Certain Frozen Fish Fillets From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Preliminary Determination of No Shipments and Partial Rescission of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2017

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration [A-552-801] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that certain frozen fish fillets from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), August 1, 2016, through July 31, 2017. DATES: Applicable September 13, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Javier Barrientos, AD/CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2243. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On October 16, 2017, Commerce published in the Federal Register the notice of initiation of an administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on frozen fish fillets from Vietnam. [ 1 ] Commerce initiated a review with respect to 74 companies, [ 2 ] and selected two of these companies, Hung Vuong Group (HVG) and NTSF Seafoods Joint Stock Company (NTSF), as mandatory respondents. [ 3 ] On March 22, 2018, Commerce partially extended the deadline for issuing the preliminary results. [ 4 ] On June 14, 2018, Commerce fully extended the preliminary results of review to September 4, 2018. [ 5 ] Scope of the Order The product covered by this review is certain frozen fish fillets fr…