[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 25, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10654-10655]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-03737]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-879]


Polyvinyl Alcohol From the People's Republic of China: 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 order on polyvinyl 
alcohol (PVA) from the People's Republic of China (China) for the 
period of review October 1, 2018, through September 30, 2019, based on 
the timely withdrawal of the request for review.

DATES: Applicable February 25, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles Doss or Shanah Lee, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4474 and (202) 482-6386, 
respectively.

Background

    On October 1, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on PVA from China for the period of review 
October 1, 2018, through September 30, 2019.\1\ Pursuant to a timely 
filed request from Sekisui Specialty Chemical America, LLC (the 
petitioner),\2\ in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce 
initiated an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on PVA 
from China on December 11, 2019, with respect to Sinopec Sichuan 
Vinylon Works and its successor-in-interest,\3\ Sinopec Chongqing SVW 
Chemical Co., Ltd.\4\ On February 11, 2020, the petitioner timely 
withdrew its request for an administrative review with respect to all 
of the companies for which it had requested a review in its October 31, 
2019, submission.\5\
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 84 FR 52068 (October 1, 2019).
    \2\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Polyvinyl Alcohol from the 
People's Republic of China: Request for Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review,'' dated October 31, 2019.
    \3\ See Polyvinyl Alcohol from the People's Republic of China: 
Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances 
Review, 84 FR 16246 (April 18, 2019).
    \4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 67712 (December 11, 2019).
    \5\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Polyvinyl Alcohol from the 
People's Republic of China: Withdrawal of Request for Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review,'' dated February 11, 2020.
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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 the party that requested 
the review withdraws its request within 90 days of the publication date 
of the

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notice of initiation of the requested review. The petitioner, who was 
the only party to request a review, withdrew its request within the 90-
day deadline. Accordingly, we are rescinding the administrative review 
of the antidumping order on PVA from China covering the period October 
1, 2018, through September 30, 2019, in its entirety.

Assessment

    Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of PVA from China. 
Antidumping duties shall be assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit 
rate 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 publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as the only reminder to importers whose entries 
will be liquidated as a result of this rescission notice, 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 presumption that 
reimbursement of the antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as the only 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(a)(3). Timely written 
notification of the return or 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 sanctionable 
violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    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: February 19, 2020.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2020-03737 Filed 2-24-20; 8:45 am]
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