Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip From Taiwan: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Preliminary Rescission of Review, in Part; 2022-2023, 65863-65865 [2024-18000]

Download as PDF 65863 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 156 / Tuesday, August 13, 2024 / Notices Appendix III Companies Rescinded from Review 1. Qingdao Bestflow Industrial Co., Ltd. 2. Xin Yi International Trade Co. Ltd. [FR Doc. 2024–18001 Filed 8–12–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 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 Rescission of Review, in Part; 2022–2023 Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip (PET Film) from Taiwan. The period of review (POR) is July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023. This review covers the following producers and exporters from Taiwan: Nan Ya Plastics Corporation (Nan Ya); and Shinkong Materials Technology Corporation (SMTC)/Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corporation (SSFC). Commerce preliminarily determines that sales of subject merchandise have not been made below normal value (NV) by Nan Ya during the POR. In addition, we preliminarily find that SMTC/SSFC had no shipments during the POR. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results. DATES: Applicable August 13, 2024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles DeFilippo, AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3797. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 AGENCY: Background On July 3, 2023, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity 1 to request an administrative review of the AD order on PET film from Taiwan.2 On 1 See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 88 FR 42693 (July 3, 2023). 2 See Notice of Amended Final Antidumping Duty Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:55 Aug 12, 2024 Jkt 262001 September 11, 2023, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce published a notice of initiation of an administrative review of the Order.3 On March 27, 2024, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), Commerce extended the due date for the preliminary results until June 28, 2024.4 On June 20, 2024, Commerce extended the preliminary results until July 30, 2024.5 On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days.6 The deadline for the preliminary results is now August 6, 2024. For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.7 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 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. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/ public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. Scope of the Order The merchandise subject to the Order is PET film. A complete description of the scope of the Order is provided in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. Preliminary Determination of No Shipments and Preliminary Partial Rescission On October 6, 2023, Commerce placed U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) entry data for U.S. imports of PET Antidumping Duty Order: Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip (PET Film) from Taiwan, 67 FR 44174 (July 1, 2002) (Order). 3 See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 62322 (September 11, 2023). 4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,’’ dated March 27, 2024. 5 See Memorandum, ‘‘Second Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,’’ dated June 20, 2024. 6 See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 7 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments: Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from Taiwan; 2022–2023’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 film from Taiwan during the POR, which showed that SMTC/SSFC 8 did not make any shipments of PET Film during the POR.9 Therefore, the record demonstrates that SMTC/SSFC had no shipments during the POR. On this basis, we are preliminary rescinding the review with respect to SMTC/SSFC, and will issue appropriate instructions to CBP based on the final results of this review.10 For additional information regarding this determination, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. Methodology Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of 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 these preliminary results, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. Preliminary Results of Review As a result of this review, Commerce preliminarily determines that the following estimated weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023: Producer/exporter Weightedaverage dumping margin (percent) Nan Ya Plastics Corporation ...... 0.00 Disclosure and Public Comment Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis performed to interested parties for these preliminary results within five days of any public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five days of the date of publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 8 In the 2011–2012 administrative review, we treated SMTC and SSFC as a single entity. See Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from Taiwan; Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2011–2012, 78 FR 48651 (August 9, 2013), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum, unchanged in Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from Taiwan: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2011–2012, 79 FR 11407 (February 28, 2014). We have treated SMTC and SSFC as a single entity in all subsequent reviews. There is no information on the record of this administrative review that would lead Commerce to reconsider that determination. Accordingly, we continue to treat SMTC and SSFC as a single entity for purposes of this administrative review. 9 See Memorandum, ‘‘Release of U.S. Customs Entry Data for Respondent Selection; 2022–2023,’’ dated October 6, 2023. 10 We invite interested parties to comment on the preliminary rescission. E:\FR\FM\13AUN1.SGM 13AUN1 65864 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 156 / Tuesday, August 13, 2024 / Notices lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case briefs to Commerce. A timeline for the submission of case briefs and written comments will be notified to parties at a later date. 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.11 Interested parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must submit: (1) a table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of authorities.12 As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an executive summary of their brief that should be limited to five pages total, including footnotes. In this review, we instead request that interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs a public, executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.13 Further, we request that interested parties limit their public executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We intend to use the public executive summaries as the basis of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision memorandum that will accompany the final results in this administrative review. We request that interested parties include footnotes for relevant citations in the public executive summary of each issue. Note that Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).14 Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via ACCESS. Requests should contain: (1) the party’s name, address, and 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. An electronically filed hearing request must be received successfully in its entirety by Commerce’s electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time within 11 See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 2023) (APO and Service Final Rule). 12 See 19 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 13 We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an argument that Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 14 See APO and Service Final Rule. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:55 Aug 12, 2024 Jkt 262001 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. Final Results of Review Unless extended, 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, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1). Verification As provided in section 782(i)(3) of the Act, Commerce intends to verify the information relied upon for the final results. Assessment Rates Upon completion of this administrative review, Commerce shall determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b). 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 assessment rate 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).15 If the weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis in the final results of review, or an importer-specific rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties. The final results of this review shall be the basis for the assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by this review and for future deposits of estimated duties, where applicable.16 For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by an individually examined respondent for which it did not know its merchandise was destined for the United States, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at the all-others rate (i.e., 2.40 percent) if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.17 Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no 15 See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8103 (February 14, 2012). 16 See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act. 17 For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003). PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this administrative 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). 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 cash deposits of estimated antidumping duties, where applicable. Cash Deposit Requirements The following cash 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 Nan Ya 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-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 producers or exporters is 2.40 percent.18 These cash 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)(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 Commerce’s presumption that reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties. Notification to Interested Parties We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results in accordance with 18 See E:\FR\FM\13AUN1.SGM Order. 13AUN1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 156 / Tuesday, August 13, 2024 / Notices sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4). Dated: August 5, 2024. Scot Fullerton, Acting 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. Preliminary Determination of No Shipments and Preliminary Rescission of Review, in Part V. Discussion of the Methodology VI. Currency Conversion VII. Recommendation [FR Doc. 2024–18000 Filed 8–12–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–533–810] Stainless Steel Bar From India: Preliminary Results of New Shipper Review; 2023 Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting a new shipper review (NSR) of Welspun Specialty Solutions Limited (Welspun) regarding the antidumping duty (AD) order on stainless steel bar (SS Bar) from India. The period of review (POR) is February 1, 2023, through July 31, 2023. We have preliminarily determined that Welspun’s sales were bona fide transactions and were not made below normal value (NV). Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results. DATES: Applicable August 13, 2024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joshua Weiner, 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) 482–3902. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 AGENCY: Background On February 21, 1995, Commerce published in the Federal Register the antidumping duty order on SS Bar from India.1 On August 31, 2023, pursuant to 1 See Antidumping Duty Orders: Stainless Steel Bar from Brazil, India and Japan, 60 FR 9661 (February 21, 1995) (Order). VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:55 Aug 12, 2024 Jkt 262001 section 751(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.214(c), Commerce received a timely NSR request from Welspun.2 Based on Welspun’s NSR request and supplemental information, we published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of the NSR. On March 5, 2024, Commerce extended the deadline to issue the preliminary results of this NSR by 120 days, to July 25, 2024, in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(i)(2).3 On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days.4 The deadline for the preliminary results is now August 1, 2024. For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this NSR, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.5 A list of 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 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. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/ FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. Scope of the Order The product covered by the Order is SS Bar from India. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. Methodology Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section 751 of the Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying the preliminary results, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. Verification As provided in 19 CFR 351.307(b)(iv), Commerce verified the information 2 See Welspun’s Letter, ‘‘Request for New Shipper Review,’’ dated August 31, 2023. 3 See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results,’’ dated March 5, 2024. 4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 5 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results in the New Shipper Review of Welspun’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 65865 submitted by Welspun in advance of these preliminary results.6 Preliminary Results of NSR As a result of this NSR, Commerce preliminarily determines the following estimated weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period, February 1, 2023, through July 31, 2023. Exporter/producer Welspun Specialty Solutions Limited ..................................... Weightedaverage dumping margin (percent) 0.00 Disclosure and Public Comment Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis performed to interested parties in these preliminary results within five days of any public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five days of the date of publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance no later than thirty days after the publication of the Federal Register notice regarding these preliminary results.7 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.8 Interested parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must submit: (1) a table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of authorities.9 As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an executive summary of their brief that should be limited to five pages total, including footnotes. In this NSR, we instead request that interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs a public, executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.10 Further, we request that interested parties limit their public executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not 6 See Memorandum, ‘‘Verification of the Questionnaire Sales Responses,’’ dated July 16, 2024 (Verification Report). 7 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(ii). 8 See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 2023) (APO and Service Final Rule). 9 See 19 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 10 We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an argument that Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and Decision Memorandum. E:\FR\FM\13AUN1.SGM 13AUN1

