Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber From the People's Republic of China, India, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan: Antidumping Duty Orders, 34545-34548 [2018-15567]
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Notification to Interested Parties
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
This notice also serves as the only
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.
Timely notification of the return or
destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective orders
is hereby requested. Failure to comply
with the regulations and terms of an
APO is a violation which is subject to
sanction.
We are issuing and publishing the
final results and this notice in
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(b),
and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.218.
Background
In accordance with sections 735(a),
735(d), and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR
351.210(c), on May 30, 2018, Commerce
published its affirmative final
determinations in the less-than-fairvalue (LTFV) investigations of fine
denier PSF from China, India, Korea and
Taiwan.1 On July 13, 2018, the ITC
notified Commerce of its affirmative
final determinations that an industry in
the United States is materially injured
within the meaning of section
735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, by reason of
LTFV imports of fine denier PSF from
China, India, Korea, and Taiwan.2
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Dated: July 2, 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.
Scope of the Orders
The product covered by these orders
is fine denier PSF from China, India,
Korea, and Taiwan. For a complete
description of the scope of these orders,
see the Appendix to this notice.
Antidumping Duty Orders
In accordance with sections
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735(b)(1)(A)(i) and 735(d) of the Act, the
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ITC notified Commerce of its final
determinations in these investigations,
in which it found that an industry in the
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States is materially injured by
reason of imports of fine denier PSF
International Trade Administration
from China, India, Korea, and Taiwan.3
[A–570–060, A–533–875, A–580–893, A–583–
Therefore, in accordance with section
860]
735(c)(2) of the Act, Commerce is
issuing these antidumping duty orders.
Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber
Because the ITC determined that
From the People’s Republic of China,
imports of fine denier PSF from China,
India, the Republic of Korea, and
India, Korea, and Taiwan are materially
Taiwan: Antidumping Duty Orders
injuring a U.S. industry, unliquidated
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance,
entries of such merchandise from China,
International Trade Administration,
India, Korea, and Taiwan, entered or
Department of Commerce.
withdrawn from warehouse for
consumption, are subject to the
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final
assessment of antidumping duties.
determinations by the Department of
Therefore, in accordance with section
Commerce (Commerce) and the
736(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce will
International Trade Commission (ITC),
direct U.S. Customs and Border
Commerce is issuing antidumping duty
Protection (CBP) to assess, upon further
orders on fine denier polyester staple
fiber (fine denier PSF) from the People’s
1 See Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber from the
Republic of China (China), India, the
People’s Republic of China: Final Affirmative
Republic of Korea (Korea), and Taiwan.
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 83
FR 24740 (May 30, 2018); Fine Denier Polyester
DATES: Applicable July 20, 2018.
Staple Fiber from India: Final Affirmative
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 83
Edythe Artman at (202) 482–3931
FR 24737 (May 30, 2018); Fine Denier Polyester
Staple Fiber from the Republic of Korea: Final
(China), Patrick O’Connor at (202) 482–
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than
0989 (India), Karine Gziryan at (202)
Fair Value, 83 FR 24743 (May 30, 2018); and Fine
482–4081 (Korea), Lilit Astvatsatrian at
Denier Polyester Staple Fiber from Taiwan: Final
(202) 482–6412 (Taiwan), AD/CVD
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value, 83 FR 24745 (May 30, 2018).
Operations, Enforcement and
2 See Letter to Gary Taverman, Acting Assistant
Compliance, U.S. Department of
Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
Compliance, from David S. Johanson, Chairman of
NW, Washington, DC 20230.
the U.S. International Trade Commission, regarding
Determination, 78 FR 13019, 13025 (February 26,
2013).
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fine denier polyester staple fiber from China, India,
Korea, and Taiwan (July 13, 2018).
