Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Partial Rescission of Review; 2014-2015

Citation: "81 FR 12702" Document Number: "A-552-802" Page Number: "12702" "Notices" SUMMARY: In response to requests from interested parties, the Department of Commerce ("Department") is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam ("Vietnam") for the period of review February 1, 2014, through January 31, 2015. The Department preliminarily determines that sales by the Minh Phu Group /1/ and Stapimex, /2/ the two mandatory respondents, were made below normal value ("NV"). Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results. /3/ /1/ Minh Phu Seafood Corporation, Minh Qui Seafood Co., Ltd., Minh Phat Seafood Co., Ltd., and Minh Phu Hau Giang Seafood Joint Stock Company (collectively, the "Minh Phu Group"). The Department previously collapsed the companies within the Minh Phu Group in the ninth administrative review. See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 2013-2014, 80 FR 55328 (September 15, 2015). There have been no changes since the preceding administrative review regarding the corporate or legal structure of the companies within the Minh Phu Group. Thus, we continue to find that these companies are affiliated and comprise a single entity to which we will assign a single rate. END FOOTNOTE /2/ Soc Trang Seafood Joint Stock Company ("Stapimex"). END FOOTNOTE /3/ Further, as explained in the memorandum from the Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement & Compliance, the Department has exercised its discretion to toll all administrative deadlines due to the recent closure of the Federal Government. All deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have been extended by four business days. The revised deadline for the preliminary results of this review is now March 4, 2016. See Memorandum to the Record, from Ron Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, "Tolling of Administrative Deadlines as a Result of the Government Closure during Snowstorm Jonas," dated January 27, 2016. END FOOTNOTE