[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 121 (Monday, June 24, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37794-37795]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-14915]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-841]


Polyvinyl Alcohol from Taiwan: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2010-2012

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On April 8, 2013, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) from Taiwan. For 
these final results, we continue to find that Chang Chun Petrochemical 
Co., Ltd. (CCPC) has not sold subject merchandise at less than normal 
value.

DATES:  Effective Date: June 24, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra Dreisonstok 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-
0768 and (202) 482-1690, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On April 8, 2013, the Department published the preliminary results 
of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on PVA from 
Taiwan.\1\ The period of review is September 13, 2010, through February 
29, 2012.
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    \1\ See Polyvinyl Alcohol From Taiwan: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 78 FR 20890 (April 8, 2013) 
(Preliminary Results) and the accompanying Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.
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    We invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary 
Results. We received a case brief from CCPC on May 8, 2013, in which it 
alleged one clerical error in the calculation. The petitioner, Sekisui 
Specialty Chemicals, LLC, did not file a case or rebuttal brief.
    The Department has conducted this administrative review in 
accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act).

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the antidumping duty order is PVA. This

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product consists of all PVA hydrolyzed in excess of 80 percent, whether 
or not mixed or diluted with commercial levels of defoamer or boric 
acid. PVA in fiber form and PVB-grade low-ash PVA are not included in 
the scope of this order. PVB-grade low-ash PVA is defined to be PVA 
that meets the following specifications: Hydrolysis, Mole % of 98.40 
 0.40, 4% Solution Viscosity 30.00  2.50 
centipois, and ash--ISE, wt% less than 0.60, 4% solution color 20 mm 
cell, 10.0 maximum APHA units, haze index, 20 mm cell, 5.0, maximum. 
The merchandise subject to the order is currently classifiable under 
subheading 3905.30.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the 
merchandise subject to the order is dispositive.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of the comments received, we have corrected 
the programming error in the weighted-average dumping margin 
calculation in the Preliminary Results. This change, however, did not 
affect the final weighted-average dumping margin for CCPC. A detailed 
discussion of the corrections made is included in the final analysis 
memorandum,\2\ which is hereby adopted by this notice and is on file 
electronically via Import Administration's Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (``IA 
ACCESS''). 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.
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    \2\ See Memorandum to the file from Sandra Dreisonstok through 
Minoo Hatten entitled, ``Administrative Review of the Antidumping 
Duty Order on Polyvinyl Alcohol from Taiwan: Final Analysis 
Memorandum for Chang Chun Petrochemical Co., Ltd.; 2010-2012'' dated 
concurrently with this notice.
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Final Results of Review

    As a result of this review, we determine that a weighted-average 
dumping margin of 0.00 percent exists for CCPC for the period September 
13, 2010, through February 29, 2012.

Assessment Rates

    In accordance with the Final Modification for Reviews,\3\ we will 
instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate CCPC's 
entries covered in this review without regard to antidumping duties.
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    \3\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102 (February 14, 
2012) (Final Modification).
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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 period of review produced by CCPC 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 country-specific 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).
    We intend to issue liquidation instructions to CBP 15 days after 
publication of the final results of 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 PVA 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 CCPC will 
be 0.00 percent, the weighted-average dumping margin established in the 
final results of this administrative review; (2) for merchandise 
exported by manufacturers or exporters not covered in this review but 
covered in a prior segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate 
will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most 
recently completed segment of this proceeding; (3) if the exporter is 
not a firm covered in this review or the original investigation but the 
manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for 
the manufacturer of the merchandise for the most recently completed 
segment of this proceeding; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other 
manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 3.08 percent, the all-
others rate established in the Antidumping Duty Order: Polyvinyl 
Alcohol From Taiwan, 76 FR 13982 (March 15, 2011). These cash deposit 
requirements shall remain in effect until further notice.

Notifications

    This notice 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 the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
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.
    These final results of administrative review are issued and 
published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the 
Act.

     Dated: June 17, 2013.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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