MESSAGE NO: 6083217 DATE: 03 24 2006
CATEGORY: ADA TYPE: COR
REFERENCE: 6080201 REFERENCE DATE: 03 21 2006
CASES: A - 552 - 801 A - 555 - 801
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PERIOD COVERED: 10 22 2004 TO

LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:

TO: DIRECTORS OF FIELD OPERATIONS
PORT DIRECTORS

FROM: DIRECTOR, SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT

RE: CORRECTION OF MESSAGE 6080201 (A-552-801 AND A-555-801)
REVISED VERSION OF PARAGRAPH 2 WITH THE CORRECT ARTICLE
(HTSUS) CODE

1. ON FEBRUARY 22, 2006, THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLISHED
IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER ITS NOTICE OF AN AFFIRMATIVE PRELIMINARY
DETERMINATION OF CIRCUMVENTION OF THE ANTIDUMPING DUTY ORDER ON
FROZEN FISH FILLETS FROM THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
(71 FR 9086). THIS IS A CORRECTION OF MESSAGE 6080201 ON MARCH
21, 2006 IN PARAGRAPH 2. SPECIFICALLY, THE INCORRECT ARTICLE
CODES OF THE UNITED STATES HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE WERE
LISTED. BELOW IS A REVISED VERSION OF PARAGRAPH 2 WITH THE
CORRECT ARTICLE CODE:

SCOPE OF THE ANTIDUMPING DUTY ORDER

THE SCOPE OF THE ANTIDUMPING DUTY ORDER INCLUDES FROZEN FISH
FILLETS, INCLUDING REGULAR, SHANK AND STRIP FILLETS AND PORTIONS
THEREOF, WHETHER OR NOT BREADED OR MARINATED, OF THE SPECIES
PANGASIUS BOCOURTI, PANGASIUS HYPOPHTHALAMUS (ALSO KNOWN AS
PANGASIUS PANGASIUS), AND PANGASIUS MICRONEMUS. FROZEN FISH
FILLETS ARE LENGTHWISE CUTS OF WHOLE FISH. THE FILLET PRODUCTS
COVERED BY THE SCOPE INCLUDES BONELESS FILLETS WITH THE BELLY
FLAP INTACT ("REGULAR FILLETS"), BONELESS FILLETS WITH THE BELLY
FLAP REMOVED ("SHANK FILLETS"), BONELESS SHANK FILLETS CUT INTO
STRIPS ("FILLET STRIPS/FINGER"), WHICH INCLUDES FILLETS CUT INTO
STRIPS, CHUNKS, BLOCKS, SKEWERS, OR ANY OTHER SHAPE.
SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDED FROM THE SCOPE ARE FROZEN WHOLE FISH
(WHETHER OR NOT DRESSED), FROZEN STEAKS AND FROZEN BELLY-FLAP
NUGGETS. FROZEN WHOLE DRESSED FISH ARE DEHEADED, SKINNED AND
EVISCERATED. STEAKS ARE BONE-IN, CROSS-SECTION CUTS OF DRESSED
FISH. NUGGETS ARE THE BELLY FLAPS.


THE SUBJECT MERCHANDISE WILL BE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS
FROZEN "BASA" AND "TRA" FILLETS, WHICH ARE THE VIETNAMESE COMMON
NAMES FOR THESE SPECIES OF FISH. THE PRODUCTS COVERED BY THE
ANTIDUMPING DUTY ORDER ARE CLASSIFIABLE UNDER TARIFF ARTICLE
CODE 0304.20.60.33 (FROZEN FISH FILLETS OF THE SPECIES
PANGASIUS INCLUDING BASA AND TRA) OF THE HARMONIZED TARIFF
SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED STATES ("HTSUS"). THIS ORDER COVERS ALL
FROZEN FISH FILLETS MEETING THE ABOVE SPECIFICATION, REGARDLESS
OF TARIFF CLASSIFICATION. ALTHOUGH THE HTSUS SUBHEADINGS ARE
PROVIDED, THE WRITTEN DESCRIPTION OF THE SCOPE OF THE SCOPE
OF THE ORDER IS DISPOSITIVE.

2. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CBP
OFFICERS, THE IMPORTING PUBLIC OR INTERESTED PARTIES, PLEASE
CONTACT DAVINA HASHMI OR RON TRENTHAM AT OFFICE OF AD/CVD
ENFORCEMENT, IMPORT ADMINISTRATION, INTERNATIONAL TRADE
ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, AT (202) 482-3577
(GENERATED BY O9:AV).

3. THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE RELEASE OF THIS INFORMATION.

CATHY SAUCEDA