[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 114 (Friday, June 13, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33906-33907]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-13892]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-833]


Polyester Staple Fiber From Taiwan: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on polyester staple 
fiber (PSF) from Taiwan. The period of review (POR) is May 1, 2012, 
through April 30, 2013. The review covers two producers/exporters of 
the subject merchandise, Far Eastern New Century Corporation (FENC) and 
Nan Ya Plastics Corporation (Nan Ya). We preliminarily find that FENC 
has not sold subject merchandise at less than normal value and that Nan 
Ya had no shipments during the POR. Interested parties are invited to 
comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Effective Date: June 13, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerrold Freeman or Minoo Hatten, AD/
CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0180, and (202) 482-1690, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order is PSF. The PSF subject to the 
order is currently classifiable under subheadings 5503.20.00.40, 
5503.20.00.45, 5503.20.00.60, and 5503.20.00.65 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). The HTSUS subheadings are 
provided for convenience and customs purposes.\1\ The written 
description is dispositive.
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    \1\ A full description of the scope of the order is contained in 
the memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, ``Decision 
Memorandum for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review: Polyester Staple Fiber from Taiwan'' dated 
concurrently with this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum), 
which is hereby adopted by this notice.
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    The Preliminary 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 it is available to all parties 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://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. A list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum is attached as an Appendix to this notice. The 
signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the electronic versions of 
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Preliminary Determination of No Shipments

    Nan Ya reported that it did not sell or export subject merchandise 
to the United States during the POR.\2\ Based on record evidence, we 
preliminarily find that Nan Ya had no shipments during the POR.
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    \2\ See letter from Nan Ya to the Department, ``Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review on Polyester Staple Fiber from Taiwan for the 
period from May 1, 2012 to April 30, 2013'' (August 8, 2013).
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Methodology

    The Department conducted this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Export price 
is calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. Normal value 
is calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act. For a full 
description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, see 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Preliminary Results of Review

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine that a 
weighted-average dumping margin of 0.00 percent exists for FENC for the 
period May 1, 2012, through April 30, 2013.

Disclosure and Public Comment

    We intend to disclose the calculations performed to parties in this 
proceeding within five days of the date of publication of this notice 
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), 
interested parties may submit cases briefs not later than 30 days after 
the date of publication of this notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to 
issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed not later than five days 
after the date for filing case briefs.\3\ Parties who submit case 
briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged to submit 
with each argument: (1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary 
of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities.\4\
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    \3\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \4\ Id., and 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing, or to participate if one is requested, must submit a 
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance, filed electronically via IA ACCESS. An electronically filed 
document must be received successfully in its entirety by

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the Department's electronic records system, IA ACCESS, by 5 p.m. 
Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of publication of this 
notice.\5\ Requests should contain: (1) The party's name, address and 
telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of 
issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to 
those raised in the respective case briefs.
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    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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    The Department intends to issue the final results of this 
administrative review, including the results of its analysis of the 
issues raised in any written briefs, not later than 120 days after the 
date of publication of this notice, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Act.

Assessment Rates

    Upon completion of the administrative review, the Department shall 
determine and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. If FENC's weighted-
average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis in the final results 
of this review, we will calculate importer-specific assessment rates on 
the basis of the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for an 
importer's examined sales and the total entered value of such sales in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). If FENC's weighted-average 
dumping margin is zero or de minimis in the final results of review, we 
will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard 
to antidumping duties in accordance with the Final Modification for 
Reviews, i.e., ``{w{time} here the weighted-average margin of dumping 
for the exporter is determined to be zero or de minimis, no antidumping 
duties will be assessed.'' \6\ If an importer-specific assessment rate 
is zero or de minimis, then the Department will instruct CBP to 
liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties 
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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    \6\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102 (February 14, 
2012) (Final Modification for Reviews).
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    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on 
May 6, 2003.\7\ This clarification will apply to entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR produced by FENC 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 all-others 
rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in 
the transaction.
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    \7\ For a full discussion of this clarification, see Antidumping 
and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping 
Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003) (Assessment Policy Notice).
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    Consistent with the Assessment Policy Notice, if we continue to 
find that Nan Ya had no shipments of subject merchandise to the United 
States in the final results of this review, we intend to instruct CBP 
to liquidate any existing entries of merchandise produced by Nan Ya and 
exported by other parties at the all-others rate if there is no rate 
for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.
    We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of 
the final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the notice of final results of administrative review for 
all shipments of PSF 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 FENC will 
be equal to 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 
recent period for which there is a completed segment of this 
proceeding; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a 
prior review, or the original investigation but the manufacturer is, 
the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent 
period for which there is a completed segment for the manufacturer of 
the merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers 
or exporters will continue to be 7.31 percent.\8\ These cash deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.
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    \8\ The all-others rate established in the Notice of Amended 
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain 
Polyester Staple Fiber From the Republic of Korea and Antidumping 
Duty Orders: Certain Polyester Staple Fiber From the Republic of 
Korea and Taiwan, 65 FR 33807 (May 25, 2000).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a preliminary 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 Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: June 9, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

A. Summary
B. Background
C. Scope of the Order
D. Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
E. Discussion of the Methodology
    1. Fair Value Comparisons
    2. Product Comparisons
    3. Determination of Comparison Method
    4. Results of the Differential Pricing Analysis
    5. Date of Sale
    6. Export Price
    7. Normal Value
    a. Home Market Viability as Comparison Market
    b. Level of Trade
    c. Cost of Production
    (1) Calculation of Cost of Production
    (2) Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices
    (3) Results of the Cost of Production Test
    d. Calculation of Normal Value Based on Comparison Market Prices
    8. Currency Conversion
F. Recommendation

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