[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.

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