83_FR_19783 83 FR 19696 - Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin From Taiwan: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional Measures

83 FR 19696 - Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin From Taiwan: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional Measures

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 87 (May 4, 2018)

Page Range19696-19699
FR Document2018-09515

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that polyethylene terephthalate resin (PET resin) from Taiwan is being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV). The period of investigation (POI) is July 1, 2016, through June 30, 2017.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 87 (Friday, May 4, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 87 (Friday, May 4, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19696-19699]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-09515]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-862]


Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin From Taiwan: Preliminary 
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 
Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional 
Measures

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines 
that polyethylene terephthalate resin (PET resin) from Taiwan is being, 
or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value 
(LTFV). The period of investigation (POI) is July 1, 2016, through June 
30, 2017.

DATES: Applicable May 4, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jun Jack Zhao or Alexander Cipolla, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1396 
or (202) 482-4956, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    This preliminary determination is made in accordance with section 
733(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Commerce 
published the notice of initiation of this investigation on October 23, 
2017.\1\ On January 23, 2018, Commerce exercised its discretion to toll 
all deadlines affected by the closure of the Federal Government from 
January 20, 2018, through January 22, 2018.\2\ On February 22, 2018, 
Commerce postponed the preliminary determination of this 
investigation.\3\ As a result, the revised deadline for the preliminary 
determination of this investigation is now April 27, 2018.
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    \1\ See Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin from Brazil, Indonesia, 
the Republic of Korea, Pakistan, and Taiwan: Initiation of Less-
Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 82 FR 48977 (October 23, 2017) 
(Initiation Notice).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the 
Federal Government,'' dated January 23, 2018.
    \3\ See Polyethylene Terephthalate from Brazil, Indonesia, the 
Republic of Korea, Pakistan, and Taiwan: Postponement of Preliminary 
Determinations of Antidumping Duty Investigations, 83 FR 7655 
(February 22, 2018).
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    For a complete description of the events that followed the 
initiation of this investigation, see the Preliminary

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Decision Memorandum.\4\ A list of topics included in the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum is included as Appendix II to this notice. The 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file 
electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). 
ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov, 
and 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 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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    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of 
Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin from Taiwan'' dated concurrently 
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Investigation

    The product covered by this investigation is PET resin from Taiwan. 
For a complete description of the scope of this investigation, see 
Appendix I.

Scope Comments

    In accordance with the preamble to Commerce's regulations,\5\ the 
Initiation Notice set aside a period of time for parties to raise 
issues regarding product coverage (i.e., scope).\6\ For a summary of 
the product coverage comments and rebuttal responses submitted to the 
record for this preliminary determination, and accompanying discussion 
and analysis of all comments timely received, see the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum. After evaluating the comments, Commerce is 
preliminarily modifying the scope language as it appeared in the 
Initiation Notice to exclude PET-glycol resin. See the revised scope in 
Appendix I to this notice.
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    \5\ See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, Final Rule, 
62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997).
    \6\ See Initiation Notice.
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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this investigation in accordance with 
section 731 of the Act. Commerce has calculated export prices in 
accordance with section 772(a) of the Act. Constructed export prices 
also have been calculated in accordance with section 772(b) of the Act. 
Normal value (NV) is calculated in accordance with section 773 of the 
Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying the 
preliminary determination, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

