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period. Failure to comply with this
requirement could result in the
Secretary’s presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping and/or
countervailing duties occurred and the
subsequent assessment of double
antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these
results in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19
CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Dated: August 2018.
James Maeder,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations performing the duties of Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of Methodology
A. Comparisons to Normal Value
1. Determination of Comparison Method
2. Results of the Differential Pricing (DP)
Analysis
B. Product Comparisons
C. Date of Sale
D. Export Price/Constructed Export Price
E. Normal Value
1. Home Market Viability
2. Affiliated Party Transactions and the
Arm’s-Length Test
3. Cost of Production
a. Calculation of Cost of Production
b. Test of Comparison Market Prices
c. Results of the COP Test
F. Level of Trade
G. Calculation of Normal Value Based on
Comparison Market Prices
H. Calculation of Normal Value Based on
Constructed Value
I. Margins for Companies Not Selected for
Individual Examination
J. Currency Conversion
V. Recommendation
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International Trade Administration
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[A–583–837]
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film,
Sheet, and Strip From Taiwan:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review and
Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments; 2016–2017
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
AGENCY:
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The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) is conducting an
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, 2016,
through June 30, 2017. We preliminarily
determine that Nan Ya Plastics
Corporation (Nan Ya) did not make sales
below normal value (NV) and that
Shinkong Materials Technology
Corporation (SMTC) had no shipments
during the POR. Interested parties are
invited to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable August 10, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jacqueline Arrowsmith at (202) 482–
5255, AD/CVD Operations, Office VII,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the order
is PET Film. The PET Film subject to
the order is currently classifiable under
subheading 3920.62.00.90 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States.1
Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments
Based on our analysis of U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP)
information and information provided
by SMTC and its affiliate, Shinkong
Synthetic Fibers Corp. (SSFC), we
preliminarily determine that SMTC had
no shipments of the subject
merchandise during the POR.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review
in accordance with section 751(a)(2) of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act). Export price is calculated in
accordance with section 772 of the Act.
NV is calculated in accordance with
section 773 of the Act.
For a full description of the
methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum. A list of topics
included in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is included at the
Appendix to this notice. The
1 A full description of the scope of the order is
contained in the memorandum, ‘‘Decision
Memorandum for Preliminary Results and Partial
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review: Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet,
and Strip from Taiwan; 2016–2017’’ (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum), which is hereby adopted
by this notice.
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Preliminary 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 in Room B8024 of the
main Commerce building. In addition, a
complete version of the Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
on the internet at https://enforcement.
trade.gov/frn/. The signed
and electronic versions of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum are
identical in content.
Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we
preliminarily determine the following
weighted-average dumping margin for
the period July 1, 2016, through June 30,
2017.
Manufacturer/exporter
Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
Nan Ya Plastics Corporation ......
0.00
Disclosure and Public Comment
We intend to disclose the calculations
performed to parties in this proceeding
within five days after public
announcement of the preliminary
results in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b). Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(c), interested parties may
submit case briefs not later than 30 days
after the date of publication of this
notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues
raised in the case briefs, may be filed
not later than five days after the date for
filing case briefs.2 Parties who submit
case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this
proceeding are encouraged to submit
with each argument: (1) A statement of
the issue; (2) a brief summary of the
argument; and (3) a table of authorities.3
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),
interested parties who wish to request a
hearing, must submit a written request
to the Acting Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, filed
electronically via ACCESS. An
electronically filed document must be
received successfully in its entirety by
Commerce’s electronic records system,
ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time within
30 days after the date of publication of
this notice. Requests should contain: (1)
The party’s name, address and
2 See
19 CFR 351.309(d).
19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing
requirements).
3 See
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telephone number; (2) the number of
participants; and (3) a list of issues to be
discussed. Issues raised in the hearing
will be limited to those raised in the
respective case briefs. Commerce
intends to issue the final results of this
administrative review, including the
results of its analysis of the issues raised
in any written briefs, not later than 120
days after the date of publication of this
notice, unless extended, pursuant to
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
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Assessment Rates
Upon completion of this
administrative review, Commerce shall
determine and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess
antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries. If a respondent’s weightedaverage dumping margin is not zero or
de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent)
in the final results of this review, we
will calculate importer-specific ad
valorem assessment rates on the basis of
the ratio of the total amount of dumping
calculated for an importer’s examined
sales and the total entered value of such
sales in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1). Where either the
respondent’s weighted-average dumping
margin is zero or de minimis within the
meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c), or an
importer-specific rate is zero or de
minimis, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate the appropriate entries
without regard to antidumping duties.
Commerce clarified its ‘‘automatic
assessment’’ regulation on May 6, 2003.4
This clarification applies to entries of
subject merchandise during the POR
produced by a respondent for which it
did not know its merchandise was
destined for the United States. In such
instances, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate unreviewed entries at the allothers rate if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in
the transaction.
We intend to issue instructions to
CBP 15 days after publication of the
final results of this review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements
will be effective for all shipments of
PET Film from Taiwan 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 company
under review will be the rate
established in the final results of this
4 For a full discussion of this clarification, see
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954
(May 6, 2003) (Assessment Policy Notice).
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review (except, if the rate is zero or de
minimis, no cash deposit will be
required); (2) for previously reviewed or
investigated companies not listed above,
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
review, a prior review, or the less-thanfair-value 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) the cash
deposit rate for all other manufacturers
or exporters is 2.40 percent.5 These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed,
shall remain in effect until further
notice.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice also serves as a
preliminary 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.
