[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 185 (Friday, September 25, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48908-48909]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-23258]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-552-801


Certain Frozen Fish Fillets From the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam: Initiation of New Shipper Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 25, 2009.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') has determined 
that a request for a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order 
on certain frozen fish fillets from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 
received on July 31, 2009, meets the statutory and regulatory 
requirements for initiation. The period of review (``POR'') of this new 
shipper review is August 1, 2008, - July 31, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Javier Barrientos AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2243.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The antidumping duty order on certain frozen fish fillets from the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam was published in the Federal Register on 
August 12, 2003. See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Frozen 
Fish Fillets from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 68 FR 47909 
(August 12, 2003). On July 31, 2009, we received a timely request for a 
new shipper review from CUU Long Fish Joint Stock Company (``CL-Fish'') 
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(c) and 351.214(d)(2). CL-Fish has 
certified that it is both the producer and exporter of the subject 
merchandise upon which the request for the new shipper review is based.

Initiation of New Shipper Reviews

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(I) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 
as amended (``Act''), and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2), CL-Fish certified that 
it did not export certain frozen fish fillets to the United States 
during the period of investigation (``POI''). Pursuant to section 
751(a)(2)(B)(i)(II) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), CL-
Fish certified that, since the initiation of the less-than-fair-value 
investigation, it has never been affiliated with any exporter or 
producer who exported certain frozen fish fillets to the United States 
during the POI, including those not individually examined during the 
less-than-fair-value investigation. As required by 19 CFR 
351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B), CL-Fish has also certified that its export 
activities are not controlled by the central government of Vietnam.
    In addition to the certifications described above, CL-Fish 
submitted documentation establishing the following: (1) the date on 
which it first shipped certain frozen fish fillets for export to the 
United States and the date on which the certain frozen fish fillets 
first entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption; (2) the 
volume of its first shipment; and (3) the date of its first sales to an 
unaffiliated customer in the United States.
    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(d)(1), we are initiating this new shipper review for shipments 
of certain frozen fish fillets from Vietnam produced and exported by 
CL-Fish.
    We intend to issue preliminary results of this review no later than 
180 days from the date of initiation, and final results of these 
reviews no later than 270 days from the date of initiation. See section 
751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act.
    We will instruct the United States Customs and Border Protection 
(``CBP'') to allow, at the option of the importer, the posting, until 
the completion of the review, of a bond or security in lieu of a cash 
deposit for each entry of the subject merchandise from CL-Fish in 
accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(e). Because CL-Fish certified that it both produced and 
exported the subject merchandise, the sale of which is the basis for 
this new shipper review request, we will apply the bonding privilege to 
CL-Fish only for subject merchandise which the respondent both produced 
and exported.
    Interested parties requiring access to proprietary information in 
this new shipper review should submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective order in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and 
351.306. This initiation and notice are in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214 and 351.221(c)(1)(i).


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    Dated: September 17, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-23258 Filed 9-24-09; 8:45 am]
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