[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 56 (Friday, March 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17637-17639]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06674]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-833]


Polyester Staple Fiber From Taiwan: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2011-2012

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on polyester staple 
fiber (PSF) from Taiwan. The period of review (POR) is May 1, 2011, 
through April 30, 2012. The review covers two producers/exporters of 
the subject merchandise, Far Eastern New Century Corporation (FENC) and 
Nan Ya Plastics Corporation (Nan Ya). We preliminarily find that FENC 
has not

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sold subject merchandise at less than normal value and that Nan Ya had 
no shipments during the POR.

DATES: Effective Date: March 22, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bryan Hansen or Minoo Hatten, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3683, and (202) 482-1690, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order is PSF. The PSF subject to the 
order is currently classifiable under subheadings 5503.20.00.40, 
5503.20.00.45, 5503.20.00.60, and 5503.20.00.65 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). The HTSUS subheadings are 
provided for convenience and customs purposes. A full description of 
the scope of the order is contained in the memorandum from Christian 
Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Import 
Administration, ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Polyester Staple Fiber from 
Taiwan'' dated concurrently with this notice (``Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum''), which is hereby adopted by this notice. The written 
description is dispositive.
    The Preliminary 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 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 Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Internet at http://www.trade.gov/ia/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the 
electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are 
identical in content.

Preliminary Determination of No Shipments

    Nan Ya reported that it did not sell or export subject merchandise 
to the United States during the POR.\1\ Based on record evidence, we 
preliminarily find that Nan Ya had no shipments during the POR.
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    \1\ See the no shipment letter filed by Nan Ya on August 31, 
2012.
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Methodology

    The Department has conducted this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Export price 
is calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. Normal value 
is calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act. In accordance 
with section 773(b) of the Act, we disregarded certain sales by FENC in 
the home market which were made at below-cost prices and were outside 
of the ordinary course of trade. To determine the appropriate 
comparison method, the Department applied a ``differential pricing'' 
analysis and has preliminarily determined to use the average-to-average 
method in making comparisons of export price or constructed export 
price and normal value for FENC. For a full description of the 
methodology underlying our conclusions, see Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.

Preliminary Results of Review

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine that a 
weighted-average dumping margin of 0.00 percent exists for FENC for the 
period May 1, 2011, through April 30, 2012.

Disclosure and Public Comment

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit cases 
briefs not later than 30 days after the date of publication of this 
notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, 
may be filed not later than five days after the date for filing case 
briefs.\2\ Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this 
proceeding are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A statement 
of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of 
authorities.\3\
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    \2\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \3\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(2) and (d)(2).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing, or to participate if one is requested, must submit a 
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, 
filed electronically via IA ACCESS. An electronically filed document 
must be received successfully in its entirety by the Department's 
electronic records system, IA ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time 
within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. Requests 
should contain: (1) The party's name, address and telephone number; (2) 
the number of participants; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. 
Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the 
respective case briefs. The Department intends to issue the final 
results of this administrative review, including the results of its 
analysis of the issues raised in any written briefs, not later than 120 
days after the date of publication of this notice, pursuant to section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

Assessment Rates

    Upon completion of the administrative review, the Department shall 
determine and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. If FENC's weighted-
average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis in the final results 
of this review, we will calculate importer-specific assessment rates on 
the basis of the ratio of the total amount of antidumping duties 
calculated for an importer's examined sales and the total entered value 
of such sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). If FENC's 
weighted-average dumping margin continues to be zero or de minimis in 
the final results of review, we will instruct CBP not to assess duties 
on any of its entries in accordance with the Final Modification for 
Reviews, i.e., ``{w{time} here the weighted-average margin of dumping 
for the exporter is determined to be zero or de minimis, no antidumping 
duties will be assessed.'' \4\
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    \4\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102 (February 14, 
2012).
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    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on 
May 6, 2003.\5\ This clarification will apply to entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR produced by FENC for which it did not know 
its 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.
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    \5\ For a full discussion of this clarification, see Antidumping 
and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping 
Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003) (Assessment Policy Notice).
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    Consistent with the Assessment Policy Notice, if we continue to 
find that Nan Ya had no shipments of subject merchandise to the United 
States in the final results of this review, we intend to instruct CBP 
to liquidate any existing entries of merchandise produced by Nan

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Ya and exported by other parties at the all-others rate.
    We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of 
the final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the notice of final results of administrative review for 
all shipments of PSF from Taiwan entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the date of publication as provided by 
section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for FENC will 
be the rate established in the final results of this administrative 
review; (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 original 
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; (4) the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers 
or exporters will continue to be 7.31 percent, the all-others rate 
established in the Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value: Certain Polyester Staple Fiber From the Republic 
of Korea and Antidumping Duty Orders: Certain Polyester Staple Fiber 
From the Republic of Korea and Taiwan, 65 FR 33807 (May 25, 2000). 
These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect 
until further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) 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 Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

     Dated: March 18, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix I

    List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
Scope of the Order
Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
Verification
Comparisons to Normal Value
Product Comparisons
Date of Sale
Export Price
Normal Value
    A. Home Market Viability as Comparison Market
    B. Level of Trade
    C. Cost of Production
    D. Calculation of Normal Value Based on Comparison Market Prices
Currency Conversion
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