[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 40 (Friday, February 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11412-11413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-04436]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-533-825]


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

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, formerly Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: On August 7, 2013, the Department published the preliminary 
results of the administrative review of the countervailing duty order 
on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip (PET film) from 
India.\1\ The period of review (POR) is January 1, 2011, through 
December 31, 2011. Based on the analysis of the comment received, the 
Department has made a change to the subsidy rate determined for SRF 
Limited (SRF). The final subsidy rate is listed in the ``Final Results 
of Review'' section below.
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    \1\ See Polyethylene Film, Sheet and Strip From India: 
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 
2011, 78 FR 48147 (August 7, 2013) (Preliminary Results).

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DATES: Effective Date: February 28, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elfi Blum, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
VII, Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-0197.

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

Analysis of Comments Received

    The issue raised by SRF in its case brief is addressed in the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum.\2\ The issue is identified in the 
Appendix to this notice. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public 
document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance'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 in the Central Records Unit, 
room 7046 of the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a 
complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed 
directly on the Internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The 
signed Issues and Decision Memorandum and electronic versions of the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
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    \2\ See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to 
Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, 
``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review: Polyethylene 
Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip (PET film) from India; 2011,'' 
dated concurrently with this notice and herein incorporated by 
reference (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on the comment received from SRF, we made a change to the 
Department's U.S. dollar-denominated short-term benchmark calculations 
from the Preliminary Results. For a discussion of the issue, see the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Final Results of Administrative Review

    In accordance with section 777A(e)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5), we calculated an individual 
ad valorem subsidy rate for SRF, for the POR for this administrative 
review.

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                                                           Subsidy rate
                  Manufacturer/exporter                      (percent)
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SRF Limited.............................................            2.64
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Assessment and Cash Deposit Requirements

    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 2.64 
percent ad valorem of the entered value, 15 days after publication of 
the final results of this review.
    The Department intends also to instruct CBP to collect cash 
deposits of estimated countervailing duties at the rate of 2.64 percent 
ad valorem of the entered value on shipments of the subject merchandise 
produced and

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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 
countervailing duty 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.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which 
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of 
proceeding. Timely written notification of the return/destruction of 
APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby 
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO 
is a violation which is subject to sanction.
    These final results are issued and published in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: February 21, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

Comment: The Department Miscalculated The Short-Term Benchmark 
Interest Rate.

[FR Doc. 2014-04436 Filed 2-27-14; 8:45 am]
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