company Limited
(also known as DATHACO or Dai Thanh
Seafoods or Dai Thanh Seafoods Co.,
Ltd.)
(17) East Sea Seafoods LLC (also known as
ESS LLC, ESS, ESS JVC, East Sea
Seafoods Limited Liabiltiy Company,
East Sea Seafoods Joint Venture Co.,
Ltd.)
(18) Fatifish Company Limited (also known
as FATIFISH or FATIFISHCO)
(19) Go Dang An Hiep One Member Limited
Company
(20) Go Dang Ben Tre One Member Limited
Liability Company
(21) Hai Huong Seafood Joint Stock Company
(also known as HHFish, HH Fish, or Hai
Houng Seafood)
(22) Hiep Thanh Seafood Joint Stock
Company (also known as Hiep Thanh or
Hiep Thanh Seafood Joint Stock Co.)
(23) Hoa Phat Seafood Import-Export and
Processing J.S.C. (also known as
HOPAFISH or Hoa Phat Seafood ImportExport and Processing Joint Stock
Company)
(24) Hung Vuong—Mien Tay Aquaculture
Corporation
(25) Hung Vuong Seafood Joint Stock
Company
(26) International Development & Investment
Corporation (also known as IDI)
(27) Lian Heng Investment Co., Ltd. (also
known as Lien Heng Investment or Lian
Heng)
(28) Lian Heng Trading Co., Ltd. (also known
as Lian Heng or Lian Heng Trading)
(29) Nam Phuong Seafood Co., Ltd. (also
known as Nam Phuong or NAFISHCO or
Nam Phuong Seafood or Nam
PhuongSeafood Company Ltd.)
(30) Nam Viet Corporation (also known as
NAVICO)
(31) Ngoc Ha Co., Ltd. Food Processing and
Trading (also known as Ngoc Ha or Ngoc
Ha Co., Ltd. Foods Processing and
Trading)
(32) Nha Trang Seafoods, Inc. (also known as
Nha Trang Seafoods-F89, Nha Trang
Seafoods, or Nha Trang Seaproduct
Company)
(33) NTACO Corporation (also known as
NTACO or NTACO Corp.)
(34) Quang Minh Seafood Company Limited
(also known as Quang Minh, Quang
Minh Seafood Co., Ltd., or Quang Minh
Seafood Co.)
(35) QVD Dong Thap Food Co., Ltd. (also
known as Dong Thap or QVD DT)
(36) QVD Food Company, Ltd. (also known
as QVD or QVD Aqucuture)
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(37) Saigon-Mekong Fishery Co., Ltd. (also
known as SAMEFICO or Saigon Mekong
Fishery Co., Ltd.)
(38) Seafood Joint Stock Company No. 4
Branch Dongtam Fisheries Processing
Company (also known as
DOTASEAFOODCO or Seafood Joint
Stock Company No. 4-Branch Dong Tam
Fisheries Processing Company)
(39) Southern Fishery Industries Company,
Ltd. (also known as South Vina, South
Vina Co., Ltd., or Southern Fisheries
Industries Company, Ltd.)
(40) Sunrise Corporation.
(41) TG Fishery Holdings Corporation (also
known as TG)
(42) Thanh Hung Co., Ltd. (also known as
Thanh Hung Frozen Seafood Processing
Import Export Co., Ltd. or Thanh Hung)
(43) Thien Ma Seafood Co., Ltd. (also known
as THIMACO or Thien Ma or Thien Ma
Seafood Company, Ltd. or Thien Ma
Seafoods Co., Ltd.)
(44) Thuan An Production Trading and
Service Co., Ltd. (also known as
TAFISHCO, Thuan An Production
Trading and Services Co., Ltd., or Thuan
An Production & Trading Service Co.,
Ltd.)
