[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 5030]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2457]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-580-807]


Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip From the 
Republic of Korea; Initiation of New Shipper Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of initiation of new shipper antidumping duty 
administrative review.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce has received a request for a new 
shipper review of the antidumping duty order on polyethylene 
terephthalate, film, sheet,and strip (PET film) from the Republic of 
Korea issued on June 5, 1991. In accordance with our regulations, we 
are initiating a new shipper review covering Hyosung Corporation 
(Hyosung).

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 2, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael J. Heaney or John Kugelman, 
AD/CVD Enforcement Group III, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-
4475 or 0649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Tariff Act), are references to the provisions 
effective January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to 
the Tariff Act by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless 
otherwise indicated, all references to the Department's regulations are 
to 19 CFR part 351 (62 FR 27295, May 19, 1997).

Background

    The Department received a timely request, in accordance with 
section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act and 19 CFR 351.214(b) of the 
Department's regulations, for a new shipper review of the antidumping 
duty order on PET film Korea, which has a June anniversary date. (See 
Antidumping Duty Order and Amendment to Final Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value: Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip 
From the Republic of Korea, 56 FR 25669 (June 5, 1991).)

Initiation of Review

    Pursusant to the Department's regulations at 19 CFR 351.214(b), 
Hyosung certified in its December 30, 1998 submission that it did not 
export merchandise to the United States during the period of the 
investigation (POI) (November 1, 1989 through April 30, 1990), and that 
it was not affiliated with any exporter or producer of the subject 
merchandise to the United States during the POI. Hyosung submitted 
documentation establishing the date on which the merchandise was first 
entered for consumption in the United States, the volume of the 
shipments to the United States, and the date of the first sale to an 
unaffiliated purchaser in the United States.
    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act and 
section 351.214(d) of the Department's regulations, we are initiating a 
new shipper review of Hyosung for the antidumping duty order on PET 
film from the Republic of Korea. This reviews covers the period July 1, 
1998 through December 31, 1998. We intend to issue the final results of 
the review no later than 270 days from the date of publication of this 
notice.
    We will instruct the Customs Service to allow, at the option of the 
importer, the posting, until completion of the review, of a bond or 
security in lieu of a cash deposit for each entry of the merchandise 
exported by Hyosung, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(e).
    Interested parties may submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective order in accordance with 19 CFR 353.305(b).
    This initiation and this notice are in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Tariff Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)) and section 351.214 of the 
Department's regulations (19 CFR 351.214).

    Dated: January 27, 1999.
Roland L. MacDonald,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement III.
[FR Doc. 99-2457 Filed 2-1-99; 8:45 am]
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