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assigned to the respondent in the final
results of this review.15
For entries that were not reported in
the U.S. sales databases submitted by
the company individually examined
during this review, Commerce will
instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at
the China-wide rate.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective for all
shipments of xanthan gum from China
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of
publication of the notice of the final
results of this administrative review, as
provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of
the Act: (1) For the companies listed
above that have a separate rate, the cash
deposit rate will be that rate established
in the final results of this review
(except, if the rate is zero or de minimis,
then a cash deposit rate of zero will be
required); (2) for previously investigated
or reviewed China and non-China
exporters not listed above that received
a separate rate in a prior segment of this
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the existing exporterspecific rate; (3) for all China exporters
of subject merchandise that have not
been found to be entitled to a separate
rate, the cash deposit rate will be the
rate for the China-wide entity, which is
154.07 percent; and (4) for all non-China
exporters of subject merchandise that
have not received their own rate, the
cash deposit rate will be the rate
applicable to China exporter(s) that
supplied that non-China exporter. These
deposit requirements, when imposed,
shall remain in effect until further
notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a
preliminary reminder to importers of
their responsibility under 19 CFR
351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding
the reimbursement of antidumping and/
or countervailing 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
and/or countervailing duties occurred
15 See Drawn Stainless Steel Sinks from the
People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results of
the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and
Preliminary Determination of No Shipments: 2014–
2015, 81 FR 29528 (May 12, 2016), and
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum
at 10–11, unchanged in Drawn Stainless Steel Sinks
from the People’s Republic of China: Final Results
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; Final
Determination of No Shipments; 2014–2015, 81 FR
54042 (August 15, 2016).
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and the subsequent assessment of
double antidumping duties.
We are issuing and publishing these
preliminary results of review in
accordance with sections 751(a)(l) and
777(i)(l) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213.
Dated: November 16, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Period of Review
IV. Scope of the Order
V. Selection of Respondents
VI. Single Entity Treatment
VII. Discussion of Methodology
VIII. Recommendation
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–533–875]
Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber
From India: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2018–2019
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) preliminarily assigned
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), the
sole respondent subject to this
antidumping duty (AD) administrative
review, an AD margin based upon the
application of total adverse facts
available (AFA). We invite interested
parties to comment on these preliminary
results.
DATES: Applicable November 23, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Paola Aleman Ordaz, AD/CVD
Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–4031.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On September 9, 2019, Commerce
published a notice initiating an AD
administrative review of fine denier
polyester staple fiber (fine denier PSF)
from India covering Reliance Industries
Limited (RIL) for the period of review
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January 5, 2018 through June 30, 2019.1
During the course of this administrative
review, Commerce issued, and RIL
submitted responses to, a questionnaire
and multiple supplemental
questionnaires. The petitioners 2 filed
multiple comments on RIL’s responses.
For further details, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.3
On March 18, 2020, Commerce
extended the deadline for issuing the
preliminary results of this review from
to April 1, 2020 to July 30, 2020.4 On
April 24, 2020, and July 21, 2020,
Commerce tolled all deadlines in
administrative reviews by 50 days and
60 days, respectively, thereby extending
the deadline for these preliminary
results until November 17, 2020.5
For a complete description of the
events that followed the initiation of
this review, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
Scope of the Order
The product covered by this review is
fine denier polyester staple fiber from
India. For a complete description of the
scope, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review
in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act). Pursuant to sections 776(a)
and (b) of the Act, Commerce has
preliminarily assigned RIL an AD
margin of 21.43 percent, as total AFA,
because it withheld information
requested for reconciliation purposes,
did not provide accurate control
numbers as requested by Commerce and
in conformity with Commerce’s
instructions, and did not provide
information requested regarding
companies owned by family members.
The total AFA rate of 21.43 percent is
1 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 84 FR
47242 (September 9, 2019).
2 The petitioners are DAK Americas LLC, Nan Ya
Plastics Corporation, America, and Auriga Polymers
Inc. (the petitioners).
