[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 213 (Monday, November 4, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59356-59357]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-24033]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

C-533-825


Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip From India: 
Final Results of the Expedited Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty 
Order

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

SUMMARY: As a result of this expedited sunset review, the Department of 
Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the countervailing duty 
order on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip (PET film) 
from India would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of 
countervailable subsidies as indicated in the ``Final Results of Sunset 
Review'' section of this notice.

DATES: Applicable November 4, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Elfi Blum, 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) 482-0197.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 1, 2019, Commerce published the initiation of the five-year 
(sunset) review of the countervailing duty order on PET film from 
India, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act).\1\ Commerce received notices of intent to participate in 
this sunset review from DuPont Teijin Films, Mitsubishi Polyester Film, 
Inc., SKC, Inc., and Terphane LLC (collectively, domestic interested 
parties), within the 15-day period specified in 19 CFR 
351.218(d)(1)(i). The domestic interested parties claimed interested 
party status under section 771(9)(C) of the Act as producers of the 
domestic like product.
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    \1\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 84 FR 31304 
(July 1, 2019).
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    Commerce received adequate substantive responses to the Notice of 
Initiation from the domestic interested parties within the 30-day 
period specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i). Commerce received no 
substantive response from any respondent interested parties. In 
accordance with section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce conducted an expedited (120-day)

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sunset review of the countervailing duty order on PET film from 
India.\2\
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    \2\ See Notice of Countervailing Duty Order: Polyethylene 
Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from India, 67 FR 44179 (July 
1, 2002) (Order).
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Scope of the Order

    For purposes of the order, the products covered are all gauges of 
raw, pretreated, or primed polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet and 
strip, whether extruded or coextruded. Excluded are metallized 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 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 order is dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in this review, including the likelihood of 
continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies and the net 
countervailable subsidy likely to prevail if the order were revoked, 
are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\3\ The Issues and 
Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically 
via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Centralized Electronic Services System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 
registered users at http://access.trade.gov, and to all parties in the 
Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main Commerce building. In 
addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can 
be accessed directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. A 
list of the issues discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is 
attached at the appendix to this notice. The signed and electronic 
versions of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical in 
content.
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    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Expedited Third Sunset Review of the 
Countervailing Duty Order on Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, 
and Strip from India,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted 
by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Final Results of Sunset Review

    Commerce determines that revocation of the countervailing duty 
order on PET film from India would be likely to lead to continuation or 
recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the following rates:

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                                                          Subsidy  rates
                 Manufacturers/exporters                    (percent  ad
                                                             valorem)
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Ester Industries Ltd....................................           20.46
Garware Polyester Ltd...................................           26.70
Polyplex Corporation Ltd................................           15.82
All Others..............................................           22.50
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Administrative Protective Order

    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). Timely written notification 
of the destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial 
protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the 
regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which is subject to 
sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    Commerce is issuing and publishing these final results and notice 
in accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act 
and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(5)(ii).

    Dated: October 29, 2019.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Final Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. History of the Order
IV. Scope of the Order
V. Discussion of the Issues
    1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of a Countervailable 
Subsidy
    2. Net Countervailable Subsidy Likely to Prevail
    3. Nature of the Subsidy
VI. Final Results of Sunset Review
VII. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2019-24033 Filed 11-1-19; 8:45 am]
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