[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 83 (Wednesday, April 30, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24401-24403]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-09891]


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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; 
2011-2012

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On December 24, 2013, 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 producer 
or exporters of subject merchandise: JBF RAK LLC (JBF) and FLEX Middle 
East FZE (FLEX). Based on our analysis of the comments received, we 
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; 2011-2012, 78 FR 77649 (December 24, 2013) 
(Preliminary Results).

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DATES: April 30, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Huston, 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-
4261.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    Since the Preliminary Results, the following events have taken 
place: The Department received timely case briefs from Mitsubishi 
Polyester Film, Inc., and SKC, Inc., (collectively, Petitioners) and 
JBF on January 23, 2014. Petitioners filed a timely rebuttal brief with 
the Department on January 28, 2014.

Period of Review

    The period of review is November 1, 2011, through October 31, 2012.

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.

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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised by parties in the case and rebuttal briefs are 
addressed in the Memorandum to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, 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 Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Services System (IA ACCESS). 
IA ACCESS is available to registered users at http://iaacess.trade.gov, 
and it is available to all parties 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://enforcement.trade.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 made adjustments 
to our margin calculations for FLEX. Specifically, in response to 
allegations raised by Petitioners, we made changes to correct certain 
errors in FLEX's margin calculation.\2\ There have been no changes to 
the margin calculation for JBF.
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    \2\ See Memorandum to Mark Hoadley, ``Final Analysis Memorandum 
for Flex Middle East FZE,'' April 23, 2014.
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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 of November 1, 
2011, through October 31, 2012:

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                                                             Weighted
                                                              average
                                                              dumping
                  Producer or Exporter                        margin
                                                            (percent ad
                                                             valorem)
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JBF RAK LLC.............................................            1.41
FLEX Middle East FZE....................................           15.92
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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.\3\ 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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    \3\ 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 for JBF and FLEX, we calculated importer-
specific, ad valorem assessment rates based on the ratio of the total 
amount of dumping calculated for the examined sales to the total 
entered value of those same sales.\4\ However, where the respondent did 
not report the entered value for its sales, we calculated importer-
specific, per-unit assessment rates by aggregating the total amount of 
dumping 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 
the importer-specific assessment rate calculated in the final results 
of this review is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 
percent). Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we will instruct CBP to 
liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties, all entries for which 
the assessment rate is zero or de minimis.
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    \4\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on 
May 6, 2003.\5\ 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 such entries at the all-
others rate of 4.05 percent from the less-than-fair-value investigation 
if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the 
transaction.\6\
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    \5\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
    \6\ 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 equal to the weighted-average dumping margin 
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 previously completed segment of this 
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-
specific rate published in the final results for the most recent period 
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, then the cash deposit rate will be 
that established for the producer of the merchandise in these final 
results of review or in the final results for the most recent period in 
which that producer participated; and (4) if neither the exporter nor 
the producer is a firm covered in this review or in any previously 
completed segment of this proceeding, then the cash deposit rate will 
be 4.05 percent, the all-others rate established in the less than fair 
value investigation.\7\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, 
shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \7\ See id.
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Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

    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), which 
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of 
the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return or 
destruction of APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective 
order, is hereby

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requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and the terms of an 
APO is a sanctionable violation.

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 which will result in the 
subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    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 and 19 
CFR 351.213(h).

    Dated: April 23, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--Issues in the Decision Memorandum

Comment 1: Correction of Certain Errors in FLEX's SAS Program
Comment 2: Consideration of an Alternative Comparison Method in 
Administrative Reviews
Comment 3: Differential Pricing Analysis
Comment 4: Alleged Error in Department's SAS Programming
Comment 5: Grade A and Grade B Sales
Comment 6: 15-Day Liquidation Policy

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