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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–533–825]
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film,
Sheet, and Strip from India: Final
Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review and Rescission,
in Part; 2019
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) determines certain
producers/exporters of polyethylene
terephthalate film, sheet, and strip (PET
film) from India received
countervailable subsidies during the
period of review (POR), January 1, 2019,
AGENCY:
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through December 31, 2019.
Additionally, we are rescinding the
review for one company with no
shipments of subject merchandise to the
United States during the POR.
DATES: Applicable February 1, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nicholas Czajkowski or Richard Roberts,
AD/CVD Operations, Office I,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1395 or
(202) 482–3464, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Commerce published the Preliminary
Results of this review on August 2,
2021, and invited comments from
interested parties.1 On November 1,
2021, Commerce extended the deadline
for the final results of this review until
January 28, 2022.2
For a complete description of the
events that occurred since the
Preliminary Results, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.3
Scope of the Order
The products covered by this order
are all gauges of raw, pretreated, or
primed polyethylene terephthalate film,
sheet and strip, whether extruded or
coextruded from India. For a complete
description of the scope of this order,
see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised by the interested
parties in their case and rebuttal briefs
are addressed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum. A list of these issues is
provided in Appendix I to this notice.
The Issues and Decision Memorandum
is a public document and is on file
electronically via Enforcement and
Compliance’s Antidumping and CVD
Centralized Electronic Service System
(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to
registered users at https://
1 See Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and
Strip from India: Preliminary Results of
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,
Rescission in Part, and Intent To Rescind in Part;
2019; 86 FR 41450 (August 8, 2021) (Preliminary
Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum (PDM).
2 See Memorandum, ‘‘Polyethylene Terephthalate
Film, Sheet and Strip from India: Extension of
Deadline for Final Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review; 2019,’’ dated November 1,
2021.
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision
Memorandum for the Results of the Countervailing
Duty Administrative Review; 2019: Polyethylene
Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from India,’’
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by,
this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete
version of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
at https://access.trade.gov/public/
FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on the comments received from
interested parties, we revised the
calculation of the net countervailable
subsidy rates for all companies. For a
discussion of these issues, see the Issues
and Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce conducted this review in
accordance with section 751(a)(1)(A) of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act). For each of the subsidy programs
found countervailable, we determine
that there is a subsidy, i.e., a
government-provided financial
contribution that gives rise to a benefit
to the recipient, and that the subsidy is
specific.4 For a description of the
methodology underlying all of
Commerce’s conclusions, see the Issues
and Decision Memorandum.
Rescission of Administrative Review, in
Part
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It is Commerce’s practice to rescind
an administrative review of a
countervailing duty order, pursuant to
19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), when there are no
reviewable entries of subject
merchandise during the POR for which
liquidation is suspended.5 Normally,
upon completion of an administrative
review, the suspended entries are
liquidated at the countervailing duty
assessment rate calculated for the
review period.6 Therefore, for an
administrative review of a company to
be conducted, there must be a
reviewable, suspended entry that
Commerce can instruct U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate
at the calculated countervailing duty
assessment rate calculated for the
review period.7
According to the CBP import data,
one company subject to this review,
Vacmet India Limited, did not have
reviewable entries of subject
merchandise during the POR for which
4 See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act
regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E)
of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of
the Act regarding specificity.
5 See, e.g., Lightweight Thermal Paper from the
People’s Republic of China: Notice of Rescission of
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2015,
82 FR 14349 (March 20, 2017); see also Circular
Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the People’s
Republic of China: Rescission of Countervailing
Duty Administrative Review; 2017, 84 FR 14650
(April 11, 2019).
6 See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2).
7 See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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liquidation is suspended. Because there
is no evidence on the record of this
segment of the proceeding to indicate
that this company had entries, exports,
or sales of subject merchandise to the
United States during the POR, we are
rescinding the administrative review
with respect to this company consistent
with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
Rate for Non-Selected Companies
Under Review
There are three companies for which
a review was requested and not
rescinded, and which were not selected
as mandatory respondents. For these
companies, because the rates calculated
for the sole mandatory respondent, SRF,
was above de minimis and not based
entirely on facts available, we are
applying to the non-selected companies
SRF’s rate. This methodology to
establish the all-others subsidy rate is
consistent with our practice and section
705(c)(5)(A) of the Act, which governs
the calculation of the all-others rate in
investigations.
