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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–533–824]
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film,
Sheet, and Strip From India: Final
Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2015–2016
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Background
On August 7, 2017, the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) published the
Preliminary Results.1 For a history of
events that have occurred since the
Preliminary Results, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.2 The Issues and
Decision Memorandum is a public
document and is on file electronically
via Enforcement and Compliance’s
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System
(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to
registered users at https://
access.trade.gov, and is available to all
parties in the Central Records Unit,
Room B8024 of the main Department of
Commerce building. In addition, a
complete version of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly on the internet at https://
trade.gov/login.aspx. The signed Issues
and Decision Memorandum and the
electronic versions of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum are identical in
content.
Commerce exercised its discretion to
toll deadlines affected by the closure of
the Federal Government from January
20 to January 22, 2018. If the new
deadline falls on a non-business day, in
accordance with Commerce’s practice,
the deadline will become the next
business day. The deadline for the final
results of this administrative review is
now February 6, 2018.3
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on a review of the record and
comments received from interested
parties regarding our Preliminary
Results, we made changes to SRF’s and
Jindal’s calculations.4 SRF’s margin is
unchanged at zero percent, while the
margin for Jindal is now 1.57 percent.
Disclosure
We intend to disclose the calculations
performed to parties in this proceeding
1 See
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) determines that Jindal Poly
Films Limited made sales of subject
merchandise at less than normal value,
but that SRF Limited did not. The
period of review (POR) is July 1, 2015,
through June 30, 2016.
Applicable Date: February 13, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jacqueline Arrowsmith, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and
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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 AD order is dispositive.
Scope of the Order
The products covered by the AD order
are all gauges of raw, pretreated, or
primed polyethylene terephthalate film,
sheet, and strip (PET Film), whether
extruded or coextruded. Excluded are
Dated: February 7, 2018.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
AGENCY:
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and
Strip from India: Preliminary Results and Partial
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2015–2016, 82 FR 36735 (August 7, 2017)
(Preliminary Results).
2 See Department Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and
Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review:
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film from India; 2015–
2016 Administrative Review’’ (Issues and Decision
Memorandum), dated concurrently with, and
hereby adopted by, this notice.
3 See Memorandum for The Record from
Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, performing the nonexclusive functions and duties of the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance,
‘‘Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government’’ (Tolling Memorandum),
dated January 23, 2018. All deadlines in this
segment of the proceeding have been extended by
3 days.
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Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case brief and
rebuttal briefs are addressed in the
Issues and Decision Memorandum,
which is attached to this notice as an
Appendix.
Final Results of Review
As a result of our review, we
determine the following weightedaverage dumping margins exist for the
period July 1, 2015, through June 30,
2016.
Producer or exporter
Jindal Poly Films Limited of
India 5 ................................
SRF Limited ..........................
Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
1.57
0.00
4 See Memoranda to Thomas Gilgunn, Program
Manager ‘‘Analysis Memorandum for the Final
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review of Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet,
and Strip from India: Jindal Poly Films Limited,
and ‘‘Analysis Memorandum for the Final Results
of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip
from India: SRF Limited,’’ both dated concurrently
with these final results.
5 The Initiation Notice also lists the company as
Jindal Poly Films Ltd. (India). See Initiation of
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 81 FR 62720 (September
12, 2016) (Initiation Notice). As noted in the
Preliminary Decision Memoranda, dated
concurrently with the Federal Register notice, the
Department has determined that Jindal Poly Films
Limited of India is the same company as Jindal Poly
Films Ltd. (India). See Polyethylene Terephthalate
Film, Sheet, and Strip from India: Preliminary
Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2015–2016 82 FR 36735
(August 7, 2017).
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within five days after the public
announcement of the final results, in
accordance with section 751(a) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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 Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
Commerce intends to issue assessment
instructions directly to CBP 15 days
after publication of these final results of
review. For Jindal, we will base the
assessment rate for the corresponding
entries on the margin listed above.
For entries of subject merchandise
produced by Jindal or SRF for which it
did not know its merchandise was
destined for the United States, we will
instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed
entries at the all-others rate established
in the less-than fair-value (LTFV)
investigation, 5.71 percent,6 if there is
no rate for the intermediate
company(ies) involved in the
transaction.7 Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.106(c)(2), we will instruct CBP to
liquidate without regard to antidumping
duties any entries produced and
exported by SRF during the POR.