All-Others Rate

    Sections 733(d)(1)(ii) and 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provide that in 
the preliminary determination Commerce shall determine an estimated 
all-others rate for all exporters and producers not individually 
examined. This 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 
and de minimis margins, and any margins determined entirely under 
section 776 of the Act. In this investigation, Commerce calculated 
estimated weighted-average dumping margins for Far Eastern New Century 
Corporation and Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corporation that are not 
zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts otherwise available. 
Commerce calculated the all-others' rate using a weighted average of 
the estimated weighted-average dumping margins calculated for the 
examined respondents using each company's publicly-ranged values for 
the merchandise under consideration.\7\
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    \7\ With two respondents under examination, Commerce normally 
calculates (A) a weighted-average of the estimated weighted-average 
dumping margins calculated for the examined respondents; (B) a 
simple average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins 
calculated for the examined respondents; and (C) a weighted-average 
of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins calculated for the 
examined respondents using each company's publicly-ranged U.S. sale 
quantities for the merchandise under consideration. Commerce then 
compares (B) and (C) to (A) and selects the rate closest to (A) as 
the most appropriate rate for all other producers and exporters. See 
Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, 
and the United Kingdom: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Reviews, Final Results of Changed-Circumstances 
Review, and Revocation of an Order in Part, 75 FR 53661, 53663 
(September 1, 2010). As complete publicly ranged sales data was 
available, Commerce based the all-others rate on the publicly ranged 
sales data of the mandatory respondents. For a complete analysis of 
the data, please see the All-Others' Rate Calculation Memorandum.
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Preliminary Determination

    Commerce preliminarily determines that the following estimated 
weighted-average dumping margins exist:

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                                                               Estimated
                                                               weighted-
                                                                average
                      Exporter/Producer                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Far Eastern New Century Corporation, Far Eastern Textile           11.89
 Ltd., and Worldwide Polychem (HK), Ltd. (collectively, Far
 Eastern) \8\...............................................
Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corporation.......................        9.02
All-Others..................................................       10.99
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Suspension of Liquidation
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    \8\ Commerce preliminarily determines that Far Eastern New 
Century Corporation and Worldwide Polychem (HK) Limited are a single 
entity, and Far Eastern New Century Corporation to be the successor-
in-interest of Far Eastern Textile Ltd. See Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.
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    In accordance with section 733(d)(2) of the Act, Commerce will 
direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to suspend liquidation 
of entries of subject merchandise, as described in Appendix I, entered, 
or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
    Section 733(e)(2) of the Act provides that, given an affirmative 
determination of critical circumstances, any suspension of liquidation 
shall apply to unliquidated entries of merchandise entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the later of (a) 
the date which is 90 days before the date on which the suspension of 
liquidation was first ordered, or (b) the date on which notice of 
initiation of the investigation was published. On April 20, 2018, 
Commerce preliminarily determined that critical circumstances exist for 
imports of PET resin from Taiwan produced or exported by Far Eastern 
and all other producers/exporters.\9\ Accordingly, for Far Eastern and 
all other producers/exporters, in accordance with section 733(e)(2)(A) 
of the Act, the suspension of liquidation shall apply to unliquidated 
entries of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the date which is 90 days before the 
publication of this notice.
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    \9\ See Antidumping Duty Investigations on Polyethylene 
Terephthalate Resin from Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, and 
Taiwan; Preliminary Determinations of Critical Circumstances, 83 FR 
17791 (April 24, 2018).
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    Further, pursuant to section 733(d)(1)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.205(d), Commerce will instruct CBP to require a cash deposit equal 
to the estimated weighted-average dumping margin or the estimated all-
others rate, as follows: (1) The cash deposit rate for

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the respondents listed above will be equal to the company-specific 
estimated weighted-average dumping margins determined in this 
preliminary determination; (2) if the exporter is not a respondent 
identified above, but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will 
be equal to the company-specific estimated weighted-average dumping 
margin established for that producer of the subject merchandise; and 
(3) the cash deposit rate for all other producers and exporters will be 
equal to the all-others estimated weighted-average dumping margin.

Disclosure

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

Verification

    As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the Act, Commerce intends to 
verify the information relied upon in making its final determination.

Public Comment

    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 last verification report is issued in 
this investigation. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in case 
briefs, may be submitted no later than five days after the deadline 
date for case briefs.\10\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), 
parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this investigation 
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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    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general 
filing requirements).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal 
briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, within 30 days 
after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should contain 
the party's name, address, and telephone number, the number of 
participants, whether any participant is a foreign national, and a list 
of the issues to be discussed. If a request for a hearing is made, 
Commerce intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230, at a time 
and date to be determined. Parties should confirm by telephone the 
date, time, and location of the hearing two days before the scheduled 
date.