Final Results of Review
We determine the following net
countervailable subsidy rate for the POR
January 1, 2019, through December 31,
2019:
Manufacturer/exporter
Subsidy rate
(percent ad
valorem)
SRF Limited 8 ........................
5.39
Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable
to the Following Companies 9
Ester Industries Limited ........
Garware Polyester Ltd ..........
Jindal Poly Films Ltd 10 ........
5.39
5.39
5.39
Disclosure
We intend to disclose to interested
parties the calculations and analysis
performed for these final results of
review within five days of the date of
publication of this notice, in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Assessment
In accordance with section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(2), Commerce shall
determine, and CBP shall assess,
8 SRF Limited is also known as SRF Limited of
India.
9 This rate is based on the rate for the respondent
that was selected for individual review, excluding
rates that are zero, de minimis, or based entirely on
facts available. See section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act.
10 This company is also known as Jindal Poly
Films Ltd. (India). This company was incorrectly
identified in the Preliminary Results as Jindal
Polyester Ltd. The name has been corrected in these
final results.
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countervailing duties on all appropriate
entries covered by this review.
Commerce intends to issue assessment
instructions to CBP no earlier than 35
days after publication of the final results
of this review in the Federal Register.
If a timely summons is filed at the U.S.
Court of International Trade, the
assessment instructions will direct CBP
not to liquidate relevant entries until the
time for parties to file a request for a
statutory injunction has expired (i.e.,
within 90 days of publication).
With respect to the company for
which this administrative review is
rescinded (i.e., Vacmet India Limited),
countervailing duties shall be assessed
at rates equal to the cash deposit rate
required at the time of entry, or
withdrawal from warehouse, for
consumption, during the period January
1, 2019, through December 31, 2019, in
accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(c)(1)(i).
Cash Deposit Requirements
In accordance with section 751(a)(1)
of the Act, Commerce also intends to
instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of
estimated countervailing duties in the
amounts shown above for the abovelisted companies with regard to
shipments of subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of
publication of these final results of
review. For all non-reviewed firms, CBP
will continue to collect cash deposits of
estimated countervailing duties at the
all-others rate or the most recent
company-specific rate applicable to the
company, as appropriate. These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed,
shall remain in effect until further
notice.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a final
reminder to parties subject to an
administrative protective order (APO) of
their responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
written notification of the return or
destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order,
is hereby requested. Failure to comply
with the regulations and terms of an
APO is a sanctionable violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
The final results are issued and
published in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.221(b)(5).
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Dated: January 26, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
VII. Recommendation
Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order Information
IV. Subsidies Valuation
V. Analysis of Programs
VI. Analysis of Comments
Comment 1: Whether Commerce Correctly
Calculated SRF’s Benefits Received for
the Special Economic Zones (SEZ)
Program
Comment 2: Whether Commerce Used the
Correct Denominator to Calculate
Benefits for the SEZ Program
International Trade Administration
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty
Order, Finding, or Suspended
Investigation; Advance Notification of
Sunset Review
and the International Trade Commission
automatically initiate and conduct
reviews to determine whether
revocation of a countervailing or
antidumping duty order or termination
of an investigation suspended under
section 704 or 734 of the Act would be
likely to lead to continuation or
recurrence of dumping or a
countervailable subsidy (as the case may
be) and of material injury.
AGENCY:
Upcoming Sunset Reviews for March
2022
Background
Every five years, pursuant to the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), the
Department of Commerce (Commerce)
Pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act,
the following Sunset Reviews are
scheduled for initiation in March 2022
and will appear in that month’s Notice
of Initiation of Five-Year Sunset Reviews
(Sunset Reviews).
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
Department contact
Antidumping Duty Proceedings
Aluminum Extrusions from China, A–570–967 (2nd Review) ......................................................................
Pure Magnesium from China, A–570–832 (5th Review) ..............................................................................
R–134 from China, A–570–044 (1st Review) ...............................................................................................
