[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.
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