[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 9, 2010)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-5027]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-824, C-533-825]


Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet and Strip from India: 
Initiation of Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty New Shipper 
Reviews

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received 
requests to conduct new shipper reviews of the antidumping (AD) and 
countervailing duty (CVD) orders on Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, 
Sheet and Strip (PET Film) from India. The Department determines that 
these requests are sufficient to meet the regulatory requirements for 
initiation. See 19 CFR 351.214(c). The period of review (POR) for the 
AD new shipper review is July 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009, and, for 
the CVD new shipper review, it is January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 9, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elfi Blum or Mark Hoadley, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 6, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0197 or (202) 482-3148, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The notice announcing the antidumping duty order on PET Film from 
India was published on July 1, 2002. See Notice of Amended Final 
Antidumping Duty Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 
Antidumping Duty Order: Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and 
Strip from India, 67 FR 44175 (July 1, 2002) (Antidumping Duty Order). 
The notice announcing the countervailing duty order on PET Film from 
India was also published on July 1, 2002. See Notice of Countervailing 
Duty Order: Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet and Strip (PET Film) 
from India, 67 FR 44179 (July 1, 2002) (Countervailing Duty Order). On 
December 24, 2009, the Department received timely requests for AD and 
CVD new shipper reviews from SRF Limited in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.214(c). In its requests, SRF Limited certified that it is both the 
producer and exporter of all of the PET Film it exported to the United 
States, which is the basis for its requests for new shipper reviews.
    Pursuant to the requirements set forth in 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i) 
and (iii), in its requests for new shipper reviews, SRF Limited 
certified that (1) it did not export PET Film to the United States 
during the periods of investigation (POI) in the AD and CVD 
investigations; and (2) since the initiation of the investigations, it 
has never been affiliated with any company that exported subject 
merchandise to the United States during the POI, including any exporter 
or producer not individually examined during the investigations.
    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iv), SRF Limited submitted 
documentation establishing the following: (1) the date on which it 
first shipped PET Film for export to the United States and the date on 
which the PET Film was first entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption; (2) the volume of its first shipment; and (3) the date of 
its first sale to an unaffiliated customer in the United States. 
Further, SRF Limited certified in its request for a CVD new shipper 
review, that it has also informed the Government of India that it is 
requesting this review and that the government will be required to 
provide a full response to the Department's questionnaires. See 19 CFR 
351.214(b)(2)(v). SRF Limited stated that it had not made any 
subsequent shipments of PET film to the United States.
    The Department confirmed, by examining U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection data, that an entry by SRF Limited was entered during the 
periods of review. After examining these data, the Department intends 
to request additional information from SRF Limited about merchandise 
that it exported. For a more detailed discussion, see Memorandum to the 
File from Mark Hoadley, Program Manager, Office 6, ``New Shipper Review 
Initiation Checklist,'' dated concurrently with this notice, at 5-6 
(Initiation Checklist), on file in the Central Records Unit, room 1117, 
of the main Commerce building.

Initiation of New Shipper Reviews

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.221(c), the Department will publish a notice 
of initiation concerning a new shipper review no later than the last 
day of the month following the anniversary (or semiannual anniversary) 
month, as appropriate. As explained in the memorandum from the Deputy 
Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Import Administration, the Department has 
exercised its discretion to toll deadlines for the duration of the 
closure of the Federal Government from February 5, through February 12, 
2010. Thus, all deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have been 
extended by seven days. The revised deadline for the initiation of 
these new shipper reviews is now March 8, 2010. See Memorandum to the 
Record from Ronald Lorentzen, DAS for Import Administration, regarding 
``Tolling of Administrative Deadlines As a Result of the Government 
Closure During the Recent Snowstorm,'' dated February 12, 2010.
    We find that the requests submitted by SRF Limited meet the 
threshold requirements for initiation of AD and CVD new shipper reviews 
for shipments of PET Film from India. Accordingly, pursuant to section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 
351.214(d)(1), and based on the information on the record, we are 
initiating these new shipper reviews for SRF Limited. See also 
Initiation Checklist. We intend to issue the preliminary results of 
these reviews no later than 180 days after the date on which these 
reviews are initiated, and the final results of these reviews within 90 
days after the date on which the preliminary results are issued, in 
accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act.
    We will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to allow, at 
the option of the importer, the posting of a bond or security of both 
the AD and CVD duties in lieu of a cash deposit for each entry of the 
subject merchandise from SRF Limited during the pendency of these 
reviews, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(e). Because SRF Limited 
certified that it both produced and exported the subject merchandise, 
the sale of which is the basis for these new shipper review requests, 
we will apply the bonding privilege to SRF Limited only for subject 
merchandise which SRF Limited both produced and exported.
    Interested parties requiring access to proprietary information in 
this new shipper review should submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective order in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305.
    This initiation and notice are in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214 and 351.221(c)(1)(i).

    Dated: March 2, 2010.
John M. Andersen.
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
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