Stainless Sheet and Strip from China, A–570–042 (1st Review) ................................................................
Phosphorous Copper from South Korea, A–580–085 (1st Review) ............................................................
Jacky Arrowsmith, (202) 482–5255.
Mary Kolberg, (202) 482–1785.
Mary Kolberg, (202) 482–1785.
Jacky Arrowsmith, (202) 482–5255.
Mary Kolberg, (202) 482–1785.
Countervailing Duty Proceedings
Aluminum Extrusions from China, C–570–968 (2nd Review) ......................................................................
Stainless Sheet and Strip from China, C–570–043 (1st Review) ................................................................
Jacky Arrowsmith, (202) 482–5255.
Jacky Arrowsmith, (202) 482–5255.
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Suspended Investigations
No Sunset Review of suspended
investigations is scheduled for initiation
in March 2022.
Commerce’s procedures for the
conduct of Sunset Reviews are set forth
in 19 CFR 351.218. The Notice of
Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Review
provides further information regarding
what is required of all parties to
participate in Sunset Review.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.103(c),
Commerce will maintain and make
available a service list for these
proceedings. To facilitate the timely
preparation of the service list(s), it is
requested that those seeking recognition
as interested parties to a proceeding
contact Commerce in writing within 10
days of the publication of the Notice of
Initiation.
Please note that if Commerce receives
a Notice of Intent to Participate from a
member of the domestic industry within
15 days of the date of initiation, the
review will continue.
Thereafter, any interested party
wishing to participate in the Sunset
Review must provide substantive
comments in response to the notice of
initiation no later than 30 days after the
date of initiation. Note that Commerce
has modified certain of its requirements
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for serving documents containing
business proprietary information, until
further notice.1
This notice is not required by statute
but is published as a service to the
international trading community.
Dated: January 18, 2022.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–533–867]
revocation of the antidumping duty
(AD) order on welded stainless pressure
pipe (WSPP) from India would be likely
to lead to continuation or recurrence of
dumping at the levels indicated in the
‘‘Final Results of Review’’ section of this
notice.
DATES:
Applicable February 1, 2022.
John
Conniff, AD/CVD Operations, Office III,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe From
India: Final Results of Expedited
Sunset Review of the Antidumping
Duty Order
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of this expedited
sunset review, the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) finds that
AGENCY:
1 See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service
Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension of
Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020).
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On October 1, 2021, Commerce
published the notice of initiation of the
sunset review of the AD order 1 on
WSPP from India, pursuant to section
751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act).2 On October 15,
2021, Commerce received a notice of
intent to participate from the domestic
1 See Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe from India:
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Order, 81 FR
81062 (November 17, 2016) (Order).
2 See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Review, 86
FR 54423 (October 1, 2021).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-533-825]
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from India:
Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review and
Rescission, in Part; 2019
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines certain
producers/exporters of polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and
strip (PET film) from India received countervailable subsidies during
the period of review (POR), January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019.
Additionally, we are rescinding the review for one company with no
shipments of subject merchandise to the United States during the POR.
DATES: Applicable February 1, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicholas Czajkowski or Richard
Roberts, AD/CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1395
or (202) 482-3464, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Commerce published the Preliminary Results of this review on August
2, 2021, and invited comments from interested parties.\1\ On November
1, 2021, Commerce extended the deadline for the final results of this
review until January 28, 2022.\2\
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\1\ See Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from
India: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review, Rescission in Part, and Intent To Rescind in Part; 2019; 86
FR 41450 (August 8, 2021) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet and
Strip from India: Extension of Deadline for Final Results of
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2019,'' dated November 1,
2021.