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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 Rescission of Review, in Part; 2022-2023

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on 
polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip (PET Film) from 
Taiwan. The period of review (POR) is July 1, 2022, through June 30, 
2023. This review covers the following producers and exporters from 
Taiwan: Nan Ya Plastics Corporation (Nan Ya); and Shinkong Materials 
Technology Corporation (SMTC)/Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corporation 
(SSFC). Commerce preliminarily determines that sales of subject 
merchandise have not been made below normal value (NV) by Nan Ya during 
the POR. In addition, we preliminarily find that SMTC/SSFC had no 
shipments during the POR. Interested parties are invited to comment on 
these preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable August 13, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles DeFilippo, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3797.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 3, 2023, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of opportunity \1\ to request an administrative review of the AD 
order on PET film from Taiwan.\2\ On September 11, 2023, in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce published a notice of initiation 
of an administrative review of the Order.\3\
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 88 FR 42693 (July 3, 2023).
    \2\ See Notice of Amended Final Antidumping Duty Determination 
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: 
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip (PET Film) from 
Taiwan, 67 FR 44174 (July 1, 2002) (Order).
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 62322 (September 11, 2023).
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    On March 27, 2024, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), 
Commerce extended the due date for the preliminary results until June 
28, 2024.\4\ On June 20, 2024, Commerce extended the preliminary 
results until July 30, 2024.\5\ On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled 
certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days.\6\ 
The deadline for the preliminary results is now August 6, 2024.
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    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated March 27, 
2024.
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Second Extension of Deadline for 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' 
dated June 20, 2024.
    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
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    For a complete description of the events that followed the 
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\7\ 
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 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. In addition, a complete 
version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly 
at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
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    \7\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Preliminary 
Determination of No Shipments: Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, 
Sheet, and Strip from Taiwan; 2022-2023'' dated concurrently with, 
and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the Order is PET film. A complete 
description of the scope of the Order is provided in the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.