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 no 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 petitioners. Section 351.210(e)(2) of Commerce's regulations 
requires that a request by exporters for postponement of the final 
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.
    On April 12, and April 17, 2018, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.210(e), 
Shinkong and Far Eastern requested that Commerce postpone the final 
determination and that provisional measures be extended to a period not 
to exceed six months.\11\ On April 12, 2018, the petitioners also 
requested that Commerce postpone the final determination.\12\ In 
accordance with section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.210(b)(2)(ii), because: (1) The 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, Commerce is postponing the final 
determination and extending the provisional measures from a four-month 
period to a period not greater than six months. Accordingly, Commerce 
will make its final determination no later than 135 days after the date 
of publication of this preliminary determination.
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    \11\ See Letter from Shinkong, ``Polyethylene Terephthalate 
(PET) Resin from Taiwan; Request to Extend Final Determination,'' 
dated April 12, 2018; and Letter from Far Eastern, ``Respondent 
Name(s), Investigation of Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin from 
Taiwan--Request for the Department's Final Determination Extension 
of Deadline,'' dated April 17, 2018.
    \12\ See Letter from the petitioners, ``Polyethylene 
Terephthalate Resin from Brazil, Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, 
Pakistan, and Taiwan--Petitioners' Request to Extend the Antidumping 
Duty Determinations,'' dated April 12, 2018.
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International Trade Commission Notification

    In accordance with section 733(f) of the Act, Commerce will notify 
the International Trade Commission (ITC) of its preliminary 
determination. If the final determination is affirmative, the ITC will 
determine before the later of 120 days after the date of this 
preliminary determination or 45 days after the final determination 
whether these imports are materially injuring, or threaten material 
injury to, the U.S. industry.

Notification to Interested Parties

    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: April 27, 2018.
James Maeder,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations performing the duties of Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations.

Appendix I

Scope of the Investigation

    The merchandise covered by this investigation is polyethylene 
terephthalate (PET) resin having an intrinsic viscosity of at least 
70, but not more than 88, milliliters per gram (0.70 to 0.88 
deciliters per gram). The scope includes blends of virgin PET resin 
and recycled PET resin containing 50 percent or more virgin PET 
resin content by weight, provided such blends meet the intrinsic 
viscosity requirements above. The scope includes all PET resin 
meeting the above specifications regardless of additives introduced 
in the manufacturing process.
    The scope excludes PET-glycol resin, also referred to as PETG. 
PET-glycol resins are manufactured by replacing a portion of the raw 
material input monoethylene glycol (MEG) with one of five glycol 
modifiers: Cyclohexanedimethanol (CHDM), diethylene glycol (DEG), 
neopentyl glycol (NPG), isosorbide, or spiro glycol. Specifically, 
excluded PET-glycol resins must contain a minimum of 10 percent, by 
weight, of CHDM, DEG, NPG, isosorbide or spiro glycol, or some 
combination of these glycol modifiers. Unlike subject PET resin, 
PET-glycol resins are amorphous resins that are not solid-stated and 
cannot be crystallized or recycled.
    The merchandise subject to this investigation is properly 
classified under subheadings 3907.61.0000 and 3907.69.0000 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Although 
the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes, the written description of the merchandise covered by this 
investigation is dispositive.

