[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 155 (Wednesday, August 12, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48293-48295]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-19359]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-924]


Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip From the 
People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping 
Administrative Review; 2013-2014

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on polyethylene 
terephthalate film, sheet, and strip (``PET film'') from the People's 
Republic of China (``PRC'') for the period of review (``POR'') November 
1, 2013, through October 31, 2014. This review covers four PRC 
companies.\1\ The Department is rescinding the review with respect to 
Fuwei Films (Shandong) Co., Ltd. (``Fuwei Films''), Sichuan Dongfang 
Insulating Material Co., Ltd. (``Dongfang''), and Tianjin Wanhua Co., 
Ltd. (``Wanhua''). Further, the Department preliminarily finds that 
Shaoxing Xiangyu Green Packing Co., Ltd. (``Green Packing'') is part of 
the PRC-wide entity.
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 79 FR 76956 (December 23, 2014).

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DATES: Effective Date: August 12, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Hill, Office IV, Enforcement 
& Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-3518.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the order are all gauges of raw, pre-
treated, or primed PET film, whether extruded or co-extruded.\2\ PET 
film is classifiable under subheading 3920.62.00.90 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS''). Although the HTSUS 
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, our

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written description of the scope of the order is dispositive.
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    \2\ For a complete description of the scope of the order, see 
``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of 2013-2014 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Polyethylene Terephthalate 
Film, Sheet, and Strip from the People's Republic of China,'' from 
Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Operations to Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, dated 
concurrently with this notice (``Preliminary Decision Memorandum'').
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Partial Rescission

    On December 1, 2014, Green Packing requested administrative review 
of subject merchandise exported by itself, and Mitsubishi Polyester 
Film, Inc. and SKC, Inc. (collectively ``Petitioners'') requested an 
administrative review of subject merchandise exported by Dongfang, 
Fuwei Films, Green Packing, and Wanhua. Subsequently, on March 23, 
2015, Petitioners timely withdrew their request for an administrative 
review of each company. No other parties requested a review with 
respect to Dongfang, Fuwei Films, and Wanhua. Therefore, the 
Department, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), is rescinding this 
administrative review with respect to each company. However, as Green 
Packing requested administrative review of itself and did not withdraw 
its request, the Department is continuing its review of Green Packing's 
exports of subject merchandise during the POR.

Methodology

    The Department is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''). For a 
full description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, see 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum. This memorandum is a public document 
and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service 
System (``ACCESS''). ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov/login.aspx and in the Central Records Unit, room 
B8024 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/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the 
electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are 
identical in content.

Preliminary Results of Review

    The Department's change in policy regarding conditional review of 
the PRC-wide entity applies to this administrative review.\3\ Because 
Green Packing failed to establish that it is entitled to a separate 
rate for the POR, we are treating Green Packing as part of the PRC-wide 
entity.\4\ The rate previously established for the PRC-wide entity in 
this proceeding is 76.72 percent.\5\
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    \3\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in 
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty 
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity 
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013). 
Under this policy, the PRC-wide entity will not be under review 
unless a party specifically requests, or the Department self-
initiates, a review of the entity. Because no party requested a 
review of the PRC-wide entity in this review, the entity's rate is 
not subject to change.
    \4\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
    \5\ See Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from 
the People's Republic of China: Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value, 73 FR 55039, 55041 (September 24, 2008).
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    Interested parties may submit case briefs and/or written comments, 
filed electronically using ACCESS, within 30 days of the date of 
publication of these preliminary results of review.\6\ Rebuttal briefs, 
limited to issues raised in the case briefs, will be due five days 
after the due date for case briefs.\7\ Parties who submit case or 
rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are requested to submit with each 
argument a statement of the issue, a summary of the argument not to 
exceed five pages, and a table of authorities.\8\
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    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c).
    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c).
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    Further, interested parties who wish to request a hearing must 
submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, within 30 days after the 
publication of this notice.\9\ Electronically filed case briefs/written 
comments and hearing requests must be received successfully in their 
entirety by the Department's electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5:00 
p.m. Eastern Time, within 30 days after the date of publication of this 
notice.\10\ Hearing 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 issues raised in the respective case briefs. If a 
request for a hearing is made, parties will be notified of the time and 
date of the hearing which will be held at the U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington DC 20230. 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, unless extended, pursuant to section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
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    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \10\ Id.
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Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results, the Department will determine, 
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') shall assess, 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this 
review.\11\ The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to 
CBP 15 days after the publication date of the final results of this 
review. The Department intends to instruct CBP to liquidate entries of 
subject merchandise from the PRC-wide entity, including entries of 
subject merchandise from Green Packing, at 76.72 percent (the PRC-wide 
rate).\12\
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    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \12\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Non-Market 
Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 
76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this administrative review for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the 
final results of review, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the 
Act: (1) For the exporters listed above which have a separate rate, the 
cash deposit rate will be the rate established in the final results of 
this review (except, if the rate is zero or de minimis, then a cash 
deposit rate of zero will be established for that company); (2) for 
previously investigated or reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters not 
listed above that have separate rates, the cash deposit rate will 
continue to be the exporter-specific rate published for the most 
recently completed segment of this proceeding; (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, 76.72 percent; 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(s) that 
supplied that non-PRC exporter. These deposit requirements, when 
imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice. These deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.

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

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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.
    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213 and 
351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: July 30, 2015.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Results Decision Memorandum

Summary
Background
Partial Rescission
Scope of the Order
Discussion of the Methodology
    Non-Market Economy Status
    PRC-Wide Entity
Recommendation

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