Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From India: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review

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-533-840] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that Elque Ventures Private Limited (EVPL) is the successor-in-interest to Elque & Co. in the context of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp (shrimp) from India. DATES: Applicable January 22, 2024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terre Keaton Stefanova or Christopher Viers, AD/CVD Operations, Office IX, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1280 or (202) 482-0519, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On February 1, 2005, the Commerce published the order in the Federal Register . [ 1 ] In the 2017-2018 administrative review of the Order, Commerce determined that the Elque Group ( i.e., Elque & Co., Calcutta Seafoods Pvt. Ltd. (Calcutta Seafoods), and Bay Seafood Pvt. Ltd. (Bay Seafood)) should be treated as a single entity for purposes of antidumping duties. [ 2 ] In the 2021-2022 administrative review, Commerce assigned the Elque Group a cash deposit rate of 3.88 percent. [ 3 ] On July 21, 2023, in response to a request by EVPL, [ 4 ] Commerce published a notice of initiation of changed circumstances review (CCR) to consider whether EVPL is the successor-in-intere…