China Shrimp: Commerce Hikes 2008-10 AD Rate for Hilltop

The Commerce Department is changing the antidumping duty rate for frozen warmwater shrimp from China exported by Hilltop International and entered between February 2008 and January 2010 to the 112.81% China-wide rate, after discovering fraud in several administrative reviews. Commerce is making the changes to its 2008-09 (here) and 2009-10 (here) reviews in response to several agency-requested court remands (see 13011003 and 13052919). The new rates will take effect if the court decisions are not appealed. The changes don’t affect current AD duty cash deposit requirements for frozen warmwater shrimp from China exported by Hilltop, because the company is already subject to the China-wide rate (see 13091120).