[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 140 (Friday, July 20, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34545-34548]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-15567]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-060, A-533-875, A-580-893, A-583-860]
Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber From the People's Republic of
China, India, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan: Antidumping Duty
Orders
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) and the International Trade Commission (ITC),
Commerce is issuing antidumping duty orders on fine denier polyester
staple fiber (fine denier PSF) from the People's Republic of China
(China), India, the Republic of Korea (Korea), and Taiwan.
DATES: Applicable July 20, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edythe Artman at (202) 482-3931
(China), Patrick O'Connor at (202) 482-0989 (India), Karine Gziryan at
(202) 482-4081 (Korea), Lilit Astvatsatrian at (202) 482-6412 (Taiwan),
AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In accordance with sections 735(a), 735(d), and 777(i)(1) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.210(c), on May
30, 2018, Commerce published its affirmative final determinations in
the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of fine denier PSF from
China, India, Korea and Taiwan.\1\ On July 13, 2018, the ITC notified
Commerce of its affirmative final determinations that an industry in
the United States is materially injured within the meaning of section
735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, by reason of LTFV imports of fine denier
PSF from China, India, Korea, and Taiwan.\2\
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\1\ See Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber from the People's
Republic of China: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value, 83 FR 24740 (May 30, 2018); Fine Denier Polyester
Staple Fiber from India: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value, 83 FR 24737 (May 30, 2018); Fine Denier
Polyester Staple Fiber from the Republic of Korea: Final Affirmative
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 83 FR 24743 (May 30,
2018); and Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber from Taiwan: Final
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 83 FR
24745 (May 30, 2018).
\2\ See Letter to Gary Taverman, Acting Assistant Secretary of
Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance, from David S. Johanson,
Chairman of the U.S. International Trade Commission, regarding fine
denier polyester staple fiber from China, India, Korea, and Taiwan
(July 13, 2018).
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Scope of the Orders
The product covered by these orders is fine denier PSF from China,
India, Korea, and Taiwan. For a complete description of the scope of
these orders, see the Appendix to this notice.
Antidumping Duty Orders
In accordance with sections 735(b)(1)(A)(i) and 735(d) of the Act,
the ITC notified Commerce of its final determinations in these
investigations, in which it found that an industry in the United States
is materially injured by reason of imports of fine denier PSF from
China, India, Korea, and Taiwan.\3\ Therefore, in accordance with
section 735(c)(2) of the Act, Commerce is issuing these antidumping
duty orders. Because the ITC determined that imports of fine denier PSF
from China, India, Korea, and Taiwan are materially injuring a U.S.
industry, unliquidated entries of such merchandise from China, India,
Korea, and Taiwan, entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption,
are subject to the assessment of antidumping duties.
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\3\ Id.
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Therefore, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act,
Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
assess, upon further instruction by Commerce, antidumping duties equal
to the amount by which the normal value of the merchandise exceeds the
export price (or constructed export price) of the merchandise, for all
relevant entries of fine denier PSF from China, India, Korea, and
Taiwan. With the exception of entries occurring after the expiration of
the provisional measures period and before publication of the ITC's
final affirmative injury determinations, as further described below,
antidumping duties will be assessed on unliquidated entries of fine
denier PSF from China, India, Korea, and Taiwan entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or after January 5, 2018, the date
of publication of the preliminary determinations.\4\ Additionally,
because the estimated weighted-average dumping for subject merchandise
produced and exported by Tainan Spinning Co., Ltd. was determined to be
zero in the investigation of fine denier PSF from Taiwan, and the
estimated weighted-average dumping for subject merchandise produced and
exported by Toray Chemical Kora Inc. was determined to be zero in the
investigation of fine denier PSF from Korea, Commerce is directing CBP
to not suspend liquidation of entries of subject merchandise from these
exporter/producer combinations for each of the respective orders.
Entries of subject merchandise exported to the United States by any
other producer and exporter combination are not entitled to this
exclusion from suspension of liquidation and are subject to the
applicable cash deposit rates noted below.
