Certain Frozen Fish Fillets From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; 2017-2018; Rescission of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review in Part, 9087-9088 [2019-04623]

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• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• International Trade Administration

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 13, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9087-9088]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-04623]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-552-801]


Certain Frozen Fish Fillets From the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam; 2017-2018; Rescission of the Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review in Part

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the 
administrative review, in part, of the antidumping duty order on 
certain frozen fish fillets (fish fillets) from the Socialist Republic 
of Vietnam (Vietnam) for the period August 1, 2017, through July 31, 
2018.

DATES: Applicable March 13, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carrie Bethea or Genevieve Coen, 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) 482-1491 or (202) 
482-3251, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 7, 2018, Commerce published a notice of opportunity to 
request an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on fish 
fillets from Vietnam.\1\ Pursuant to requests from interested parties, 
Commerce initiated an administrative review with respect to 76 
companies for the period August 1, 2017 through July 31, 2018.\2\ 
Commerce exercised its discretion to toll all deadlines affected by the 
partial federal government closure from December 22, 2018, through the 
resumption of operations on January 29, 2019.\3\ If the new deadline 
falls on a non-business day, in accordance with Commerce's practice, 
the deadline will become the next business day. The revised deadline 
for a party to withdraw a request for review was February 11, 2019.\4\
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 83 FR 38682 (August 7, 2018).
    \2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 83 FR 50077 (October 4, 2018) (Initiation 
Notice).
    \3\ See memorandum to the Record from 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, ``Deadlines 
Affected by the Partial Shutdown of the Federal Government,'' dated 
January 28, 2019. All deadlines in this segment of the proceeding 
have been extended by 40 days.
    \4\ Id.
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Withdrawal of Review Requests

    Between December 20, 2018 and February 8, 2019, Commerce received 
requests for withdrawal from the petitioners \5\ and respondents,\6\ 
resulting in the withdrawal of all requests for administrative review 
for 52 companies. Included below is a more detailed explanation of the 
individual withdrawal requests that were received between December 20, 
2018 and February 8, 2019.
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    \5\ Catfish Farmers of America and individual U.S. catfish 
processors America's Catch, Alabama Catfish, LLC d/b/a Harvest 
Select Catfish, Inc., Consolidated Catfish Companies, LLC d/b/a 
Country Select Catfish, Delta Pride Catfish, Inc., Guidry's Catfish, 
Inc., Heartland Catfish Company, Magnolia Processing, Inc. d/b/a 
Pride of the Pond, and Simmons Farm Raised Catfish, Inc. 
(collectively, the petitioners).
    \6\ Of all respondents, only Bien Dong Seafood Company, Ltd. and 
Vinh Hoan Corporation filed withdrawal requests.
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    On December 20, 2018, Bien Dong Seafood Company, Ltd. (Bien Dong) 
withdrew its request for administrative review.\7\ On December 20, 
2018, the petitioners withdrew their request for an administrative 
review for Bien Dong.\8\ On December 27, 2018, Vinh Hoan Corporation 
(Vinh Hoan) withdrew its request for an administrative review.\9\ On 
December 31, 2018, the petitioners withdrew their request for an 
administrative review for Vinh Hoan.\10\ The petitioners withdrew their 
request for an administrative review for additional companies in 
filings on January 2, 2019,\11\ and February 8, 2019,\12\ as listed in 
the Appendix.\13\ There is no active review request for these 
companies.
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    \7\ See Bien Dong's Letter ``Withdrawal of Request for 
Administrative Review,'' dated December 20, 2018. While Bien Dong's 
request for review only named itself under the alternate spelling 
Bien Dong Seafood Co., Ltd., Bien Dong requested the review be 
rescinded for all variation of Bien Dong's name listed in the 
Initiation Notice, as well as its affiliate Bien Dong Hau Giang 
Seafood Joint Stock Company.
    \8\ See the Petitioners' Letter ``Partial Withdrawal of Request 
for Administrative Review of Antidumping Duty Order,'' dated 
December 20, 2018. The petitioners withdrew their requests for Bien 
Dong Seafood Company Ltd., Bien Dong Hau Giang Seafood Joint Stock 
Company, and their respective ``also known as (AKA)'' names as 
stated in the petitioners' request for review.
    \9\ See Vinh Hoan's Letter ``Withdraw of Request for 
Administrative Review--Vinh Hoan Corporation,'' dated December 27, 
2018.
    \10\ See the Petitioners' Letter ``Partial Withdrawal of Request 
for Administrative Review of Antidumping Duty Order,'' dated 
December 31, 2018 (withdrawing review as to Vinh Hoan and several 
related companies: Thanh Binh Dong Thap One Member Company Limited; 
Van Duc Food Export Joint Stock Company; Van Duc Tien Giang Food 
Export Company; and their respective AKA names).
    \11\ See the Petitioners' Letter ``Partial Withdrawal of Request 
for Administrative Review of Antidumping Duty Order,'' dated January 
2, 2019. Of the companies petitioners withdrew upon in this filing, 
37 respondents had no other requests for review.
    \12\ See the Petitioners' Letter, ``Partial Withdrawal of 
Request for Administrative Review of Antidumping Duty Order,'' dated 
February 8, 2019. No other parties requested a review of these 
respondents.
    \13\ See the Petitioners' Letter, ``Partial Withdrawal of 
Request for Administrative Review of Antidumping Duty Order,'' dated 
February 8, 2019. No other parties requested a review of these 
respondents.
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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 party that requested 
a review withdraws its request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation. All review requests were 
withdrawn for 52 companies, as detailed above. Therefore, Commerce is 
rescinding this review with respect to those 52 companies, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).\14\ The review will continue with 
respect to the 24 other firms for which a review was requested and 
initiated.
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    \14\ See Appendix for a full list of the rescinded companies.
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Assessment

    Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. For the companies 
for which this review is rescinded, 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, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(l)(i). Commerce 
intends to issue appropriate assessment instruction to CBP 15 days 
after publication of this notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative

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protective order (APO) of their responsibility concerning the return or 
destruction of proprietary information disclosed under APO in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues to govern business 
proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding. Timely 
written notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or 
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to 
comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which is 
subject to sanction. This notice is issued and published in accordance 
with sections 751 and 777(i)(l) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 
and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: March 7, 2019.
James Maeder,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations, performing the duties of Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations.

Appendix--Companies for Which Commerce Is Rescinding the Review

 An Giang Fisheries Import and Export Joint Stock Company 
(also known as Agifish, AnGiang Fisheries Import and Export, or An 
Giang Fisheries Import & Export Joint Stock Company)
 An Phat Import-Export Seafood Co., Ltd. (also known as An 
Phat Seafood Co. Ltd. or An Phat Seafood Co., Ltd.)
 Anvifish Joint Stock Company (also known as Anvifish, 
Anvifish JSC, or Anvifish Co., Ltd.)
 Asia Pangasius Company Limited (also known as ASIA)
 Basa Joint Stock Company (also known as BASACO
 Ben Tre Aquaproduct Import and Export Joint Stock Company 
(also known as Bentre Aquaproduct, Bentre Aquaproduct Import & 
Export Joint Stock Company or Aquatex Bentre)
 Bentre Forestry and Aquaproduct Import Export Joint Stock 
Company (also known as Bentre Forestry and Aquaproduct Import and 
Export Joint Stock Company, Ben Tre Forestry and Aquaproduct Import-
Export Joint Stock Company, 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)
 Bien Dong Hau Giang Seafood Joint Stock Company (also known 
as Bien Dong HG or Bien Dong Hau Giang Seafood Joint Stock Co.)
 Bien Dong Seafood Company Ltd. (also known as Bien Dong, 
Bien Dong Seafood, Bien Dong Seafood Co., Ltd., Biendong Seafood 
Co., Ltd., or Bien Dong Seafood Limited Liability Company)
 Binh Dinh Import Export Company (also known as Binh Dinh)
 Cadovimex II Seafood Import-Export and Processing Joint 
Stock Company (also known as Cadovimex II, Cadovimex II Seafood 
Import-Export, Cadovimex II Seafood Import Export and Processing 
Joint Stock Company, or Cadovimex II Seafood Import-Export & 
Processing Joint Stock Company)
 Cafatex Corporation (also known as Cafatex)
 Can Tho Animal Fishery Products Processing Export 
Enterprise (also known as Cafatex)
 C.P. Vietnam Corporation
 Dai Thanh Seafoods Company Limited (also known as DATHACO, 
Dai Thanh Seafoods, or Dai Thanh Seafoods Co., Ltd.)
 Europe Joint Stock Company (also known as Europe JSC or EJS 
CO.)
 Go Dang An Hiep One Member Limited Company
 Go Dang Ben Tre One Member Limited Liability Company
 Green Farms Seafood Joint Stock Company (also known as 