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instruction by Commerce, antidumping
duties equal to the amount by which the
normal value of the merchandise
exceeds the export price (or constructed
export price) of the merchandise, for all
relevant entries of fine denier PSF from
China, India, Korea, and Taiwan. With
the exception of entries occurring after
the expiration of the provisional
measures period and before publication
of the ITC’s final affirmative injury
determinations, as further described
below, antidumping duties will be
assessed on unliquidated entries of fine
denier PSF from China, India, Korea,
and Taiwan entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after
January 5, 2018, the date of publication
of the preliminary determinations.4
Additionally, because the estimated
weighted-average dumping for subject
merchandise produced and exported by
Tainan Spinning Co., Ltd. was
determined to be zero in the
investigation of fine denier PSF from
Taiwan, and the estimated weightedaverage dumping for subject
merchandise produced and exported by
Toray Chemical Kora Inc. was
determined to be zero in the
investigation of fine denier PSF from
Korea, Commerce is directing CBP to
not suspend liquidation of entries of
subject merchandise from these
exporter/producer combinations for
each of the respective orders. Entries of
subject merchandise exported to the
United States by any other producer and
exporter combination are not entitled to
this exclusion from suspension of
liquidation and are subject to the
applicable cash deposit rates noted
below.
4 See Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber from the
People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value,
Postponement of Final Determination, and
Extension of Provisional Measures, 83 FR 665
(January 5, 2018), and accompanying Preliminary
Decision Memorandum (China Preliminary
Determination); Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber
from India: Preliminary Affirmative Determination
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of
Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional
Measures, 83 FR 662 (January 5, 2018), and
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum
(India Preliminary Determination); Fine Denier
Polyester Staple Fiber from the Republic of Korea:
Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of Final
Determination, and Extension of Provisional
Measures, 83 FR 660 (January 5, 2018), and
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum
(Korea Preliminary Determination); and Fine Denier
Polyester Staple Fiber from Taiwan: Preliminary
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value, Postponement of Final Determination,
and Extension of Provisional Measures, 83 FR 668
(January 5, 2018), and accompanying Preliminary
Decision Memorandum (Taiwan Preliminary
Determination).
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Continuation of Suspension of
Liquidation
Except as noted above and in the
‘‘Provisional Measures’’ section of this
notice below, in accordance with
section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act,
Commerce will instruct CBP to continue
to suspend liquidation on all relevant
entries of fine denier PSF from China,
India, Korea, and Taiwan. These
instructions suspending liquidation will
remain in effect until further notice.
Commerce will also instruct CBP to
require cash deposits equal to the
estimated weighted-average dumping
margins, or cash deposits adjusted for
subsidy offset, as applicable, indicated
in the tables below. Given that the
provisional measures period has
expired, as explained below, effective
on the date of publication in the Federal
Register of the notice of the ITC’s final
affirmative injury determinations, CBP
will require, at the same time as
importers would normally deposit
estimated duties on subject
merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the
estimated weighted-average dumping
margins or cash deposits adjusted for
subsidy offset, as applicable, listed in
the tables below.5 The relevant allothers rates apply to all producers or
exporters not specifically listed. The
China-wide entity rate applies to all
exporter-producer combinations not
specifically listed.
Provisional Measures
Section 733(d) of the Act states that
suspension of liquidation pursuant to an
affirmative preliminary determination
may not remain in effect for more than
four months, except where exporters
representing a significant proportion of
exports of the subject merchandise
request that Commerce extend the fourmonth period to no more than six
months. At the request of exporters that
account for a significant proportion of
fine denier PSF from China, India,
Korea, and Taiwan, Commerce extended
the four-month period to six months in
each of these investigations. Commerce
published the preliminary
determinations in these investigations
on January 5, 2018.6 Hence, the
extended provisional measures period,
beginning on the date of publication of
the preliminary determinations, ended
on July 3, 2018.
Exporter
Jiangyin Hailun Chemical
Fiber Co. Ltd.
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Jiangyin Huahong Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd.
Hangzhou Best Chemical
Fiber Co., Ltd.
Cixi Jiangnan Chemical
Fiber Co. Ltd.
Jiangsu Xinsu Chemical
Fiber Co., Ltd.
Jiangyin Jinyan Chemical
Fiber Co., Ltd.
Jiangyin Yangxi International Trade Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Jinfuchun Industrial Co., Ltd.
Nanyang Textile Co., Ltd ..
Ningbo Dafa Chemical
Fiber Co. Ltd.
Zhaoqing Tifo New Fibre
Co., Ltd.
