[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 4, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12153-12154]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-04748]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-824, A-583-837]


Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet and Strip From India and 
Taiwan: Final Results of the Second Sunset Review of the Antidumping 
Duty Orders and Correction to the Preliminary Results

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

DATES: Effective Date: March 4, 2014.

SUMMARY: As a result of these sunset reviews, the Department of 
Commerce (the Department) finds that the revocation of the antidumping 
orders on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip from India 
and Taiwan would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of 
dumping. The magnitudes of the dumping margins likely to prevail are 
indicated in the ``Final Results of Sunset Reviews'' section of this 
notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacqueline Arrowsmith or Myrna Lobo, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone 
(202) 482-5255 or (202) 482-2371.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 8, 2013, the Department 
published the Preliminary Results.\1\ Although the Department initially 
initiated expedited sunset reviews of these orders, the Department 
subsequently determined to conduct full sunset reviews in order to 
provide parties with the opportunity to comment regarding the 
implementation of the Final Modification for Reviews in these 
reviews.\2\ The Department extended the deadline for completing these 
reviews pursuant to section 751(c)(5)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act).\3\ We invited interested parties to comment on the 
Preliminary Results. Petitioners filed a statement expressing their 
agreement with the Department's Preliminary Results.\4\ No other party 
submitted a statement or comments concerning the Preliminary Results.
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    \1\ Id.
    \2\ See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, from 
Mark Hoadley, Acting Director, Office 6, ``Sunset Reviews of the 
Antidumping Duty Orders on Polyethylene Terephthalate Film from 
India and Taiwan: Adequacy Redetermination,'' dated July 22, 2013; 
see also Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Duty Proceedings; Final Modification for Reviews, 77 FR 8101 
(February 14, 2012) (Final Modification for Reviews).
    \3\ See Polyethylene Terephthalate Film from India and Taiwan: 
Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary and Final Results of the 
Second Antidumping Duty Sunset Reviews, 78 FR 45512 (July 29, 2013).
    \4\ See Comments from DuPont Teijin Films, Mitsubishi Polyester, 
Inc., and SKC, Inc. to the Department of Commerce, dated December 
30, 2013.
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Scope of the Orders

India and Taiwan

    The products covered by these orders are all gauges of raw, 
pretreated, or primed PET Film, whether extruded or coextruded. 
Excluded from 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. HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes. The

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written description of the scope of these orders is dispositive. Since 
these orders were published, there was one scope determination for PET 
film from India, dated August 25, 2003. In this determination, 
requested by International Packaging Films Inc., the Department 
determined that tracing and drafting film is outside of the scope of 
the order on PET film from India.\5\
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    \5\ See Notice of Scope Rulings, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005).
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Final Results of the Sunset Reviews

    For the reasons expressed in the Preliminary Results, pursuant to 
section 751(C) of the Act, the Department determines that revocation of 
the antidumping orders on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and 
strip from India and Taiwan would likely lead to a continuation or 
recurrence of dumping at the rates listed below:

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                                                                 Rate
                    Producer or exporter                      (percent)
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INDIA:
  Ester Industries, Limited................................        24.10
  Polyplex Corporation Limited.............................         3.02
  All Others...............................................    \6\ 13.17
TAIWAN:
  Nan Ya Plastics Corporation, Ltd.........................         8.99
  Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corporation....................         0.75
  All Others...............................................         4.37
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Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (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 
these proceedings. 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 
terms of an APO is a violation which is subject to sanction.
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    \6\ The applicable ``all others'' rate for the preliminary 
results of this sunset review for India was incorrectly stated as 
16.96 percent in the Preliminary Results. See Preliminary Results, 
78 FR at 67114. However, it was accurately stated as 13.17 percent 
in the accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum. Id., and the 
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at ``Magnitude of the 
Margin Likely to Prevail.''
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    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(c), 752, and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: February 25, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-04748 Filed 3-3-14; 8:45 am]
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