Vietnam Fish Fillets: Final Results of AD Admin Review
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on frozen fish fillets from Vietnam (A-552-801) (here). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for entries from Aug. 1, 2013 through July 31, 2014 exported by the approximately 30 companies under review.
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New Cash Deposit Rates Take Effect March 29
For entries on or after March 29, Commerce is setting new AD duty cash deposit rates. Companies that didn't get a rate in this review will continue to get the cash deposit rate set in the most recent previous administrative review, and companies that have never been assigned an AD rate will get the Vietnam-wide rate. The new rates are as follows:
| Exporter | AD Rate |
|---|---|
| Hung Vuong Group | $0.41/kg |
| Thuan An Production Trading and Services Co., Ltd. | $0.97/kg |
| Average Rate for 14 Companies | $0.69/kg |
| Vietnam-wide Rate | $2.39/kg |
Average rate. Commerce found 16 companies demonstrated independence from state control and eligibility for a separate rate, but only individually reviewed Hung Vuong and Thuan An. Commerce assigned the other 14 companies an average of the individually reviewed companies' rates, as follows: Basa Joint Stock Company; Cadovimex II Seafood Import-Export and Processing Joint Stock Company; Cafatex Corporation; C.P. Vietnam Corporation; Cuu Long Fish Joint Stock Company; East Sea Seafoods LLC; GODACO Seafood Joint Stock Company; Green Farms Seafood Joint Stock Company; Hoang Long Seafood Processing Company Limited; Nam Viet Corporation; NTSF Seafoods Joint Stock Company; Seafood Joint Stock Company No. 4 - Branch Dong Tam Fisheries Processing Company; Viet Phu Foods and Fish Corporation; and Vinh Quang Fisheries Joint-Stock Company.
Vietnam-wide rate. Companies subject to the Vietnam-wide rate include, among others, Thien Ma Seafood Co., Ltd. and Caseamex.
No shipments. Commerce found the following companies had no exports to the U.S. during the period of review, so the company's AD duty rate will remain at the most recent rate set for each company: An Giang Agriculture and Food Import-Export Joint Stock Company, Asia Commerce Fisheries Joint Stock Company, Binh An Seafood Joint Stock Company, Dai Thanh Seafoods Company Limited, Fatifish Company Limited, Golden Quality Seafood Corporation, Hiep Thanh Seafood Joint Stock Company, Hoa Phat Seafood Import-Export and Processing JSC, Ngoc Ha Co., Ltd. Food Processing and Trading, Quang Minh Seafood Company, Limited, QVD Food Company, Ltd., Saigon-Mekong Fishery Co., Ltd., Southern Fisheries Industries Company, Ltd., TG Fishery Holdings Corporation, and To Chau Joint Stock Company.
Assessment Rates For Entries August 2013 - July 2014
Commerce is using the rates it calculated in these final results to calculate assessments of AD duties on importers of subject merchandise from companies under review for entries from Aug. 1, 2013 through July 31, 2014. The agency will calculate importer-specific assessment rates for entries of subject merchandise from Hung Vuong and Thuan An. Entries from the "average rate" exporters and Vietnam-wide companies will be assessed AD duties at the rates listed above, $0.69/kg and $2.39/kg, respectively. Any shipments entered under case numbers for the "no shipments" companies will be liquidated at the $2.39/kg Vietnam-wide rate.
(The review period is 08/01/12 -- 10/31/13. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope of the order, detailed cash deposit and assessment instructions, etc. See 1509140020 for summary of the preliminary results of this administrative review.)
AD/CVD Operations contact -- Paul Walker (202) 482-0143
(Federal Register 03/29/16)