[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 194 (Friday, October 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52366-52368]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-24923]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[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

September 29, 1995.
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

 
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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 American 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. On 
July 21, 1993; July 15, 1994; and July 14, 1995, the Department 
initiated administrative reviews of the antidumping order on 
polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip from Japan, covering 
the periods: June 1, 1992 through May 31, 1993; June 1, 1993 through 
May 31, 1994; and June 1, 1994 through May 31, 1995, respectively. We 
are now revoking the order, based on the fact that this order is no 
longer of interest to domestic parties; accordingly we are also 
terminating the above-mentioned administrative reviews.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 6, 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 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 
an antidumping duty order on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, 
and strip from Japan. (Antidumping Duty Order: Polyethylene 
Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from Japan, 56 FR 25669, June 5, 
1991).
    On June 30, 1993, one respondent, Toray, requested an 
administrative review and one U.S. producer, Toray Plastics America 
(TPA), requested an administrative review for two other Japanese 
manufacturers/exporters of PET film, Teijin and Diafoil. We initiated 
the review, covering entries from June 1, 1992 through May 31, 1993, on 
July 21, 1993 (Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 58 FR 39007, July 21, 1993).
    On June 30, 1994, the petitioners, one repondent, and one U.S. 
producer, TPA, requested an administrative review of three Japanese 
manufacturers/exporters of PET film, Toray, Teijin, and Magphane. We 
initiated a review of these three firms covering entries in the period 
June 1, 1993 through May 31, 1994, on July 15, 1994 (Initiation of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation in 
Part, 59 FR 36160, July 15, 1994).
    On June 30, 1995, one respondent, Toray, requested an 
administrative review. We initiated a review of Toray covering entries 
in the period June 1, 1994 through May 31, 1995 on July 14, 1995. 
(Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part, 60 FR 36260, July 14, 
1995).
    On July 7, 1995, E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Company, Hoechst 
Celanese Corporation and ICI American 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.
    In accordance with 19 CFR 353.25(d)(2) the Department found that 
petitioners affirmative statement of no interest was a reasonable basis 
to believe that the requirements for revocation based on changed 
circumstances were met. Therefore, pursuant to 19 CFR 353.25(d)(2) and 
353.22(f)(1), on August 18, 1995, the Department published in the 
Federal Register a notice of initiation and preliminary results of 
changed circumstances to determine whether to revoke the order with an 
effective date of June 1, 1992. (Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, 
Sheet, and Strip from Japan; Initiation and Preliminary Results of 
Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, and 
Intent to Revoke Order, 60 FR 43119, August 18, 1995). We gave 
interested parties an opportunity to comment on the preliminary results 
of this changed circumstances review. We received no comments.

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.

Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review; Revocation of 
Antidumping Duty Order; Termination of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Reviews

    Since the antidumping order on PET film is no longer of interest to 
the interested parties, as defined in paragraphs (k)(3), (k)(4), 
(k)(5), and (k)(6) of section 353.2, the Department concludes that the 
requirements for revocation based on changed circumstances are met.
    Therefore, the Department is revoking the order on polyethylene 
terephthalate film, sheet, and strip from Japan in accordance with 
sections 751 (b) and (c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act), and 19 
CFR 353.25(d)(1). This revocation applies to all entries of subject 
merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after June 1, 1992. Accordingly, the Departments is also terminating 
the reviews covering entries made in the following periods: June 1, 
1992 through May 31, 1993; June 1, 1993 through May 31, 1994; and June 
1, 1994 through May 31, 1995.
    The Department will instruct the Customs Service to proceed with 
liquidation, without regard to antidumping duties, of all unliquidated 
entries of subject merchandise entered or withdrawn from wearehouse, 
for consumption on or after June 1, 1992. The Department will further 
instruct the Customs Service to refund with interest any estimated 
duties collected with respect to unliquidated entries of subject 
merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after June 1, 1992, in accordance with section 778 of the Act.
    This changed circumstances review, revocation of the antidumping 
duty order, termination of second, third and fourth reviews, and notice 
are in accordance wtih sections 751 (b) and (c) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 
1675 (b) and (c)) and sections 353.22(f) and 353.25(d) of the 
Department's regulations.

 
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    Dated: September 29, 1995.
Paul L. Joffe,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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