International Trade Law News

The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) today announced the final determinations in the antidumping duty investigations on certain frozen and canned warmwater shrimp from Brazil, Ecuador, India and Thailand. DOC found that producers/exporters have sold frozen and canned warmwater shrimp from Brazil, Ecuador, India and Thailand in the U.S. market and assigned the following dumping margins to such companies:

Brazil
Empresa de Armazenagem Frigorifica Ltda. (EMPAF) = 10.70%
Central de Industrializacao e Distribuicao de Alimentos Ltda. (CIDA) = 9.69%
Norte Pesca S.A. = 67.80%
All Others Rate = 10.40%

Ecuador
Exporklore S.A.= 2.35%
Exportadora De Alimentos S.A. (Expalsa) = 2.62%
Promarisco S.A. = 4.48%
All Others Rate = 3.26%

India
Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL) = 13.42%
Devi Sea Foods Ltd. (Devi) = 5.02%
Nekkanti Seafoods Limited (Nekkanti) = 9.71%
All Others Rate = 9.45%

Thailand
Andaman Seafood Co., Ltd., Chanthaburi Seafoods Co., Ltd., and Thailand Fishery Cold Storage Public Co., Ltd. (collectively Rubicon Group) = 5.79%
Thai I-Mei Frozen Foods Co., Ltd., (Thai-I-Mei) = 6.20%
The Union Frozen Products Co., Ltd. (UFP) = 6.82%
All Others Rate = 6.03%

The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) is scheduled to announce its final injury determinations in these and the cases involving China and Vietnam on or about January 31, 2005. If the ITC makes final affirmative determinations that imports are materially injuring, or threatening to materially injure, the domestic industry, DOC will issueantidumping duty orders and will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to collect cash deposits on imports of subject merchandise. If the ITC makes negative injury determinations, the investigations will be terminated and no orders will be issued.