[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 160 (Friday, August 18, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43118-43120]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20556]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-588-814]


Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip From Japan; 
Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review, and Intent To Revoke Order

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of initiation and preliminary results of changed 
circumstances antidumping duty administrative review, and intent to 
revoke order.

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SUMMARY: On June 5, 1991, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published an antidumping duty order on polyethylene terephthalate film, 
sheet, and strip from Japan. On July 7, 1995, E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & 
Company, Hoechst Celanese Corporation and ICI Americas Inc., (together, 
the petitioners in this proceeding), submitted a request for a changed 
circumstances administrative review and revocation of the order on the 
basis that the order no longer is of interest to the petitioners. Based 
on the fact that this order is no longer of interest to petitioners, we 
intend, preliminarily, to revoke this order.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 18, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Arthur N. DuBois or Thomas Futtner, 
Office of Antidumping Compliance, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
6312/3814.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 5, 1991, the Department published in the Federal Register 
(59 FR 9960) an antidumping duty order on polyethylene terephthalate 
film, sheet, and strip from Japan.
    On July 7, 1995, the petitioners submitted a request for a changed 
circumstances administrative review and revocation of the order on the 
basis that the order no longer is of interest to the petitioners.

Scope of the Review

    Imports covered by the review are shipments of all gauges of raw, 
pretreated, or primed PET film, sheet, and strip, whether extruded or 
coextruded. The films excluded from the scope of this order are 
metallized films and other finished films that have had a least one of 
their surfaces modified by the application of performance-enhancing 
resin or inorganic layer more than 0.00001 inches (0.254 micrometers) 
thick. Roller transport cleaning film which has at least one of its 
surfaces modified by the application of 0.5 micrometers of SBR latex 
has also been ruled as not within the scope of the order.
    PET film from Japan is currently classifiable under Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule (HTS) item number 3920.62.0000. The HTS item numbers 
are provided for convenience and for Customs purposes only. The written 
descriptions remain dispositive.
    This changed circumstance administrative review covers all 
manufacturers/exporters of pet film from Japan.

Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review, and Intent To Revoke Order

    Pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act), the Department may revoke an antidumping duty order if the 
Department determines, based on a review under section 751(b)(1) of the 
Act, that changed circumstances exist sufficient to warrant revocation. 
Section 751(b)(1) of the Act requires a changed circumstances 
administrative review to be conducted upon receipt of a request 
containing sufficient information concerning changed circumstances.
    19 CFR 353.25(d)(2) permits the Department to conduct an 
administrative review under Sec. 353.22(f) based upon an affirmative 
statement of no interest from the petitioner in the proceeding. Section 
353.25(d)(1)(i) further provides that, if the Department determines 
that the order under review is no longer of interest to domestic 
interested parties, the Department may revoke the antidumping duty 
order. In addition, in the event the Department concludes that 
expedited action is warranted, Sec. 353.22(f)(4) of the regulations 
permits the Department to combine the notices of initiation and 
preliminary results.
    Therefore, in accordance with sections 751(b) (1) and (c) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 353.25(d) and 353.22(f), based on an affirmative 
statement of no interest in the proceeding by the petitioners, the 
Department is initiating this changed circumstances administrative 
review. Further, based on the representation made by petitioners that 
other U.S. producers and potential producers of this merchandise have 
no interest in the order, we have determined that expedited action is 
warranted, and we have preliminarily determined that the order no 
longer is of interest to domestic interested parties. Because the 
Department concludes that expedited action is warranted, the Department 
is combining these notices of initiation and preliminary results. The 
Department determines that there is a reasonable basis to believe that 
the requirement for revocation based on the changed circumstance that 
the order no longer is of interest to domestic interested parties has 
been met. Therefore, we are hereby notifying the public of our intent 
to revoke the antidumping duty order on pet film from Japan.
    In the event that this revocation becomes final, the effective date 
of revocation will be June 1, 1992, which is the beginning of the 
currently pending second administrative review.
    If final revocation occurs, we intend to instruct the U.S. Customs 
Service (Customs) to liquidate without regard to antidumping duties and 
to refund any estimated antidumping duties collected for all 
unliquidated entries of subject merchandise made on or after the above 
effective date of revocation, in accordance with 19 CFR 353.25(d)(5). 
We will also instruct Customs to refund with interest estimated 
antidumping duties collected for entries made on or after June 1, 1992, 
in accordance with section 778 of the Act. The current requirement for 
a cash deposit of estimated antidumping duties will continue until 
publication of the final results of this changed circumstances review.

Public Comment

    Any interested party may request a hearing within 10 days of the 
date of publication of this notice. Any hearing, if requested, will be 
held no later than 28 days after the date of publication of this 
notice, or the first workday thereafter. Case briefs and/or written 
comments from interested parties may be submitted not later than 14 
days after the date of publication of this notice. Rebuttal briefs and 
rebuttals to written comments, limited to the issues raised in those 
comments, may be filed not later than 21 days after the date of 
publication of this notice. All written comments shall be submitted in 
accordance with 19 CFR 353.31(e) and shall be served on all interested 
parties on the Department's service list in accordance with 19 CFR 
353.31(g). Persons interested in attending the hearing should contact 
the Department for the date and time of the hearing. The Department 
will publish the final results of this changed circumstances 

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review including the results of its analysis of issues raised in any 
written comments.
    This notice is in accordance with Secs. 751(b) (1) and (c) of the 
Act and sections 353.22(a)(5), 353.22(f) and 353.25(d) of the 
Department's regulations.

    Dated: August 11, 1995.
Paul L. Joffe,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 95-20556 Filed 8-17-95; 8:45 am]
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