80 FR 62024 - Certain Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin From the People's Republic of China: 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)
International Trade Administration
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 199 (October 15, 2015)
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 199 (Thursday, October 15, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 62024-62026] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-26264] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A-570-024] Certain Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin From the People's Republic of China: 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 (the Department) preliminarily determines that certain polyethylene terephthalate resin (PET resin) from the People's Republic of China (PRC) is being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV), as provided in section 733 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). The period of investigation (POI) is July 1, 2014, through December 31, 2014. The estimated margins of sales at LTFV are shown in the ``Preliminary Determination'' section of this notice. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Bezirganian or Tyler Weinhold, AD/CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482- 1131 or (202) 482-1121, respectively. 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\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \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). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at http://access.trade.gov, and is available to all parties in the Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Internet at http://trade.gov/enforcement/frn/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the electronic version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \3\ See ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Determination of the Antidumping Duty Investigation of Certain Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin from the People's Republic of China from the People's Republic of China,'' from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, dated concurrently with this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scope Comments The Initiation Notice provided interested parties an opportunity to raise issues regarding product coverage (scope). However, no interested party provided scope comments. Methodology The Department is conducting this investigation in accordance with section 731 of the Act. We calculated export prices and constructed export prices in accordance with section 772 of the Act. Because the PRC is a non-market economy within the meaning of section 771(18) of the Act, normal value (NV) was calculated in accordance with section 773(c) of the Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum hereby adopted by this notice. Combination Rates In the Initiation Notice,\4\ the Department stated that it would calculate combination rates for the respondents that are eligible for a separate rate in this investigation. Policy Bulletin 05.1 describes this practice.\5\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \4\ See Initiation Notice, 80 FR at 18381-82. \5\ See Enforcement and Compliance's Policy Bulletin No. 05.1, regarding, ``Separate-Rates Practice and Application of Combination Rates in Antidumping Investigations involving Non-Market Economy Countries,'' (April 5, 2005) (Policy Bulletin 05.1), available on the Department's Web site at http://enforcement.trade.gov/policy/bull05-1.pdf. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Determination The Department preliminarily determines that the following weighted-average dumping margins exist during the period July 1, 2014, through December 31, 2014: [[Page 62025]] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Weighted- Exporter Producer average margin (percent) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Far Eastern Industries Far Eastern Industries 125.12 (Shanghai) Ltd. or Oriental (Shanghai) Ltd. or Industries (Suzhou) Limited. Oriental Industries (Suzhou) Limited. Jiangyin Xingyu New Material Jiangyin Xingyu New 131.16 Co., Ltd. or Jiangsu Xingye Material Co., Ltd. or Plastic Co., Ltd. or Jiangyin Jiangsu Xingye Plastic Xingjia Plastic Co., Ltd. or Co., Ltd. or Jiangyin Jiangyin Xingtai New Material Xingjia Plastic Co., Co., Ltd. or Jiangsu Xingye Ltd. or Jiangyin Polytech Co., Ltd. Xingtai New Material Co., Ltd. or Jiangsu Xingye Polytech Co., Ltd. Dragon Special Resin (XIAMEN) Hainan Yisheng 129.42 Co., Ltd. Petrochemical Co., Ltd. Hainan Yisheng Petrochemical Zhejiang Wankai New 129.42 Co., Ltd. Materials Co., Ltd. Shanghai Hengyi Polyester Fiber Dragon Special Resin 129.42 Co., Ltd. (XIAMEN) Co., Ltd. Zhejiang Wankai New Materials Shanghai Hengyi 129.42 Co., Ltd. Polyester Fiber Co., Ltd. PRC-Wide Entity................ ....................... 145.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 case briefs.\6\ 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \6\ See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, U.S. Department of Commerce, filed electronically using ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be received successfully in its entirety by the Department's electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.\7\ Hearing requests should contain the party's name, address, and telephone number, the number of participants, and a list of the issues parties intend to present at the hearing. 