[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 152 (Wednesday, August 7, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48147-48148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-19094]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-533-825]


Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip From India: 
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2011

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an 
administrative review under the countervailing duty (CVD) order on 
polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet and strip (PET film) from India 
for the period of review (POR) January 1, 2011, through December 31, 
2011. We preliminarily determine that SRF Limited (SRF) has received 
countervailable subsidies during the POR. See the ``Preliminary Results 
of Review'' section, below.

DATES: Effective Date: August 7, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elfi Blum or Toni Page, 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) 482-1398, respectively.

Scope of the Order

    For purposes of the order, the products covered are all gauges of 
raw, pretreated, or primed polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet and 
strip, whether extruded or coextruded. 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 of more than 0.00001 inches thick. Imports of PET film 
are 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

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purposes. The written description of the scope of the order is 
dispositive.

Methodology

    The Department has conducted this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For each 
of the subsidy programs found countervailable, we preliminarily 
determine that there is a subsidy, i.e., a government-provided 
financial contribution that gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, 
and that the subsidy is specific.\1\ For a full description of the 
methodology underlying our conclusions, see the Memorandum from 
Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Operations to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for 
Import Administration, titled Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of Countervailing Duty (CVD) Administrative Review: 
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet and Strip from India 
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum), dated concurrently with these 
results and hereby adopted by this notice.
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    \1\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding 
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding 
benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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    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). 
IA ACCESS is available to registered users at http://iaaccess.trade.gov 
and 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 Results of Review

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine a net 
countervailable subsidy rate of 2.84 percent ad valorem for SRF, for 
the period January 1, 2011, through December 31, 2011.

Assessment and Cash Deposit Requirements

    If these preliminary results are adopted in our final results of 
this review, 15 days after publication of the final results of this 
review the Department intends to instruct U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) to liquidate shipments of subject merchandise produced 
and/or exported by SRF entered or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption from January 1, 2011, through December 31, 2011, at 2.84 
percent ad valorem of the entered value.
    The Department intends also to instruct CBP to collect cash 
deposits of estimated CVDs at the rate of 2.84 percent ad valorem of 
the entered value on shipments of the subject merchandise produced and 
exported by SRF, entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption 
on or after the date of publication of the final results of this 
review. We intend to instruct CBP to continue to collect cash deposits 
for non-reviewed companies at the applicable company-specific CVD rate 
for the most recent period or all-others rate established in the 
investigation. These deposit rates, when imposed, shall remain in 
effect until further notice.

Disclosure and Public Hearing

    The Department will disclose to parties to this proceeding the 
calculations performed in reaching the preliminary results within five 
days of the date of publication of these preliminary results.\2\ 
Interested parties may submit written comments (case briefs) within 30 
days of publication of the preliminary results and rebuttal comments 
(rebuttal briefs) within five days after the time limit for filing case 
briefs.\3\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(d)(2), rebuttal briefs must be 
limited to issues raised in the case briefs. Parties who submit 
arguments are requested to submit with the argument: (1) A statement of 
the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of 
authorities. All briefs must be filed electronically and received 
successfully through IA ACCESS.
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    \2\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \3\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and 351.309(d)(1).
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    Interested parties who wish to request a hearing, or to participate 
if one is requested, must do so within 30 days of publication of these 
preliminary results by submitting a written request to the Assistant 
Secretary for Import Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, using 
Import Administration's IA ACCESS system.\4\ Requests should contain 
the party's name, address, and telephone number, the number of 
participants, and a list of the issues to be discussed. If a request 
for a hearing is made, we will inform parties of the scheduled date for 
the hearing which will be held at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, at a time and 
location to be determined.\5\ Parties should confirm by telephone the 
date, time, and location of the hearing.
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    \4\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.310.
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    Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Act, the Department will issue the final results of this 
administrative review, including the results of our analysis of the 
issues raised by the parties in their comments, within 120 days after 
issuance of these preliminary results.
    These preliminary results of review are issued and published in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(4).

     Dated: July 31, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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