Shrimp: Prelim AD Cash Deposit Rates Take Effect
Suspension of liquidation and antidumping duty cash deposit requirements are set to take effect May 30 for imports of frozen warmwater shrimp from Ecuador (A-331-805) and Indonesia (A-560-842), after the Commerce Department found dumping in preliminary determinations in its ongoing AD duty investigations.
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Commerce calculated a zero percent AD rate for Industrial Pesquera Santa Priscila and its affiliate Tropical Packing Ecuador Tropack in its preliminary determination for Ecuador, as well as a zero percent rate for Bahari Makmur Sejati in its preliminary determination for Indonesia. As a result, Santa Priscila/Tropack and Bahari Makmur Sejati will not be subject to suspension of liquidation or cash deposit requirements until further notice. If Commerce continues to set a zero rate for either of these two companies (or any other exporters) in its final determination, any merchandise both produced and exported by that company will be exempt from any AD order issued in connection with the relevant investigation. However, Santa Priscila/Tropack is already covered by countervailing duty suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements under Commerce's recent preliminary CVD determination on shrimp from Ecuador (see 2403290027).
In that preliminary CVD determination, Commerce set CVD rates ranging from 1.69% to 13.41% for Ecuadorian companies. Commerce also issued a negative preliminary CVD determination for India, but could suspend liquidation for CVD purposes and require CVD cash deposits for Indonesia in its upcoming final CVD determination.
​AD Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposit Requirements
Commerce will instruct CBP to suspend liquidation for AD duty purposes for all entries of subject merchandise that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after May 30, and require AD duty cash deposits as follows:
Ecuador
| Producer | AD Rate | Adjusted* |
|---|---|---|
| Sociedad Nacional de Galápagos C.A. / Marina del Rey | 10.58% | 10.58% |
| Industrial Pesquera Santa Priscila S.A. / Tropical Packing Ecuador Tropack S.A. | zero | N/A |
| All Others | 10.58% | 10.18% |
*As adjusted for export subsidies found in the concurrent CV duty investigation. This rate is the AD cash deposit rate while CV duty suspension of liquidation remains in effect.
Indonesia
| Producer | AD Rate |
|---|---|
| PT Bahari Makmur Sejati | zero |
| PT First Marine Seafoods; PT Khom Foods | 6.3% |
| All Others | 6.3% |
(The period of investigation is 10/01/22 through 09/30/23. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope (unchanged), suspension of liquidation, detailed cash deposit instructions, etc. See 2311200055 for a summary of initiation of this investigation.)