[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 177 (Friday, September 11, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56214-56215]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-20075]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-924]


Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Film 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 (AD) order on 
polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film from the People's Republic of 
China (China) for the period of review (POR)

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November 1, 2018 through October 31, 2019, based on the timely 
withdrawal of the request for review.

DATES: Applicable September 11, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paola Aleman Ordaz, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4031.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On November 1, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the Order 
for the POR.\1\ In accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.213(b), on November 27, 
2019, Mitsubishi Polyester Film, Inc. and SKC, Inc. (collectively, 
petitioners) timely requested a review of the Order with respect to 
four companies.\2\ On January 17, 2020, in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce initiated an 
administrative review of the Order with respect to the four companies 
named by the petitioners.\3\ On February 10, 2020, the petitioners 
timely withdrew their November 27, 2019 review request for all four 
companies.\4\
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 84 FR 58690 (November 1, 2019); and Polyethylene 
Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from Brazil, the People's 
Republic of China and the United Arab Emirates: Antidumping Duty 
Orders and Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value for the United Arab Emirates, 73 FR 66595 (November 10, 2008) 
(Order).
    \2\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, 
Sheet, and Strip from the People's Republic of China: Request for 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated November 27, 2019.
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 85 FR 3014 (January 17, 2020).
    \4\ See Petitioners' Letter ``Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, 
Sheet, and Strip from the People's Republic of China: Withdrawal of 
Request for Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated February 
10, 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 notice of initiation of the requested review. The petitioners 
withdrew their requests for review within the 90-day deadline. Because 
Commerce received no other requests for review, we are rescinding the 
administrative review of the Order on PET film from China covering the 
November 1, 2018 through October 31, 2019 POR, in full, in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).

Assessment

    Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess AD duties on all appropriate entries of PET film from China 
during the period November 1, 2018, through October 31, 2019, at rates 
equal to the cash deposit rate for estimated AD 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 to Importers

    This notice serves as the only reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of AD 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 AD 
duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled AD duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which continues to govern 
business proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding. 
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 the terms of an 
APO is a sanctionable violation.
    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: August 3, 2020.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2020-20075 Filed 9-10-20; 8:45 am]
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