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For a complete description of the events that occurred since the
Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\3\
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\3\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Results of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2019:
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from India,''
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues
and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by this order are all gauges of raw,
pretreated, or primed polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet and strip,
whether extruded or coextruded from India. For a complete description
of the scope of this order, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised by the interested parties in their case and
rebuttal briefs are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A
list of these issues is provided in Appendix I to this notice. The
Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file
electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and CVD
Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to
registered users at https://
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access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on the comments received from interested parties, we revised
the calculation of the net countervailable subsidy rates for all
companies. For a discussion of these issues, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For each
of the subsidy programs found countervailable, we determine that there
is a subsidy, i.e., a government-provided financial contribution that
gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, and that the subsidy is
specific.\4\ For a description of the methodology underlying all of
Commerce's conclusions, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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\4\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding
benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part
It is Commerce's practice to rescind an administrative review of a
countervailing duty order, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), when there
are no reviewable entries of subject merchandise during the POR for
which liquidation is suspended.\5\ Normally, upon completion of an
administrative review, the suspended entries are liquidated at the
countervailing duty assessment rate calculated for the review
period.\6\ Therefore, for an administrative review of a company to be
conducted, there must be a reviewable, suspended entry that Commerce
can instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate at
the calculated countervailing duty assessment rate calculated for the
review period.\7\
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\5\ See, e.g., Lightweight Thermal Paper from the People's
Republic of China: Notice of Rescission of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review; 2015, 82 FR 14349 (March 20, 2017); see also
Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the People's Republic
of China: Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review;
2017, 84 FR 14650 (April 11, 2019).
\6\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2).
\7\ See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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According to the CBP import data, one company subject to this
review, Vacmet India Limited, did not have reviewable entries of
subject merchandise during the POR for which liquidation is suspended.
Because there is no evidence on the record of this segment of the
proceeding to indicate that this company had entries, exports, or sales
of subject merchandise to the United States during the POR, we are
rescinding the administrative review with respect to this company
consistent with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
Rate for Non-Selected Companies Under Review
There are three companies for which a review was requested and not
rescinded, and which were not selected as mandatory respondents. For
these companies, because the rates calculated for the sole mandatory
respondent, SRF, was above de minimis and not based entirely on facts
available, we are applying to the non-selected companies SRF's rate.
This methodology to establish the all-others subsidy rate is consistent
with our practice and section 705(c)(5)(A) of the Act, which governs
the calculation of the all-others rate in investigations.
Final Results of Review
We determine the following net countervailable subsidy rate for the
POR January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019:
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Subsidy rate
Manufacturer/exporter (percent ad
valorem)
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SRF Limited \8\......................................... 5.39
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Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to the Following Companies \9\
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Ester Industries Limited................................ 5.39
Garware Polyester Ltd................................... 5.39
Jindal Poly Films Ltd \10\.............................. 5.39
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Disclosure
We intend to disclose to interested parties the calculations and
analysis performed for these final results of review within five days
of the date of publication of this notice, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b).
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\8\ SRF Limited is also known as SRF Limited of India.
\9\ This rate is based on the rate for the respondent that was
selected for individual review, excluding rates that are zero, de
minimis, or based entirely on facts available. See section
735(c)(5)(A) of the Act.
\10\ This company is also known as Jindal Poly Films Ltd.
(India). This company was incorrectly identified in the Preliminary
Results as Jindal Polyester Ltd. The name has been corrected in
these final results.
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Assessment
In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(2), Commerce shall determine, and CBP shall assess,
countervailing duties on all appropriate entries covered by this
review. Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no
earlier than 35 days after publication of the final results of this
review in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at the
U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will
direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties
to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within
90 days of publication).
With respect to the company for which this administrative review is
rescinded (i.e., Vacmet India Limited), countervailing duties shall be
assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit rate required at the time
of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, during the
period January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019, in accordance with
19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i).
Cash Deposit Requirements
In accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce also
intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated
countervailing duties in the amounts shown above for the above-listed
companies with regard to shipments of subject merchandise entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of
publication of these final results of review. For all non-reviewed
firms, CBP will continue to collect cash deposits of estimated
countervailing duties at the all-others rate or the most recent
company-specific rate applicable to the company, as appropriate. These
cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to
an administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order, is hereby requested. Failure
to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable
violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
The final results are issued and published in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
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Dated: January 26, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order Information
IV. Subsidies Valuation
V. Analysis of Programs
VI. Analysis of Comments
Comment 1: Whether Commerce Correctly Calculated SRF's Benefits
Received for the Special Economic Zones (SEZ) Program
Comment 2: Whether Commerce Used the Correct Denominator to
Calculate Benefits for the SEZ Program
VII. Recommendation
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