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 location to be determined. Prior to the date of the hearing, the Department will contact all parties that submitted case or rebuttal brief to determine if they wish to participate in the hearing. The Department will then distribute a hearing schedule to the parties prior to the hearing and only those parties listed on the schedule may present issues raised in their briefs. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \7\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Suspension of Liquidation In accordance with section 733(d)(2) of the Act, the Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to suspend liquidation of all entries of PET resin from the PRC, 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 19 CFR 351.205(d), the Department will instruct CBP to require a cash deposit \8\ equal to the weighted-average amount by which NV exceeds U.S. price, adjusted where appropriate for export subsidies and estimated domestic subsidy pass-through,\9\ as follows: (1) The cash deposit rate for the exporter/producer combinations listed in the table above will be the rate the Department determines in this preliminary determination; (2) for all combinations of PRC exporters/ producers of merchandise under consideration that have not received their own separate rate above, the cash-deposit rate will be the cash deposit rate established for the PRC-wide entity; and (3) for all non- PRC exporters of merchandise under consideration which have not received their own separate rate above, the cash-deposit rate will be the cash deposit rate applicable to the PRC exporter/producer combination that supplied that non-PRC exporter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \8\ 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). \9\ See sections 772(c)(1)(C) and 777A(f) of the Act, respectively. Unlike in administrative reviews, the Department calculates the adjustment for export subsidies in investigations not in the margin calculation program, but in the cash deposit instructions issued to CBP. See, e.g., Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, and Negative Determination of Critical Circumstances: Certain Lined Paper Products from India, 71 FR 45012 (August 8, 2006), and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 1. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- As stated previously, we will adjust cash deposit rates by the amount of export subsidies, where appropriate. In the companion CVD investigation, Jiangyin Xingyu New Material Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Xingye Plastic Co., Ltd., Jiangyin Xingjia Plastic Co., Ltd., Jiangyin Xingtai New Material Co., Ltd., and Jiangsu Xingye Polytech Co., Ltd. (collectively ``Xingyu Group'') received a calculated export subsidy rate of 0.80 percent, and, thus, we will offset the calculated rate for the Xingyu Group by 0.80 percent. Far Eastern Industries (Shanghai) Ltd. and Oriental Industries (Suzhou) Limited (collectively ``FEIS Group'') was not a mandatory respondent in the companion CVD investigation, so we will offset the calculated rate for the FEIS Group by 1.83 percent, the average of the export subsidy rates for the two mandatory respondents in the companion CVD investigation. Dragon Special Resin (XIAMEN) Co., Ltd., one of the separate rate companies, was a mandatory respondent in the companion CVD investigation and received a calculated export subsidy rate of 2.85 percent, and, thus, we will offset the calculated rate for Dragon by 2.85 percent. The other separate rate companies were not mandatory respondents in the companion CVD investigation, so we will offset the calculated rate for each of them by 1.83 percent, the average of the export subsidy rates for the two mandatory respondents in the companion CVD investigation. Finally, we are adjusting the cash deposit rate for the PRC-wide entity by 0.80 percent, [[Page 62026]] the lowest adjustment for any party in the companion CVD investigation.\10\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \10\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pursuant to 777A(f) of the Act, we are also adjusting preliminary cash deposit rates for estimated domestic subsidy pass-through, where appropriate. We will adjust the Xingyu Group's by 0.91 percent, but we are not adjusting the rate for the FEIS Group because it failed to justify such an adjustment. We are adjusting the rates for each of the other separate rate companies by 1.83 percent. Finally, we are not adjusting the PRC-wide entity's rate for estimated domestic subsidy pass-through.\11\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \11\ Id. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 by the Department, 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 by the Department, 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. In a joint letter dated September 30, 2015, Xingyu, Xingye, Dragon, Hainan Yisheng Petrochemical Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Wankai New Materials Co., Ltd., and Shanghai Hengyi Polyester Fiber Co., Ltd. requested that, in the event of an affirmative preliminary determination in this investigation, the Department postpone its final determination by 60 days (i.e., to 135 days after publication of the preliminary determination) pursuant to section 735(a)(2)(A) and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii), and agreed 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.