80_FR_62220 80 FR 62021 - Certain Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin From the Sultanate of Oman: Affirmative Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of Final Determination

80 FR 62021 - Certain Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin From the Sultanate of Oman: Affirmative Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of Final Determination

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 199 (October 15, 2015)

Page Range62021-62023
FR Document2015-26261

The Department of Commerce (``Department'') preliminarily determines that certain polyethylene terephthalate resin (``PET resin'') from the Sultanate of Oman (``Oman'') is being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (``LTFV''), as provided in section 733(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the ``Act''). The period of investigation is January 1, 2014, through December 31, 2014. The estimated weighted-average dumping margins are shown in the ``Preliminary Determination'' section of this notice. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-523-810]


Certain Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin From the Sultanate of 
Oman: Affirmative Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value and Postponement of Final Determination

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

DATES: Effective Date: October 15, 2015.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') preliminarily 
determines that certain polyethylene terephthalate resin (``PET 
resin'') from the Sultanate of Oman (``Oman'') is being, or is likely 
to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (``LTFV''), as 
provided in section 733(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
``Act''). The period of investigation is January 1, 2014, through 
December 31, 2014. The estimated weighted-average dumping margins are 
shown in the ``Preliminary Determination'' section of this notice. 
Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary 
determination.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Hill, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3518.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department published the notice of initiation of this 
investigation on April 6, 2015.\1\ Pursuant to section 733(c)(1)(A) of 
the Act, the Department postponed this preliminary LTFV determination 
by 50 days until October 6, 2015.\2\
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    \1\ See Certain Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin From Canada, 
the People's Republic of China, India, and the Sultanate of Oman: 
Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 80 FR 18376 
(April 6, 2015) (``Initiation Notice'').
    \2\ See Certain Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin from Canada, 
the People's Republic of China, India, and the Sultanate of Oman: 
Postponement of Preliminary Determinations of Antidumping Duty 
Investigations, 80 FR 45640 (July 31, 2015).
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Scope of the Investigation

    The merchandise covered by this investigation is polyethylene 
terephthalate (``PET'') resin. The merchandise subject to this 
investigation is properly classified under subheading 3907.60.00.30 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Although 
the HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience and customs purposes, 
the written description of the merchandise under investigation is 
dispositive.
    For a full description of the scope of this investigation, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum, hereby adopted by this notice.\3\ The 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is made 
available to the public via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping 
and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). 
ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov, 
and is available to all parties in the Department's Central Records 
Unit, Room B8024 of the main Department of Commerce building. In 
addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can 
be found at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and the 
electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are 
identical in content.
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    \3\ See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations to Paul 
Piquado, Assistant Secretary, Enforcement and Compliance ``Certain 
Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin From the Sultanate of Oman: 
Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Determination in the 
Antidumping Duty Investigation,'' (``Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum'') dated concurrently with and hereby adopted by this 
notice. A list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum appears in Appendix I, below.
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Scope Comments

    The Initiation Notice provided interested parties an opportunity to 
raise issues regarding product coverage (scope). However, no party to 
the proceeding provided scope comments.

Methodology

    The Department is conducting this investigation in accordance with 
section 731 of the Act. Export prices (``EP'') and constructed export 
prices (``CEP'') have been calculated in accordance with section 772 of 
the Act. Normal value (``NV'') has been calculated in accordance with 
section 773 of the Act. For a full description of the methodology 
underlying our conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, 
hereby adopted by this notice.

All Others Rate

    Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provides that the estimated ``all 
others'' rate shall be an amount equal to the weighted-average of the 
estimated weighted-average dumping margins established for exporters 
and producers individually investigated, excluding any zero or de 
minimis dumping margins, and any dumping margins determined entirely 
under section 776 of the Act. We based our calculation of the ``all 
others'' rate on the dumping margin calculated for OCTAL SAOC--FZC 
(``OCTAL''), the only mandatory respondent in this investigation. This 
margin was not zero or de mininis and it was not determined entirely 
under section 776 of the Act.

