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Vietnam Shrimp: Final Results of AD Admin Review

The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on frozen fish fillets from Vietnam (A-552-802). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered Feb. 1, 2016, through Jan. 31, 2017.

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New Cash Deposit Rates Take Effect Sept. 14

For entries on or after Sept. 14, Commerce is setting new AD duty cash deposit rates. For any other exporters of subject merchandise that were not under review (i.e., all exporters of subject merchandise except those listed below), cash deposit rates will remain at the level set in the most recent review of each respective company. For companies that have never been assigned a cash deposit rate by Commerce, the China-wide rate applies. The new rates are as follows:

ExporterAD Rate
Fimex VN4.58%
Au Vung One Seafood Processing Import & Export Joint Stock Company aka AU VUNG TWO SEAFOOD4.58%
Bac Lieu Fisheries Joint Stock Company4.58%
Bentre Forestry and Aquaproduct Import-Export Joint Stock Company, aka FAQUIMEX, aka Bentre Forestry and Aquaproduct Import-Export Joint Stock Company4.58%
C.P. Vietnam Corporation4.58%
Cadovimex Seafood Import-Export and Processing Joint Stock Company4.58%
Camau Frozen Seafood Processing Import Export Corporation, aka Camimex4.58%
Camau Seafood Processing and Service Joint Stock Corporation, aka Camau Seafood Processing and Service Joint-Stock Corporation, aka CASES4.58%
Can Tho Import Export Fishery Limited Company, aka CAFISH4.58%
Cuulong Seaproducts Company, aka Cuulong Seapro4.58%
Fine Foods Co, aka Fine Foods Co (FFC)4.58%
Green Farms Seafood Joint Stock Company4.58%
Hai Viet Corporation, aka HAVICO4.58%
Investment Commerce Fisheries Corporation4.58%
Khanh Sung Company, Ltd4.58%
Kim Anh Company Limited4.58%
Minh Hai Export Frozen Seafood Processing Joint-Stock Company, aka Minh Hai Jostoco4.58%
Minh Hai Joint-Stock Seafoods Processing Company, aka Sea Minh Hai, aka Seaprodex Minh Hai, aka Minh Hai Joint Stock Seafoods4.58%
Ngoc Tri Seafood Joint Stock Company4.58%
Nha Trang Seaproduct Company, aka NT Seafoods Corporation, aka Nha Trang Seafoods—F89 Joint Stock Company, aka NTSF Seafoods Joint Stock Company4.58%
Phuong Nam Foodstuff Corp.4.58%
Seaprimexco Vietnam, aka Seaprimexco4.58%
Taika Seafood Corporation4.58%
Tan Phong Phu Seafood Co., Ltd4.58%
Thanh Doan Sea Products Import & Export Processing Joint-Stock Company, aka THADIMEXCO4.58%
Thong Thuan -- Cam Ranh Seafood Joint Stock Company4.58%
Thong Thuan Company Limited4.58%
Thuan Phuoc Seafoods and Trading Corporation4.58%
Trung Son Seafood Processing Joint Stock Company, aka Trung Son Seafood Processing JSC4.58%
UTXI Aquatic Products Processing Corporation4.58%
Viet Foods Co., Ltd4.58%
Vietnam Fish One Co., Ltd.4.58%
Vietnam Clean Seafood Corporation, aka Vina Cleanfood, aka Viet Nam Clean Seafood Corporation4.58%

Vietnam-wide. Commerce said 30 other companies did not demonstrate independence from state control, and assigned them to the Vietnam-wide entity, each with a rate of 25.76%. See Commerce's notice for a full list.

No shipments. Commerce found several companies did not have any exports to the U.S. during the period of review. The cash deposit rates currently in effect for these companies will not change, and any entries during the period of review reported under their case numbers will be assessed duties at the 25.76% Vietnam-wide rate. These companies are as follows: Au Vung One Seafood Processing Import & Export Joint Stock Company; Bien Dong Seafood Co., Ltd.; BIM Seafood Joint Stock Company; Cafatex Corporation (aka Taydo Seafood Enterprise and Xi Nghiep Che Bien Thuy Sue San Xuat Cantho); Cam Ranh Seafoods; Ngo Bros (aka Ngo Bros Seaproducts Import-Export One Member Company Limited and NGO BROS Seaproducts Import-Export One Member Company Limited); Quang Minh Seafood Co., Ltd. (aka Quang Minh Seafood Co LTD); Tacvan Frozen Seafood Processing Export Company, (aka Tacvan Seafoods Company, Tacvan Seafoods Company and Tacvan Seafoods Company (TACVAN)); Thong Thuan Seafood Company Limited; Trong Nhan Seafood Company Limited (aka Trong Nhan Seafood Co., Ltd.; and Vinh Hoan Corp.

Assessment Rates for Entries February 2016 - January 2017

Commerce is using the rates it calculated in these final results to set assessments of AD duties on importers of subject merchandise for entries between Feb. 1, 2016, and Jan. 31, 2017. Commerce will calculate importer-specific rates for subject merchandise from Fimex entered during the period of review, and will liquidate entries from the other companies under review at the rates listed above.

(The review period is 02/01/16 - 01/31/17. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope of the order, detailed cash deposit and assessment instructions, etc. See 1803120024 for a summary of the preliminary results of this administrative review.)

AD/CVD Operations contact -- Irene Gorelik (202) 482-6905

(Federal Register 09/14/18)