(45) Thuan Hung Co., Ltd. (also known as
THUFICO)
(46) To Chau Joint Stock Company (also
known as TOCHAU)
(47) Van Duc Food Export Joint Stock
Company
(48) Van Duc Tien Giang Food Export
Company
(49) Viet Hai Seafood Company Limited (also
known as Viet Hai or Vietnam Fish-One
Co., Ltd. or Viet Hai Seafood Co. or Fish
One)
(50) Viet Phu Foods and Fish Corporation
(also known as Vietphu, Viet Phu, Viet
Phu Food and Fish Corporation, or Viet
Phu Food & Fish Corporation)
(51) Viet Phu Foods & Fish Co., Ltd.
(52) Vinh Hoan Corporation (also known as
Vinh Hoan or Ving Hoan Co.)
(53) Vinh Long Import-Export Company (also
known as Vinh Long or Imex Cuu Long
or Vinh Long Import/Export Company)
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 178 (Thursday, September 13, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46479-46482]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19931]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-552-801]
Certain Frozen Fish Fillets From the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam: Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review, Preliminary Determination of No Shipments and Partial
Rescission of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2017
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines
that certain frozen fish fillets from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
(Vietnam) are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at
less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), August
1, 2016, through July 31, 2017.
DATES: Applicable September 13, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Javier Barrientos, AD/CVD Operations,
Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2243.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On October 16, 2017, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
notice of initiation of an administrative review of the antidumping
duty (AD) order on frozen fish fillets from Vietnam.\1\ Commerce
initiated a review with respect to 74 companies,\2\ and selected two of
these companies, Hung Vuong Group (HVG) and NTSF Seafoods Joint Stock
Company (NTSF), as mandatory respondents.\3\ On March 22, 2018,
Commerce partially extended the deadline for issuing the preliminary
results.\4\ On June 14, 2018, Commerce fully extended the preliminary
results of review to September 4, 2018.\5\
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 82 FR 48051 (October 16, 2017) (Initiation
Notice); see also Appendix I therein for the complete list of all
companies upon which Commerce initiated an administrative review.
\2\ Id.
\3\ See Commerce Memorandums dated January 5, 2018 (HVG), and
February 7, 2018 (NTSF).
\4\ See Commerce Memorandum dated June 14, 2018.
\5\ See Commerce Memorandum dated March 22, 2018.
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by this review is certain frozen fish fillets
from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. For a full description of the
scope see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum dated concurrently with
and hereby adopted by this notice.\6\
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\6\ See Commerce Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the
Preliminary Results of the 2016-2017 Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review: Certain Frozen Fish Fillets from the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam,'' dated concurrently with this notice (Preliminary Decision
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Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the parties that
requested a review withdraw the request within 90 days of the date of
publication of the notice of initiation. Between December 26, 2017 and
January 12, 2018, we received timely withdrawal of review requests for
47 companies from the petitioners and self-requested companies. Of
these 47 companies, 34 do not have any other outstanding review
requests. Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce
is rescinding this review of the AD order on certain frozen fish
fillets from Vietnam with respect to these 34 companies.\7\ The review
will continue with respect to the other firms for which a review was
requested and initiated.
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Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
Based on the no-shipments letters filed by three companies,
Commerce preliminarily determines that these companies had no shipments
during the POR. For additional information regarding this
determination, including a list of these companies, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum. Consistent with our assessment practice in non-
market economy (NME) administrative reviews, Commerce is not rescinding
this review for these companies, but intends to complete the review and
issue appropriate instructions to CBP based on the final results of the
review.\8\
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\8\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694, 65694-95 (October 24, 2011) and
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Separate Rates
Commerce preliminarily determines that information placed on the
record by the mandatory respondents HVG and NTSF, as well as by the
four other separate rate applicants, demonstrates that these companies
are entitled to
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separate rate status. See Preliminary Results of Review section below.