Preliminary Determination

    The Department preliminarily determines that the following 
weighted-average dumping margins exist during the period January 1, 
2014, through December 31, 2014:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                    Producer or exporter                       dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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OCTAL SAOC--FZC............................................         6.62
All Others.................................................         6.62
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Suspension of Liquidation

    In accordance with section 733(d)(2) of the Act, the Department 
will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') to suspend 
liquidation of all entries of PET resin from Oman, as described in the 
``Scope of the Investigation'' section, entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register. Pursuant to section 733(d)(1)(B) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.205(d), we will instruct CBP to require a cash 
deposit \4\ equal to the weighted-average amount by which the NV 
exceeds EP, or CEP as indicated in the chart above. These suspension of 
liquidation instructions will remain in effect until further notice.
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    \4\ See Modification of Regulations Regarding the Practice of 
Accepting Bonds During the Provisional Measures Period in 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Investigations, 76 FR 61042 
(October 3, 2011).
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    We intend to disclose the calculations performed to parties in this 
proceeding within five days after public announcement of the 
preliminary determination 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 seven days after 
the date on which the final verification report is issued in this 
proceeding and rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in case 
briefs, may be submitted no later than five days after the deadline 
date for submitting case briefs.\5\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) 
and (d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this 
proceeding are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A statement 
of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of 
authorities.
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    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c); see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general 
filing requirements).
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    Interested parties who wish to request a hearing must submit a 
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, filed electronically using 
ACCESS. All documents must be filed electronically using ACCESS. An 
electronically filed hearing request must be received successfully in 
its entirety by ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, within 30 days after 
the date of publication of this notice.\6\ Hearing requests should 
contain the party's name, address, and telephone number, the number of 
participants, and a list of the issues to be discussed. If a request 
for a hearing is made, the Department intends to hold the hearing at 
the U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20230, at a time and date to be determined. Parties 
should confirm by telephone the

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date, time, and location of the hearing two days before the scheduled 
date.
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    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Verification

    As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the Act, the Department intends 
to verify the information submitted by OCTAL and its affiliates prior 
to making a final determination in this investigation.

Postponement of Final Determination and Extension of Provisional 
Measures

    Section 735(a)(2) of the Act provides that a final determination 
may be postponed until not later than 135 days after the date of the 
publication of the preliminary determination if, in the event of an 
affirmative preliminary determination, a request for such postponement 
is made by exporters who account for a significant proportion of 
exports of the subject merchandise, or in the event of a negative 
preliminary determination, a request for such postponement is made by 
the petitioner. 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2) requires that requests by 
respondents for postponement of a final antidumping determination be 
accompanied by a request for extension of provisional measures from a 
four-month period to a period not more than six months in duration.
    OCTAL requested that, contingent upon an affirmative preliminary 
determination of sales at LTFV for OCTAL, the Department postpone its 
final determination pursuant to 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2).\7\ In addition, 
OCTAL requested to extend the application of the provisional measures 
prescribed under section 733(d) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2), 
from a four-month period to a period not to exceed six months.
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    \7\ See Letter from OCTAL to the Secretary of Commerce ``OCTAL's 
Request for Extension of Final Determination and Provisional 
Measures Certain Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Resin from the 
Sultanate of Oman,'' dated September 24, 2015.
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    In accordance with section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.210(b)(2)(ii) and (e)(2), because: (1) Our preliminary 
determination is affirmative; (2) the requesting exporter accounts for 
a significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise; and (3) 
no compelling reasons for denial exist, we are postponing the final 
determination and extending the provisional measures from a four-month 
period to a period not greater than six months. Accordingly, we will 
make our final determination no later than 135 days after the date of 
publication of this preliminary determination, pursuant to section 
735(a)(2) of the Act.\8\
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    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.210(e).
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U.S. International Trade Commission (``ITC'') Notification

