[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 179 (Monday, September 18, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43525-43526]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-19772]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-861]


Certain Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin From India: Rescission 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2015/2017

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is rescinding the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain 
polyethylene terephthalate resin from India, based on the timely 
withdrawal of request for review. The period of review (POR) is October 
15, 2015, through April 30, 2017.

DATES: Applicable September 18, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael J. Heaney, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4475.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 1, 2017, the Department published in the Federal Register a 
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order \1\ of certain polyethylene terephthalate resin 
from India for the POR October 15, 2015, through April 30, 2017.\2\ On 
May 31, 2017, the Department received a timely request for an 
administrative review from Ester Industries Ltd. (Ester), in accordance 
with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 
and 19 CFR 351.213(b).\3\ No other parties requested an administrative 
review. Pursuant to Ester's review request and in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), on July 6, 2017, the Department published in the 
Federal Register a notice of initiation of an administrative review 
covering Ester.\4\ However, on July 17, 2017, Ester withdrew its 
request for an administrative review.\5\
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    \1\ See Certain Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin from Canada, 
the People's Republic of China, India, and the Sultanate of Oman: 
Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Determination (Sultanate of 
Oman) and Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 27979 (May 6, 2016).
    \2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 82 FR 20315 (May 1, 2017).
    \3\ See Ester letter to Secretary of Commerce, ``Ester 
Industries Ltd: Request for Administrative Review of Anti-Dumping 
Duty Administrative Review,'' dated May 31, 2017.
    \4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 82 FR 31292 (July 6, 2017).
    \5\ See Ester letter to Secretary of Commerce, ``Polyethylene 
Terephthalate Resin from India: Withdrawal Request for Review--Ester 
Industries Ltd,'' dated July 17, 2017.
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Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Department will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the party, or parties, 
that requested a review withdraws the requests within 90 days of the 
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. As 
noted above, Ester withdrew its request for review by the 90-day 
deadline, and no other party requested an administrative review of this 
order. Therefore, in response to the timely withdrawal of the request 
for review, and in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Department 
is rescinding this review.

Assessment

    The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. 
Antidumping duties shall be assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit 
of estimated antidumping duties required at the time of entry, or 
withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(c)(1)(i). The Department intends to issue appraisement 
instructions to CBP 15 days after the publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register.

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 double antidumping duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely 
written notification of the return or destruction of APO materials, or 
conversion to judicial protective order, is hereby requested. Failure 
to comply

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with the regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
    This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: September 12, 2017.
James Maeder,
Senior Director performing the duties of Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations.
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