Unifi Textiles (Suzhou)
Co., Ltd.
Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping
Margins
The estimated weighted-average
antidumping duty margin percentages
and cash deposit rates adjusted for
subsidy offset, as applicable, are as
follows:
China
Estimated
weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
Producer
Jiangyin Hailun Chemical Fiber Co. Ltd./Jiangyin Xinlun Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd./
Jiangyin Yunlun Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd./Jiangyin Bolun Chemical Fiber Co.,
Ltd./Jiangyin Fenghua Synthetic Fiber Co., Ltd./Jiangyin Huamei Special Fiber
Co., Ltd./Jiangyin Huasheng Polymerization Co., Ltd./Jiangyin Huayi Polymerization Co., Ltd./Jiangyin Huaxing Synthetic Co., Ltd./Jiangyin Xingsheng
Plastic Co., Ltd.
Jiangyin Huahong Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd./Jiangyin Huakai Polyester Co., Ltd./
Jiangyin Hongkai Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd.
Hangzhou Best Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd .................................................................
Cash deposit
adjusted for
subsidy offset
(percent)
72.22
72.22
65.17
65.11
68.70
68.64
Cixi Jiangnan Chemical Fiber Co. Ltd .....................................................................
68.70
68.64
Jiangsu Xinsu Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd ...................................................................
68.70
68.64
Jiangyin Jinyan Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd./Jiangsu Xiang He Tai Fiber Technology
Co., Ltd.
Jiangsu Hengze Composite Materials Technology Co., Ltd./Chuzhou Prosperity
Environmental Protection Color Fiber Co., Ltd./Jiangsu Xiang He Tai Fiber
Technology Co., Ltd./Jiangyin Hengfeng Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd./Jiangyin
Shunze Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Jinfuchun Industrial Co., Ltd .....................................................................
68.70
68.64
68.70
68.64
68.70
68.64
Nanyang Textile Co., Ltd .........................................................................................
Ningbo Dafa Chemical Fiber Co. Ltd .......................................................................
68.70
68.70
68.64
68.64
Zhaoqing Tifo New Fibre Co., Ltd ...........................................................................
68.70
68.64
Jiangyin Yueda Chemical Fiber Limited Company/Hangzhou BenMa Chemical
and Spinning Company Ltd./Yizheng Chemical Fiber Limited Liability Company.
68.70
68.64
5 See
section 736(a)(3) of the Act.
China Preliminary Determination, India
Preliminary Determination, Korea Preliminary
6 See
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Therefore, in accordance with section
733(d) of the Act and our practice,7
Commerce will instruct CBP to
terminate the suspension of liquidation
and to liquidate, without regard to
antidumping duties, unliquidated
entries of fine denier PSF from China,
India, Korea, and Taiwan entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption after July 3, 2018, the final
day on which the provisional measures
were in effect, until and through the day
preceding the date of publication of the
ITC’s final affirmative injury
determinations in the Federal Register.
Suspension of liquidation and the
collection of cash deposits will resume
on the date of publication of the ITC’s
final determinations in the Federal
Register.
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Determination, and Taiwan Preliminary
Determination.
7 See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products
from India, Italy, the People’s Republic of China,
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the Republic of Korea and Taiwan: Amended Final
Affirmative Antidumping Determination for India
and Taiwan, and Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR
48390, 48392 (July 25, 2016).
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Estimated
weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
Cash deposit
adjusted for
subsidy offset
(percent)
Exporter
Producer
Yuyao Dafa Chemical
Fiber Co., Ltd.
Zhangjiagang City
Hongtuo Chemical Fiber
Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Linan Foreign
Trade Co., Ltd.
Suzhou Zhengbang Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd.
Yuyao Dafa Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd .......................................................................
68.70
68.64
Jiangyin Jindun Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd .................................................................
68.70
68.64
Zhejiang Huashun Technology Co., Ltd ..................................................................
68.70
68.64
Suzhou Zhengbang Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd ..........................................................
68.70
68.64
103.06
103.00
CHINA–WIDE ENTITY
India
Estimated
weightedaverage dumping
margin
(percent)
Exporter/producer
Reliance Industries Limited .........................................................................................................
Bombay Dyeing & Manufacturing Company Limited ..................................................................
