Vietnam Frozen 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). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered Aug. 1, 2019, through July 31, 2020.
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New Cash Deposit Rates Take Effect March 21
For entries on or after March 21, when these final results are scheduled for publication in the Federal Register, Commerce is setting new AD duty cash deposit rates. For any other exporters of subject merchandise that were not under review (i.e., all exporters of subject merchandise except those listed below), cash deposit rates will remain at the level set in the most recent review of each respective company. For companies that have never been assigned a cash deposit rate by Commerce, the Vietnam-wide rate applies.
Commerce said it made no changes to the preliminary results of this review.
The new rates are as follows:
| Exporter | AD Rate |
|---|---|
| NTSF Seafoods Joint Stock Company | zero |
| East Sea Seafoods Joint Stock Company | $3.87/kg |
| Green Farms Seafood Joint Stock Company | $1.94/kg |
Vietnam-wide. Commerce found 32 companies did not demonstrate independence from state control, and preliminarily assigned them to the Vietnam-wide entity with a rate of $2.39/kg. These companies are as follows: Anchor Seafood Corp.; An Phat Import-Export Seafood Co., Ltd. (aka An Phat Seafood Co. Ltd. or An Phat Seafood Co., Ltd.); Anvifish Joint Stock Company (aka Anvifish, Anvifish JSC, or Anvifish Co., Ltd.); Basa Joint Stock Company (aka BASACO); Binh Dinh Import Export Company (aka Binh Dinh); Cadovimex II Seafood Import-Export and Processing Joint Stock Company (aka Cadovimex II); Can Tho Animal Fishery Products Processing Export Enterprise; Cuu Long Fish Import-Export Corporation (aka CL Panga Fish); Cuu Long Fish Joint Stock Company (aka CL-Fish, CL-FISH CORP, or Cuu Long Fish Joint Stock Company); GF Seafood Corp.; Go Dang An Hiep One Member Limited Company; Go Dang Ben Tre One Member Limited Liability Company; Hoa Phat Seafood Import-Export and Processing J.S.C. (aka HOPAFISH, Hoa Phat Seafood Import-Export and Processing Joint Stock Company, Hoa Phat Seafood Import-Export and Processing JSC); Hoang Long Seafood Processing Company Limited (aka HLS); Indian Ocean One Member Company Limited (aka Indian Ocean Co., Ltd.); Lian Heng Investment Co., Ltd. (aka Lian Heng or Lian Heng Investment); Lian Heng Trading Co., Ltd. (aka Lian Heng or Lian Heng Trading); Nam Phuong Seafood Co., Ltd. (aka Nam Phuong, or NAFISHCO); New Food Import, Inc.; NTACO Corporation (aka NTACO); Seafood Joint Stock Company No. 4 (aka SEAPRIEXCO No. 4); Seafood Joint Stock Company No. 4 Branch Dongtam Fisheries Processing Company (aka DOTASEAFOODCO or Seafood Joint Stock Company No. 4 -- Branch Dong Tam Fisheries Processing Company); Southern Fishery Industries Company, Ltd. (aka South Vina); Thanh Hung Co., Ltd. (aka Thanh Hung Frozen Seafood Processing Import Export Co., Ltd.); Thien Ma Seafood Co., Ltd (aka THIMACO); Thuan An Production Trading and Service Co., Ltd. (aka TAFISHCO); To Chau Joint Stock Company (aka TOCHAU, TOCHAU JSC, or TOCHAU Joint Stock Company); Viet Hai Seafood Company Limited (aka Viet Hai); Viet Phu Foods and Fish Corporation (aka Vietphu); Viet Phu Foods & Fish Co., Ltd.; Vietnam Seaproducts Joint Stock Company (aka Seaprodex or Vietnam Seafood Corporation -- Joint Stock Company); Vinh Long Import-Export Company (aka Vinh Long).
No shipments. Commerce found 15 companies did not have any exports to the U.S. during the period of review. The cash deposit rates currently in effect for these companies will not change, and any entries during the period of review reported under their case numbers will be assessed duties at the $2.39/kg Vietnam-wide rate. These companies are as follows: Ben Tre Forestry and Aquaproduct Import-Export Joint Stock Company (aka Faquimex, or Ben Tre); C.P. Vietnam Corporation; Cafatex Corporation (aka Cafatex); Cantho Import-Export Seafood Joint Stock Company (aka CASEAMEX, Cantho Import Export Seafood Joint Stock Company, Cantho Import-Export Joint Stock Company, Can Tho Import Export Seafood Joint Stock Company, Can Tho Import-Export Seafood Joint Stock Company, or Can Tho Import-Export Joint Stock Company); Colorado Boxed Beef Company (aka CBBC); Dai Thanh Seafoods Company Limited (aka DATHACO); The Great Fish Company LLC; Hai Huong Seafood Joint Stock Company (aka HHFish, HH Fish, or Hai Huong Seafood); Hung Vuong Group (this is a single entity comprised of the following individual companies: (1) An Giang Fisheries Import and Export Joint Stock Company; (2) Asia Pangasius Company Limited; (3) Hung Vuong Ben Tre Seafood Processing Company Limited; (4) Europe Joint Stock Company; (5) Hung Vuong-Sa Dec Co., Ltd.; (6) Hung Vuong-Vinh Long Co. Ltd.; (7) Hung Vuong Corporation; and (8) Hung Vuong Mascato Company Limited); Nam Viet Corporation (aka NAVICO); PREFCO Distribution LLC; QMC Foods, Inc.; Riptide Foods; QVD Food Company Ltd. (aka QVD, QVD Food Co., Ltd., or QVD Aquaculture) -- QVD is a single entity that also includes QVD Dong Thap Food Co., Ltd. and Thuan Hung Co., Ltd.; and Vinh Quang Fisheries Corporation (aka Vinh Quang, Vinh Quang Fisheries Corp., Vinh Quang Fisheries Joint Stock Company, or Vinh Quang Fisheries Co., Ltd.).
Assessment Rates for Entries August 2019 - July 2020
Commerce is using the rates it calculated in these final results to set assessments of AD duties on importers of subject merchandise for entries between Aug. 1, 2018, and July 31, 2019. Commerce will not assess AD duties on entries from NTSF Seafoods Joint Stock Company. The agency will liquidate entries from all other exporters at the rates listed above.
(The review period is 08/01/19 - 07/31/20. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope of the order, detailed cash deposit and assessment instructions, etc. See 2109090039 for a summary of the preliminary results of this administrative review.)