[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 28 (Monday, February 11, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9668-9669]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-03083]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-824]


Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip From Taiwan: 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2010-2011

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On August 6, 2012, the Department of Commerce (Department) 
published the preliminary results of administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on polyethylene terephthalate film (PET Film) 
from Taiwan.\1\ This review covers two respondents, Shinkong Synthetic 
Fibers Corporation and its subsidiary Shinkong Materials Technology Co. 
Ltd. (collectively, Shinkong), and Nan Ya Plastics Corporation, Ltd. 
(Nan Ya), producers and exporters of PET Film from Taiwan. Based on the 
results of our analysis of the comments received, we have made changes 
to the Preliminary Results. For the final weighted-average dumping 
margins, see the ``Final Results of Review'' section below.
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    \1\ See Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip From 
Taiwan: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 77 FR 46704 (August 6, 2012) (Preliminary Results).

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DATES: Effective Date: February 11, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sean Carey or Milton Koch, 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) 428-
3964 or (202) 482-2584, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Since the Preliminary Results, the following events have taken 
place. Between August and October 2012, the Department issued several 
supplemental questionnaires to both Shinkong and Nan Ya requesting 
additional information. All responses were timely submitted. On 
September 28, 2012, Wilmer Hale withdrew its representation of DuPont 
Teijin Films, one of the petitioners. As explained in the memorandum 
from the Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, the Department 
has exercised its discretion to toll deadlines for the duration of the 
closure of the Federal Government from October 29, through October 30, 
2012. Thus all deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have been 
extended by two days.\2\ On November 8, 2012, the Department extended 
the deadline of the final results from December 6, 2012 to February 4, 
2013.\3\ On December 19, 2012, Mitsubishi Polyester Film, Inc., SKC, 
Inc., and Toray Plastics (America), Inc. (collectively, Petitioners) 
filed comments on Nan Ya's supplemental questionnaire responses.
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    \2\ See Memorandum to the Record from Paul Piquado, Assistant 
Secretary for Import Administration, regarding ``Tolling of 
Administrative Deadlines As a Result of the Government Closure 
During Hurricane Sandy'' dated October 31, 2012.
    \3\ See Memorandum from Barbara Tillman, Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Operations Office 6 Director to Christian Marsh, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, ``Polyethylene Terephthalate Film from Taiwan: Extension 
of Deadline for Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review.''
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    The Department issued a post preliminary analysis to address 
Petitioners' targeted dumping allegation for both Shinkong and Nan Ya 
on December 20, 2012.\4\ Shinkong and Petitioners filed timely case 
briefs on January 3, 2013. We rejected Nan Ya's January 3, 2013 case 
brief because it contained untimely filed new factual information. 
NanYa re-filed its case brief on January 9, 2013 and filed its rebuttal 
brief on January 10, 2013. Petitioners timely filed a rebuttal brief on 
January 10, 2013.
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    \4\ See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to 
Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, ``2010-
2011 Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on 
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from Taiwan: Post-
Preliminary Analysis and Calculation Memorandum of Nan Ya Plastics 
Corporation, Ltd. and Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corporation and its 
subsidiary Shinkong Materials Technology Co. Ltd.'' dated December 
20, 2012.
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the antidumping duty order are all gauges 
of raw, pretreated, or primed polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, 
and strip, whether extruded or coextruded. Excluded are metalized 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 of more than 0.00001 inches thick. Imports of 
polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip are currently 
classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS) under item number 3920.62.00.90. HTSUS subheadings are provided 
for convenience and customs purposes. The written description of the 
scope of the antidumping duty order is dispositive.