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Results in the Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review of Fine Denier Polyester
Staple Fiber from India; 2018–2019,’’ dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review of Fine Denier Polyester
Staple Fiber from India: Extension of Deadline for
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review,’’ dated March 18, 2020.
5 See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews in Response to Operational
Adjustments Due to COVID–19,’’ dated April 24,
2020; see also Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines
for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews,’’ dated July 21, 2020.
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public document and is available 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. In addition, a complete
version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
the AFA rate applied in the final
determination of the investigation of
fine denier PSF. For details regarding
this determination, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum. A list of the
topics included in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is included as
an appendix to this notice. The
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a
at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/.
The signed and electronic versions of
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
are identical in content.
Preliminary Results of Review
Commerce preliminarily determines
that the following estimated weightedaverage dumping margin exists:
Exporter/producer
Estimated
weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
Cash deposit
rate adjusted
for subsidy
offset
(percent)
Reliance Industries Limited .....................................................................................................................................
21.43
14.48
Public Comment
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii),
interested parties may submit case briefs
to the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance no later
than 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice, unless the
Secretary alters the time limit. Rebuttal
briefs, limited to issues raised in the
case briefs, may be filed no later than
seven days after the time limit for filing
case briefs.6 Parties who submit case
briefs or rebuttal briefs in this
proceeding are requested to submit with
each brief: (1) A statement of the issue,
(2) a brief summary of the argument,
and (3) a table of authorities.7 Executive
summaries should be limited to five
pages total, including footnotes.8 Case
and rebuttal briefs should be filed using
ACCESS.9 Note that Commerce has
temporarily modified certain of its
requirements for serving documents
containing business proprietary
information.10
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), any
interested party who wants to request a
hearing, must submit a written request
for a hearing to the Assistant Secretary
for Enforcement and Compliance, filed
electronically via ACCESS, within 30
days after the date of publication of this
notice in the Federal Register. Requests
for a hearing should contain: (1) The
party’s name, address, and telephone
number; (2) the number of hearing
participants; and (3) a list of the issues
to be discussed in the hearing. Issues
raised in the hearing will be limited to
those raised in the respective case and
rebuttal briefs. If a hearing is requested,
6 See
19 CFR 351.309(d)(1).
7 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
8 Id.
9 See 19 CFR 351.303.
10 See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD
Service Requirements Due to COVID–19, 85 FR
41363 (July 10, 2020).
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Commerce will notify interested parties
of the hearing date and time.
We intend to issue the final results of
this administrative review, including
the results of our analysis of issues
raised by the parties in the written
comments, within 120 days of
publication of these preliminary results
in the Federal Register, unless
otherwise extended.11
Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results of
review, Commerce will determine, and
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties
on all appropriate entries covered by
this review.12 The final results of this
administrative review shall be the basis
for the assessment of antidumping
duties on entries of merchandise under
review and for future deposits of
estimated duties, where applicable.13
We intend to issue liquidation
instructions to CBP 15 days after
publication of the final results of this
review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective for all
shipments of fine denier PSF from India
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of
publication of this notice 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 RIL
will be equal to the weighted-average
dumping margin established in the final
results of this review (except, if the
weighted-average dumping margin is
zero or de minimis within the meaning
of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), no cash deposit
will be required); (2) for merchandise
11 See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act; and 19 CFR
351.213(h)(1).
12 See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
13 See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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exported by manufacturers or exporters
not covered in this review but covered
in a prior segment of the proceeding, the
cash deposit rate will continue to be the
company-specific rate published for the
most recently completed segment of this
proceeding in which the manufacturer
or exporter participated; (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 in the most
recently completed segment of the
proceeding for the manufacturer of the
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit
rate for all other manufacturers or
exporters will continue to be 14.67
percent ad valorem, the all-others rate
established in the less-than-fair-value
investigation, adjusted for subsidy
offsets.14 These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a preliminary
reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)
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 Commerce’s
presumption that reimbursement of
antidumping duties occurred and the
subsequent assessment of double
antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
These preliminary results of
administrative review are issued and
published in accordance with sections
14 See Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber from
India: Final Affirmative Antidumping
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 83
FR 24737 (May 30, 2018).
