Certain Frozen Fish Fillets From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With the Results of Antidumping Administrative Review; Notice of Amended Final Results, 55578-55579 [2021-21789]

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• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• International Trade Administration

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 6, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55578-55579]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-21789]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-552-801]


Certain Frozen Fish Fillets From the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With the Results of 
Antidumping Administrative Review; Notice of Amended Final Results

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

SUMMARY: On September 27, 2021, the U.S. Court of International Trade 
(CIT) issued its final judgment in GODACO Seafood Joint Stock Co. v. 
United States, Consol. Court no. 18-00063, sustaining the Department of 
Commerce (Commerce)'s second remand results pertaining to the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on certain 
frozen fish fillets (fish fillets) from the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam (Vietnam) covering the period August 1, 2015, through July 31, 
2016. Commerce is notifying the public that the CIT's final judgment is 
not in harmony with Commerce's final results of the administrative 
review, and that Commerce is amending the final results with respect to 
the dumping margin assigned to Can Tho Import-Export Joint Stock 
Company (CASEAMEX), Green Farms Seafood Joint Stock Company (Green 
Farms), Hung Vuong Corporation (HVG), NTSF Seafoods Joint Stock Company 
(NTSF), Southern Fishery Industries Company, Ltd. (South Vina), and 
Vinh Quang Fisheries Corporation (Vinh Quang).

DATES: Applicable October 7, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brittany Bauer, 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) 482-3860.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 23, 2018, Commerce published its Final Results.\1\ 
Commerce assigned mandatory respondent GODACO Seafood Joint Stock 
Company (GODACO) a margin based on total adverse facts available (AFA). 
Commerce also assigned GODACO's rate to the companies in the review who 
were eligible for separate rates, including CASEAMEX, Green Farms, HVG, 
NTSF, South Vina, and Vinh Quang. Additionally, Commerce rejected a 
withdrawal of request for review filed by Golden Quality Seafood Corp. 
(Golden Quality) and subsequently found Golden Quality to be part of 
the Vietnam-wide entity.\2\
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    \1\ See Certain Frozen Fish Fillets from the Socialist Republic 
of Vietnam: Final Results, Final Results of No Shipments, and 
Partial Rescission of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 
2015-2016, 83 FR 12717 (March 23, 2018) (Final Results), and 
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum (IDM).
    \2\ Id.
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    CASEAMEX, GODACO, Golden Quality, Green Farms, HVG, NTSF, South 
Vina, and Vinh Quang appealed Commerce's Final Results. On April 1, 
2020, the CIT remanded the Final Results to Commerce, directing 
Commerce to: (1) Provide further explanation regarding its application 
of AFA to GODACO; and (2) consider South Vina's arguments regarding the 
assignment of a separate rate. In this opinion, the CIT did not address 
substantive arguments regarding the appropriate rate to be applied to 
the

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other separate rate respondents, as that rate was based on GODACO's 
rate.\3\
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    \3\ See GODACO Seafood Joint Stock Co. v. United States, 435 F. 
Supp. 3d 1342 (CIT 2020). While interested parties challenged 
several aspects of Commerce's Final Results, the Court sustained the 
Final Results in all other respects.
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    In its First Remand Redetermination, issued in July 2020, Commerce 
continued to apply AFA to GODACO and continued to apply GODACO's rate 
(i.e., $3.87/kilogram) to the separate rate companies, including South 
Vina.\4\ In January 2021, the CIT sustained Commerce's application of 
total AFA to GODACO and selection of the AFA rate as in accordance with 
law; however, the CIT remanded Commerce's determination to it for a 
second time, instructing Commerce to reevaluate the rate assigned to 
the non-individually examined companies receiving separate rates who 
were parties to the litigation.\5\
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    \4\ See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Court 
Remand, GODACO Seafood Joint Stock Co. v. United States, Court No. 
18-00063, Slip Op. 20-42 (CIT April 1, 2020), dated July 21, 2020 
(First Remand Redetermination), available at https://access.trade.gov/resources/remands/20-42.pdf.
    \5\ See GODACO Seafood Joint Stock Co. v. United States, 494 F. 
Supp. 3d 1294 (CIT 2021).
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    In its Second Remand Redetermination, issued under protest in April 
2021, Commerce recalculated the rate assigned to the separate rate 
companies using an average of the separate rates assigned in the four 
prior administrative reviews.\6\ On September 27, 2021, the CIT 
sustained Commerce's Second Remand Redetermination.\7\
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    \6\ See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Court 
Remand, GODACO Seafood Joint Stock Co. v. United States, Court No. 
18-00063, Slip Op. 21-3 (CIT January 6, 2021), dated April 5, 2021 
(Second Remand Redetermination).
    \7\ See GODACO Seafood Joint Stock Co. v. United States, Court 
No. 18-00063, Slip Op 21-131 (CIT September 27, 2021).
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Timken Notice

    In its decision in Timken,\8\ as clarified by Diamond Sawblades,\9\ 
the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that, pursuant to 
section 516A(c) and (e) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), Commerce must publish a notice of court decision that is not ``in 
harmony'' with a Commerce determination and must suspend liquidation of 
entries pending a ``conclusive'' court decision. The CIT's September 
27, 2021, judgment constitutes a final decision of the CIT that is not 
in harmony with Commerce's Final Results. Thus, this notice is 
published in fulfillment of the publication requirements of Timken.
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    \8\ See Timken Co. v. United States, 893 F.2d 337 (Fed. Cir. 
1990) (Timken).
    \9\ See Diamond Sawblades Manufacturers Coalition v. United 
States, 626 F.3d 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (Diamond Sawblades).
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Amended Final Results

    Because there is now a final court judgment, Commerce is amending 
its Final Results with respect to the dumping margin assigned to 
CASEAMEX, Green Farms, HVG, NTSF, South Vina, and Vinh Quang. The rate 
assigned to these six separate rate companies is $0.89 per kilogram.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    Because CASEAMEX, Green Farms, HVG, NTSF, and Vinh Quang have a 
superseding cash deposit rate, i.e., there have been final results 
published in a subsequent administrative review, we will not issue 
revised cash deposit instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP). This notice will not affect the current cash deposit rate for 
those exporters. For South Vina, which does not have a superseding cash 
deposit rate, Commerce will issue revised cash deposit instructions to 
CBP.

Liquidation of Suspended Entries

    At this time, Commerce remains enjoined by CIT order from 
liquidating entries that were exported by CASEAMEX, GODACO, Golden 
Quality, Green Farms, HVG, NTSF, South Vina, or Vinh Quang, and were 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the period 
August 1, 2015, through July 31, 2016. These entries will remain 
enjoined pursuant to the terms of the injunction during the pendency of 
any appeals process.
    In the event the CIT's ruling is not appealed, or, if appealed, 
upheld by a final and conclusive court decision, Commerce intends to 
instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on unliquidated entries of 
subject merchandise exported by CASEAMEX, GODACO, Golden Quality, Green 
Farms, HVG, NTSF, South Vina, and Vinh Quang in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(b).

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
516A(c) and (e) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: September 30, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2021-21789 Filed 10-5-21; 8:45 am]
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