[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 20 (Tuesday, February 2, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7858-7859]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-02168]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-520-803]


Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip From the United 
Arab Emirates: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 
2018-2019

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Flex 
Middle East FZE (Flex), the sole producer/exporter subject to this 
administrative review, made sales of subject merchandise at less than 
normal value during the period of review (POR), November 1, 2018, 
through October 31, 2019.

DATES: Applicable February 2, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Huston, 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) 482-4261.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    Commerce published the preliminary results of this administrative 
review on November 10, 2020.\1\ We invited interested parties to 
comment on the Preliminary Results. No parties submitted comments.
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    \1\ See Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from 
the United Arab Emirates: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2018-2019, 85 FR 71606 (November 10, 2020) 
(Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the order are all gauges of raw, pre-
treated, or primed polyethylene terephthalate film (PET Film), whether 
extruded or co-extruded. 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 
more than 0.00001 inches thick. Also excluded is roller transport 
cleaning film which has at least one of its surfaces modified by 
application of 0.5 micrometers of SBR latex. Tracing and drafting film 
is also excluded. PET Film is classifiable under subheading 
3920.62.00.90 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS). While HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and 
customs purposes, our written description of the scope of the order is 
dispositive.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Because we received no comments on the Preliminary Results, we have 
made no changes to the weighted-average dumping margin determined for 
Flex, nor have we prepared an Issues and Decision Memorandum to 
accompany this notice. We, therefore, adopt the analysis and 
explanation in our Preliminary Results for purposes of these final 
results.

Final Results of Review

    As a result of this review, we determine that the following 
weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period of November 1, 
2018, through October 31, 2019:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                   Manufacturer/exporter                        margin
                                                              (percent)
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Flex Middle East FZE.......................................       70.75
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Assessment Rates

    Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all

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appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final 
results of this review. Consistent with its recent notice,\2\ Commerce 
intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days 
after the date of publication of the final results of this review in 
the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of 
International Trade, the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to 
liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request 
for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 90 days of 
publication).
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    \2\ See Notice of Discontinuation of Policy to Issue Liquidation 
Instructions After 15 Days in Applicable Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Proceedings, 86 FR 3995 (January 
15, 2021).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this administrative review for all 
shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the publication date of these final 
results, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 
as amended (the Act): (1) For Flex, the cash deposit rate will be equal 
to the weighted-average dumping margin listed above in the section 
``Final Results of Review;'' (2) for merchandise exported by producers 
or exporters not covered in this review but covered in a previously 
completed segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will 
continue to be the company-specific rate published in the final results 
for the most recent period in which that producer or exporter 
participated; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review 
or in any previous segment of this proceeding, but the producer is, 
then the cash deposit rate will be that established for the producer of 
the merchandise in these final results of review or in the final 
results for the most recent period in which that producer participated; 
and (4) if neither the exporter nor the producer is a firm covered in 
this review or in any previously completed segment of this proceeding, 
then the cash deposit rate will be 4.05 percent, the all-others rate 
established in the less-than-fair-value investigation.\3\ These cash 
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.
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    \3\ See 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, 
66596 (November 10, 2008).
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Disclosure

    Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations 
performed in connection with the final results within five days of the 
date of publication of the notice of preliminary results in the Federal 
Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However, there are no 
calculations to disclose here because, in accordance with section 776 
of the Act, Commerce applied facts otherwise available with adverse 
inferences in determining the weighted-average dumping margin of Flex, 
the only respondent subject to this review.\4\
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    \4\ See Preliminary Results Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers 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 POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement 
of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled 
antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice is the only reminder to parties subject to the 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under the 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 violation subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these final results and this notice 
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 
CFR 351.213(h).

    Dated: January 27, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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