[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 218 (Monday, November 10, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66595-66597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26802]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-351-841, A-570-924, A-520-803]


Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip From Brazil, 
the People's Republic of China and the United Arab Emirates: 
Antidumping Duty Orders and Amended Final Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value for the United Arab Emirates

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of 
Commerce (the Department) and the International Trade Commission (ITC), 
the Department is issuing antidumping duty orders on polyethylene 
terephthalate film, sheet, and strip (PET Film) from Brazil, the 
People's Republic of China (PRC), and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). 
On October 31, 2008, the ITC notified the Department of its 
determination that the U.S. industry is threatened with material 
injury. See PET Film from Brazil, the PRC, and the UAE (Investigation 
Nos. 731-TA-1131-1134 (Final), USITC Publication 4040, October 2008). 
In addition, the Department is amending the final dumping margins for 
the UAE.

DATES: Effective Date: November 10, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Heaney (Brazil), Scot Fullerton 
(PRC), or Douglas Kirby (UAE), Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4475, (202) 482-1386, or (202) 482-3782, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 24, 2008, the Department published its final 
determinations of sales at less than fair value in the antidumping duty 
investigations of PET Film from Brazil, the PRC, and the UAE. See 
Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: 
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from Brazil, 73 FR 
55035 (September 24, 2008); Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and 
Strip from the People's Republic of China: Final Determination of Sales 
at Less Than Fair Value, 73 FR 55039 (September 24, 2008); and 
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from the United Arab 
Emirates: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 73 FR 
55036 (September 24, 2008) (UAE Final Determination).
    Also, on September 24, 2008, Flex Middle East FZE (Flex UAE), 
respondent in the UAE investigation, timely alleged ministerial errors 
in the UAE Final Determination. See ``Amendment to the UAE Final 
Determination'' section below.
    On October 31, 2008, the ITC notified the Department of its final 
determination pursuant to section 735(b)(1)(A)(ii) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act), that an industry in the United States is 
threatened with material injury by reason of less than fair value 
imports of subject merchandise from Brazil, the PRC, and the UAE. See 
letter from the ITC to the Secretary of Commerce, ``Notification of 
Final Affirmative Determination of Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, 
Sheet, and Strip (PET Film) from Brazil, the People's Republic of China 
(PRC), and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) (Investigation Nos. 701-TA-
452, 731-TA-1129, 731-TA-1130),'' dated October 31, 2008. Pursuant to 
section 736(a) of the Act, the Department is publishing antidumping 
duty orders on the subject merchandise.

Scope of the Orders

    The products covered by each of these orders are all gauges of raw, 
pre-treated, or primed PET film, whether extruded or co-extruded. 
Excluded are metallized films and other finished films that have had at 
least one of their surfaces modified by the application of a 
performance-enhancing resinous or inorganic layer more than 0.00001 
inches thick. Also excluded is roller transport cleaning film which has 
at least one of its surfaces modified by

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application of 0.5 micrometers of SBR latex. Tracing and drafting film 
is also excluded. PET film is classifiable under subheading 
3920.62.00.90 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS). While HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and 
customs purposes, our written description of the scope of these orders 
is dispositive.

Amendment to the UAE Final Determination

    As noted above, on September 24, 2008, Flex UAE, the sole 
respondent in the UAE investigation, timely alleged ministerial errors 
in the UAE Final Determination. After examining Flex UAE's allegations, 
the Department determined that there were two ministerial errors. The 
Department's consideration of Flex UAE's allegations and correction of 
the ministerial errors are presented in the Memorandum to Barbara E. 
Tillman, Director, AD/CVD Operations, Office 6: ``Ministerial Error 
Allegations--Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value of 
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet and Strip (PET Film) from the 
United Arab Emirates: Flex Middle East FZE (Flex UAE),'' dated October 
14, 2008, available in the public file in the Central Records Unit 
(CRU), Room 117, of the Main Commerce Building.
    As a result of correcting for these ministerial errors, we are 
amending the UAE Final Determination with respect to Flex UAE. The 
amended weighted-average dumping margin for Flex UAE has changed from 
4.80 percent to 4.05 percent. As Flex UAE's margin was the basis for 
the all others rate, we are also amending the all others rate to 4.05 
percent.