Period of Review

    The period of review is July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2011.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs filed by parties 
are addressed in the Decision Memorandum.\5\ A list of these issues is 
attached to this notice in the Appendix. The Decision Memorandum is a 
public document and is on file electronically via Import 
Administration's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized 
Electronic Service System (IA ACCESS). Access to IA ACCESS is available 
to all registered users at http://iaaccess.trade.gov, and is available 
to all parties in the Central Records Unit, room 7046 of the main 
Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the 
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Internet at http://www.trade.gov/ia/. The signed Decision Memorandum and electronic 
versions of the Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
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    \5\ See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to 
Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, 
``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the 2010-
2011 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Polyethylene 
Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from Taiwan,'' dated February 
4, 2013 (Decision Memorandum).
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Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of the comments received and information 
gathered after the Preliminary Results, we have made adjustments to our 
margin calculations for both Shinkong and Nan Ya. For Shinkong, the 
Department has modified the calculations of credit expenses, direct 
selling expenses, and the adjustment for the provision of free samples. 
For Nan Ya, the Department has modified the date of sale and the 
targeted dumping analysis.\6\
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    \6\ Because the details of these changes include business 
proprietary information, see Memorandum to Dana S. Mermelstein, 
Program Manager, AD/CVD Operations, Office 6, ``Final Results of the 
2010-2011 Administrative Review of Polyethylene Terephthalate Film 
Sheet and Strip from Taiwan: Calculations for Shinkong Synthetic 
Fibers Corporation and its subsidiary Shinkong Materials Technology 
Co. Ltd.,'' dated February 4, 2013 and Memorandum to Dana S. 
Mermelstein, Program Manager, AD/CVD Operations, Office 6, ``Final 
Results of the 2010-2011 Administrative Review of Polyethylene 
Terephthalate Film Sheet and Strip from Taiwan: Calculations for Nan 
Ya Plastics Corporation,'' dated February 4, 2013.
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Final Results of Review

    As a result of our review, we determine that the following 
weighted-average dumping margins exist for the

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period July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2011.

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                Average
                    Manufacturer/exporter                       dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corporation/Shinkong Materials            0.75
 Technology Co. Ltd.........................................
Nan Ya Plastics Corporation, Ltd............................        8.99
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Assessment Rates

    The Department shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries. The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 
15 days after the date of publication of the final results of review.
    For any individually examined respondents whose weighted-average 
dumping margin is above de minimis (i.e., 0.5 percent) in the final 
results, we will calculate importer-specific ad valorem duty assessment 
rates based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for 
the importer's examined sales to the total entered value of those sales 
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).\7\ We will instruct CBP to 
assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this 
review when the importer-specific assessment rate calculated in the 
final results of this review is above de minimis. Where either the 
respondent's weighted average dumping margin is zero or below de 
minimis or an importer-specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis, 
we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without 
regard to antidumping duties.\8\
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    \7\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012) 
(Final Modification for Reviews). In the Preliminary Results, the 
Department applied the assessment rate calculation method adopted in 
Final Modification for Reviews, i.e. on the basis of monthly 
average-to-average comparisons using only the transactions 
associated with that importer with offsets being provided for non-
dumped comparisons.
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1).
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    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on 
May 6, 2003. This clarification will apply to entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR produced by each respondent for which they 
did not know that their merchandise was destined for the United States. 
In such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries 
at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate 
company(ies) involved in the transaction. For a full discussion of this 
clarification, see Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of PET Film from Taiwan entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the date of publication of the final 
results of this administrative review, as provided for by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (Act): (1) The cash 
deposit rate for company under review will be the rate established in 
the final results of this review (except, if the rate is zero or below 
de minimis, i.e., 0.5 percent, no cash deposit will be required); (2) 
for previously reviewed or investigated companies not listed above, the 
cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate 
published for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm 
covered in this review, a prior review, or the less-than-fair-value 
investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be 
the rate established for the most recent period for the manufacturer of 
the merchandise; and, (4) if neither the exporter nor the manufacturer 
is a firm covered in this or any previous review, the cash deposit rate 
will be the all others rate for this proceeding, 2.40 percent. These 
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice is the only reminder to parties subject to the 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under the APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely 
written notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or 
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to 
comply with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable 
violation.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding 
the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the 
relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
    We are issuing and publishing these final results and this notice 
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: February 4, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix

List of Comments

Comment 1: Whether to Apply an Alternative Comparison Method to Nan 
Ya and Shinkong
Comment 2: Whether the Department Should Modify the Calculations of 
Certain Adjustments for Shinkong
Comment 3: Whether the Department Should Use Nan Ya's Revised U.S. 
Sales Database
Comment 4: Whether the Department Should Change Nan Ya's Date of 
Sale from Invoice Date to Sales Confirmation Date
Comment 5: Whether the Department Should Use Entry Date To Define 
Nan Ya's Universe of Sales and Consequently To Exclude Nan Ya Sales 
That Are Outside The POR

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