All-Others .....................................................................................................................................
21.43
21.43
21.43
Cash deposit rate
adjusted for
subsidy offset
(percent)
14.48
15.49
14.67
Korea
Estimated
weightedaverage dumping
margin
(percent)
Exporter/producer
Toray Chemical Korea Inc .....................................................................................................................................................
Huvis Corporation ..................................................................................................................................................................
Down Nara, Co., Ltd., Down-Nara, Co., Ltd .........................................................................................................................
(AKA Koreco Synthetic Fiber Co., Ltd.) ................................................................................................................................
All-Others ...............................................................................................................................................................................
0.00
45.23
45.23
30.15
Taiwan
Estimated
weightedaverage dumping
margin
(percent)
Exporter/producer
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Tainan Spinning Co., Ltd .......................................................................................................................................................
Far Eastern Textile Ltd. (AKA Far Eastern New Century Corporation) ................................................................................
All-Others ...............................................................................................................................................................................
This notice constitutes the
antidumping duty orders with respect to
fine denier PSF from China, India,
Korea, and Taiwan pursuant to section
736(a) of the Act. Interested parties can
find a list of antidumping duty orders
currently in effect at https://
enforcement.trade.gov/stats/
iastats1.html.
These orders are published in
accordance with section 736(a) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
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Dated: July 16, 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—Scope of the Orders
The merchandise covered by these orders
is fine denier polyester staple fiber (fine
denier PSF), not carded or combed,
measuring less than 3.3 decitex (3 denier) in
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diameter. The scope covers all fine denier
PSF, whether coated or uncoated. The
following products are excluded from the
scope:
(1) PSF equal to or greater than 3.3 decitex
(more than 3 denier, inclusive) currently
classifiable under Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
subheadings 5503.20.0045 and 5503.20.0065.
(2) Low-melt PSF defined as a bicomponent polyester fiber having a polyester
fiber component that melts at a lower
temperature than the other polyester fiber
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component, which is currently classifiable
under HTSUS subheading 5503.20.0015.
Fine denier PSF is classifiable under the
HTSUS subheading 5503.20.0025. Although
the HTSUS subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the scope of these
orders is dispositive.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–967]
Aluminum Extrusions From the
People’s Republic of China: Initiation
and Preliminary Results of Expedited
Changed Circumstances Review
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) is initiating and issuing the
preliminary results of a changed
circumstances review (CCR) of the
antidumping duty (AD) order on
aluminum extrusions from the People’s
Republic of China (China), finding that
the cash deposit rate for the 21
exporters/producers who retain a
separate rate assigned in the less-thanfair value (LTFV) investigation should
be recalculated to reflect the revised
countervailing duty (CVD) export
subsidy offsets from the amended final
CVD determination. We invite
interested parties to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable July 20, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Flessner or Erin Kearney, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–6312 or (202) 482–0167,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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AGENCY:
Background
On May 26, 2011, Commerce
published AD and CVD orders on
aluminum extrusions from China.1 On
October 23, 2015, the United States
Court of International Trade (CIT)
sustained Commerce’s results of
redetermination pursuant to court
remand, which recalculated the all1 See Aluminum Extrusions from the People’s
Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Order, 76 FR
30650 (May 26, 2011) (the Order); and Aluminum
Extrusions from the People’s Republic of China:
Countervailing Duty Order, 76 FR 30653 (May 26,
2011).
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others subsidy rate in the CVD
