CIT Allows Change to AD Rates for Importers of Frozen Fish From Vietnam

The Commerce Department is set to drop the antidumping duty cash deposit rate for one exporter of frozen fish fillets from Vietnam to zero, but will more than double cash deposit rates for 23 other exporters, after the Court of International Trade on June 26 allowed the agency to proceed with publication of an amended final results. Commerce says it found that it made calculation errors in the 2011-12 administrative review on frozen fish that it completed in April (see 14040412). A correction of those errors means the rate for Vinh Hoan will drop to zero. But the 23 “average rate” companies will have their rates rise from $0.42/kg to $1.2/kg as a result of the change. Liquidation of Vietnamese frozen fish fillets entered between August 2011 and July 2012 is on hold because of a court injunction (see 14061816), so CIT’s decision could increase importer liability for assessments on unliquidated entries from the 23 “average rate” companies.