[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 98 (Tuesday, May 21, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29700-29702]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-12086]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-520-803]


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

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

SUMMARY: On December 7, 2012, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published the preliminary results of administrative review 
of the antidumping duty order on polyethylene terephthalate film (PET 
Film) from the United Arab Emirates.\1\ This review covers two 
producers/exporters of subject merchandise: JBF RAK LLC (JBF) and FLEX 
Middle East FZE (FLEX). Based on our analysis of the comments received, 
we have made changes to the preliminary results which are discussed 
below. The final weighted-average dumping margins are listed below in 
the section titled ``Final Results of Review.''
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    \1\ See Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from 
the United Arab Emirates: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2010-2011, 77 FR 73010 (December 7, 2012), 
and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

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DATES: Effective Date: May 21, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Huston, or Gene Calvert, 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-
4261, or (202) 428-3586, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Since the preliminary results, the following events have taken 
place. The Department received timely case briefs from Mitsubishi 
Polyester Film, Inc., SKC, Inc., and Toray Plastics (America), Inc. 
(collectively, Petitioners) and JBF on January 14, 2013. Petitioners 
filed a timely rebuttal brief with the Department on January 22, 2013.
    On March 8, 2013, the Department released a post-preliminary 
analysis memorandum of JBF which addressed Petitioners' targeted 
dumping allegation.\2\ At that time, we invited interested parties to 
comment on the Post-Preliminary Analysis.\3\ JBF submitted comments on 
the Post-Preliminary Analysis on March 18, 2013, and Petitioners 
submitted rebuttal comments on March 25, 2013.
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    \2\ See Memorandum to Paul Piquado, ``2010-2011 Administrative 
Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Polyethylene Terephthalate 
Film, Sheet, and Strip from the United Arab Emirates: Post-
Preliminary Analysis and Calculation Memorandum of JBF RAK LLC'' 
(Post-Preliminary Analysis), dated March 8, 2013.
    \3\ See id. at 4.
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Period of Review

    The period of review is November 1, 2010, through October 31, 2011.

Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the order are all gauges of raw, pre-
treated, or primed polyethylene terephthalate film (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 
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 the order is 
dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised by parties in the case and rebuttal briefs, as 
well as in the comments and rebuttal comments related to the Post-
Preliminary Analysis,

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are addressed in the Memorandum to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary 
for Import Administration, from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, 
``Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Polyethylene Terephthalate 
Film, Sheet, and Strip from the United Arab Emirates: Issues and 
Decision Memorandum for the Final Results'' (Decision Memorandum), 
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice. A list of 
the issues addressed in the Decision Memorandum is appended to this 
notice. The Decision Memorandum is a public document and is available 
electronically via Import Administration's Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Services System (IA ACCESS). 
IA ACCESS is available to registered users at http://iaacess.trade.gov 
and is available in the Central Records Unit of the main Commerce 
Building, Room 7046. In addition, a complete version of the Decision 
Memorandum is also accessible on the internet at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn/index.html. The signed Decision Memorandum and the electronic 
versions of the Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of the comments received, we have made 
adjustments to our margin calculations for JBF and FLEX. Specifically, 
in response to Petitioners' targeted dumping allegation and consistent 
with the Post-Preliminary Analysis, we have adopted the alternative 
average-to-transaction methodology for JBF.\4\ Moreover, in response to 
comments by Petitioners, we have made changes to the SAS programming to 
correct certain clerical errors in FLEX's margin calculation.
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    \4\ See id. at 2 and 3.
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Final Results of Review

    As a result of this review, we determine that the following 
weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period November 1, 2010, 
through October 31, 2011:

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           Manufacturer/exporter               Weighted average margin
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JBF RAK LLC...............................  9.80 percent ad valorem.
FLEX Middle East FZE......................  0.00 percent ad valorem
                                             (i.e., de minimis.)
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Disclosure

    We will disclose to interested parties the calculations performed 
in connection with these final results within five days of the 
publication of this notice, consistent with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Assessment Rates

    The Department shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of 
this review.\5\ The Department intends to issue appropriate assessment 
instructions directly to CBP 15 days after the date of publication of 
these final results of review.
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    \5\ The Department applied the assessment rate calculation 
method adopted in Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the 
Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain 
Antidumping Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 
14, 2012).
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    For assessment purposes, where the respondent reported the entered 
value for its sales, we calculated importer-specific (or customer-
specific) ad valorem assessment rates based on the ratio of the total 
amount of the dumping duties calculated for the examined sales to the 
total entered value of those same sales. See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). 
However, where the respondent did not report the entered value for its 
sales, we have calculated importer-specific (or customer-specific) per-
unit assessment rates by aggregating the total amount of antidumping 
duties calculated for the examined sales and dividing this amount by 
the total quantity of those sales. We will instruct CBP to assess 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review if 
any importer-specific assessment rate calculated in the final results 
of this review is above de minimis (i.e., at or above 0.50 percent). 
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we will instruct CBP to liquidate, 
without regard to antidumping duties, any entries for which the 
assessment rate is de minimis.
    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on 
May 6, 2003.\6\ This clarification applies to entries of subject 
merchandise during the period of review produced by companies under 
review in these final results for which the reviewed companies did not 
know their merchandise was destined for the United States. In such 
instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate non-reviewed entries at 
the all-others rate of 4.05 percent from the investigation if there is 
no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the 
transaction.\7\
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    \6\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
    \7\ See id.; see also 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, 73 FR 66595, 66596 (November 10, 2008).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this administrative review for all 
shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the publication date of these final 
results, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 
as amended (the Act): (1) For the companies covered by this review, the 
cash deposit rate will be the rate listed above in the section ``Final 
Results of Review''; (2) for merchandise exported by producers or 
exporters not covered in this review but covered in a previous segment 
of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the 
company-specific rate published in the most recent final results in 
which that producer or exporter participated; (3) if the exporter is 
not a firm covered in this review or in any previous segment of this 
proceeding, but the producer is, the cash deposit rate will be that 
established for the producer of the merchandise in these final results 
of review or in the most recent final results in which that producer 
participated; and (4) if neither the exporter nor the producer is a 
firm covered in this review or in any previous segment of this 
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will be 4.05 percent, the all-others 
rate established in the less than fair value investigation.\8\ These 
cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.
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    \8\ See id.
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Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    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.

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Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a final 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 Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and in the subsequent 
assessment of double 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: May 13, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix

Issues in the Decision Memorandum

Comment 1: Targeted Dumping
Comment 2: Grade A and Grade B Sales
Comment 3: 15-Day Liquidation Policy
Comment 4: Correction of Certain Errors in FLEX's SAS Program

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