investigation of aluminum extrusions
from China.2 On November 10, 2015,
Commerce published an amended final
CVD determination, with an effective
date of November 2, 2015.3
In the CVD investigation, the subsidy
rate applied to ‘‘all other’’ companies
was 374.15 percent,4 and the amount of
export subsidies included in the allothers rate was 42.16 percent.5 Section
772(c)(1)(C) the Act provides that in
determining export price (EP) or
constructed export price (CEP),
Commerce should adjust its calculations
by ‘‘the amount of any countervailing
duty imposed on the subject
merchandise . . . to offset an export
subsidy.’’ Therefore, the AD cash
deposit rate for companies eligible for a
separate rate was calculated as the
separate rate dumping margin
determined in the LTFV investigation
(i.e., 32.79 percent), less the amount of
export subsidies included in the allothers CVD rate (i.e., 42.16 percent).6
However, as a result of Commerce’s
amended final CVD determination, the
all-others CVD rate was determined to
be 7.37 percent,7 and the amount of
export subsidies included in the allothers rate was determined to be 0.28
percent.8
Of the companies that were granted a
separate rate in the LTFV investigation,
21 companies have not been subject to
an administrative review and, thus,
continue to be assigned the separate rate
cash deposit rate determined in the
LTFV investigation.9 These companies
are listed below in the ‘‘Preliminary
2 See MacLean-Fogg Co. v. United States, 100 F.
Supp. 3d 1349 (CIT August 2015) (MacLean-Fogg).
3 See Aluminum Extrusions from the People’s
Republic of China: Amended Final Affirmative
Countervailing Duty Determination Pursuant to
Court Decision, 80 FR 69640 (November 10, 2015)
(CVD Amended Final Determination).
4 See Aluminum Extrusions from the People’s
Republic of China: Final Affirmative Countervailing
Duty Determination, 76 FR 18521, 18523 (April 4,
2011).
5 See Aluminum Extrusions from the People’s
Republic of China: Final Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value, 76 FR 18524, 18531 (April
4, 2011).
6 Id., 76 FR at 18531.
7 See CVD Amended Final Determination, 80 FR
at 69640.
8 See Memorandum, ‘‘Preliminary Export Subsidy
Offset Calculation Memorandum,’’ dated
concurrently with this notice (Preliminary
Calculation Memorandum).
9 Two additional companies, China Square
Industrial Ltd and USA Worldwide Door
Components (PINGHU) Co., Ltd., are currently
assigned the separate rate established in the LTFV
investigation. However, both companies are
currently under review in the 2015–2016
administrative review of aluminum extrusions from
China, and their dumping margin will be
determined in the final results of that review.
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Results of Expedited Changed
Circumstances Review’’ section.
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the
Order is aluminum extrusions which are
shapes and forms, produced by an
extrusion process, made from aluminum
alloys having metallic elements
corresponding to the alloy series
designations published by The
Aluminum Association commencing
with the numbers 1, 3, and 6 (or
proprietary equivalents or other
certifying body equivalents).
Specifically, the subject merchandise
made from aluminum alloy with an
Aluminum Association series
designation commencing with the
number 1 contains not less than 99
percent aluminum by weight. The
subject merchandise made from
aluminum alloy with an Aluminum
Association series designation
commencing with the number 3
contains manganese as the major
alloying element, with manganese
accounting for not more than 3.0
percent of total materials by weight. The
subject merchandise is made from an
aluminum alloy with an Aluminum
Association series designation
commencing with the number 6
contains magnesium and silicon as the
major alloying elements, with
magnesium accounting for at least 0.1
percent but not more than 2.0 percent of
total materials by weight, and silicon
accounting for at least 0.1 percent but
not more than 3.0 percent of total
materials by weight. The subject
aluminum extrusions are properly
identified by a four-digit alloy series
without either a decimal point or
leading letter. Illustrative examples from
among the approximately 160 registered
alloys that may characterize the subject
merchandise are as follows: 1350, 3003,
and 6060.
Aluminum extrusions are produced
and imported in a wide variety of
shapes and forms, including, but not
limited to, hollow profiles, other solid
profiles, pipes, tubes, bars, and rods.
Aluminum extrusions that are drawn
subsequent to extrusion (drawn
aluminum) are also included in the
scope.
Aluminum extrusions are produced
and imported with a variety of finishes
(both coatings and surface treatments),
and types of fabrication. The types of
coatings and treatments applied to
subject aluminum extrusions include,
but are not limited to, extrusions that
are mill finished (i.e., without any
coating or further finishing), brushed,
buffed, polished, anodized (including
brightdip anodized), liquid painted, or
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-060, A-533-875, A-580-893, A-583-860]
Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber From the People's Republic of
China, India, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan: Antidumping Duty
Orders
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) and the International Trade Commission (ITC),
Commerce is issuing antidumping duty orders on fine denier polyester
staple fiber (fine denier PSF) from the People's Republic of China
(China), India, the Republic of Korea (Korea), and Taiwan.
