[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 249 (Monday, December 30, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71899-71900]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-28094]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-839]


Polyester Staple Fiber From Korea; Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2018-2019

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on polyester 
staple fiber from Korea for the period of review (POR) May 1, 2018 
through April 30, 2019, based on the timely withdrawal of the requests 
for review.

DATES: Applicable December 30, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theodore Pearson, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2631.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On May 1, 2019, Commerce published a notice of opportunity to 
request an administrative review of the AD order on polyester staple 
fiber from Korea for the POR of May 1, 2018, through April 30, 2018.\1\ 
On May 31, 2019, Commerce received timely-filed requests from DAK 
Americas LLC and Auriga Polymers, Inc. (the petitioners) \2\ for 
administrative reviews of Huvis Corporation (Huvis) and Toray Chemical 
Korea, Inc. (Toray) and from Huvis \3\ for administrative review of 
itself, in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.213(b). Commerce received no other 
requests for administrative review.
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 84 FR 18479 (May 1, 2019).
    \2\ See the petitioners' Letter, ``Polyester Staple Fiber--
Review Request,'' dated May 31, 2019.
    \3\ See Huvis's Letter, ``Certain Polyester Staple fiber from 
Korea; Request for Administrative Review for 2018-2019 Period,'' 
dated May 31, 2019.
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    On July 15, 2019, pursuant to these requests and in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce published a notice initiating an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on polyester staple 
fiber from Korea.\4\ On July 18, 2019, the petitioners withdrew their 
request for an administrative review of Toray.\5\ On August 1, 2019, 
the petitioners withdrew their request for an administrative reviews of 
Huvis.\6\ On August 2, 2019, Huvis withdrew its request for an 
administrative review of itself.\7\
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    \4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 33739 (July 15, 2019).
    \5\ See the petitioners' Letter, ``Polyester Staple Fiber from 
Korea--Withdrawal of Review Request for Toray Chemical Korea,'' 
dated July 18, 2019.
    \6\ See the petitioners' Letter, ``Polyester Staple Fiber from 
Korea--Withdrawal of Review Request for Huvis Corporation,'' dated 
August 1, 2019.
    \7\ See Huvis's Letter, ``Certain Polyester Staple Fiber from 
Korea; Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review for 2018-2019 
Period,'' dated August 2, 2019.
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Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party that requested a 
review withdraws the request within 90 days of the publication date of 
the notice of initiation of the requested review. The petitioners and 
Huvis withdrew their requests within 90 days of the publication date of 
the notice of initiation. No other parties requested an administrative 
review of the order. Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(1), we are rescinding this review in its entirety.

Assessment

    Commerce intends to instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of 
polyester staple fiber from Korea. Antidumping duties shall be assessed 
at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated antidumping duties 
required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for 
consumption in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce 
intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions to CBP 15 days 
after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as a reminder to all 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, which continues to govern 
business proprietary information. Timely written notification of the 
return/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.

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    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: December 20, 2019.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2019-28094 Filed 12-27-19; 8:45 am]
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