    In accordance with section 733(f) of the Act, we will notify the 
ITC of our preliminary affirmative determination of sales at LTFV. 
Because the preliminary determination in this proceeding is 
affirmative, section 735(b)(2) of the Act requires that the ITC make 
its final determination as to whether the domestic industry in the 
United States is materially injured, or threatened with material 
injury, by reason of imports of PET resin from Oman before the later of 
120 days after the date of this preliminary determination or 45 days 
after our final determination. Because we are postponing the deadline 
for our final determination to 135 days from the date of publication of 
this preliminary determination, as discussed above, the ITC will make 
its final determination no later than 45 days after our final 
determination.
    This determination is issued and published in accordance with 
sections 733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(c).

    Dated: October 6, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I: List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Period of Investigation
IV. Postponement of Preliminary Determination
V. Postponement of Final Determination and Extension of Provisional 
Measures
VI. Scope of the Investigation
VII. Scope Comments
VIII. Discussion of Methodology
    A. Fair Value Comparisons
    1. Determination of the Comparison Method
    2. Results of the Differential Pricing Analysis
    B. Product Comparisons
    C. Date of Sale
    D. U.S. Price
    E. Normal Value
    1. Comparison-Market Viability
    2. Level of Trade
    3. Calculation of Normal Value Based on Comparison Market Prices
    4. Calculation of Normal Value Based on Constructed Value
    F. Cost of Production
    1. Calculation of COP
    2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices
    3. Results of COP Test
IX. Currency Conversion
X. Verification
XI. Recommendation

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                                                                              Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 199 / Thursday, October 15, 2015 / Notices                                               62021