\12\ In a letter dated October 2, 2015, FEIS requested the same.\13\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \12\ See letter to the Secretary dated September 30, 2015. \13\ See letter to the Secretary dated October 2, 2015. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 exporters account 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.\14\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \14\ See also 19 CFR 351.210(e). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Trade Commission (ITC) Notification In accordance with section 733(f) of the Act, we will notify the ITC of our affirmative preliminary 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 whether the domestic industry in the United States is materially injured, or threatened with material injury, by reason of imports of PET resin from the PRC 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. List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum: Summary Background Initiation Period of Investigation Postponement of Preliminary and Final Determinations Scope of the Investigation Scope Comments Product Characteristics Selection of Respondents Discussion of the Methodology Non-Market Economy Country Surrogate Country and Surrogate Value Comments Separate Rates Margin for the Separate Rate Companies Combination Rates The PRC-wide Entity Application of Facts Available and Adverse Inferences Affiliation/Single Entity Date of Sale Fair Value Comparisons Export Price Value-Added Tax Normal Value Factor Valuation Methodology Comparisons to Normal Value Currency Conversion Verification Adjustments for Countervailable Subsidies International Trade Commission Notification Conclusion [FR Doc. 2015-26264 Filed 10-14-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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but will also involve the more complex comment on this preliminary (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to
consideration of the provision for less determination. registered users at http://
than adequate remuneration for several FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: access.trade.gov, and is available to all
inputs. The deadline for completion of Steve Bezirganian or Tyler Weinhold, parties in the Central Records Unit,
the preliminary determination is now AD/CVD Operations, Office VI, room B8024 of the main Department of
December 18, 2015. Enforcement and Compliance, Commerce building. In addition, a
We also note that, on September 30, International Trade Administration, complete version of the Preliminary
2015, the petitioners 2 in this U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Decision Memorandum can be accessed
investigation, requested that the Street and Constitution Avenue NW., directly on the Internet at http://
deadline for the preliminary Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) trade.gov/enforcement/frn/. The signed
determination be postponed to 130 days 482–1131 or (202) 482–1121, Preliminary Decision Memorandum and
from the date of initiation in accordance respectively. the electronic version of the Preliminary
with 19 CFR 351.205(b)(2). Decision Memorandum are identical in
This notice is issued and published SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
content.
pursuant to section 703(c)(2) of the Act Background
and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(l).3 Scope Comments
The Department published the notice
Dated: October 7, 2015. of initiation of this investigation on The Initiation Notice provided
Paul Piquado, April 6, 2015.1 Pursuant to section interested parties an opportunity to
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act, the Department raise issues regarding product coverage
Compliance. postponed this preliminary LTFV (scope). However, no interested party
[FR Doc. 2015–26274 Filed 10–14–15; 8:45 am] determination by 50 days until October provided scope comments.
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 6, 2015.2
Methodology
Scope of the Investigation
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE The merchandise covered by this The Department is conducting this
investigation is polyethylene investigation in accordance with section
International Trade Administration terephthalate (PET) resin. The 731 of the Act. We calculated export
merchandise subject to this prices and constructed export prices in
[A–570–024]
investigation is properly classified accordance with section 772 of the Act.
Certain Polyethylene Terephthalate under subheading 3907.60.00.30 of the Because the PRC is a non-market
Resin From the People’s Republic of Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the economy within the meaning of section
China: Preliminary Determination of United States (HTSUS). Although the 771(18) of the Act, normal value (NV)
Sales at Less Than Fair Value and HTSUS subheading is provided for was calculated in accordance with
Postponement of Final Determination convenience and customs purposes, the section 773(c) of the Act. For a full
written description of the merchandise description of the methodology
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, underlying our conclusions, see the
under investigation is dispositive.
International Trade Administration, For a full description of the scope of Preliminary Decision Memorandum
Department of Commerce. this investigation, see the Preliminary hereby adopted by this notice.
