[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 48 (Monday, March 15, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14311-14313]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-05320]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-837]


Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip (PET Film) From 
Taiwan: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-
2019

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On November 23, 2020, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty (AD) order on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, 
and strip (PET film) from Taiwan. The period of review (POR) is July 1, 
2018, through June 30, 2019. We continue to find that Nan Ya Plastics 
Corporation (Nan Ya) did not make sales at less than normal value and 
that Shinkong Materials Technology Corporation (SMTC) had no shipments 
of subject merchandise during the POR.

DATES: Applicable March 15, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacqueline Arrowsmith, 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) 482-5255.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On November 23, 2020, Commerce published the Preliminary Results 
for this administrative review.\1\ In the Preliminary Results, we 
invited interested parties to comment within 30

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days.\2\ No interested party submitted comments or requested a hearing 
in this administrative review. The current deadline for these final 
results is March 23, 2021. Commerce conducted this administrative 
review in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \1\ See Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from 
Taiwan: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2018-2019, 85 
FR 74673 (November 23, 2020) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
    \2\ See Preliminary Results.
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the AD order are all gauges of raw, 
pretreated, or primed PET film, whether extruded or coextruded. 
Excluded are metalized 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 polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and 
strip are currently 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 AD order is dispositive.

Final Determination of No Shipments

    Because we received no comments on the Preliminary Results, we have 
made no changes to the preliminary determination of no shipments. Based 
on our analysis of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) information 
and information provided by SMTC and its affiliate Shinkong Synthetic 
Fibers Corporation (SSFC), we continue to determine that SMTC had no 
shipments of the subject merchandise during the POR.\3\
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    \3\ For a full discussion of this determination, see Preliminary 
Results PDM.
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Final Results of Review

    As noted above, Commerce received no comments concerning the 
Preliminary Results. As there are no changes from, or comments upon, 
the Preliminary Results, Commerce finds that there is no reason to 
modify its analysis and calculations. Accordingly, we adopt the 
analysis and explanation in our Preliminary Results for the purposes of 
these final results, nor have we prepared an Issues and Decision 
Memorandum to accompany this Federal Register notice. The final 
weighted-average dumping margin for the period July 1, 2018, through 
June 30, 2019, for Nan Ya is as follows:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                     Producer/exporter                          margin
                                                              (percent)
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Nan Ya Plastics Corporation................................        0.00
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Assessment Rates

    Commerce has determined, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties 
on all appropriate entries in this review, in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). Commerce intends to 
issue assessment instructions directly to CBP no earlier than 35 days 
after 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 statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 90 days of 
publication). Because we calculated a zero margin in the final results 
of this review for Nan Ya, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212 we will 
instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to 
dumping duties.\4\
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    \4\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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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 the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as 
provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit 
rate for Nan Ya will be zero, the rate established in the final results 
of this review; (2) for previously reviewed or investigated companies 
not covered in this review, the cash deposit rate will continue to be 
the company-specific rate published for the most recent period in which 
that company participated; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in 
this or any previous review or in the original less-than-fair-value 
(LTFV) investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash-deposit rate 
will be the rate established for the manufacturer of the merchandise in 
these final results of review or in the final results for the most 
recent period in which that manufacturer participated; and (4) if 
neither the exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered in this or 
any previous review or the investigation, the cash-deposit rate will 
continue to be the all-others rate of 2.40 percent, which is the all-
others rate established by Commerce in the LTFV investigation.\5\ These 
cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.
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    \5\ See Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Polyethylene 
Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip (PET Film) from Taiwan, 67 FR 
44174, 44175 (July 1, 2002), unchanged in Notice of Amended Final 
Antidumping Duty Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 
Antidumping Duty Order: Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and 
Strip (PET Film) from Taiwan, 67 FR 46566 (July 15, 2002); see also 
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Polyethylene 
Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip (PET Film) from Taiwan, 67 FR 
35474 (May 20, 2002).
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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 final results in the Federal 
Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However, there are no 
calculations to disclose here because Commerce made no changes to the 
analysis or calculations in the Preliminary Results.\6\
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    \6\ For disclosure of calculations made in the Preliminary 
Results, see Memorandum, ``Analysis Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of 
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from Taiwan: Nan 
Ya Plastics Corporation (Nan Ya),'' dated November 17, 2020.
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Reimbursement of Duties

    This notice also 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 review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction 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/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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Notification to Interested Parties

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

    Dated: March 9, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2021-05320 Filed 3-12-21; 8:45 am]
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