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China Processed Food Import & Export Company (COFCO)13.92%
Green Fresh Foods (Zhangzhou) Co., Ltd.42.90%
Guangxi Yulin Oriental Food Co., Ltd.(a)
Primera Harvest (Xiangfan) Co., Ltd. (Primera Harvest) as both exporter and producer82.22%
Shenxian Dongxing Foods Co., Ltd. 66.50%
All others (including Gerber and Shantou Hongda)(b) (c) (d)

1 The ITA states that it has collapsed COFCO and its five affiliates China National Cereals, Oils, & Foodstuffs Import & Export Corporation, COFCO (Zhangzhou) Food Industrial Co., Ltd., Fujian Zishan Group Co., Xiamen Jiahua Import & Export Trading Co., Ltd., and Fujian Yu Xing Fruit & Vegetable Foodstuff Development Co., into one entity for purposes of this AD duty administrative review.

(a) final AD rate of zero; however, suspension of liquidation will continue.

(b) The AD cash deposit rate for China exporters for whom the ITA has rescinded the review or for whom a review was not requested will continue to be the rate assigned in an earlier segment of the proceeding or the China-wide rate of 198.63%, whichever applicable.

(c) The AD cash deposit rate for the China-wide entity (including reviewed companies Gerber Food (Yunnan) Co., Ltd. (Gerber), and Shantou Hongda Industrial General Corporation (Shantou Hongda)) and for subject merchandise exported but not produced by Primera Harvest will continue to be the China-wide rate of 198.63%.

(d) The AD cash deposit rate for non-China exporters of subject merchandise from China will be the rate applicable to the China supplier of that exporter.

Assessment Instructions for the Review Period: (02/01/02 - 01/31/03)

The ITA states that within 15 days of September 9, 2004, it will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate entries of subject merchandise during the review period that are from the companies subject to this review at the calculated assessment rate (unless it is zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50%), in which case liquidation will occur without regard to AD duties).

For entries of subject merchandise during the review period from companies not subject to this review, the ITA states that it will instruct CBP to liquidate them at the AD cash deposit rate in effect at the time of entry.

(See ITA notice for more information, including the scope of the order, the names of four previously rescinded companies from the AD duty administrative review, and the new final rescission of one company from the AD duty administrative review. See ITT's Online Archives or 03/22/04 news, 04032235, for BP summary of the preliminary results of these AD duty administrative and new shipper reviews. See ITT's Online Archives or 10/21/03 news, 03102140 for BP summary of the rescission of one company from the AD duty new shipper review of subject merchandise from China.)

ITA Contact -Brian C. Smith(202) 482-1766

ITA notice (FR Pub 09/09/04) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/06jun20041800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/pdf/04-20463.pdf