We are issuing and publishing these
preliminary results in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Dated: August 3, 2018.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Preliminary Finding of No Shipments for
SMTC
V. Product Comparisons
VI. Comparison to Normal Value
A. Determination of Comparison Method
B. Results of the Differential Pricing
Analysis
C. Date of Sale
D. Export Price
E. Normal Value
F. Calculation of Normal Value Based on
Comparison Market Prices
G. Price-to-Constructed Value Comparisons
H. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation
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5 See PET Film from Taiwan Amended Final
Determination.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) has received requests to
conduct administrative reviews of
various antidumping and countervailing
duty orders and findings with June
anniversary dates. In accordance with
Commerce’s regulations, we are
initiating those administrative reviews.
DATES: Applicable August 10, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brenda E. Brown, Office of AD/CVD
Operations, Customs Liaison Unit,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482–4735.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
Commerce has received timely
requests, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(b), for administrative reviews of
various antidumping and countervailing
duty orders and findings with June
anniversary dates.
All deadlines for the submission of
various types of information,
certifications, or comments or actions by
Commerce discussed below refer to the
number of calendar days from the
applicable starting time.
Notice of No Sales
If a producer or exporter named in
this notice of initiation had no exports,
sales, or entries during the period of
review (POR), it must notify Commerce
within 30 days of publication of this
notice in the Federal Register. All
submissions must be filed electronically
at https://access.trade.gov in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.303.1 Such
submissions are subject to verification
in accordance with section 782(i) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Further, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.303(f)(1)(i), a copy must be served
on every party on Commerce’s service
list.
Respondent Selection
In the event Commerce limits the
number of respondents for individual
1 See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures;
Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR
39263 (July 6, 2011).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-583-837]
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip From Taiwan:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and
Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2016-2017
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an
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, 2016, through June 30, 2017. We
preliminarily determine that Nan Ya Plastics Corporation (Nan Ya) did
not make sales below normal value (NV) and that Shinkong Materials
Technology Corporation (SMTC) had no shipments during the POR.
Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable August 10, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacqueline Arrowsmith at (202) 482-
5255, AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the order is PET Film. The PET Film
subject to the order is currently classifiable under subheading
3920.62.00.90 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States.\1\
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\1\ A full description of the scope of the order is contained in
the memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results and
Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review:
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from Taiwan; 2016-
2017'' (Preliminary Decision Memorandum), which is hereby adopted by
this notice.
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Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
Based on our analysis of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
information and information provided by SMTC and its affiliate,
Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corp. (SSFC), we preliminarily determine that
SMTC had no shipments of the subject merchandise during the POR.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Export price
is calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. NV is
calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act.
For a full description of the methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of topics
included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included at the
Appendix to this notice. The Preliminary 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 in Room B8024 of the main Commerce building. In addition,
a complete version of the Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly
on the internet at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The
signed and electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
are identical in content.
Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the
following weighted-average dumping margin for the period July 1, 2016,
through June 30, 2017.
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Weighted-
average
Manufacturer/exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Nan Ya Plastics Corporation................................ 0.00
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Disclosure and Public Comment
We intend to disclose the calculations performed to parties in this
proceeding within five days after public announcement of the
preliminary results in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). Pursuant to
19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case briefs not later
than 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. Rebuttal
briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed not
later than five days after the date for filing case briefs.\2\ Parties
who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are
encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A statement of the issue;
(2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities.\3\
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\2\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
\3\ See 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements).
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing, must submit a written request to the Acting
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed
electronically via ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be
received successfully in its entirety by Commerce's electronic records
system, ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice. Requests should contain: (1) The party's
name, address and
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telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of
issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to
those raised in the respective case briefs. Commerce intends to issue
the final results of this administrative review, including the results
of its analysis of the issues raised in any written briefs, not later
than 120 days after the date of publication of this notice, unless
extended, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
Assessment Rates
Upon completion of this administrative review, Commerce shall
determine and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. If a respondent's
weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less
than 0.5 percent) in the final results of this review, we will
calculate importer-specific ad valorem assessment rates on the basis of
the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for an importer's
examined sales and the total entered value of such sales in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). Where either the respondent's weighted-
average dumping margin is zero or de minimis within the meaning of 19
CFR 351.106(c), or an importer-specific rate is zero or de minimis, we
will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard
to antidumping duties.
Commerce clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on May
6, 2003.\4\ This clarification applies to entries of subject
merchandise during the POR produced by a respondent for which it did
not know its merchandise was destined for the United States. In such
instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the
all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies)
involved in the transaction.
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\4\ For a full discussion of this clarification, see Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping
Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003) (Assessment Policy Notice).
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We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of
the final results of this review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of PET Film from Taiwan 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 company
under review will be the rate established in the final results of this
review (except, if the rate is zero or de minimis, no cash deposit will
be required); (2) for previously reviewed or investigated companies not
listed above, 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 review, a prior review, or the less-than-
fair-value 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) the cash deposit rate for all
other manufacturers or exporters is 2.40 percent.\5\ These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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\5\ See PET Film from Taiwan Amended Final Determination.
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Notification to Interested Parties
This notice also serves as a preliminary 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.
We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.213(h)(1).
Dated: August 3, 2018.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Preliminary Finding of No Shipments for SMTC
V. Product Comparisons
VI. Comparison to Normal Value
A. Determination of Comparison Method
B. Results of the Differential Pricing Analysis
C. Date of Sale
D. Export Price
E. Normal Value
F. Calculation of Normal Value Based on Comparison Market Prices
G. Price-to-Constructed Value Comparisons
H. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation
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