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751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19
CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: November 17, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
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. Application of Facts Available and Use of
Adverse Inferences
V. Recommendation
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–533–824]
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film,
Sheet, and Strip From India:
Preliminary Results and Partial
Rescission of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2018–2019
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 India. The
period of review (POR) is July 1, 2018
through June 30, 2019. This review
covers Jindal Poly Films Ltd. (India), a
producer and exporter of PET film from
India. Commerce preliminarily
determines that sales of subject
merchandise have not been made below
normal value by Jindal Poly Films Ltd.
(India) during the POR. We are also
rescinding on seven companies where
timely requests for withdrawals were
filed by all parties who requested the
reviews. The seven companies are as
follows: Ester Industries Limited;
Garware Polyester Ltd.; MTZ Polyesters
Ltd.; Polyplex Corporation Ltd.; SRF
Limited of India; Uflex Ltd.; and Vacmet
India Limited. Interested parties are
invited to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable November 23, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jacqueline Arrowsmith, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
AGENCY:
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NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 1, 2019, Commerce published
in the Federal Register a notice of
opportunity to request an administrative
review of the antidumping duty order
on PET film from India, for the period
July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019.1 In
accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act)
and 19 CFR 351.213(b)(1), in July 2019,
we received requests for reviews of the
following companies: Ester Industries
Limited (Ester); Garware Polyester Ltd.
(Garware); MTZ Polyesters Ltd. (MTZ);
Polyplex Corporation Ltd. (Polyplex);
SRF Limited of India (SRF); Jindal Poly
Films Ltd. (India) (Jindal); Uflex Ltd.
(Uflex); and Vacmet India Limited
(Vacmet).2 In addition to the petitioners
and Polyplex requesting a review of
Jindal, Jindal self-requested.3
Subsequently, on September 9, 2019,
in accordance with 19 CFR
351.222(c)(1)(i), Commerce published a
notice of initiation of an administrative
review of the antidumping duty order
on PET film from India.4
On September 27, 2019, we released
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) import data to eligible parties
under the Administrative Protective
Order and invited interested parties to
submit comments with respect to the
selection of respondents for individual
examination.5 No parties filed
comments.
1 See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order,
Finding or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to
Request Administrative Review, 84 FR 31295 (July
1, 2019).
2 See Letter DuPont Teijin Films, Mitsubishi
Polyester Film, Inc., and SKC, Inc. (collectively,
petitioners), ‘‘Polyethylene Terephthalate Film,
Sheet, and Strip (PET Film) from India, Request for
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,’’ dated
July 15, 2019 (Petitioners’ Review Request); see also
Letter Polyplex USA LLC, ‘‘Polyethylene
Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip (PET Film)
from India: Polyplex USA LLC’s Request for AD
Administrative Review,’’ dated July 18, 2019
(Polyplex’s Review Request); see also Letter SRF
Limited, ‘‘Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, (PET
Film) from India: Request for Administrative
Review of the Antidumping Duty Order,’’ dated July
26, 2019; see also Letter Jindal Poly Films Limited
of India, ‘‘Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, (PET
Film) from India: Request for Administrative
Review,’’ dated July 31, 2019.
3 See Petitioners’ Review Request; see also
Polyplex’s Review Request; see also Jindal’s Review
Request.
4 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 84 FR
47242, 47243–47244 (September 9, 2019) (Initiation
Notice).
5 See Memorandum, ‘‘Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review of Polyethylene
Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip (PET) Film
from India: Release of U.S. Customs Entry Data for
Respondent Selection,’’ dated September 27, 2019
(September 2019 Import Data Memo).