DATES: Effective Date: October 15, 2015. Decision Memorandum hereby adopted
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce Combination Rates
by this notice.3 The Preliminary
(the Department) preliminarily Decision Memorandum is a public In the Initiation Notice,4 the
determines that certain polyethylene document and is on file electronically Department stated that it would
terephthalate resin (PET resin) from the via Enforcement and Compliance’s calculate combination rates for the
People’s Republic of China (PRC) is Antidumping and Countervailing Duty respondents that are eligible for a
being, or is likely to be, sold in the Centralized Electronic Service System separate rate in this investigation. Policy
United States at less than fair value
Bulletin 05.1 describes this practice.5
(LTFV), as provided in section 733 of 1 See Certain Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the From Canada, the People’s Republic of China, Preliminary Determination
Act). The period of investigation (POI) India, and the Sultanate of Oman: Initiation of Less-
Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 80 FR 18376 (April The Department preliminarily
is July 1, 2014, through December 31, 6, 2015) (Initiation Notice).
2014. The estimated margins of sales at 2 See Certain Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin
determines that the following weighted-
LTFV are shown in the ‘‘Preliminary from Canada, the People’s Republic of China, India, average dumping margins exist during
Determination’’ section of this notice. and the Sultanate of Oman: Postponement of the period July 1, 2014, through
Interested parties are invited to Preliminary Determinations of Antidumping Duty December 31, 2014:
Investigations, 80 FR 45640 (July 31, 2015).
3 See ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
4 See Initiation Notice, 80 FR at 18381–82.
2 The petitioners are Atlas Tube, a division of
Determination of the Antidumping Duty 5 See
JMC Steel Group, Bull Moose Tube Company, Enforcement and Compliance’s Policy
Investigation of Certain Polyethylene Terephthalate
EXLTUBE, Hannibal Industries, Inc., Independence Resin from the People’s Republic of China from the Bulletin No. 05.1, regarding, ‘‘Separate-Rates
Tube Corporation, Maruichi American Corporation, People’s Republic of China,’’ from Christian Marsh, Practice and Application of Combination Rates in
Searing Industries, Southland Tube, and Vest, Inc. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Antidumping Investigations involving Non-Market
3 We acknowledge that the Department Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, Economy Countries,’’ (April 5, 2005) (Policy
inadvertently did not notify the parties to this Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Bulletin 05.1), available on the Department’s Web
mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
investigation of this postponement within the Compliance, dated concurrently with this notice site at http://enforcement.trade.gov/policy/bull05-
timeframe provided in section 703(c)(2) of the Act. (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 1.pdf.
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the lowest adjustment for any party in 351.210(b)(2)(ii) and (e)(2), because (1) Application of Facts Available and
the companion CVD investigation.10 our preliminary determination is Adverse Inferences
Pursuant to 777A(f) of the Act, we are affirmative; (2) the requesting exporters Affiliation/Single Entity
also adjusting preliminary cash deposit Date of Sale
account for a significant proportion of
Fair Value Comparisons
rates for estimated domestic subsidy exports of the subject merchandise; and Export Price
pass-through, where appropriate. We (3) no compelling reasons for denial Value-Added Tax
will adjust the Xingyu Group’s by 0.91 exist, we are postponing the final Normal Value
percent, but we are not adjusting the determination and extending the Factor Valuation Methodology
rate for the FEIS Group because it failed provisional measures from a four-month Comparisons to Normal Value
to justify such an adjustment. We are period to a period not greater than six Currency Conversion
adjusting the rates for each of the other months. Accordingly, we will make our Verification
separate rate companies by 1.83 percent. final determination no later than 135 Adjustments for Countervailable Subsidies
Finally, we are not adjusting the PRC- International Trade Commission Notification
days after the date of publication of this Conclusion
wide entity’s rate for estimated domestic preliminary determination, pursuant to
subsidy pass-through.11 [FR Doc. 2015–26264 Filed 10–14–15; 8:45 am]
section 735(a)(2) of the Act.14
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Postponement of Final Determination International Trade Commission (ITC)
and Extension of Provisional Measures Notification
Section 735(a)(2) of the Act provides In accordance with section 733(f) of DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
that a final determination may be the Act, we will notify the ITC of our
postponed until not later than 135 days International Trade Administration
affirmative preliminary determination of
after the date of the publication of the sales at LTFV. Because the preliminary [C–570–978]
preliminary determination if, in the determination in this proceeding is
event of an affirmative preliminary affirmative, section 735(b)(2) of the Act Certain High Pressure Steel Cylinders
determination by the Department, a requires that the ITC make its final From the People’s Republic of China:
request for such postponement is made determination whether the domestic Rescission of Countervailing Duty
by exporters who account for a industry in the United States is Administrative Review; 2014
significant proportion of exports of the materially injured, or threatened with
subject merchandise, or in the event of AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance,
material injury, by reason of imports of International Trade Administration,
a negative preliminary determination by PET resin from the PRC before the later
the Department, a request for such Department of Commerce.
