[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 26, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64763-64764]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23320]


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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 and 
Final Determination of No Shipments; 2020-2021

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

DATES: Applicable October 26, 2022.

SUMMARY: On June 28, 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
published the preliminary results of the 2020-2021 administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on polyethylene terephthalate 
film, sheet, and strip (PET Film) from Taiwan. The period of review 
(POR) is July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021. We continue to find that 
Nan Ya Plastics Corporation (Nan Ya) made no sales of subject 
merchandise to the United States at less than normal value during the 
POR. We also continue to find that Shinkong Materials Technology 
Corporation (SMTC)/Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corporation (SSFC) had no 
shipments of subject merchandise to the United States during the POR.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles DeFilippo or 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) 482-3797 
or (202) 482-5255, respectively.

Background

    On June 28, 2022, Commerce published the preliminary results for 
this administrative review.\1\ We invited interested parties to comment 
on the Preliminary Results; however, no interested party submitted 
comments. Accordingly, we made no changes to the Preliminary Results.
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    \1\ See Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from 
Taiwan: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Duty 
Review and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2020-2021, 87 
FR 38374 (June 28, 2022) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
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Scope of the Order 2
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    \2\ See 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 44174 (July 1, 2002) (Order).
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    The products covered by the 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 PET film 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 Order is 
dispositive.

Final Determination of No Shipments

    In the Preliminary Results, Commerce determined that SMTC and its 
affiliate SSFC had no shipments of PET film during the POR, based on a 
response of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to Commerce's 
no-shipment inquiry, as well as certifications and supporting 
documentation provided by SMTC/SSFC.\3\ We received no comments from 
any interested party on our preliminary finding. As there is no 
information on the record that calls into question the finding in the 
Preliminary Results, we continue to find in the final results of this 
review that SMTC/SSFC had no shipments of subject merchandise during 
the POR.
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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. We continue to find that sales of subject 
merchandise by Nan Ya were not made at less than normal value during 
the POR. Accordingly, no decision memorandum accompanies this Federal 
Register notice.\4\ The final weighted-average dumping margin for the 
period July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021, for Nan Ya is as follows:
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    \4\ For further details, see Preliminary Results PDM.

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

    Commerce will determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties 
on all appropriate entries in this review, in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the

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Act) and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). Because we calculated a zero percent 
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 antidumping duties. In addition, as Commerce 
continues to find that SMTC/SSFC did not have any shipments of subject 
merchandise during the POR, we will instruct CBP to liquidate any 
suspended entries of subject merchandise associated with SMTC/SSFC at 
the all-others rate.
    Commerce intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions 
directly to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication 
of the final results of this administrative 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).

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; (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 most recent period for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) 
if neither the exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered in this 
or any previous review or the LTFV 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 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 at 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 Taiwain {sic{time} , 67 FR at 
46566 (July 15, 2002).
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Notification to Importers

    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 an 
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.

Notification to Interested Parties

    These results are being issued and published in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h).

    Dated: October 20, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-23320 Filed 10-25-22; 8:45 am]
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