Green Farms, Green Farms Seafood JSC, GreenFarm SeaFoods Joint Stock 
Company, or Green Farms Seafoods Joint Stock Company)
 Hai Huong Seafood Joint Stock Company (also known as 
HHFish, HH Fish, or Hai Huong Seafood)
 Hoang Long Seafood Processing Company Limited (also known 
as HLS, Hoang Long, Hoang Long Seafood, HoangLong Seafood, or Hoang 
Long Seafood Processing Co., Ltd.)
 Hung Vuong Ben Tre Seafood Processing Company Limited. 
(also known as Ben Tre, HVBT, or HVBT Seafood Processing)
 Hung Vuong Corporation (also known as HVC or HV Corp.)
 Hung Vuong Joint Stock Company
 Hung Vuong Mascato Company Limited
 Hung Vuong--Mien Tay Aquaculture Corporation (also known as 
HVMT or Hung Vuong Mien Tay Aquaculture Joint Stock Company)
 Hung Vuong--Sa Dec Co., Ltd. (also known as Hung Vuong Sa 
Dec Company Limited)
 Hung Vuong Seafood Joint Stock Company
 Hung Vuong--Vinh Long Co., Ltd. (also known as Hung Vuong 
Vinh Long Company Limited)
 Lian Heng Investment Co., Ltd. (also known as Lian Heng or 
Lian Heng Investment)
 Lian Heng Trading Co., Ltd. (also known as Lian Heng or 
Lian Heng Trading)
 Nam Phuong Seafood Co., Ltd. (also known as Nam Phuong, 
NAFISHCO, Nam Phuong Seafood, or Nam PhuongSeafood Company Ltd.)
 Nha Trang Seafoods, Inc. (also known as Nha Trang Seafoods, 
Nha Trang Seafoods-F89, or Nha Trang Seaproduct Company)
 NTACO Corporation (also known as NTACO or NTACO Corp.)
 QVD Dong Thap Food Co., Ltd. (also known as Dong Thap or 
QVD DT)
 QVD Food Company, Ltd. (also known as QVD, QVD Food Co., 
Ltd., or QVD Aquaculture)
 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)
 Seavina Joint Stock Company (also known as Seavina)
 Southern Fishery Industries Company, Ltd. (also known as 
South Vina, South Vina Co., Ltd., Southern Fishery Industries Co., 
Ltd., Southern Fisheries Industries Company, Ltd., or Southern 
Fisheries Industries Company Limited)
 Thanh Binh Dong Thap One Member Company Limited (also known 
as Thanh Binh Dong Thap or Thanh Binh Dong Thap Ltd.)
 Thanh Hung Co., Ltd. (also known as Thanh Hung Frozen 
Seafood Processing Import Export Co., Ltd. or Thanh Hung)
 Thien Ma Seafood Co., Ltd (also known as THIMACO, Thien Ma, 
Thien Ma Seafood Company, Ltd., or Thien Ma Seafoods Co., Ltd.)
 Thuan An Production Trading and Service Co., Ltd. (also 
known as TAFISHCO, Thuan An Production Trading and Services Co., 
Ltd., Thuan An Production & Trading Service Co., Ltd., or Thuan An 
Production Trading & Services Co., Ltd.)
 Thuan Hung Co., Ltd. (also known as THUFICO)
 Van Duc Food Export Joint Stock Company (also known as Van 
Duc)
 Van Duc Tien Giang Food Export Company (also known as VDTG)
 Viet Hai Seafood Company Limited (also known as Viet Hai, 
Viet Hai Seafood Co., Ltd., Viet Hai Seafood Co., Vietnam Fish-One 
Co., Ltd., Vietnam Fish One Co., Ltd., or Fish One)
 Viet Phu Foods and Fish Corporation (also known as Vietphu, 
Viet Phu, Viet Phu Food and Fish Corporation, or Viet Phu Food & 
Fish Corporation)
 Viet Phu Foods & Fish Co., Ltd.
 Vinh Hoan Corporation (also known as Vinh Hoan, Vinh Hoan 
Co., or Vinh Hoan Corp.)
 Vinh Long Import-Export Company (also known as Vinh Long, 
Imex Cuu Long, Vinh Long Import/Export Company)
 Vinh Quang Fisheries Corporation (also known as Vinh Quang, 
Vinh Quang Fisheries Corp., Vinh Quang Fisheries Joint Stock 
Company, or Vinh Quang Fisheries Co., Ltd.)

[FR Doc. 2019-04623 Filed 3-12-19; 8:45 am]
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