Surrogate Country
When the Department is investigating imports from an NME country, section 773（c）（1） of the Act directs it to base normal value （“NV”）, in most circumstances, on the NME producer's factors of production, valued in a surrogate market-economy country or countries considered to be appropriate by the Department. In accordance with section 773（c）（4） of the Act, in valuing the factors of production, the Department shall utilize, to the extent possible, the prices or costs of factors of production in one or more market-economy countries that are at a level of economic development comparable to that of the NME country and are significant producers of comparable merchandise. The sources of the surrogate values we have used in this investigation are discussed under the NV section below. The Department determined that India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, the Phillippines, Ecuador and Egypt are countries comparable to the PRC in terms of economic development. We select an appropriate surrogate country based on the availability and reliability of data from the countries. In this case, we have found that India is a significant producer of comparable merchandise, frozen and canned warm water shrimp, and is at a similar level of economic development pursuant to 733（c）（4） of the Act. Since our issuance of the Surrogate Country Memo, we have not received comments from interested parties regarding this issue.