1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington; DC 20229 U.S. Customs and Border Protection January 14, 2020 Quang Van Le MSeaod Corpo ation 17934 Point Sur treet Fountain Valley, CA 92708 in@mseaod. om Nathan Rickard On behalf of the Shrimp Trade E orcement Committee Picard Kentz & owe LLP 1750 K Street, N , Suite 800 Washington, DC 20006 nrickard@pkrllp. om Re: Notice of Ini iation oflnvestigation and Interim Measures - EAPA Case 7356 To the Counsel a d Representatives of the above-rerenced entities: This letter is to i, rm you that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has commenced a rmal investigat on under Title IV, Section 421 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of2015, co monly rerred to as the Enrce and Protect Act (EAPA), r MSeaod Corporation (MS � aod). CBP is investigating whether MSeaod evaded antidumping duty (AD) order A-53 1 -840 (the Order) on certain ozen warmwater shrimp (ozen shrimp) om India I when imp, rting ozen shrimp into the United States. Because evidence supports a reasonable suspi ion that MSeaod entered covered merchandise into 2 the customs territory of the United State through evasion, CBP has imposed interim measures. Pursuant to 19 C • R 165.2, entries covered by an EAPA investigation are those "entries of allegedly covere, merchandise made within one year bere the receipt of an allegation...." Entry is defined s an "entry, or withdrawal from warehouse r consumption, of merchandise in the customs terri ory of the United States." 3 CBP acknowledged receipt ofthe properly filed 1 See Notice ofAme ded Final Determination a/Sale at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Frozen Wa nwater Shrimp om India, 70 FR 5147 (February I, 2005) (Order). 2 See 19USC 1517( );see also 19CFR 165.24. 3 See 19USC 1517( )(4); see also 19CFR 165.1. PUBLIC VERSION