DATES: Applicable July 20, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edythe Artman at (202) 482-3931
(China), Patrick O'Connor at (202) 482-0989 (India), Karine Gziryan at
(202) 482-4081 (Korea), Lilit Astvatsatrian at (202) 482-6412 (Taiwan),
AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In accordance with sections 735(a), 735(d), and 777(i)(1) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.210(c), on May
30, 2018, Commerce published its affirmative final determinations in
the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of fine denier PSF from
China, India, Korea and Taiwan.\1\ On July 13, 2018, the ITC notified
Commerce of its affirmative final determinations that an industry in
the United States is materially injured within the meaning of section
735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, by reason of LTFV imports of fine denier
PSF from China, India, Korea, and Taiwan.\2\
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\1\ See Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber from the People's
Republic of China: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value, 83 FR 24740 (May 30, 2018); Fine Denier Polyester
Staple Fiber from India: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value, 83 FR 24737 (May 30, 2018); Fine Denier
Polyester Staple Fiber from the Republic of Korea: Final Affirmative
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 83 FR 24743 (May 30,
2018); and Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber from Taiwan: Final
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 83 FR
24745 (May 30, 2018).
\2\ See Letter to Gary Taverman, Acting Assistant Secretary of
Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance, from David S. Johanson,
Chairman of the U.S. International Trade Commission, regarding fine
denier polyester staple fiber from China, India, Korea, and Taiwan
(July 13, 2018).
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Scope of the Orders
The product covered by these orders is fine denier PSF from China,
India, Korea, and Taiwan. For a complete description of the scope of
these orders, see the Appendix to this notice.
Antidumping Duty Orders
In accordance with sections 735(b)(1)(A)(i) and 735(d) of the Act,
the ITC notified Commerce of its final determinations in these
investigations, in which it found that an industry in the United States
is materially injured by reason of imports of fine denier PSF from
China, India, Korea, and Taiwan.\3\ Therefore, in accordance with
section 735(c)(2) of the Act, Commerce is issuing these antidumping
duty orders. Because the ITC determined that imports of fine denier PSF
from China, India, Korea, and Taiwan are materially injuring a U.S.
industry, unliquidated entries of such merchandise from China, India,
Korea, and Taiwan, entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption,
are subject to the assessment of antidumping duties.
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Therefore, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act,
Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
assess, upon further instruction by Commerce, antidumping duties equal
to the amount by which the normal value of the merchandise exceeds the
export price (or constructed export price) of the merchandise, for all
relevant entries of fine denier PSF from China, India, Korea, and
Taiwan. With the exception of entries occurring after the expiration of
the provisional measures period and before publication of the ITC's
final affirmative injury determinations, as further described below,
antidumping duties will be assessed on unliquidated entries of fine
denier PSF from China, India, Korea, and Taiwan entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or after January 5, 2018, the date
of publication of the preliminary determinations.\4\ Additionally,
because the estimated weighted-average dumping for subject merchandise
produced and exported by Tainan Spinning Co., Ltd. was determined to be
zero in the investigation of fine denier PSF from Taiwan, and the
estimated weighted-average dumping for subject merchandise produced and
exported by Toray Chemical Kora Inc. was determined to be zero in the
investigation of fine denier PSF from Korea, Commerce is directing CBP
to not suspend liquidation of entries of subject merchandise from these
exporter/producer combinations for each of the respective orders.
Entries of subject merchandise exported to the United States by any
other producer and exporter combination are not entitled to this
exclusion from suspension of liquidation and are subject to the
applicable cash deposit rates noted below.
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\4\ See Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber from the People's
Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of Final Determination, and
Extension of Provisional Measures, 83 FR 665 (January 5, 2018), and
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (China Preliminary
Determination); Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber from India:
Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value, Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of
Provisional Measures, 83 FR 662 (January 5, 2018), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum (India Preliminary Determination);
Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber from the Republic of Korea:
Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value, Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of
Provisional Measures, 83 FR 660 (January 5, 2018), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum (Korea Preliminary Determination);
and Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber from Taiwan: Preliminary
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value,
Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional
Measures, 83 FR 668 (January 5, 2018), and accompanying Preliminary
Decision Memorandum (Taiwan Preliminary Determination).
