[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 57 (Friday, March 26, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16191-16192]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-06299]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-523-810]


Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin From the Sultanate of Oman: 
Rescission of 2019-2020 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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 polyethylene 
terephthalate resin (PET resin) from the Sultanate of Oman (Oman) 
covering the period May 1, 2019, through April 30, 2020 (POR), based on 
the timely withdrawal of the sole request for review.

DATES: Applicable March 26, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Hill, 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) 482-3518.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 1, 2020, Commerce published a notice in the Federal Register 
in which it announced the opportunity for interested parties to request 
an administrative review of the order covering 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 May 29, 2020, OCTAL SAOC--FZC 
(OCTAL) requested a review of the order with respect to itself.\2\ On 
July 10, 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 OCTAL.\3\ On August 14, 2020, OCTAL timely 
withdrew its review request.\4\
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 85 FR 25394 (May 1, 2020).
    \2\ See OCTAL's Letter ``OCTAL's Request for AD Administrative 
Review,'' dated May 29, 2020.
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 85 FR 41540 (July 10, 2020).
    \4\ See OCTAL's letter ``OCTAL's Withdrawal of Request for AD 
Review Certain Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Resin from the 
Sultanate of Oman,'' dated August 14, 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 parties that 
requested the review withdraw their requests within 90 days of the 
publication date of the notice of initiation of the requested review. 
OCTAL withdrew its request for a review within the 90-day deadline. 
Because Commerce did not receive any other requests to review the order 
for the period May 1, 2019, through April 30, 2020, we are rescinding 
this administrative review in its entirety, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(1).

Assessment

    Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of PET resin from 
Oman during the period May 1, 2019, through April 30, 2020, at rates 
equal to the cash deposit rates for estimated antidumping duties that 
were 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 assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days 
after the date of publication of this rescission 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 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 antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping 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

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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: March 18, 2021.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2021-06299 Filed 3-25-21; 8:45 am]
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