[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 11, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63625-63626]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-26777]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-837]


Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip From Taiwan: 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2017

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Nan Ya 
Plastics Corporation (Nan Ya) did not sell subject merchandise at less 
than normal value during the POR, July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017.

DATES: Applicable December 11, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacqueline Arrowsmith, 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) 482-5255.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 10, 2018, Commerce published the preliminary results for 
this administrative review.\1\ We invited interested parties to comment 
on the Preliminary Results. We received no comments nor requests for a 
hearing from any party.\2\ Commerce conducted this administrative 
review in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \1\ See Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from 
Taiwan: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2016-2017, 83 
FR 39687. (August 10, 2018) (Preliminary Results) and accompanying 
Preliminary Issues and Decision Memorandum.
    \2\ For further details of the issues addressed in this 
proceeding, see the Preliminary Results and accompanying Preliminary 
Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the antidumping duty order are all gauges 
of raw, pretreated, or primed polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, 
and strip (PET film), whether extruded or coextruded. Excluded are 
metalized 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 of more than 0.00001 inches thick. Imports 
of PET film are currently classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under item number 3920.62.00.90. 
HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes. 
The written description of the scope of the antidumping duty order is 
dispositive.

Final Determination of No Shipments

    Based on our analysis of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
information and information provided by Shinkong Materials Technology 
Corporation (SMTC) and its affiliate Shinkong Synthetic Fibers 
Corporation (SSFC), we determine that SMTC had no shipments of the 
subject merchandise during the POR.

Final Results of Review

    As there are no changes from, or comments upon, the Preliminary 
Results, Commerce has not modified its analysis or calculations. 
Accordingly, no decision memorandum accompanies this Federal Register 
notice. We continue to find that Nan Ya did not make sales of subject 
merchandise at less than normal value during the POR.
    Commerce determines that the weighted-average dumping margin exists 
for the period July 1, 2016, through June 30, 2017:

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                                                            Weighted-
                   Producer/exporter                     average  margin
                                                           (percentage)
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Nan Ya Plastics Corporation............................            0.00
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Assessment Rates

    Commerce will determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties 
on all appropriate entries in this review, in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). Commerce intends to 
issue assessment instructions directly to CBP 15 days after publication 
of these final results of review. Because we calculated a zero margin 
in the final results of this review for Nan Ya, in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.212, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries 
without regard to dumping duties.
    In accordance with Commerce's practice, for entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR that SMTC or its affiliate, SSFC, did not 
know that the merchandise was destined for the United States, we will 
instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at the all-others rate if there 
is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the 
transaction.

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, as 
provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit 
rate for Nan Ya will be 0.00 percent, the rate established in the final 
results of this review; (2) for previously reviewed or investigated 
companies not covered in this review, the cash deposit rate will 
continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most recent 
period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this or any 
previous review or in the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 
investigation but the manufacturer is, the cash-deposit rate will be 
the rate established for the most recent period for the manufacturer of 
the merchandise; and (4) if neither the exporter nor the manufacturer 
is a firm covered in this or any previous review or the investigation, 
the cash-deposit rate will continue to be the all-others rate of 2.40 
percent, which is the all-others rate established by Commerce in the 
LTFV investigation.\3\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, 
shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \3\ See Notice of Final Amended Antidumping Duty Determination 
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: 
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet and Strip (PET) from Taiwan, 
67 FR 44174 (July 1, 2002); see also Notice of Amended Final 
Antidumping Duty Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 
Antidumping Duty Order, 67 FR 46566 (July 15, 2002).
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Reimbursement of Duties

    This notice also 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 review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a 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), which 
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of 
the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return/destruction 
of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby 
requested.

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Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a 
violation, which is subject to sanction.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h).

    Dated: December 4, 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.
[FR Doc. 2018-26777 Filed 12-10-18; 8:45 am]
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