IMPORTANT- Southern Shrimp Alliance Needs Your Help!

NCFA MEMBERSHIP

SOUTHERN SHRIMP ALLIANCE SPECIAL HELP NOTICE:

If you have any questions, please contact:

Southern Shrimp Alliance

 955 E Martin Luther King Jr Dr Suite D, Tarpon Springs, FL 34689

Phone: (727) 934-5090

NCFA MEMBERSHIP ACTION IS NEEDED:

PLEASE HELP COMPLETE THE BELOW MENTIONED QUESTIONNAIRE.

BENEFITS FOR PARTICIPATING IN QUESTIONNAIRE:

·        TO KEEP TARRIF’S IN PLACE FOR IMPORTED SHRIMP.

·        PARTICIPANTS MAY BE ELIGIBLE IF ANY FUNDING MAY BECOME AVAILABLE

As indicated below, the U.S. International Trade Commission has now issued questionnaires in its sunset review proceeding to the U.S. shrimp industry, U.S. shrimp importers, U.S. shrimp purchasers, and exporters and processors in the Chinese, Indian, Thai, and Vietnamese shrimp industries.

The responses to these questionnaires, which are due on or before February 6, 2023, will provide the basis for the Commission’s analysis as to whether to keep the antidumping duty orders on Chinese, Indian, Thai, and Vietnamese shrimp in place for another five years.

The Commission has asked us to distribute the U.S. farmers’/fishermen’s questionnaire, which is attached to this e-mail.  Also attached to this e-mail are two other documents: (1) the agency’s transmittal cover letter and (2) a schedule of the Commission’s sunset review proceedings.

The Commission requests that the questionnaire be completed electronically in the MS Word-formatted document in the attachment.  Instructions for filing a response with the Commission are provided at the end of the questionnaire and in the e-mail from Commission staff appended below.

Compared to the other questionnaires issued by the Commission, the U.S. farmers’/fishermen’s questionnaire requests a limited amount of information.  The most significant question is presented at Question III-1, which requests information regarding your business operations for three calendar years: 2019, 2020, and 2021.  Please note that information regarding the most recent calendar year, 2022, is not being sought in response to this question.

We recognize that responding to this questionnaire will take some time.  However, the continuation of trade relief on dumped imports from the four countries (China, India, Thailand, and Vietnam) is dependent upon the domestic industry providing information regarding its business operations.  In the absence of such information, the Commission will be unable to determine whether the removal of antidumping duties would likely cause the continuation or recurrence of material injury to the U.S. shrimp industry.

Thank you, in advance, for your assistance in meeting the U.S. International Trade Commission’s request for information

Below is the original request with links available

To Whom It May Concern:

The United States International Trade Commission is investigating frozen warmwater shrimp under the provisions of Subtitle C of Title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930.

In this proceeding, the Commission must determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty orders on frozen warmwater shrimp from China, India, Thailand, and Vietnam would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable time.

Your firm has been identified as a possible farmer/fisherman of frozen warmwater shrimp. Please complete and submit the farmer/fisherman questionnaire per the instructions below. Additional information pertaining to this proceeding can be found on the USITC’s website at:  https://www.usitc.gov/investigations/701731/2022/frozen_warmwater_shrimp_china_india_thailand_and/third_review_full.htm

Please complete the questionnaire electronically in the MS Word document. Instructions for filing your response can be found on last page of the questionnaire, or to upload your response to the secure drop box:

Upload via Secure Drop Box.—Upload the completed questionnaire in MS Word format along with a scanned copy of the signed certification page (page 1) through the Commission’s secure upload facility:  Web address: https://dropbox.usitc.gov/oinv/  Pin: SHRIMP

Please return the completed questionnaire to the Commission no later than Monday, February 6, 2022.

Thanks,

Tyler Berard

Office of Investigations

U.S. International Trade Commission

202-205-3354

[email protected]

CLICK HERE FOR: Questionnaire Transmittal Letter-Shrimp-Third Review

CLICK HERE FOR: USITC Scheduling Notice-Shrimp-Third Review

CLICK HERE FOR: Shrimp Fishermen Questionnaire Word Document

CLICK HERE FOR: Shrimp Fishermen Questionnaire PDF

CLICK HERE FOR: US Shrimp Processor Questionnaire Word Document

CLICK HERE FOR: US Shrimp Processor Questionnaire PDF