[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 75 (Thursday, April 18, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16246-16247]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-07804]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-879]
Polyvinyl Alcohol From the People's Republic of China: Notice of
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On March 4, 2019, the Department of Commerce (Commerce)
initiated, and published the preliminary results of, the changed
circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on polyvinyl alcohol
(PVA) from the People's Republic of China (China). For these final
results, Commerce continues to find that Sinopec Chongqing SVW Chemical
Co., Ltd. (SVW) is the successor-in-interest to Sinopec Sichuan Vinylon
Works (Sichuan SVW).
DATES: Effective April 18, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles Doss, AD/CVD Operations,
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202-482-4474.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On October 1, 2003, Commerce published in the Federal Register an
antidumping duty order on PVA from China.\1\ On December 7, 2018, SVW,
a foreign producer and exporter of PVA from China, and Wego Chemical
and Mineral Corp. (Wego), an importer of PVA from China (collectively,
SVW and Wego) requested that, pursuant to section 751(b)(1) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.216(b),
Commerce conduct an expedited changed circumstances review of the Order
to confirm that SVW is the successor-in-interest to Sichuan SVW and,
accordingly, to assign SVW
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the cash deposit rate of Sichuan SVW.\2\ In its submission, SVW and
Wego explain that Sinopec Sichuan Vinylon Works (i.e., Sichuan SVW) has
changed its name to Sinopec Chongqing SVW Chemical Co., Ltd. (i.e.,
SVW), and aver that no substantive changes other than this change of
name have otherwise occurred.\3\
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\1\ See Antidumping Duty Order: Polyvinyl Alcohol from the
People's Republic of China, 68 FR 56620 (October 1, 2003) (the
Order).
\2\ See SVW and Wego's letter, ``Polyvinyl Alcohol from China:
Request for Changed Circumstances Review,'' dated December 12, 2018.
\3\ Id. at 1-4.
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On March 4, 2019, we initiated this changed circumstances review
and published the notice of preliminary results, determining that SVW
is the successor-in-interest to Sichuan SVW.\4\ In the Initiation and
Preliminary Results, we provided all interested parties with an
opportunity to comment and request a public hearing regarding our
preliminary finding.\5\ We received no comments or requests for a
public hearing from interested parties within the time period set forth
in the Initiation and Preliminary Results. The current deadline for
issuance of these final results of antidumping duty change
circumstances review is April 12, 2019.
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\4\ See Polyvinyl Alcohol From the People's Republic of China:
Initiation and Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Changed
Circumstances Review, 84 FR 7337 (March 4, 2019) (Initiation and
Preliminary Results).
\5\ Id., 84 FR at 7339.
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the order is PVA. This product consists
of all PVA hydrolyzed in excess of 80 percent, whether or not mixed or
diluted with commercial levels of defoamer or boric acid.\6\
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\6\ For a complete description of the scope of the antidumping
duty order, see the ``Scope of the Order'' section of the Initiation
and Preliminary Results, 84 FR at 7337-7338.
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Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review
For the reasons stated in the Initiation and Preliminary Results,
and because we received no comments from interested parties to the
contrary, Commerce continues to find that SVW is the successor-in-
interest to Sichuan SVW.\7\ As a result of this determination and
consistent with established practice, we find that SVW should receive
the cash deposit rate previously assigned to Sichuan SVW in the most
recently-completed segment of the Order in which Sichuan SVW was under
review.\8\ As the rate calculated for Sichuan SVW in that review was de
minimis (0.00 percent), Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border
Protection that no cash deposit shall be required for subject
merchandise exported by SVW and entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the publication date of this notice in the
Federal Register. This cash deposit requirement shall remain in effect
until further notice.
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\7\ Id. at 7338-7339.
\8\ See Polyvinyl Alcohol from the People's Republic of China;
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 71 FR 62086
(October 23, 2006).
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Notification to Interested Parties
This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written
notification of return/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 sanctionable violation.
We are issuing this determination and publishing these final
results and notice in accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 777(i)(1)
and (2) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.216 and 351.221(c)(3).
Dated: April 2, 2019.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2019-07804 Filed 4-17-19; 8:45 am]
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