                                                    Dated: October 6, 2015.                               SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                            liquidation of the relevant entries
                                                  Paul Piquado,                                                                                                 during this review period. Failure to
                                                                                                          Background
                                                  Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and                                                                       comply with this requirement could
                                                  Compliance.                                                On July 1, 2015, based on a timely                 result in the Department’s presumption
                                                                                                          request for review by Eramet Marietta,                that reimbursement of the antidumping
                                                  Appendix I: List of Topics Discussed in
                                                                                                          Inc. (Eramet) and Felman Production,                  duties occurred and the subsequent
                                                  the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
                                                                                                          LLC (Felman) (collectively, Petitioners),             assessment of doubled antidumping
                                                  I. Summary                                              the Department published in the                       duties.
                                                  II. Background                                          Federal Register a notice of initiation of               This notice also serves as a final
                                                  III. Period of Investigation                            an administrative review of the                       reminder to parties subject to
                                                  IV. Postponement of Preliminary
                                                                                                          antidumping duty order on                             administrative protective order (APO) of
                                                        Determination
                                                  V. Postponement of Final Determination and              silicomanganese from Venezuela                        their responsibility concerning the
                                                        Extension of Provisional Measures                 covering the period May 1, 2014,                      return or destruction of proprietary
                                                  VI. Scope of the Investigation                          through April 30, 2015.1 On August 25,                information disclosed under APO in
                                                  VII. Scope Comments                                     2015, Petitioners withdrew its request                accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, which
                                                  VIII. Discussion of Methodology                         for an administrative review of all of the            continues to govern business
                                                     A. Fair Value Comparisons                            companies listed in its review request.2              proprietary information in this segment
                                                     1. Determination of the Comparison                                                                         of the proceeding. Timely written
                                                        Method                                            Rescission of Review
                                                     2. Results of the Differential Pricing                                                                     notification of the return/destruction of
                                                                                                             Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the              APO materials or conversion to judicial
                                                        Analysis
                                                     B. Product Comparisons                               Department will rescind an                            protective order is hereby requested.
                                                     C. Date of Sale                                      administrative review, in whole or in                 Failure to comply with the regulations
                                                     D. U.S. Price                                        part, if the party that requested the                 and terms of an APO is a violation
                                                     E. Normal Value                                      review withdraws its request within 90                which is subject to sanction.
                                                     1. Comparison-Market Viability                       days of the publication of the notice of                 This notice is issued and published in
                                                     2. Level of Trade                                    initiation of the requested review. In                accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
                                                     3. Calculation of Normal Value Based on              this case, Petitioners timely withdrew
                                                        Comparison Market Prices
                                                                                                                                                                777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
                                                                                                          its review request by the 90-day                      amended, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).
                                                     4. Calculation of Normal Value Based on
                                                        Constructed Value                                 deadline, and no other party requested
                                                                                                                                                                  Dated: October 7, 2015.
                                                     F. Cost of Production                                an administrative review of the
                                                                                                                                                                Christian Marsh,
                                                     1. Calculation of COP                                antidumping duty order. As a result, we
                                                     2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices            are rescinding the administrative review              Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
                                                     3. Results of the COP Test                                                                                 and Countervailing Duties.
                                                                                                          of silicomanganese from Venezuela for
                                                  IX. Currency Conversion                                 the period May 1, 2014, through April                 [FR Doc. 2015–26256 Filed 10–14–15; 8:45 am]
                                                  X. Verification                                         30, 2015.                                             BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
                                                  XI. Recommendation
                                                  [FR Doc. 2015–26263 Filed 10–14–15; 8:45 am]            Assessment
                                                  BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P                                    The Department will instruct U.S.                   DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                                                                          Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
                                                                                                                                                                International Trade Administration
                                                                                                          assess antidumping duties on all
                                                  DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                  appropriate entries. Because the                      [A–523–810]
                                                                                                          Department is rescinding this
                                                  International Trade Administration                      administrative review in its entirety, the            Certain Polyethylene Terephthalate
                                                  [A–307–820]                                             entries to which this administrative                  Resin From the Sultanate of Oman:
                                                                                                          review pertained shall be assessed                    Affirmative Preliminary Determination
                                                  Silicomanganese from Venezuela:                         antidumping duties at rates equal to the              of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and
                                                  Rescission of Antidumping Duty                          cash deposit of estimated antidumping                 Postponement of Final Determination
                                                  Administrative Review; 2014–2015                        duties required at the time of entry, or              AGENCY:   Enforcement and Compliance,
                                                  AGENCY:  Enforcement and Compliance,                    withdrawal from warehouse, for                        International Trade Administration,
                                                  International Trade Administration,                     consumption, in accordance with 19                    Department of Commerce.
                                                  Department of Commerce.                                 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). The Department
                                                                                                                                                                DATES: Effective Date: October 15, 2015.
                                                  SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce                     intends to issue appropriate assessment
                                                                                                                                                                SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
                                                  (the Department) is rescinding the                      instructions to CBP 15 days after the
                                                                                                                                                                (‘‘Department’’) preliminarily
                                                  administrative review of the                            publication of this notice.
                                                                                                                                                                determines that certain polyethylene
                                                  antidumping duty order on                               Notifications                                         terephthalate resin (‘‘PET resin’’) from
                                                  silicomanganese from Venezuela for the                                                                        the Sultanate of Oman (‘‘Oman’’) is
                                                  period May 1, 2014, through April 30,                     This notice serves as a final reminder
                                                                                                          to importers of their responsibility                  being, or is likely to be, sold in the
                                                  2015.                                                                                                         United States at less than fair value
                                                                                                          under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a
                                                  DATES: Effective Date: October 15, 2015.                                                                      (‘‘LTFV’’), as provided in section 733(b)
                                                                                                          certificate regarding the reimbursement
                                                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                          of antidumping duties prior to                        of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
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                                                  Scott Hoefke or Robert James, AD/CVD                                                                          (the ‘‘Act’’). The period of investigation
                                                  Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and                    1 See Initiation of Antidumping and                 is January 1, 2014, through December
                                                  Compliance, International Trade                         Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 80 FR     31, 2014. The estimated weighted-
                                                  Administration, U.S. Department of                      37588 (July 1, 2015).                                 average dumping margins are shown in
                                                                                                            2 See letter from Petitioners to the Secretary of
                                                  Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution                                                                        the ‘‘Preliminary Determination’’
                                                                                                          Commerce entitled, ‘‘Silicomanganese from
                                                  Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;                       Venezuela: Withdrawal of Request for
                                                                                                                                                                section of this notice. Interested parties
                                                  telephone: (202) 482–4947 and (202)                     Administrative Review of Antidumping Order,’’         are invited to comment on this
                                                  482–0649, respectively.                                 dated August 25, 2015.                                preliminary determination.


