Before the Federal Circuit could rule, however, the government requested a voluntary remand to reconsider the 2008-09 review results because new evidence had come to light concerning the Chinese exporter Hilltop International and its U.S. affiliate Ocean Duke Corp. Over their objections, the Federal Circuit granted remand in May 2013.
No duties were originally assessed for Hilltop in the 2008-09 review. However, Commerce on remand – in response to evidence that PKR provided on behalf of AHSTAC in the 2010-11 review – found that Hilltop made material misrepresentations regarding the identity of its affiliates and that Hilltop repeatedly refused to address evidence suggesting that it had engaged in transshipment schemes to avoid the payment of antidumping duties on previous shrimp entries. Comments on the remand results are due later this month.