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\4\ See Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber from the People's
Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of Final Determination, and
Extension of Provisional Measures, 83 FR 665 (January 5, 2018), and
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (China Preliminary
Determination); Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber from India:
Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value, Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of
Provisional Measures, 83 FR 662 (January 5, 2018), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum (India Preliminary Determination);
Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber from the Republic of Korea:
Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value, Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of
Provisional Measures, 83 FR 660 (January 5, 2018), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum (Korea Preliminary Determination);
and Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber from Taiwan: Preliminary
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value,
Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional
Measures, 83 FR 668 (January 5, 2018), and accompanying Preliminary
Decision Memorandum (Taiwan Preliminary Determination).
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Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation
Except as noted above and in the ``Provisional Measures'' section
of this notice below, in accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the
Act, Commerce will instruct CBP to continue to suspend liquidation on
all relevant entries of fine denier PSF from China, India, Korea, and
Taiwan. These instructions suspending liquidation will remain in effect
until further notice.
Commerce will also instruct CBP to require cash deposits equal to
the estimated weighted-average dumping margins, or cash deposits
adjusted for subsidy offset, as applicable, indicated in the tables
below. Given that the provisional measures period has expired, as
explained below, effective on the date of publication in the Federal
Register of the notice of the ITC's final affirmative injury
determinations, CBP will require, at the same time as importers would
normally deposit estimated duties on subject merchandise, a cash
deposit equal to the estimated weighted-average dumping margins or cash
deposits adjusted for subsidy offset, as applicable, listed in the
tables below.\5\ The relevant all-others rates apply to all producers
or exporters not specifically listed. The China-wide entity rate
applies to all exporter-producer combinations not specifically listed.
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\5\ See section 736(a)(3) of the Act.
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Provisional Measures
Section 733(d) of the Act states that suspension of liquidation
pursuant to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in
effect for more than four months, except where exporters representing a
significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise request
that Commerce extend the four-month period to no more than six months.
At the request of exporters that account for a significant proportion
of fine denier PSF from China, India, Korea, and Taiwan, Commerce
extended the four-month period to six months in each of these
investigations. Commerce published the preliminary determinations in
these investigations on January 5, 2018.\6\ Hence, the extended
provisional measures period, beginning on the date of publication of
the preliminary determinations, ended on July 3, 2018.
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\6\ See China Preliminary Determination, India Preliminary
Determination, Korea Preliminary Determination, and Taiwan
Preliminary Determination.
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Therefore, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act and our
practice,\7\ Commerce will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of
liquidation and to liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties,
unliquidated entries of fine denier PSF from China, India, Korea, and
Taiwan entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption after July
3, 2018, the final day on which the provisional measures were in
effect, until and through the day preceding the date of publication of
the ITC's final affirmative injury determinations in the Federal
Register. Suspension of liquidation and the collection of cash deposits
will resume on the date of publication of the ITC's final
determinations in the Federal Register.
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\7\ See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from India,
Italy, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea and
Taiwan: Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Determination for
India and Taiwan, and Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 48390, 48392
(July 25, 2016).
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Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping Margins
The estimated weighted-average antidumping duty margin percentages
and cash deposit rates adjusted for subsidy offset, as applicable, are
as follows:
China
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Estimated
weighted- Cash deposit
Exporter Producer average adjusted for
dumping margin subsidy offset
(percent) (percent)
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Jiangyin Hailun Chemical Fiber Co. Ltd Jiangyin Hailun Chemical Fiber Co. Ltd./ 72.22 72.22
Jiangyin Xinlun Chemical Fiber Co.,
Ltd./Jiangyin Yunlun Chemical Fiber
Co., Ltd./Jiangyin Bolun Chemical Fiber
Co., Ltd./Jiangyin Fenghua Synthetic
Fiber Co., Ltd./Jiangyin Huamei Special
Fiber Co., Ltd./Jiangyin Huasheng
Polymerization Co., Ltd./Jiangyin Huayi
Polymerization Co., Ltd./Jiangyin
Huaxing Synthetic Co., Ltd./Jiangyin
Xingsheng Plastic Co., Ltd.
Jiangyin Huahong Chemical Fiber Co., Jiangyin Huahong Chemical Fiber Co., 65.17 65.11
Ltd. Ltd./Jiangyin Huakai Polyester Co.,
Ltd./Jiangyin Hongkai Chemical Fiber
Co., Ltd.