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                                                  62022                       Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 199 / Thursday, October 15, 2015 / Notices

                                                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                        http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The                Investigation’’ section, entered, or
                                                  Jonathan Hill, AD/CVD Operations,                       signed and the electronic versions of the             withdrawn from warehouse, for
                                                  Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance,                  Preliminary Decision Memorandum are                   consumption on or after the date of
                                                  International Trade Administration,                     identical in content.                                 publication of this notice in the Federal
                                                  U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th                                                                             Register. Pursuant to section
                                                                                                          Scope Comments
                                                  Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,                                                                           733(d)(1)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR
                                                  Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)                    The Initiation Notice provided                      351.205(d), we will instruct CBP to
                                                  482–3518.                                               interested parties an opportunity to                  require a cash deposit 4 equal to the
                                                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                              raise issues regarding product coverage               weighted-average amount by which the
                                                                                                          (scope). However, no party to the                     NV exceeds EP, or CEP as indicated in
                                                  Background                                              proceeding provided scope comments.                   the chart above. These suspension of
                                                     The Department published the notice                  Methodology                                           liquidation instructions will remain in
                                                  of initiation of this investigation on                                                                        effect until further notice.
                                                  April 6, 2015.1 Pursuant to section                        The Department is conducting this
                                                                                                          investigation in accordance with section                 Disclosure and Public Comment
                                                  733(c)(1)(A) of the Act, the Department
                                                  postponed this preliminary LTFV                         731 of the Act. Export prices (‘‘EP’’) and                  We intend to disclose the calculations
                                                  determination by 50 days until October                  constructed export prices (‘‘CEP’’) have                 performed to parties in this proceeding
                                                  6, 2015.2                                               been calculated in accordance with                       within five days after public
                                                                                                          section 772 of the Act. Normal value                     announcement of the preliminary
                                                  Scope of the Investigation                              (‘‘NV’’) has been calculated in                          determination in accordance with 19
                                                     The merchandise covered by this                      accordance with section 773 of the Act.                  CFR 351.224(b). Case briefs or other
                                                  investigation is polyethylene                           For a full description of the                            written comments may be submitted to
                                                  terephthalate (‘‘PET’’) resin. The                      methodology underlying our                               the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
                                                  merchandise subject to this                             conclusions, see the Preliminary                         and Compliance no later than seven
                                                  investigation is properly classified                    Decision Memorandum, hereby adopted                      days after the date on which the final
                                                  under subheading 3907.60.00.30 of the                   by this notice.                                          verification report is issued in this
                                                  Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the                                                                                proceeding and rebuttal briefs, limited
                                                                                                          All Others Rate
                                                  United States (HTSUS). Although the                                                                              to issues raised in case briefs, may be
                                                  HTSUS subheading is provided for                           Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act                       submitted no later than five days after
                                                  convenience and customs purposes, the                   provides that the estimated ‘‘all others’’               the deadline date for submitting case
                                                  written description of the merchandise                  rate shall be an amount equal to the                     briefs.5 Pursuant to 19 CFR
                                                  under investigation is dispositive.                     weighted-average of the estimated                        351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), parties who
                                                     For a full description of the scope of               weighted-average dumping margins                         submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in
                                                  this investigation, see the Preliminary                 established for exporters and producers                  this proceeding are encouraged to
                                                  Decision Memorandum, hereby adopted                     individually investigated, excluding any submit with each argument: (1) A
                                                  by this notice.3 The Preliminary                        zero or de minimis dumping margins,                      statement of the issue; (2) a brief
                                                  Decision Memorandum is a public                         and any dumping margins determined                       summary of the argument; and (3) a
                                                  document and is made available to the                   entirely under section 776 of the Act.                   table of authorities.
                                                  public via Enforcement and                              We based our calculation of the ‘‘all                       Interested parties who wish to request
                                                  Compliance’s Antidumping and                            others’’ rate on the dumping margin                      a hearing must submit a written request
                                                  Countervailing Duty Centralized                         calculated for OCTAL SAOC—FZC                            to the Assistant Secretary for
                                                  Electronic Service System (ACCESS).                     (‘‘OCTAL’’), the only mandatory                          Enforcement and Compliance, U.S.
                                                  ACCESS is available to registered users                 respondent in this investigation. This                   Department of Commerce, filed
                                                  at https://access.trade.gov, and is                     margin was not zero or de mininis and                    electronically using ACCESS. All
                                                  available to all parties in the                         it was not determined entirely under                     documents must be filed electronically
                                                  Department’s Central Records Unit,                      section 776 of the Act.                                  using ACCESS. An electronically filed
                                                  Room B8024 of the main Department of                                                                             hearing request must be received
                                                  Commerce building. In addition, a                       Preliminary Determination
                                                                                                                                                                   successfully in its entirety by ACCESS,
                                                  complete version of the Preliminary                        The Department preliminarily                          by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, within 30
                                                  Decision Memorandum can be found at                     determines that the following weighted- days after the date of publication of this
                                                                                                          average dumping margins exist during                     notice.6 Hearing requests should contain
                                                     1 See Certain Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin       the period January 1, 2014, through                      the party’s name, address, and
                                                  From Canada, the People’s Republic of China,            December 31, 2014:                                       telephone number, the number of
                                                  India, and the Sultanate of Oman: Initiation of Less-
                                                  Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 80 FR 18376 (April                                                               participants, and a list of the issues to
                                                                                                                                                        Weighted-
                                                  6, 2015) (‘‘Initiation Notice’’).
                                                                                                                                                         average   be discussed. If a request for a hearing
                                                     2 See Certain Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin
                                                                                                                Producer or exporter                    dumping    is made, the Department intends to hold
                                                  from Canada, the People’s Republic of China, India,
                                                  and the Sultanate of Oman: Postponement of
                                                                                                                                                         margin    the hearing at the U.S. Department of
                                                                                                                                                        (percent)  Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
                                                  Preliminary Determinations of Antidumping Duty
                                                  Investigations, 80 FR 45640 (July 31, 2015).                                                                     Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, at
                                                                                                          OCTAL SAOC—FZC ................                     6.62
                                                                                                                                                              6.62 a time and date to be determined.
                                                     3 See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy

