[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 143 (Friday, July 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43395-43396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-17495]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-905]


Certain Polyester Staple Fiber From the People's Republic of 
China: Preliminary Results of the 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 certain 
polyester staple fiber from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). 
The period of review (``POR'') is June 1, 2012, through May 31, 2013. 
The Department preliminarily determines that Takayasu Industrial 
(Jiangyin) Co., Ltd. (``Takayasu'') did not sell subject merchandise in 
the United States at prices below normal value (``NV'') during the POR 
June 1, 2012, through May 31, 2013. If these preliminary results are 
adopted in our final results of review, we will instruct U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection (``CBP'') to liquidate the appropriate entries 
without regard to antidumping duties. Interested parties are invited to 
comment on these preliminary results.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Hampton, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0116.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order is certain polyester staple 
fiber.\1\ The product is currently classified under the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS'') numbers 5503.20.0045 
and 5503.20.0065. Although the HTSUS numbers are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the scope 
of the order remains dispositive.
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    \1\ See Decision Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance, entitled ``Preliminary Results and Rescission in Part of 
2011-2012 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain Polyester 
Staple Fiber from the People's Republic of China'' (Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum) issued concurrently with this notice for a 
complete description of the Scope of the Order.
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Methodology

    The Department conducted this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''). For a 
full description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of the topics included in the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as an appendix to this 
notice. 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''). IA ACCESS is available to registered users at http://iaaccess.trade.gov, and it is available to all parties in the Central 
Records Unit (``CRU''), 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/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum 
and the electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are 
identical in content.

Preliminary Results of Review

    The Department preliminarily determines that the following 
weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period June 1, 2012, 
through May 31, 2013:

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                                                             Weighted-
                                                              average
                        Exporter                          dumping margin
                                                                (%)
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Takayasu Industrial (Jiangyin) Co., Ltd.................            0.00
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Disclosure, Public Comment & Opportunity To Request a Hearing

    The Department will disclose the calculations used in our analysis 
to parties in this review 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 no 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.\2\ 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.\3\ Case and rebuttal briefs should be filed using IA 
ACCESS.\4\ An electronically filed document must be received 
successfully in its entirety by 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.
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    \2\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \3\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    \4\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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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. 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.
    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

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after the date of publication of this notice, pursuant to section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results, the Department will determine, 
and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries 
covered by this review.\5\ The Department intends to issue assessment 
instructions to CBP 15 days after the publication date of the final 
results of this review.
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    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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    For any individually examined respondent whose weighted-average 
dumping margin is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 
percent), we will calculate importer-specific ad valorem antidumping 
duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping 
calculated for the importer's examined sales to the total entered value 
of those same sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).\6\ We will 
instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries 
covered by this review when the importer-specific assessment rate 
calculated in the final results of this review is not zero or de 
minimis. Where either the respondent's weighted-average dumping margin 
is zero or de minimis, or an importer-specific assessment rate is zero 
or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate 
entries without regard to antidumping duties.
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    \6\ In these final results, 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 the PRC-wide entity, we will instruct CBP to assess antidumping 
duties at an ad valorem rate as appropriate.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this administrative review for 
shipments of the subject merchandise from the PRC entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the 
final results, as provided by sections 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For 
Takayasu, which at the outset of this review was not eligible for a 
separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be that established in the 
final results of this review (except, if the rate is de minimis, where 
the cash deposit rate will be zero); (2) For previously investigated or 
reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters not listed above that received a 
separate rate in a prior completed segment of this proceeding, the cash 
deposit rate will continue to be the existing exporter-specific cash 
deposit rate published for the most recently completed period; (3) for 
all PRC exporters of subject merchandise that have not been found to be 
entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate for 
the PRC-wide entity, 44.30 percent; \7\ and (4) for all non-PRC 
exporters of subject merchandise which have not received their own 
rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the PRC 
exporter that supplied that non-PRC exporter. These deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.
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    \7\ See Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 
Partial Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances: Certain 
Polyester Staple Fiber from the People's Republic of China, 72 FR 
19690, 19693 (April 19, 2007).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice also 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 Department'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: July 16, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

    List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum:
1. Summary
    a. Case History
    b. Scope of the Order
2. Discussion of the Methodology
    a. Non-Market Economy Status
    b. Separate Rates
    c. Surrogate Country
    d. Date of Sale
    e. Fair Value Comparisons
    i. Determination of Comparison Method
    ii. Results of the Differential Pricing Analysis
    f. U.S. Price
    i. Export Price
    ii. Value Added Tax
    g. Normal Value
    h. Factor Valuations
    i. Currency Conversion
3. Recommendation

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