Vietnam Frozen Fish Fillets: Final Results of AD Admin Review
The Commerce Department is amending the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review on frozen fish fillets from Vietnam (A-552-801). The agency dropped the AD rate it set for Vinh Hoan to zero percent, which means AD duties will not be assessed on entries from Vinh Hoan during the period under review, and subject merchandise from the company will not be subject to cash deposit requirements until further notice. But as a result of the change, Commerce raised AD rates for 23 other companies from $0.42/kg to $1.20/kg. These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for entries between Aug. 1, 2011 and July 31, 2012. Amended AD duty cash deposit rates will take retroactive effect April 7.
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Commerce's decision to amend its final results was approved in a June 26 ruling from the Court of International Trade over the opposition from the companies that saw rate increases (see 14040412).
Amended Cash Deposit Rates Take Effect April 7
For entries on or after April 7, Commerce is amending AD duty cash deposit rates. Companies that didn't get a rate in this review will continue to get the cash deposit rate set in the most recent previous administrative review, and companies that have never been assigned an AD rate will get the Vietnam-wide rate. The amended rates are as follows:
| Exporter | AD Rate |
|---|---|
| Vinh Hoan Corporation | zero (from $0.03/kg) |
| Hung Vuong Group | $1.20 / kg |
| Average Rate (for 23 companies) | $1.20 / kg (from $0.42/kg) |
| Vietnam-wide rate | $2.11 / kg |
Average rate companies. The $1.20 / kg average AD rate applies to 23 companies that weren't individually reviewed, but that demonstrated independence from Vietnamese government control and received separate rates, as follows: An My Fish Joint Stock Company; Anvifish Joint Stock Company; Asia Commerce Fisheries Joint Stock Company; Binh An Seafood Joint Stock Company; Cadovimex II Seafood Import-Export and Processing Joint Stock Company; Cantho Import-Export Seafood Joint Stock Company; Cuu Long Fish Import-Export Corporation; Cuu Long Fish Joint Stock Company; East Sea Seafoods Limited Liability Company; Green Farms Seafood Joint Stock Company; Hiep Thanh Seafood Joint Stock Company; Hoa Phat Seafood Import-Export and Processing JSC; International Development & Investment Corporation; NTSF Seafoods Joint Stock Company; QVD Food Company Ltd.; Saigon Mekong Fishery Co., Ltd.; Seafood Joint Stock Company No. 4 Branch Dongtam Fisheries Processing Company; Southern Fishery Industries Company Ltd.; Sunrise Corporation; Thien Ma Seafood Co., Ltd.; To Chau Joint Stock Company; Viet Phu Food & Fish Corporation; and Vinh Quang Fisheries Corporation.
China-wide companies. The following companies did not demonstrate independence from Vietnamese government control, so will continue to get the Vietnam-wide rate: East Sea Seafood Co., Ltd., East Sea Seafoods Joint Venture Co., Ltd., Hung Vuong Seafood Joint Stock Company, Nam Viet Company Limited, and Vinh Hoan Company Ltd.
No shipments companies. Commerce didn't change its determination that some companies would have been reviewed, but demonstrated that they had no shipments of frozen fish fillets to the U.S. during the period under review. As such, subject merchandise from these companies will continue to enter at AD cash deposit rates set in the most recent previous review: An Giang Agriculture and Food Import-Export Joint Stock Company; An Phu Seafood Corporation; Bien Dong Seafood Co., Ltd.; Dai Thanh Seafoods Company Limited; Fatifish Company Limited; Hoang Long Seafood Processing Co., Ltd.; Nam Viet Corporation; Thuan An Production Trading & Services Co., Ltd.; GODACO Seafood Joint Stock Company; and Quang Minh Seafood Co., Ltd.
(See Commerce's notice for a full list of company aliases and related companies.)
Assessment Rates For Entries August 2011 - July 2012
Commerce is using the rates it calculated in these final results to calculate assessments of AD duties on importers of subject merchandise for entries between Aug. 1, 2011 and July 31, 2012. Commerce will not assess AD duties on importers of entries exported by Vinh Hoan. For entries exported by Hung Vuong, Commerce is calculating importer-specific AD duty rates.
(The review period is 08/01/11 -- 07/31/12. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope of the order, detailed cash deposit and assessment instructions, etc. See 14040412 for summary of the original final results of this administrative review.)
AD/CVD Operations contact -- Alex Montoro (202) 482-0238
(Federal Register 07/02/14)