                                                  Assistant Secretary, Antidumping and
                                                                                                          All Others ..................................
                                                                                                                                                                   Parties should confirm by telephone the
                                                  Countervailing Duty Operations to Paul Piquado,
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                                                  Assistant Secretary, Enforcement and Compliance         Suspension of Liquidation                                4 See Modification of Regulations Regarding the
                                                  ‘‘Certain Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin From
                                                  the Sultanate of Oman: Decision Memorandum for             In accordance with section 733(d)(2)               Practice of Accepting Bonds During the Provisional
                                                  the Preliminary Determination in the Antidumping        of the Act, the Department will direct                Measures Period in Antidumping and
                                                  Duty Investigation,’’ (‘‘Preliminary Decision                                                                 Countervailing Duty Investigations, 76 FR 61042
                                                                                                          U.S. Customs and Border Protection                    (October 3, 2011).
                                                  Memorandum’’) dated concurrently with and
                                                  hereby adopted by this notice. A list of the topics
                                                                                                          (‘‘CBP’’) to suspend liquidation of all                  5 See 19 CFR 351.309(c); see also 19 CFR 351.303

                                                  discussed in the Preliminary Decision                   entries of PET resin from Oman, as                    (for general filing requirements).
                                                  Memorandum appears in Appendix I, below.                described in the ‘‘Scope of the                          6 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).