For additional information, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Vietnam-Wide Entity
Commerce's policy regarding conditional review of the Vietnam-wide
entity applies to this administrative review.\9\ Under this policy, the
Vietnam-wide entity will not be under review unless a party
specifically requests, or Commerce self-initiates, a review of the
entity. Because no party requested a review of the Vietnam-wide entity
in this review, the entity is not under review and the weighted-average
dumping margin determined for the Vietnam-wide entity is not subject to
change (i.e., $2.39 per kilogram) as a result of this review.\10\ Aside
from the companies discussed above, Commerce considers all other
companies for which a review was requested to be part of the Vietnam-
wide entity. For additional information, see the Preliminary Decision
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\9\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with sections
751(a)(1)(B) and 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act. Constructed export prices and
export prices have been calculated in accordance with section 772 of
the Act. Because Vietnam is an NME country within the meaning of
section 771(18) of the Act, normal value (NV) has been calculated in
accordance with section 773(c) of the Act.
For a full description of the methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. The Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically
via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to
registered users at https://access.trade.gov and is available to all
parties in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main Department
of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the
internet at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Preliminary
Decision Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
Preliminary Results of Review
Commerce preliminarily determines that the following weighted-
average dumping margins exist for the period August 1, 2016, through
July 31, 2017:
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Weighted-
average
dumping margin
Exporter/producer and cash
deposit rate
(dollars per
kilogram)
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Hung Vuong Group........................................ 0.00
NTSF Seafoods Joint Stock Company....................... 1.37
C.P. Vietnam Corporation................................ 0.41
Cuu Long Fish Joint Stock Company....................... 0.41
Green Farms Seafood Joint Stock Company................. 0.41
Vinh Quang Fisheries Corporation........................ 0.41
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose to interested parties the calculations
performed in connection with these preliminary results within five days
of its public announcement or, if there is no public announcement,
within five days of the date of publication of this notice in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Public Comment
Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance no later than 30
days after the date of publication of these preliminary results, unless
the Secretary alters the time limit. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues
raised in case briefs, may be submitted no later than five days after
the deadline date for case briefs.\11\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2)
and (d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this
administrative review 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.
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\11\ See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal
briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, within 30 days
after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should contain
the party's name, address, and telephone number, the number of
participants, whether any participant is a foreign national, and a list
of the issues to be discussed. If a request for a hearing is made,
Commerce intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230, at a time
and date to be determined. Parties should confirm by telephone the
date, time, and location of the hearing two days before the scheduled
date.
Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative
review, which will include the results of our analysis of all issues
raised in the case briefs, within 120 days of publication of these
preliminary results in the Federal Register, pursuant to section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, unless extended.
Assessment Rates
For those companies for which Commerce is rescinding this review,
Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries, consistent with
19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).\12\ For these companies, antidumping duties shall
be assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated antidumping
duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for
consumption, during the period August 1, 2016, through July 31, 2017,
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). The Department intends to
issue appropriate assessment instruction to CBP 15 days after
publication of this notice.
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Upon issuance of the final results, Commerce will determine, and
CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered
by this review.\13\ Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions
to CBP 15 days after the publication date of the final results of this
review.