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective for all
shipments of PET Film from India
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of
publication of the final results of this
administrative review, as provided for
by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1)
The cash deposit rate for the companies
under review will be as follows 1.57
percent for merchandise exported by
Jindal and zero percent for merchandise
exported by SRF; (2) for previously
reviewed or investigated companies not
listed above, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the company-specific rate
published in the completed segment for
the most recent period for that
company; (3) if the exporter is not a firm
covered in this review, a prior review,
or the less-than-fair-value investigation,
but the manufacturer is, the cash
deposit rate will be the rate established
in the completed segment for the most
recent period for the manufacturer of
the merchandise; and (4) if neither the
6 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 from India, 67
FR 44175 (July 1, 2002) (Amended Final
Determination).
7 See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of
the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR
8101, 8102 (February 14, 2012) (Final Modification).
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exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm
covered in this or any other completed
segment of this proceeding, then the
cash deposit rate will be the all others
rate of 5.71 percent, which is the all
others rate established by Commerce in
the LTFV investigation adjusted for the
export subsidy rate in the countervailing
duty investigation.8 These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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 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 doubled antidumping
duties.
Notifications to Interested Parties
This notice also serves as a reminder
to parties subject to administrative
protective order (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the
destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). 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 terms of an
APO is a sanctionable violation.
Commerce is issuing and publishing
these final results of administrative
review in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19
CFR 351.221.
Dated: February 6, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations,
performing the non-exclusive functions and
duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
I. Summary
II. Background Scope of the Order
III. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether To Grant Certain
Post-Sale Price Adjustments to Jindal for
the Final Results
Comment 2: Whether To Grant Certain
Post-Sale Price Adjustments to SRF for
the Final Results
Comment 3: Whether To Revise SRF’s
Program
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–583–854]
Certain Steel Nails From Taiwan: Final
Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review and Partial
Rescission of Administrative Review;
2015–2016
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) determines, based on the
application of adverse facts available,
that Bonuts Hardware Logistic Co., Ltd.
(Bonuts), PT Enterprise, Inc./Pro-Team
Coil Nail Enterprise, Inc. (PT/ProTeam), and Unicatch Industrial Co. Ltd.
(Unicatch) made sales of certain steel
nails (nails) from Taiwan at prices
below normal value during the period of
review (POR) of May 20, 2015, through
June 30, 2016.
DATES: Applicable February 13, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Scott Hoefke or Victoria Cho, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–4947 or (202) 482–5075,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On August 7, 2017, Commerce
published the Preliminary Results of
this administrative review.1 For the
events that occurred since the
Preliminary Results, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.2 These final
results cover five companies.3
Commerce exercised its discretion to
toll deadlines affected by the closure of
the Federal Government from January
20 through 22, 2018. If the new deadline
falls on a non-business day, in
1 See Certain Steel Nails from Taiwan:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review and Partial Rescission of
Administrative Review; 2015–2016, 82 FR 36744
(August 7, 2017) (Preliminary Results), and
accompanying Memorandum, ‘‘Decision
Memorandum for Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain
Steel Nails from Taiwan; 2015–2016,’’ dated July
31, 2017 (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
2 See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision
Memorandum for the Final Results of the 2015–
2016 Administrative Review of the Antidumping
Duty Order on Certain Steel Nails from Taiwan’’
(Issues and Decision Memorandum), dated
concurrently with this notice and incorporated
herein by reference.
3 The five companies consist of three mandatory
respondents and two companies not individually
examined.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-824]
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip From India:
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2015-2016
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Jindal
Poly Films Limited made sales of subject merchandise at less than
normal value, but that SRF Limited did not. The period of review (POR)
is July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2016.
Applicable Date: February 13, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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:
Background
On August 7, 2017, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) published
the Preliminary Results.\1\ For a history of events that have occurred
since the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.\2\ The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document
and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service
System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov, and is available to all parties in the Central
Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main Department of Commerce building.
In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum
can be accessed directly on the internet at https://trade.gov/login.aspx. The signed Issues and Decision Memorandum and the
electronic versions of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical
in content.
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\1\ See Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from
India: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2015-2016, 82 FR 36735 (August 7, 2017)
(Preliminary Results).