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                                                                              Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 199 / Thursday, October 15, 2015 / Notices                                                  62023

                                                  date, time, and location of the hearing                 U.S. International Trade Commission                   DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                  two days before the scheduled date.                     (‘‘ITC’’) Notification
                                                                                                                                                                International Trade Administration
                                                  Verification                                               In accordance with section 733(f) of
                                                                                                          the Act, we will notify the ITC of our                [C–489–825]
                                                    As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the
                                                  Act, the Department intends to verify                   preliminary affirmative determination of              Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded
                                                  the information submitted by OCTAL                      sales at LTFV. Because the preliminary                Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From
                                                  and its affiliates prior to making a final              determination in this proceeding is                   the Republic of Turkey: Postponement
                                                  determination in this investigation.                    affirmative, section 735(b)(2) of the Act             of Preliminary Determination in the
                                                                                                          requires that the ITC make its final                  Countervailing Duty Investigation
                                                  Postponement of Final Determination
                                                                                                          determination as to whether the
                                                  and Extension of Provisional Measures
                                                                                                          domestic industry in the United States                AGENCY:  Enforcement and Compliance,
                                                     Section 735(a)(2) of the Act provides                is materially injured, or threatened with             International Trade Administration,
                                                  that a final determination may be                       material injury, by reason of imports of              Department of Commerce.
                                                  postponed until not later than 135 days                 PET resin from Oman before the later of               DATES: Effective Date: October 15, 2015.
                                                  after the date of the publication of the                120 days after the date of this                       FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Reza
                                                  preliminary determination if, in the                    preliminary determination or 45 days                  Karamloo at (202) 482–4470 or Rebecca
                                                  event of an affirmative preliminary                     after our final determination. Because                Trainor at (202) 482–4007, AD/CVD
                                                  determination, a request for such                       we are postponing the deadline for our                Operations, Enforcement and
                                                  postponement is made by exporters who                   final determination to 135 days from the              Compliance, International Trade
                                                  account for a significant proportion of                 date of publication of this preliminary               Administration, Department of
                                                  exports of the subject merchandise, or in               determination, as discussed above, the                Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
                                                  the event of a negative preliminary                     ITC will make its final determination no              Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.
                                                  determination, a request for such                       later than 45 days after our final
                                                  postponement is made by the petitioner.                                                                       SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                          determination.
                                                  19 CFR 351.210(e)(2) requires that                                                                            Background
                                                                                                             This determination is issued and
                                                  requests by respondents for
                                                                                                          published in accordance with sections                   On August 10, 2015, the Department
                                                  postponement of a final antidumping
                                                                                                          733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19                of Commerce (the Department) initiated
                                                  determination be accompanied by a
                                                                                                          CFR 351.205(c).                                       the countervailing duty (CVD)
                                                  request for extension of provisional
                                                                                                            Dated: October 6, 2015.                             investigation of heavy walled
                                                  measures from a four-month period to a
                                                                                                                                                                rectangular welded carbon steel pipes
                                                  period not more than six months in                      Paul Piquado,
                                                                                                                                                                and tubes from the Republic of Turkey.1
                                                  duration.                                               Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
                                                     OCTAL requested that, contingent                                                                           Currently, the preliminary
                                                                                                          Compliance.
                                                  upon an affirmative preliminary                                                                               determination is due no later than
                                                  determination of sales at LTFV for                      Appendix I: List of Topics Discussed in               October 14, 2015.
                                                  OCTAL, the Department postpone its                      the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
                                                                                                                                                                Postponement of the Preliminary
