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China Crawfish Tail Meat: Final Results of AD Admin and New Shipper Reviews

The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative and new shipper reviews of freshwater crawfish tail meat from China for the period of September 1, 2008 through August 31, 2009 (A-570-848).

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Final Results of Reviews

As a result of these reviews, the ITA determined that the following margins exist for the period of review:

CompanyWeighted average margin (percent)
Nanjing Gemsen International Co., Ltd., as exporter, and Henan Baoshu Aquatic Products Co., Ltd., as producer112.37%
Xiping Opeck Food Co., Ltd.9.39%
Shanghai Ocean Flavor International Trading Co., Ltd.41.92%
China Kingdom (Beijing) Import & Export Co., Ltd.18.87%
Xuzhou Jinjiang Foodstuffs Co., Ltd.5.39%

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Estimated AD Cash Deposit Requirements

The following estimated AD duty cash deposit requirements are effective for all shipments of subject merchandise from China with a time of entry on or after November 17, 2010:

  1. For subject merchandise exported by Xiping Opeck, Shanghai Ocean Flavor, China Kingdom, and Jinjiang and for subject merchandise produced by Henan Baoshu and exported by Nanjing Gemsen, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established in these final results of reviews, as listed above2;
  2. For previously reviewed or investigated companies not listed above that have separate rates, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most recent period;
  3. For all other China exporters of subject merchandise which have not been found to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be China-wide rate of 223.01 percent;
  4. For all non-China exporters of subject merchandise the cash-deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the China entity that supplied that exporter.

2For subject merchandise exported by Nanjing Gemsen but not produced by Henan Baoshu, the cash deposit rate will be the China-wide rate.

Assessment Instructions

The ITA will issue assessment instructions to CBP within 15 days after December 20, 2010. The ITA has calculated importer-specific (or customer-specific) assessment rates for merchandise subject to these reviews. The ITA will direct CBP to assess the resulting per-kilogram dollar amount against each kilogram of merchandise in each of that importer’s/customer’s entries during the review period.

(See ITA notice for more information, including the scope of the order, changes since the preliminary results, etc.

See ITT's Online Archives or 06/21/10 news, 10062168, for BP summary of the preliminary results of this review.)

ITA contact -- Dmitry Vladimirov (202) 482-0665

(FR Pub 12/20/10, ITA Case No. A-570-848)