\2\ See Department Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum
for the Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review:
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film from India; 2015-2016 Administrative
Review'' (Issues and Decision Memorandum), dated concurrently with,
and hereby adopted by, this notice.
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Commerce exercised its discretion to toll deadlines affected by the
closure of the Federal Government from January 20 to January 22, 2018.
If the new deadline falls on a non-business day, in accordance with
Commerce's practice, the deadline will become the next business day.
The deadline for the final results of this administrative review is now
February 6, 2018.\3\
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\3\ See Memorandum for The Record from Christian Marsh, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of
the Federal Government'' (Tolling Memorandum), dated January 23,
2018. All deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have been
extended by 3 days.
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by the AD order are all gauges of raw,
pretreated, or primed polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip
(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 AD order is dispositive.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case brief and rebuttal briefs are
addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, which is attached to
this notice as an Appendix.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on a review of the record and comments received from
interested parties regarding our Preliminary Results, we made changes
to SRF's and Jindal's calculations.\4\ SRF's margin is unchanged at
zero percent, while the margin for Jindal is now 1.57 percent.
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\4\ See Memoranda to Thomas Gilgunn, Program Manager ``Analysis
Memorandum for the Final Results of the Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review of Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and
Strip from India: Jindal Poly Films Limited, and ``Analysis
Memorandum for the Final Results of the Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review of Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and
Strip from India: SRF Limited,'' both dated concurrently with these
final results.
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Final Results of Review
As a result of our review, we determine the following weighted-
average dumping margins exist for the period July 1, 2015, through June
30, 2016.
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\5\ The Initiation Notice also lists the company as Jindal Poly
Films Ltd. (India). See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Administrative Reviews, 81 FR 62720 (September 12, 2016)
(Initiation Notice). As noted in the Preliminary Decision Memoranda,
dated concurrently with the Federal Register notice, the Department
has determined that Jindal Poly Films Limited of India is the same
company as Jindal Poly Films Ltd. (India). See Polyethylene
Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from India: Preliminary Results
and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review;
2015-2016 82 FR 36735 (August 7, 2017).
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Weighted-
average
Producer or exporter dumping margin
(percent)
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Jindal Poly Films Limited of India \5\................. 1.57
SRF Limited............................................ 0.00
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Disclosure
We intend to disclose the calculations performed to parties in this
proceeding
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within five days after the public announcement of the final results, in
accordance with section 751(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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 Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). Commerce intends to
issue assessment instructions directly to CBP 15 days after publication
of these final results of review. For Jindal, we will base the
assessment rate for the corresponding entries on the margin listed
above.
For entries of subject merchandise produced by Jindal or SRF for
which it did not know its merchandise was destined for the United
States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the
all-others rate established in the less-than fair-value (LTFV)
investigation, 5.71 percent,\6\ if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\7\ Pursuant to
19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we will instruct CBP to liquidate without regard
to antidumping duties any entries produced and exported by SRF during
the POR.
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\6\ 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 from India, 67 FR
44175 (July 1, 2002) (Amended Final Determination).
\7\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Proceedings; Final
Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102 (February 14, 2012) (Final
Modification).
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of PET Film from India entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of publication of the final
results of this administrative review, as provided for by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for the companies
under review will be as follows 1.57 percent for merchandise exported
by Jindal and zero percent for merchandise exported by SRF; (2) for
previously reviewed or investigated companies not listed above, the
cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate
published in the completed segment for the most recent period for that
company; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a
prior review, or the less-than-fair-value investigation, but the
manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established in
the completed segment 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 other completed segment
of this proceeding, then the cash deposit rate will be the all others
rate of 5.71 percent, which is the all others rate established by
Commerce in the LTFV investigation adjusted for the export subsidy rate
in the countervailing duty investigation.\8\ These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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\8\ See Amended Final Determination.
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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 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 doubled antidumping duties.
Notifications to Interested Parties
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the destruction of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). 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 terms of an APO is a sanctionable
violation.
Commerce is issuing and publishing these final results of
administrative review in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221.
Dated: February 6, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
I. Summary
II. Background Scope of the Order
III. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether To Grant Certain Post-Sale Price Adjustments
to Jindal for the Final Results
Comment 2: Whether To Grant Certain Post-Sale Price Adjustments
to SRF for the Final Results
Comment 3: Whether To Revise SRF's Program
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