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For any individually examined respondent whose weighted average
dumping margin is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent)
in the final results of this review, Commerce will calculate importer-
specific assessment rates on the basis of the ratio of the total amount
of dumping calculated for the importer's examined sales to the total
entered value of those sales, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
Where an importer-specific ad valorem rate is not zero or de minimis,
Commerce will instruct CBP to collect the appropriate duties at the
time of liquidation.\14\ Where either
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a respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis,
or an importer-specific ad valorem assessment rate is zero or de
minimis, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries
without regard to antidumping duties.\15\
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this review for shipments of the
subject merchandise from Vietnam entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the publication date, as provided by
sections 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For the companies listed above
that have a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be equal to the
weighted-average dumping margin established in the final results of
this review (except, if the rate is de minimis, then cash deposit rate
will be zero); (2) for previously examined Vietnamese and non-
Vietnamese exporters not listed above that at the time of entry are
eligible for a separate rate based on a prior completed segment of this
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the existing
exporter-specific cash deposit rate; (3) for all Vietnam exporters of
subject merchandise that have not been found to be entitled to a
separate rate at the time of entry, the cash deposit rate will be that
for the Vietnam-wide entity (i.e., $2.39 per kilogram); and (4) for all
non-Vietnamese exporters of subject merchandise which at the time of
entry are not eligible for a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will
be the rate applicable to the Vietnam exporter that supplied that non-
Vietnam exporter. 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)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during the POR. Failure to comply with this
requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement
of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double
antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
This preliminary determination is issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: September 4, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
1. Summary
2. Case History
3. Scope of the Order
4. Affiliations
5. Partial Rescission
6. Selection of the Respondents
7. Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
8. Non-Market Economy Country Status
9. Separate Rates
10. Vietnam-Wide Entity
11. Surrogate Country
12. Date of Sale
13. Normal Value Comparisons
14. Comparisons to Normal Value
15. Results of the Differential Pricing Analysis
16. Currency Conversion
17. Recommendation
Appendix II
(1) An Giang Agriculture and Foods Import-Export Joint Stock Company
(also known as Afiex, An Giang Agriculture and Foods Import-Export
Joint Stock Company, An Giang Agriculture and Food Import-Export
Company, or An Giang Agriculture and Foods Import and Export
Company)
(2) An My Fish Joint Stock Company (also known as Anmyfish or
Anmyfishco)
(3) An Phat Import-Export Seafood Co. Ltd. (also known as An Phat
Seafood Co. Ltd.)
(4) An Phu Seafood Corporation (also known as ASEAFOOD or An Phu
Seafood Corp.)
(5) Anvifish Joint Stock Company (also known as Anvifish or Anvifish
Co., Ltd.)
(6) Asia Commerce Fisheries Joint Stock Company (also known as
Acomfish JSC or Acomfish)
(7) Basa Joint Stock Company (BASACO)
(8) Ben Tre Aquaproduct Import and Export Joint Stock Company (also
known as Bentre Aquaproduct or Aquatex Bentre)
(9) Bentre Forestry and Aquaproduct Import-Export Joint Stock
Company (also known as Bentre Forestry and Aquaproduct Import and
Export Joint Stock Company or Ben Tre Forestry and Aquaproduct
Import-Export Company or Ben Tre Forestry Aquaproduct Import-Export
Company or Ben Tre Frozen Aquaproduct Export Company or Faquimex)
(10) Bien Dong Seafood Company Ltd. (also known as Bien Dong, Bien
Dong Seafood, Bien Dong Seafood Co., Ltd., or Biendong Seafood
Limited Liabilty Company)
(11) Binh An Seafood Joint Stock Company (also known as Binh An or
Binh An Seafood Joint Stock Co.) Binh Dinh Import Export Company
(also known as Binh Dinh)
(12) Cafatex Corporation (also known as Cafatex)
(13) Can Tho Animal Fishery Products Processing Export Enterprise
(also known as Cafatex)
(14) Cuu Long Fish Import-Export Corporation (also known as CL Panga
Fish)
(15) Da Nang Seaproducts Import-Export Corporation (also known as Da
Nang or Da Nang Seaproducts Import/Export Corp.)
(16) Dai Thanh Seafoods Company Limited (also known as DATHACO or
Dai Thanh Seafoods or Dai Thanh Seafoods Co., Ltd.)
(17) East Sea Seafoods LLC (also known as ESS LLC, ESS, ESS JVC,
East Sea Seafoods Limited Liabiltiy Company, East Sea Seafoods Joint
Venture Co., Ltd.)
(18) Fatifish Company Limited (also known as FATIFISH or FATIFISHCO)
(19) Go Dang An Hiep One Member Limited Company
(20) Go Dang Ben Tre One Member Limited Liability Company
(21) Hai Huong Seafood Joint Stock Company (also known as HHFish, HH
Fish, or Hai Houng Seafood)
(22) Hiep Thanh Seafood Joint Stock Company (also known as Hiep
Thanh or Hiep Thanh Seafood Joint Stock Co.)
