[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 129 (Monday, July 7, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38278-38280]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-15766]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-861, A-580-850, A-570-879]


Polyvinyl Alcohol From Japan, the Republic of Korea, and the 
People's Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited Sunset 
Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders

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

SUMMARY: On June 5, 2008, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated sunset reviews of the antidumping duty orders on polyvinyl 
alcohol (PVA) from Japan, the Republic of Korea (Korea), and the 
People's Republic of China (PRC)

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pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act). The Department has conducted expedited (120-day) sunset reviews 
for these orders pursuant to 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2). As a 
result of these sunset reviews, the Department finds that revocation of 
the antidumping duty orders would be likely to lead to continuation or 
recurrence of dumping as indicated in the ``Final Results of Review'' 
section of this notice.\1\
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    \1\ See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Reviews, 79 FR 
11762 (Mar. 3, 2014) (Notice of Initiation).

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DATES:  Effective Date: July 7, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Alice Maldonado at (202) 482-4682, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street & 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 3, 2014, the Department published the notice of initiation 
of the sunset reviews of the antidumping duty orders on PVA from Japan, 
Korea, and the PRC pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act.\2\
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    \2\ Id.
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    The Department received notices of intent to participate from E.I. 
du Pont de Nemours and Company and Sekisui Specialty Chemical America, 
LLC (collectively, ``the domestic interested parties'') within the 
deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i). The companies claimed 
interested party status under section 771(9)(C) of the Act as 
manufacturers of a domestic like product in the United States.
    The Department received complete substantive responses to the 
notice of initiation from the domestic interested parties within the 
30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i). We received no 
substantive responses from respondent interested parties with respect 
to any of the orders covered by these sunset reviews, nor was a hearing 
requested. As a result, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), the Department conducted expedited 
(120-day) sunset reviews of the antidumping duty orders for Japan, 
Korea, and the PRC.

Scope of the Orders

    The merchandise covered by these orders is PVA. This product 
consists of all PVA hydrolyzed in excess of 80 percent, whether or not 
mixed or diluted with commercial levels of defoamer or boric acid, 
except as noted below.
    The following products are specifically excluded from the scope of 
these orders:
    (1) PVA in fiber form.
    (2) PVA with hydrolysis less than 83 mole percent and certified not 
for use in the production of textiles.
    (3) PVA with hydrolysis greater than 85 percent and viscosity 
greater than or equal to 90 cps.
    (4) PVA with a hydrolysis greater than 85 percent, viscosity 
greater than or equal to 80 cps but less than 90 cps, certified for use 
in an ink jet application.
    (5) PVA for use in the manufacture of an excipient or as an 
excipient in the manufacture of film coating systems which are 
components of a drug or dietary supplement, and accompanied by an end-
use certification.
    (6) PVA covalently bonded with cationic monomer uniformly present 
on all polymer chains in a concentration equal to or greater than one 
mole percent.
    (7) PVA covalently bonded with carboxylic acid uniformly present on 
all polymer chains in a concentration equal to or greater than two mole 
percent, certified for use in a paper application.
    (8) PVA covalently bonded with thiol uniformly present on all 
polymer chains, certified for use in emulsion polymerization of non-
vinyl acetic material.
    (9) PVA covalently bonded with paraffin uniformly present on all 
polymer chains in a concentration equal to or greater than one mole 
percent.
    (10) PVA covalently bonded with silan uniformly present on all 
polymer chains certified for use in paper coating applications.
    (11) PVA covalently bonded with sulfonic acid uniformly present on 
all polymer chains in a concentration level equal to or greater than 
one mole percent.
    (12) PVA covalently bonded with acetoacetylate uniformly present on 
all polymer chains in a concentration level equal to or greater than 
one mole percent.
    (13) PVA covalently bonded with polyethylene oxide uniformly 
present on all polymer chains in a concentration level equal to or 
greater than one mole percent.
    (14) PVA covalently bonded with quaternary amine uniformly present 
on all polymer chains in a concentration level equal to or greater than 
one mole percent.
    (15) PVA covalently bonded with diacetoneacrylamide uniformly 
present on all polymer chains in a concentration level greater than 
three mole percent, certified for use in a paper application.
    The merchandise subject to these orders is currently classifiable 
under subheading 3905.30.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the scope 
of these orders is dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in these reviews are addressed in the ``Decision 
Memorandum for the Expedited Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty 
Orders on Polyvinyl Alcohol from Japan, the Republic of Korea, and the 
People's Republic of China'' from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Ronald 
Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance 
(June 30, 2014) (Decision Memo), which is hereby adopted by this 
notice. The issues discussed in the Decision Memo include the 
likelihood of continuation or recurrence of dumping and the magnitude 
of the margins of dumping likely to prevail if the orders were revoked. 
The Decision Memo is a public document and is on file electronically 
via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Centralized Electronic Service System (IA ACCESS). 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 Decision Memo can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed and electronic 
versions of the Decision Memo are identical in content.

Final Results of Reviews

    The Department determines that revocation of the antidumping duty 
orders on PVA from Japan, Korea, and the PRC would be likely to lead to 
continuation or recurrence of dumping, and that the margins of dumping 
likely to prevail are the following rates:

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                                                                 Rate
                   Exporters or producers                     (percent)
 
Japan:
    Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha....................       144.16
    Japan VAM & POVAL Co., Ltd.............................       144.16
    Kuraray Co., Ltd.......................................       144.16
    The Nippon Synthetic Chemical Industry Co., Ltd........       144.16
    All-Others Rate........................................        76.78
Korea:
    DC Chemical Company, Ltd...............................        38.74
    All-Others Rate........................................        32.08
PRC:
    Sinopec Sichuan Vinylon Works..........................         3.45
    PRC-Wide Entity........................................        97.86
 

Notifications to Interested Parties

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the destruction of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a). Timely notification of the 
destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective 
orders is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and 
terms of an APO is a violation which is subject to sanction.
    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.221(c)(5)(ii).

    Dated: June 30, 2014.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-15766 Filed 7-3-14; 8:45 am]
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