Hangzhou Best Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd. Hangzhou Best Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd... 68.70 68.64
Cixi Jiangnan Chemical Fiber Co. Ltd.. Cixi Jiangnan Chemical Fiber Co. Ltd.... 68.70 68.64
Jiangsu Xinsu Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd. Jiangsu Xinsu Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd... 68.70 68.64
Jiangyin Jinyan Chemical Fiber Co., Jiangyin Jinyan Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd./ 68.70 68.64
Ltd. Jiangsu Xiang He Tai Fiber Technology
Co., Ltd.
Jiangyin Yangxi International Trade Jiangsu Hengze Composite Materials 68.70 68.64
Co., Ltd. Technology Co., Ltd./Chuzhou Prosperity
Environmental Protection Color Fiber
Co., Ltd./Jiangsu Xiang He Tai Fiber
Technology Co., Ltd./Jiangyin Hengfeng
Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd./Jiangyin
Shunze Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Jinfuchun Industrial Co., Ltd Zhejiang Jinfuchun Industrial Co., Ltd.. 68.70 68.64
Nanyang Textile Co., Ltd.............. Nanyang Textile Co., Ltd................ 68.70 68.64
Ningbo Dafa Chemical Fiber Co. Ltd.... Ningbo Dafa Chemical Fiber Co. Ltd...... 68.70 68.64
Zhaoqing Tifo New Fibre Co., Ltd...... Zhaoqing Tifo New Fibre Co., Ltd........ 68.70 68.64
Unifi Textiles (Suzhou) Co., Ltd...... Jiangyin Yueda Chemical Fiber Limited 68.70 68.64
Company/Hangzhou BenMa Chemical and
Spinning Company Ltd./Yizheng Chemical
Fiber Limited Liability Company.
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Yuyao Dafa Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd.... Yuyao Dafa Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd...... 68.70 68.64
Zhangjiagang City Hongtuo Chemical Jiangyin Jindun Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd. 68.70 68.64
Fiber Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Linan Foreign Trade Co., Ltd. Zhejiang Huashun Technology Co., Ltd.... 68.70 68.64
Suzhou Zhengbang Chemical Fiber Co., Suzhou Zhengbang Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd 68.70 68.64
Ltd.
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CHINA-WIDE ENTITY 103.06 103.00
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India
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Estimated weighted- Cash deposit rate
Exporter/producer average dumping adjusted for subsidy
margin (percent) offset (percent)
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Reliance Industries Limited....................................... 21.43 14.48
Bombay Dyeing & Manufacturing Company Limited..................... 21.43 15.49
All-Others........................................................ 21.43 14.67
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Korea
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Estimated weighted-
Exporter/producer average dumping
margin (percent)
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Toray Chemical Korea Inc......................... 0.00
Huvis Corporation................................ 45.23
Down Nara, Co., Ltd., Down-Nara, Co., Ltd........ 45.23
(AKA Koreco Synthetic Fiber Co., Ltd.)...........
All-Others....................................... 30.15
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Taiwan
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Estimated weighted-
Exporter/producer average dumping
margin (percent)
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Tainan Spinning Co., Ltd......................... 0.00
Far Eastern Textile Ltd. (AKA Far Eastern New 48.86
Century Corporation)............................
All-Others....................................... 24.43
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This notice constitutes the antidumping duty orders with respect to
fine denier PSF from China, India, Korea, and Taiwan pursuant to
section 736(a) of the Act. Interested parties can find a list of
antidumping duty orders currently in effect at http://enforcement.trade.gov/stats/iastats1.html.
These orders are published in accordance with section 736(a) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
Dated: July 16, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix--Scope of the Orders
The merchandise covered by these orders is fine denier polyester
staple fiber (fine denier PSF), not carded or combed, measuring less
than 3.3 decitex (3 denier) in diameter. The scope covers all fine
denier PSF, whether coated or uncoated. The following products are
excluded from the scope:
(1) PSF equal to or greater than 3.3 decitex (more than 3
denier, inclusive) currently classifiable under Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings 5503.20.0045 and
5503.20.0065.
(2) Low-melt PSF defined as a bi-component polyester fiber
having a polyester fiber component that melts at a lower temperature
than the other polyester fiber
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component, which is currently classifiable under HTSUS subheading
5503.20.0015.
Fine denier PSF is classifiable under the HTSUS subheading
5503.20.0025. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the
scope of these orders is dispositive.
[FR Doc. 2018-15567 Filed 7-19-18; 8:45 am]
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