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Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation
Except as noted above and in the ``Provisional Measures'' section
of this notice below, in accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the
Act, Commerce will instruct CBP to continue to suspend liquidation on
all relevant entries of fine denier PSF from China, India, Korea, and
Taiwan. These instructions suspending liquidation will remain in effect
until further notice.
Commerce will also instruct CBP to require cash deposits equal to
the estimated weighted-average dumping margins, or cash deposits
adjusted for subsidy offset, as applicable, indicated in the tables
below. Given that the provisional measures period has expired, as
explained below, effective on the date of publication in the Federal
Register of the notice of the ITC's final affirmative injury
determinations, CBP will require, at the same time as importers would
normally deposit estimated duties on subject merchandise, a cash
deposit equal to the estimated weighted-average dumping margins or cash
deposits adjusted for subsidy offset, as applicable, listed in the
tables below.\5\ The relevant all-others rates apply to all producers
or exporters not specifically listed. The China-wide entity rate
applies to all exporter-producer combinations not specifically listed.
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\5\ See section 736(a)(3) of the Act.
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Provisional Measures
Section 733(d) of the Act states that suspension of liquidation
pursuant to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in
effect for more than four months, except where exporters representing a
significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise request
that Commerce extend the four-month period to no more than six months.
At the request of exporters that account for a significant proportion
of fine denier PSF from China, India, Korea, and Taiwan, Commerce
extended the four-month period to six months in each of these
investigations. Commerce published the preliminary determinations in
these investigations on January 5, 2018.\6\ Hence, the extended
provisional measures period, beginning on the date of publication of
the preliminary determinations, ended on July 3, 2018.
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\6\ See China Preliminary Determination, India Preliminary
Determination, Korea Preliminary Determination, and Taiwan
Preliminary Determination.
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Therefore, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act and our
practice,\7\ Commerce will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of
liquidation and to liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties,
unliquidated entries of fine denier PSF from China, India, Korea, and
Taiwan entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption after July
3, 2018, the final day on which the provisional measures were in
effect, until and through the day preceding the date of publication of
the ITC's final affirmative injury determinations in the Federal
Register. Suspension of liquidation and the collection of cash deposits
will resume on the date of publication of the ITC's final
determinations in the Federal Register.
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\7\ See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from India,
Italy, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea and
Taiwan: Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Determination for
India and Taiwan, and Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 48390, 48392
(July 25, 2016).
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Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping Margins
The estimated weighted-average antidumping duty margin percentages
and cash deposit rates adjusted for subsidy offset, as applicable, are
as follows:
China
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Estimated
weighted- Cash deposit
Exporter Producer average adjusted for
dumping margin subsidy offset
(percent) (percent)
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Jiangyin Hailun Chemical Fiber Co. Ltd Jiangyin Hailun Chemical Fiber Co. Ltd./ 72.22 72.22
Jiangyin Xinlun Chemical Fiber Co.,
Ltd./Jiangyin Yunlun Chemical Fiber
Co., Ltd./Jiangyin Bolun Chemical Fiber
Co., Ltd./Jiangyin Fenghua Synthetic
Fiber Co., Ltd./Jiangyin Huamei Special
Fiber Co., Ltd./Jiangyin Huasheng
Polymerization Co., Ltd./Jiangyin Huayi
Polymerization Co., Ltd./Jiangyin
Huaxing Synthetic Co., Ltd./Jiangyin
Xingsheng Plastic Co., Ltd.
Jiangyin Huahong Chemical Fiber Co., Jiangyin Huahong Chemical Fiber Co., 65.17 65.11
Ltd. Ltd./Jiangyin Huakai Polyester Co.,
Ltd./Jiangyin Hongkai Chemical Fiber
Co., Ltd.
Hangzhou Best Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd. Hangzhou Best Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd... 68.70 68.64
Cixi Jiangnan Chemical Fiber Co. Ltd.. Cixi Jiangnan Chemical Fiber Co. Ltd.... 68.70 68.64
Jiangsu Xinsu Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd. Jiangsu Xinsu Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd... 68.70 68.64
Jiangyin Jinyan Chemical Fiber Co., Jiangyin Jinyan Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd./ 68.70 68.64
Ltd. Jiangsu Xiang He Tai Fiber Technology
Co., Ltd.
