ITC Makes Final Injury Determinations in Antidumping Investigations on Shrimp and Crepe Paper
The commissioners of the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) today announced their votes in the final injury phase of the antidumping investigations involving certain frozen or canned warmwater shrimp and prawns from Brazil, China, Ecuador, India, Thailand and Vietnam (Inv. Nos. 731-TA-1063-1068 (Final)) and certain crepe paper products from China (Inv. No. 731- TA-1070A (Final)).
Specifically, Vice Chairman Deanna Tanner Okun and Commissioners Marcia E. Miller, Jennifer A. Hillman, and Daniel R. Pearson found two like products in these investigations: canned warmwater shrimp and prawns and certain non-canned warmwater shrimp and prawns. They made affirmative determinations with respect to certain non-canned warmwater shrimp and prawns from all six countries. With respect to canned warmwater shrimp and prawns from China, Thailand, and Vietnam, they made negative injury determinations. The four commissioners also held that imports of canned warmwater shrimp and prawns from Brazil, Ecuador, and India were negligible (i.e., they accounted for less than 3 percent of all such merchandise imported into the United States within the most recent 12-month period for which data are available preceding the filing of the petition). Chairman Stephen Koplan and Commissioner Charlotte R. Lane found a single like product and voted in the affirmative with respect to all six countries. All six commissioners made negative determinations with regard to critical circumstances in this investigation.
The ITC delayed their vote to discuss the effect of the recent tsunami on the shrimp industry in Thailand and India. The commissioners subsequently announced that the ITC will collect information and invites submissions on whether the tsunami's impact on the affected countries' industries warrants the ITC self-initiating a changed circumstances review, a procedure that allows the ITC to address situations in which changed circumstances warrant review of an injury determination.
As a result of today's vote, the U.S. Department of Commerce will issue antidumping orders on imports of certain non-canned warmwater shrimp and prawns from Brazil, China, Ecuador, India, Thailand and Vietnam. The average duty rates for each country are: Brazil - 10.4%, China (55.2%), Ecuador (3.3%), India (9.5%), Thailand (6%) and Vietnam (4.4%).By a 6-0 vote, the ITC also made an affirmative final injury determination in the antidumping case on certain crepe paper products from China. The final injury determination in the parallel investigation on tissue paper from China is scheduled for March 8, 2005.
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