Antidumping Duty Orders

    On October 31, 2008, in accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, 
the ITC notified the Department of its final determination that the 
industry in the United States producing PET Film is threatened with 
material injury within the meaning of section 735(b)(1)(A)(ii) of the 
Act by reason of imports of subject merchandise at less than fair value 
from Brazil, the PRC, and the UAE. In accordance with section 736(a)(1) 
of the Act, the Department will direct U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) to assess, upon further information from the 
Department, antidumping duties equal to the amount by which the normal 
value of the merchandise exceeds the export price (or the constructed 
export price) of the merchandise for all relevant entries of PET Film 
from Brazil, the PRC, and the UAE.
    Pursuant to section 736(b)(2) of the Act, duties shall be assessed 
on subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after the date of publication of the ITC's notice of 
final determination if that determination is based on the threat of 
material injury, other than threat of material injury described in 
section 736(b)(1) of the Act. Section 736(b)(1) states that 
``{i{time} f the Commission, in its final determination under section 
735(b), finds material injury or threat of material injury which, but 
for the suspension of liquidation under section 733(d)(2) would have 
led to a finding of material injury, then entries of the subject 
merchandise, the liquidation of which has been suspended under section 
733(d)(2), shall be subject to the imposition of antidumping duties 
under section 731.'' In addition, section 736(b)(2) of the Act requires 
CBP to release any bond or other security, and refund any cash deposit 
made of estimated antidumping duties posted since the Department's 
preliminary antidumping duty determinations. Because the ITC's final 
determinations in these cases is based on the threat of material injury 
and is not accompanied by a finding that injury would have resulted, 
but for the imposition of suspension of liquidation of entries since 
the Department's preliminary determinations, section 736(b)(2) of the 
Act is applicable. Therefore, the Department will direct CBP to assess, 
upon further information from the Department, antidumping duties on all 
unliquidated shipments of PET Film from Brazil, the PRC, and the UAE 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the 
date of publication of the ITC's notice of final determination of 
threat of material injury in the Federal Register .

Cash Deposit Requirements

    Effective on the date of publication of the ITC's notice of final 
determination in the Federal Register , CBP will require, at the same 
time as importers would deposit estimated normal customs duties on this 
merchandise, cash deposits for the subject merchandise equal to the 
estimated weighted-average antidumping margins listed below. See 
section 736(a)(3) of the Act. The all others rates or PRC-wide rate, as 
applicable, apply to all producers or exporters not specifically 
listed.

                                 Brazil
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                                                             Weighted-
                  Manufacturer/exporter                   average margin
                                                             (percent)
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Terphane Inc............................................           44.36
All Others..............................................           28.72
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                     The People's Republic of China
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                                                             Weighted-
             Exporter                     Producer        average margin
                                                             (percent)
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DuPont Teijin Films China Ltd.....   DuPont Hongji Films            3.49
                                     Foshan Co. Ltd..
DuPont Teijin Films China Ltd.....   DuPont Teijin                  3.49
                                     Hongji Films Ningbo
                                     Co., Ltd..
Fuwei Films (Shandong) Co., Ltd...   Fuwei Films                    3.49
                                     (Shandong) Co.,
                                     Ltd..
Shaoxing Xiangyu Green Packing       Shaoxing Xiangyu               3.49
 Co., Ltd.                           Green Packing Co.,
                                     Ltd.
Sichuan Dongfang Insulating          Sichuan Dongfang               3.49
 Material Co., Ltd.                  Insulating Material
                                     Co. Ltd.
Tianjin Wanhua Co., Ltd...........   Tianjin Wanhua Co.,            3.49
                                     Ltd..
Shanghai Uchem Co., Ltd...........   Sichuam Dongfang               3.49
                                     Insulating Material
                                     Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Uchem Co., Ltd...........   Shanghai Xishu                 3.49
                                     Electric Material
                                     Co., Ltd.
PRC-wide Entity (including          ....................           76.72
 Jiangyin Jinzhongda New Material
 Co., Ltd.).
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                        The United Arab Emirates
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                                                             Weighted-
                  Manufacturer/exporter                   average margin
                                                             (percent)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Flex Middle East FZE....................................            4.05
All others..............................................            4.05
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Termination of Suspension of Liquidation

    The Department will also instruct CBP to terminate the suspension 
of liquidation for entries of PET Film from Brazil, the PRC, and the 
UAE entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption prior to the 
publication of the ITC's notice of final determination, and refund any 
cash deposits made and release any bonds posted between the publication 
of the Department's preliminary determinations on May 5, 2008, and the 
publication of the ITC's final determinations in the Federal Register.
    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty orders with respect to 
PET Film from Brazil, the PRC, and the UAE, pursuant to section 736(a) 
of the Act. Interested parties may contact the Department's CRU, Room 
1117 of the Main Commerce Building, for copies of an updated list of 
antidumping duty orders currently in effect.
    These orders and amended determination are issued and published in 
accordance with sections 736(a), 735(e), and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.211(b).

    Dated: November 5, 2008.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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