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On November 29, 2019, Commerce
determined to limit the number of
companies subject to individual
examination and selected Garware and
Jindal as mandatory respondents.6 On
December 6, 2019, the petitioners
submitted a timely letter withdrawing
its request to review Ester, Garware,
Polyplex, SRF, Jindal, and Vacmet.7
Also on December 6, 2019, Polyplex
USA LLC submitted a timely filed letter
withdrawing its request to review Ester,
Garware, Jindal, MTZ, Polyplex, SRF,
Uflex, and Vacmet.8 SRF also filed a
timely filed letter of withdrawal.9
We issued our initial questionnaire to
Jindal on December 9, 2019. The
deadline for withdrawal requests was
December 9, 2019.10 Jindal submitted its
request for withdrawal on December 19,
2019.11
On March 23, 2020, in accordance
with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, and
19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), Commerce
extended the due date for the
preliminary results by an additional 67
days, from April 1, 2020 to July 7,
2020.12 On April 24, 2020, Commerce
issued a memorandum tolling all
deadlines for administrative reviews,
including this one, by 50 days.13 On
July 21, 2020 Commerce issued another
memorandum tolling all deadlines for
administrative reviews by a total of 60
days.14 On October 21, 2020 in
accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of
6 See Memorandum, ‘‘Administrative Review of
Antidumping Duty Order on Polyethylene
Terephthalate Film, (PET Film) from India:
Selection of Respondents for Individual
Examination (Respondent Selection Memo),
November 29, 2019.
7 See Letter Petitioners, ‘‘Polyethylene
Terephthalate Film, Sheet and Strip from India:
Request for Withdrawal of Antidumping
Administrative Review,’’ dated December 6, 2019.
8 See Letter Polyplex USA LLC, ‘‘Polyethylene
Terephthalate Film, Sheet and Strip from India:
Request for Withdrawal of Anti-dumping
Administrative Review,’’ dated December 6, 2019.
9 See Letter SRF Limited, ‘‘Polyethylene
Terephthalate Film, Sheet and Strip from India/
Withdrawal of Request for Antidumping Duty
Admin Review of SRF Limited (SRF),’’ dated
December 7, 2019.
10 See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).
11 See Letter Jindal, ‘‘Polyethylene Terephthalate
Film, Sheet and Strip from India: Withdrawal of
Request for Administrative Review,’’ dated
December 17, 2019. (The deadline for withdrawal
of review request was December 9, 2019.)
12 See Memorandum ‘‘Polyethylene Terephthalate
Film, Sheet and Strip from India: Extension of
Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review (2018–2019),’’ dated
March 23, 2020.
13 See Memorandum ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews in Response to Operational
Adjustments Due to COVID–19,’’ dated April 24,
2020.
14 Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews,’’ July 21, 2020.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-875]
Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber From India: Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2019
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily assigned
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), the sole respondent subject to this
antidumping duty (AD) administrative review, an AD margin based upon
the application of total adverse facts available (AFA). We invite
interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable November 23, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paola Aleman Ordaz, AD/CVD Operations,
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4031.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 9, 2019, Commerce published a notice initiating an AD
administrative review of fine denier polyester staple fiber (fine
denier PSF) from India covering Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) for
the period of review January 5, 2018 through June 30, 2019.\1\ During
the course of this administrative review, Commerce issued, and RIL
submitted responses to, a questionnaire and multiple supplemental
questionnaires. The petitioners \2\ filed multiple comments on RIL's
responses. For further details, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.\3\
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 47242 (September 9, 2019).
\2\ The petitioners are DAK Americas LLC, Nan Ya Plastics
Corporation, America, and Auriga Polymers Inc. (the petitioners).
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results in the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Fine Denier
Polyester Staple Fiber from India; 2018-2019,'' dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision
Memorandum).