(23) Hoa Phat Seafood Import-Export and Processing J.S.C. (also
known as HOPAFISH or Hoa Phat Seafood Import-Export and Processing
Joint Stock Company)
(24) Hung Vuong--Mien Tay Aquaculture Corporation
(25) Hung Vuong Seafood Joint Stock Company
(26) International Development & Investment Corporation (also known
as IDI)
(27) Lian Heng Investment Co., Ltd. (also known as Lien Heng
Investment or Lian Heng)
(28) Lian Heng Trading Co., Ltd. (also known as Lian Heng or Lian
Heng Trading)
(29) Nam Phuong Seafood Co., Ltd. (also known as Nam Phuong or
NAFISHCO or Nam Phuong Seafood or Nam PhuongSeafood Company Ltd.)
(30) Nam Viet Corporation (also known as NAVICO)
(31) Ngoc Ha Co., Ltd. Food Processing and Trading (also known as
Ngoc Ha or Ngoc Ha Co., Ltd. Foods Processing and Trading)
(32) Nha Trang Seafoods, Inc. (also known as Nha Trang Seafoods-F89,
Nha Trang Seafoods, or Nha Trang Seaproduct Company)
(33) NTACO Corporation (also known as NTACO or NTACO Corp.)
(34) Quang Minh Seafood Company Limited (also known as Quang Minh,
Quang Minh Seafood Co., Ltd., or Quang Minh Seafood Co.)
(35) QVD Dong Thap Food Co., Ltd. (also known as Dong Thap or QVD
DT)
(36) QVD Food Company, Ltd. (also known as QVD or QVD Aqucuture)
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(37) Saigon-Mekong Fishery Co., Ltd. (also known as SAMEFICO or
Saigon Mekong Fishery Co., Ltd.)
(38) Seafood Joint Stock Company No. 4 Branch Dongtam Fisheries
Processing Company (also known as DOTASEAFOODCO or Seafood Joint
Stock Company No. 4-Branch Dong Tam Fisheries Processing Company)
(39) Southern Fishery Industries Company, Ltd. (also known as South
Vina, South Vina Co., Ltd., or Southern Fisheries Industries
Company, Ltd.)
(40) Sunrise Corporation.
(41) TG Fishery Holdings Corporation (also known as TG)
(42) Thanh Hung Co., Ltd. (also known as Thanh Hung Frozen Seafood
Processing Import Export Co., Ltd. or Thanh Hung)
(43) Thien Ma Seafood Co., Ltd. (also known as THIMACO or Thien Ma
or Thien Ma Seafood Company, Ltd. or Thien Ma Seafoods Co., Ltd.)
(44) Thuan An Production Trading and Service Co., Ltd. (also known
as TAFISHCO, Thuan An Production Trading and Services Co., Ltd., or
Thuan An Production & Trading Service Co., Ltd.)
(45) Thuan Hung Co., Ltd. (also known as THUFICO)
(46) To Chau Joint Stock Company (also known as TOCHAU)
(47) Van Duc Food Export Joint Stock Company
(48) Van Duc Tien Giang Food Export Company
(49) Viet Hai Seafood Company Limited (also known as Viet Hai or
Vietnam Fish-One Co., Ltd. or Viet Hai Seafood Co. or Fish One)
(50) Viet Phu Foods and Fish Corporation (also known as Vietphu,
Viet Phu, Viet Phu Food and Fish Corporation, or Viet Phu Food &
Fish Corporation)
(51) Viet Phu Foods & Fish Co., Ltd.
(52) Vinh Hoan Corporation (also known as Vinh Hoan or Ving Hoan
Co.)
(53) Vinh Long Import-Export Company (also known as Vinh Long or
Imex Cuu Long or Vinh Long Import/Export Company)
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