Vietnam Shrimp: Final Results of AD Admin Review
The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on frozen warmwater shrimp from Vietnam (A-552-802). Commerce found 96 of the 100 companies under review were uncooperative, and assigned them to the Vietnam-wide entity with an AD rate of 25.76%. Commerce will assess AD at this rate on subject merchandise from these 96 companies entered Feb. 1, 2021, through Jan. 31, 2022. A new 25.76% cash deposit rate takes effect for these 96 companies on May 4, when these final results are published in the Federal Register.
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Export Compliance Daily combines U.S. export control news, foreign border import regulation and policy developments into a single daily information service that reliably informs its trade professional readers about important current issues affecting their operations.
The 96 companies Commerce assigned to the Vietnam-wide entity include three mandatory respondents -- Quang Minh, Ngoc Trinh and Safe Fresh Aquatic -- all three of which had submitted applications for a separate rate but subsequently withdrew from the review. See the Appendix in Commerce's notice for a full list.
Commerce found the other four companies -- BIM Foods Joint Stock Company; Minh Phu Hau Giang Seafood; Minh Phu Seafood Corporation; and Minh Qui Seafood Co., Ltd. -- did not have any exports to the U.S. during the period of review. As a result, the cash deposit rates currently in effect for these four companies will not change, and any entries during the period of review reported under their case numbers will be assessed duties at the 25.76% Vietnam-wide rate.
For any other exporters of subject merchandise that were not under review (i.e., all exporters of subject merchandise except the companies listed above), 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.
(The review period is 02/01/21 - 01/31/22. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope of the order, detailed cash deposit and assessment instructions, etc. See 2212300021 for a summary of the preliminary results of this administrative review.)