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On March 18, 2020, Commerce extended the deadline for issuing the
preliminary results of this review from to April 1, 2020 to July 30,
2020.\4\ On April 24, 2020, and July 21, 2020, Commerce tolled all
deadlines in administrative reviews by 50 days and 60 days,
respectively, thereby extending the deadline for these preliminary
results until November 17, 2020.\5\
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\4\ See Memorandum, ``Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of
Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber from India: Extension of Deadline
for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,''
dated March 18, 2020.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews in Response to
Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19,'' dated April 24, 2020; see
also Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews,'' dated July 21, 2020.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Scope of the Order
The product covered by this review is fine denier polyester staple
fiber from India. For a complete description of the scope, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Pursuant
to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, Commerce has preliminarily
assigned RIL an AD margin of 21.43 percent, as total AFA, because it
withheld information requested for reconciliation purposes, did not
provide accurate control numbers as requested by Commerce and in
conformity with Commerce's instructions, and did not provide
information requested regarding companies owned by family members. The
total AFA rate of 21.43 percent is
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the AFA rate applied in the final determination of the investigation of
fine denier PSF. For details regarding this determination, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of the topics included in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as an appendix to this
notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is
available 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. In
addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can
be accessed directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed
and electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are
identical in content.
Preliminary Results of Review
Commerce preliminarily determines that the following estimated
weighted-average dumping margin exists:
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Estimated Cash deposit
weighted- rate adjusted
Exporter/producer average dumping for subsidy
margin offset
(percent) (percent)
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Reliance Industries Limited........... 21.43 14.48
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Public Comment
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), interested parties may submit
case briefs to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance
no later than 30 days after the date of publication of this notice,
unless the Secretary alters the time limit. Rebuttal briefs, limited to
issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed no later than seven days
after the time limit for filing case briefs.\6\ Parties who submit case
briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are requested to submit
with each brief: (1) A statement of the issue, (2) a brief summary of
the argument, and (3) a table of authorities.\7\ Executive summaries
should be limited to five pages total, including footnotes.\8\ Case and
rebuttal briefs should be filed using ACCESS.\9\ Note that Commerce has
temporarily modified certain of its requirements for serving documents
containing business proprietary information.\10\
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\6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1).
\7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
\8\ Id.
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
\10\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements
Due to COVID-19, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020).
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), any interested party who wants to
request a hearing, must submit a written request for a hearing to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed
electronically via ACCESS, within 30 days after the date of publication
of this notice in the Federal Register. Requests for a hearing should
contain: (1) The party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the
number of hearing participants; and (3) a list of the issues to be
discussed in the hearing. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited
to those raised in the respective case and rebuttal briefs. If a
hearing is requested, Commerce will notify interested parties of the
hearing date and time.
We intend to issue the final results of this administrative review,
including the results of our analysis of issues raised by the parties
in the written comments, within 120 days of publication of these
preliminary results in the Federal Register, unless otherwise
extended.\11\
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\11\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act; and 19 CFR
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Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results of review, Commerce will
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this
review.\12\ The final results of this administrative review shall be
the basis for the assessment of antidumping duties on entries of
merchandise under review and for future deposits of estimated duties,
where applicable.\13\ We intend to issue liquidation instructions to
CBP 15 days after publication of the final results of this review.
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\12\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
\13\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of fine denier PSF from India entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of this
notice 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
RIL will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in
the final results of this review (except, if the weighted-average
dumping margin is zero or de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR
351.106(c)(1), no cash deposit will be required); (2) for merchandise
exported by manufacturers or exporters not covered in this review but
covered in a prior segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate
will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most
recently completed segment of this proceeding in which the manufacturer
or exporter participated; (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 most recently completed segment of the proceeding
for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate
for all other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 14.67
percent ad valorem, the all-others rate established in the less-than-
fair-value investigation, adjusted for subsidy offsets.\14\ These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\14\ See Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber from India: Final
Affirmative Antidumping Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value, 83 FR 24737 (May 30, 2018).
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Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) 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 Commerce's presumption that reimbursement
of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double
antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
These preliminary results of administrative review are issued and
published in accordance with sections
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751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: November 17, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
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. Application of Facts Available and Use of Adverse Inferences
V. Recommendation
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