Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet and Strip From India and Taiwan: Continuation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders, 45762-45763 [2014-18599]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• International Trade Administration

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 151 (Wednesday, August 6, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45762-45763]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-18599]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-824, A-583-837, C-533-825]


Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet and Strip From India and 
Taiwan: Continuation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders

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

DATES: Effective Date: August 6, 2014.

SUMMARY: As a result of the determinations by the Department of 
Commerce (the Department) and the International Trade Commission (ITC) 
that revocation of the antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders 
on Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet and Strip (PET Film) from 
India and the antidumping duty order on PET Film from Taiwan, would 
likely lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping and material 
injury to an industry in the United States, the Department is 
publishing a notice of continuation for these antidumping and 
countervailing duty orders.
    Contact Information: Jacqueline Arrowsmith, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-5255.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Background

    The Department initiated and the ITC instituted sunset reviews of 
the antidumping duty orders on PET Film from India and Taiwan and the 
countervailing duty order on PET Film from India, pursuant to section 
751(c) and 752 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\1\
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    \1\ See Initiation of Five Year (``Sunset'') Review, 78 FR 19647 
(April 2, 2013).
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    As a result of its review, the Department found that revocation of 
the countervailing duty order would likely lead to a continuation or 
recurrence of net countervailable subsidies, and therefore, notified 
the ITC of the subsidy rate were the order to be revoked.\2\ As a 
result of its review, the Department found that revocation of the 
antidumping duty orders on PET Film from India and Taiwan would likely 
lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping and, therefore, 
notified the ITC of the magnitude of the margins likely to prevail were 
the orders to be revoked.\3\
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    \2\ See Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Film, Sheet and Strip 
From India: Final Results of the Expedited Second Sunset Review of 
the Countervailing Duty Order, 78 FR 47276 (August 5, 2013).
    \3\ See Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet and Strip From 
India and Taiwan: Final Results of the Second Sunset Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Orders and Correction to the Preliminary Results, 
79 FR 12153 (March 4, 2014).
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    On July 22, 2014, the ITC published its determination pursuant to 
sections 751(c) and 752 of the Act, that revocation of the antidumping 
duty order on PET Film from India and Taiwan would likely lead to a 
continuation or recurrence of dumping and the countervailing duty order 
on PET Film from India would likely lead to a continuation or 
recurrence of net countervailable subsidies.\4\
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    \4\ See Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet and Strip From 
India and Taiwan, 79 FR 42534 (July 22, 2014).
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Scope of the Orders

    The products covered by the antidumping duty and countervailing 
duty orders are all gauges of raw, pretreated, or primed PET Film, 
whether extruded or coextruded. 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 
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 the antidumping duty order is dispositive.

Scope Determinations

    Since these orders were published, there was one scope 
determination for PET film from India, dated August 25, 2003. In this 
determination, requested by International Packaging Films Inc., the 
Department determined that tracing and drafting film is outside of the 
scope of the order on PET Film from India.\5\
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    \5\ See Notice of Scope Rulings, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005).
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Continuation of the Orders

    As a result of the determinations by the Department and the ITC 
that revocation of the antidumping duty orders and the countervailing 
duty order would likely lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping 
and net countervailable subsidies and material injury to an industry in 
the United States, pursuant to sections 751(c) and 751(d)(2) of the 
Act, the Department hereby orders the continuation of these antidumping 
duty orders on PET film from India and Taiwan and the countervailing 
duty order on PET Film from India. U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
will continue to collect antidumping duty and countervailing duty cash 
deposits at the rates in effect at the time of entry for all imports of 
subject merchandise.
    The effective date of the continuation of this order will be the 
date of publication in the Federal Register of this notice of 
continuation. Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act, the Department 
intends to initiate the next five-year review of this order not later 
than 30 days prior to the fifth anniversary of the effective date of 
continuation.
    This five-year (sunset) review and this notice are in accordance 
with section 751(c) of the Act and published pursuant to section 
777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4).

    Dated: July 29, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-18599 Filed 8-5-14; 8:45 am]
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