of 120 days after the date of this SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
postponement is made by the petitioner. preliminary determination or 45 days
19 CFR 351.210(e)(2) requires that (the Department) is rescinding the
after our final determination. Because administrative review of the
requests by respondents for we are postponing the deadline for our
postponement of a final antidumping countervailing duty (CVD) order on
final determination to 135 days from the certain high pressure steel cylinders
determination be accompanied by a date of publication of this preliminary
request for extension of provisional (HPSC) from the People’s Republic of
determination, as discussed above, the China (PRC) for the period of review
measures from a four-month period to a ITC will make its final determination no
period not more than six months in (POR) January 1, 2014, through
later than 45 days after our final December 31, 2014, based on the timely
duration. determination.
In a joint letter dated September 30, withdrawal of the request for review.
This determination is issued and DATES: Effective Date: October 15, 2015.
2015, Xingyu, Xingye, Dragon, Hainan published in accordance with sections
Yisheng Petrochemical Co., Ltd., 733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Zhejiang Wankai New Materials Co., Mark Kennedy, AD/CVD Operations,
CFR 351.205(c).
Ltd., and Shanghai Hengyi Polyester Office I, Enforcement and Compliance,
Fiber Co., Ltd. requested that, in the Dated: October 6, 2015. International Trade Administration,
event of an affirmative preliminary Paul Piquado, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
determination in this investigation, the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Department postpone its final Compliance. Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)
determination by 60 days (i.e., to 135 List of Topics Discussed in the 482–7883.
days after publication of the preliminary Preliminary Decision Memorandum: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
determination) pursuant to section Summary
735(a)(2)(A) and 19 CFR Background Background
351.210(b)(2)(ii), and agreed to extend Initiation On June 1, 2015, the Department
the application of the provisional Period of Investigation
published the notice of opportunity to
Postponement of Preliminary and Final
measures prescribed under section Determinations request an administrative review of the
733(d) of the Act and 19 CFR Scope of the Investigation order on HPSC from PRC for the period
351.210(e)(2), from a four-month period Scope Comments of review January 1, 2014, through
to a period not to exceed six months.12 Product Characteristics December 31, 2014.1 On June 15, 2015,
In a letter dated October 2, 2015, FEIS Selection of Respondents Norris Cylinder Company (Norris)
requested the same.13 Discussion of the Methodology requested that the Department conduct
In accordance with section Non-Market Economy Country
mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
an administrative review of Beijing
735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR Surrogate Country and Surrogate Value
Tianhai Industry Co., Ltd. (BTIC).2 On
Comments
10 See Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Separate Rates 1 See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order,
11 Id. Margin for the Separate Rate Companies
Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity
12 See letter to the Secretary dated September 30, Combination Rates to Request Administrative Review, 80 FR 31017
2015. The PRC-wide Entity (June 1, 2015).
13 See letter to the Secretary dated October 2, 2 See Letter from Norris, ‘‘High Pressure Steel
2015. 14 See also 19 CFR 351.210(e). Cylinders from the People’s Republic of China
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