AD: Ecuador Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp
The International Trade Administration has issued its final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of certain frozen warmwater shrimp from Ecuador for the period of February 1, 2006 through January 31, 2007.
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No AD Cash Deposit for Reviewed Company (Order Has Been Revoked)
According to the ITA, this review covers 43 producers/exporters of the subject merchandise. However, no AD cash deposit is required for these companies as the ITA revoked this AD duty order and has previously notified U.S. Customs and Border Protection to discontinue collection of cash deposits of AD duties on entries of the subject merchandise with a time of entry on or after August 15, 2007, the effective date of revocation of this AD duty order.
(See ITT's Online Archives or 08/29/07 news, 07082935, for BP summary of the revocation of this AD duty order.)
Assessment Instructions for the Review Period (02/01/06 - 01/31/07)
The ITA intends to issue assessment instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection 15 days after July 11, 2008. The ITA has calculated importer-specific or customer-specific per-unit duty assessment rates for entries of subject merchandise, and will instruct CBP to assess AD duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review if any importer-specific assessment rate calculated in the final results of this review is above de minimis. The ITA will instruct CBP to liquidate without regard to AD duties any entries for which the assessment rate is de minimis.
For the responsive companies which were not selected for individual review, the ITA has calculated an assessment rate based on the weighted average of the margin rates calculated for the companies selected for individual review, excluding any which are de minimis or determined entirely on adverse facts available (AFA).
The ITA adds that for entries of subject merchandise during the review period produced by companies included in these final results of review for which the reviewed companies did not know that the merchandise they sold to the intermediary (e.g., a reseller, trading company, or exporter) was destined for the U.S., the ITA will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the "all-others" rate established in the AD investigation if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction. The ITA states that this will also apply to companies for which it is rescinding the review based on certifications of no shipments, because these companies certified that they made no shipments of subject merchandise during the review period for which they had knowledge of a U.S. destination. (See ITT's Online Archives or 06/02/03 news, 03060245, for BP summary of the ITA's May 2003 "automatic assessment" regulation.)
(See ITA notice for more information, including the scope of the order, the rescission of the review for Oceano Pacifico OCEANPAC, etc.
See ITT's Online Archives or 04/14/08 news, 08041450, for BP summary of the preliminary results of this AD duty administrative review.)
ITA contact - David Goldberger (202) 482-4136
ITA notice (FR Pub 07/11/08) available at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-15830.pdf