[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 12, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17631-17633]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-07364]


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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; 
2014-2015

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

SUMMARY: On December 9, 2016, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published the preliminary results of administrative review 
of the antidumping duty order on polyethylene terephthalate film, 
sheet, and strip (PET Film) from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This 
review

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covers one producer/exporter of subject merchandise, JBF RAK LLC (JBF). 
Based on our analysis of the comments and information received, we made 
changes to the preliminary results, which are discussed below. The 
final weighted-average dumping margin is listed below in the section 
entitled ``Final Results of Review.''

DATES: Effective April 12, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Huston, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4261.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 9, 2016, the Department published the Preliminary 
Results.\1\ On January 9, 2017, the Department received a timely-filed 
case brief from JBF.\2\ No other party filed a case or rebuttal brief.
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    \1\ See Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from 
the United Arab Emirates: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2014-2015, 81 FR 89061 (December 9, 2016) 
(Preliminary Results).
    \2\ See ``Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Film, Sheet and Strip 
from the United Arab Emirates (A-520-803); Case Brief of JBF RAK, 
LLC,'' dated January 9, 2017.
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Period of Review

    The period of review is November 1, 2014, through October 31, 2015.

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.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the sole case brief filed in this review are 
addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\3\ A list of the 
issues addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is appended to 
this notice. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document 
and is available electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Services 
System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at http://access.trade.gov, and it is available to all parties in the Central 
Records Unit of the main Commerce Building, room B-8024. In addition, a 
complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum is also 
accessible on the internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed Issues and Decision Memorandum and the 
electronic versions of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical 
in content.
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    \3\ See Memorandum to Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, from Gary Taverman, 
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD 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,'' (Issues and 
Decision Memorandum), dated concurrently with and herby adopted by 
this notice.
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Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of the comments received, we made changes to 
our margin calculations for JBF. A complete discussion of these changes 
can be found in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Final Results of the Administrative Review

    As a result of this review, we determine that the following 
weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period of November 1, 
2014, through October 31, 2015:

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                                                       Weighted-average
                                                        dumping margin
                Producer or Exporter                      (percent ad
                                                           valorem)
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JBF RAK LLC.........................................               7.91
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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.\4\ 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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    \4\ 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, 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.\5\ We will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties 
on all appropriate entries covered by this review.
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    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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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 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 JBF, the cash deposit rate will be equal 
to the weighted-average dumping margin listed above in the section 
``Final Results of the Administrative 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.\6\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \6\ See 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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Disclosure

    We will disclose to interested parties the calculations performed 
in connection with these final results within five days of the 
publication of

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this notice, consistent with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Notification to Importers

    This notice 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 POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order

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

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 6, 2017.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--Issues in the Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Home Market Invoice Dates
    Comment 2: Home Market Commissions
IV. Recommendation

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