Jiangyin Yangxi International Trade Jiangsu Hengze Composite Materials 68.70 68.64
Co., Ltd. Technology Co., Ltd./Chuzhou Prosperity
Environmental Protection Color Fiber
Co., Ltd./Jiangsu Xiang He Tai Fiber
Technology Co., Ltd./Jiangyin Hengfeng
Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd./Jiangyin
Shunze Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Jinfuchun Industrial Co., Ltd Zhejiang Jinfuchun Industrial Co., Ltd.. 68.70 68.64
Nanyang Textile Co., Ltd.............. Nanyang Textile Co., Ltd................ 68.70 68.64
Ningbo Dafa Chemical Fiber Co. Ltd.... Ningbo Dafa Chemical Fiber Co. Ltd...... 68.70 68.64
Zhaoqing Tifo New Fibre Co., Ltd...... Zhaoqing Tifo New Fibre Co., Ltd........ 68.70 68.64
Unifi Textiles (Suzhou) Co., Ltd...... Jiangyin Yueda Chemical Fiber Limited 68.70 68.64
Company/Hangzhou BenMa Chemical and
Spinning Company Ltd./Yizheng Chemical
Fiber Limited Liability Company.
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Yuyao Dafa Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd.... Yuyao Dafa Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd...... 68.70 68.64
Zhangjiagang City Hongtuo Chemical Jiangyin Jindun Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd. 68.70 68.64
Fiber Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Linan Foreign Trade Co., Ltd. Zhejiang Huashun Technology Co., Ltd.... 68.70 68.64
Suzhou Zhengbang Chemical Fiber Co., Suzhou Zhengbang Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd 68.70 68.64
Ltd.
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CHINA-WIDE ENTITY 103.06 103.00
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India
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Estimated weighted- Cash deposit rate
Exporter/producer average dumping adjusted for subsidy
margin (percent) offset (percent)
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Reliance Industries Limited....................................... 21.43 14.48
Bombay Dyeing & Manufacturing Company Limited..................... 21.43 15.49
All-Others........................................................ 21.43 14.67
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Korea
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Estimated weighted-
Exporter/producer average dumping
margin (percent)
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Toray Chemical Korea Inc......................... 0.00
Huvis Corporation................................ 45.23
Down Nara, Co., Ltd., Down-Nara, Co., Ltd........ 45.23
(AKA Koreco Synthetic Fiber Co., Ltd.)...........
All-Others....................................... 30.15
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Taiwan
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Estimated weighted-
Exporter/producer average dumping
margin (percent)
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Tainan Spinning Co., Ltd......................... 0.00
Far Eastern Textile Ltd. (AKA Far Eastern New 48.86
Century Corporation)............................
All-Others....................................... 24.43
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This notice constitutes the antidumping duty orders with respect to
fine denier PSF from China, India, Korea, and Taiwan pursuant to
section 736(a) of the Act. Interested parties can find a list of
antidumping duty orders currently in effect at https://enforcement.trade.gov/stats/iastats1.html.
These orders are published in accordance with section 736(a) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
Dated: July 16, 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--Scope of the Orders
The merchandise covered by these orders is fine denier polyester
staple fiber (fine denier PSF), not carded or combed, measuring less
than 3.3 decitex (3 denier) in diameter. The scope covers all fine
denier PSF, whether coated or uncoated. The following products are
excluded from the scope:
(1) PSF equal to or greater than 3.3 decitex (more than 3
denier, inclusive) currently classifiable under Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings 5503.20.0045 and
5503.20.0065.
(2) Low-melt PSF defined as a bi-component polyester fiber
having a polyester fiber component that melts at a lower temperature
than the other polyester fiber
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component, which is currently classifiable under HTSUS subheading
5503.20.0015.
Fine denier PSF is classifiable under the HTSUS subheading
5503.20.0025. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the
scope of these orders is dispositive.
[FR Doc. 2018-15567 Filed 7-19-18; 8:45 am]
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