                                                  final determination pursuant to 19 CFR                  I. Summary                                            Determination
                                                  351.210(e)(2).7 In addition, OCTAL                      II. Background
                                                                                                                                                                  Section 703(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of
                                                  requested to extend the application of                  III. Period of Investigation
                                                                                                          IV. Postponement of Preliminary                       1930, as amended (the Act), requires the
                                                  the provisional measures prescribed                                                                           Department to issue the preliminary
                                                  under section 733(d) of the Act and 19                        Determination
                                                                                                          V. Postponement of Final Determination and            determination in a CVD investigation
                                                  CFR 351.210(e)(2), from a four-month                                                                          within 65 days after the date on which
                                                                                                                Extension of Provisional Measures
                                                  period to a period not to exceed six                                                                          the Department initiated the
                                                                                                          VI. Scope of the Investigation
                                                  months.                                                 VII. Scope Comments                                   investigation. However, if the
                                                     In accordance with section                           VIII. Discussion of Methodology                       Department concludes that the parties
                                                  735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR                         A. Fair Value Comparisons                          concerned are cooperating, and that the
                                                  351.210(b)(2)(ii) and (e)(2), because: (1)                 1. Determination of the Comparison                 case is extraordinarily complicated such
                                                  Our preliminary determination is                              Method                                          that additional time is necessary to
                                                  affirmative; (2) the requesting exporter                   2. Results of the Differential Pricing
                                                                                                                                                                make the preliminary determination,
                                                  accounts for a significant proportion of                      Analysis
                                                                                                             B. Product Comparisons                             section 703(c)(1)(B) of the Act allows
                                                  exports of the subject merchandise; and
                                                                                                             C. Date of Sale                                    the Department to postpone making the
                                                  (3) no compelling reasons for denial
                                                                                                             D. U.S. Price                                      preliminary determination until no later
                                                  exist, we are postponing the final
                                                                                                             E. Normal Value                                    than 130 days after the date on which
                                                  determination and extending the
                                                                                                             1. Comparison-Market Viability                     the administering authority initiated the
                                                  provisional measures from a four-month
                                                                                                             2. Level of Trade                                  investigation. We have concluded that
                                                  period to a period not greater than six                    3. Calculation of Normal Value Based on            the parties concerned are cooperating
                                                  months. Accordingly, we will make our                         Comparison Market Prices                        and that the case is extraordinarily
                                                  final determination no later than 135                      4. Calculation of Normal Value Based on            complicated, such that we need more
                                                  days after the date of publication of this                    Constructed Value                               time to make the preliminary
                                                  preliminary determination, pursuant to                     F. Cost of Production
                                                                                                                                                                determination. Specifically, the analysis
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                                                  section 735(a)(2) of the Act.8                             1. Calculation of COP
                                                                                                             2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices
                                                                                                                                                                will involve not only the usual
                                                     7 See Letter from OCTAL to the Secretary of             3. Results of COP Test                             consideration of financial contribution
                                                  Commerce ‘‘OCTAL’s Request for Extension of             IX. Currency Conversion                               and specificity for numerous programs,
                                                  Final Determination and Provisional Measures            X. Verification
                                                  Certain Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Resin          XI. Recommendation                                      1 See Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon
                                                  from the Sultanate of Oman,’’ dated September 24,                                                             Steel Pipes and Tubes from the Republic of Turkey:
                                                  2015.                                                   [FR Doc. 2015–26261 Filed 10–14–15; 8:45 am]          Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation, 80
                                                     8 See 19 CFR 351.210(e).                             BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P                                FR 49207 (August 17, 2015).



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Document Created: 2018-02-27 08:52:28
Document Modified: 2018-02-27 08:52:28
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
DatesEffective Date: October 15, 2015.
ContactJonathan Hill, AD/CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482- 3518.
FR Citation80 FR 62021 

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