Preliminary Determination of No Shipments and Preliminary Partial 
Rescission

    On October 6, 2023, Commerce placed U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) entry data for U.S. imports of PET film from Taiwan 
during the POR, which showed that SMTC/SSFC \8\ did not make any 
shipments of PET Film during the POR.\9\ Therefore, the record 
demonstrates that SMTC/SSFC had no shipments during the POR. On this 
basis, we are preliminary rescinding the review with respect to SMTC/
SSFC, and will issue appropriate instructions to CBP based on the final 
results of this review.\10\ For additional information regarding this 
determination, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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    \8\ In the 2011-2012 administrative review, we treated SMTC and 
SSFC as a single entity. See Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, 
and Strip from Taiwan; Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2011-2012, 78 FR 48651 (August 9, 2013), and 
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum, unchanged in 
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from Taiwan: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2011-2012, 79 FR 
11407 (February 28, 2014). We have treated SMTC and SSFC as a single 
entity in all subsequent reviews. There is no information on the 
record of this administrative review that would lead Commerce to 
reconsider that determination. Accordingly, we continue to treat 
SMTC and SSFC as a single entity for purposes of this administrative 
review.
    \9\ See Memorandum, ``Release of U.S. Customs Entry Data for 
Respondent Selection; 2022-2023,'' dated October 6, 2023.
    \10\ We invite interested parties to comment on the preliminary 
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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of 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 these preliminary results, see the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.

Preliminary Results of Review

    As a result of this review, Commerce preliminarily determines that 
the following estimated weighted-average dumping margin exists for the 
period July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023:

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Disclosure and Public Comment

    Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis 
performed to interested parties for these preliminary results within 
five days of any public announcement or, if there is no public 
announcement, within five days of the date of publication of this 
notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case 
briefs to Commerce. A timeline for the submission of case briefs and 
written comments will be notified to parties at a later date. 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.\11\ 
Interested parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this 
proceeding must submit: (1) a table of contents listing each issue; and 
(2) a table of authorities.\12\
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    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective 
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 
2023) (APO and Service Final Rule).
    \12\ See 19 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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    As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior 
proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an 
executive summary of their brief that should be limited to five pages 
total, including footnotes. In this review, we instead request that 
interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs a public, 
executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.\13\ Further, 
we request that interested parties limit their public executive summary 
of each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We 
intend to use the public executive summaries as the basis of the 
comment summaries included in the issues and decision memorandum that 
will accompany the final results in this administrative review. We 
request that interested parties include footnotes for relevant 
citations in the public executive summary of each issue. Note that 
Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the 
service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\14\
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    \13\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that 
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.
    \14\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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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 Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via 
ACCESS. Requests should contain: (1) the party's name, address, and 
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. An electronically filed 
hearing request 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.

Final Results of Review

    Unless extended, 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, pursuant to section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).

Verification

    As provided in section 782(i)(3) of the Act, Commerce intends to 
verify the information relied upon for the final results.

Assessment Rates

    Upon completion of this administrative review, Commerce shall 
determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b). 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 assessment rate 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).\15\ If the weighted-average dumping margin is zero 
or de minimis in the final results of review, or an importer-specific 
rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the 
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties. The final 
results of this review shall be the basis for the assessment of 
antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by this review and 
for future deposits of estimated duties, where applicable.\16\
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    \15\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8103 (February 14, 
2012).
    \16\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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    For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by an 
individually examined respondent for which it did not know its 
merchandise was destined for the United States, we intend to instruct 
CBP to liquidate such entries at the all-others rate (i.e., 2.40 
percent) if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved 
in the transaction.\17\
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    \17\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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    Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier 
than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this 
administrative 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). 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 cash deposits of estimated antidumping duties, where applicable.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash 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 Nan Ya 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 producers 
or exporters is 2.40 percent.\18\ These cash deposit requirements, when 
imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \18\ See Order.
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Notification to Importers

    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 Commerce's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results in 
accordance with

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sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: August 5, 2024.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting 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. Preliminary Determination of No Shipments and Preliminary 
Rescission of Review, in Part
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2024-18000 Filed 8-12-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P

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