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Appendix II

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Period of Investigation
IV. Postponement of Final Determination and Extension of Provisional 
Measures
V. Scope Comments
VI. Affiliation and Collapsing
VII. Discussion of the Methodology
    A. Comparison to Fair Value
    B. Results of the Differential Pricing Analysis
VIII. Product Comparisons
IX. Date of Sale
X. Export Price and Constructed Export Price
XI. Normal Value
    A. Home Market Viability
    B. Affiliated-Party Transactions and Arm's-Length Test
    C. Level of Trade
    D. Cost of Production (COP) Analysis
    1. Calculation of COP
    2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices
    3. Results of the COP Test
    D. Calculation of NV Based on Comparison Market Prices
XII. Currency Conversion
XIII. Verification
XIV. Conclusion

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                                             exceed six months.10 The petitioners 11                 provided such blends meet the intrinsic               DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                             filed the same request on April 12,                     viscosity requirements above. The scope
                                             2018.12 In accordance with section                      includes all PET resin meeting the above              International Trade Administration
                                             735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR                      specifications regardless of additives
                                             351.210(b)(2)(ii), because: (1) The                     introduced in the manufacturing process.
                                                                                                                                                           [A–583–862]
                                             preliminary determination is                              The scope excludes PET-glycol resin, also
                                             affirmative; (2) the requesting exporter                referred to as PETG. PET-glycol resins are            Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin
                                             accounts for a significant proportion of                manufactured by replacing a portion of the            From Taiwan: Preliminary Affirmative
                                                                                                     raw material input monoethylene glycol
                                             exports of the subject merchandise; and                                                                       Determination of Sales at Less Than
                                                                                                     (MEG) with one of five glycol modifiers:
                                             (3) no compelling reasons for denial                                                                          Fair Value, Postponement of Final
                                                                                                     Cyclohexanedimethanol (CHDM), diethylene
                                             exist, Commerce is postponing the final                 glycol (DEG), neopentyl glycol (NPG),
                                                                                                                                                           Determination, and Extension of
                                             determination and extending the                         isosorbide, or spiro glycol. Specifically,            Provisional Measures
                                             provisional measures from a four-month                  excluded PET-glycol resins must contain a
                                             period to a period not greater than six                                                                       AGENCY:   Enforcement and Compliance,
                                                                                                     minimum of 10 percent, by weight, of CHDM,            International Trade Administration,
                                             months. Accordingly, Commerce will                      DEG, NPG, isosorbide or spiro glycol, or
                                             make its final determination no later                                                                         Department of Commerce.
                                                                                                     some combination of these glycol modifiers.
                                             than 135 days after the date of                         Unlike subject PET resin, PET-glycol resins           SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
                                             publication of this preliminary                         are amorphous resins that are not solid-stated        (Commerce) preliminarily determines
                                             determination.                                          and cannot be crystallized or recycled.               that polyethylene terephthalate resin
                                                                                                       The merchandise subject to this                     (PET resin) from Taiwan is being, or is
                                             International Trade Commission
                                                                                                     investigation is properly classified under            likely to be, sold in the United States at
                                             Notification
                                                                                                     subheadings 3907.61.0000 and 3907.69.0000             less than fair value (LTFV). The period
                                                In accordance with section 733(f) of                 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the              of investigation (POI) is July 1, 2016,
                                             the Act, Commerce will notify the                       United States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS             through June 30, 2017.
                                             International Trade Commission (ITC) of                 subheadings are provided for convenience              DATES: Applicable May 4, 2018.
                                             its preliminary determination. If the                   and customs purposes, the written
                                                                                                                                                           FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jun
                                             final determination is affirmative, the                 description of the merchandise covered by
                                             ITC will determine before the later of                  this investigation is dispositive.                    Jack Zhao or Alexander Cipolla, AD/
                                             120 days after the date of this                                                                               CVD Operations, Office VII,
                                                                                                     Appendix II                                           Enforcement and Compliance,
                                             preliminary determination or 45 days
                                             after the final determination whether                   List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary           International Trade Administration,
                                             these imports are materially injuring, or               Decision Memorandum                                   U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
                                             threaten material injury to, the U.S.                                                                         Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
                                                                                                     I. Summary
                                             industry.                                               II. Background
                                                                                                                                                           DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1396 or
                                                                                                     III. Period of Investigation                          (202) 482–4956, respectively.
                                             Notification to Interested Parties                                                                            SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                     IV. Postponement of Final Determination and
                                               This determination is issued and                            Extension of Provisional Measures
                                             published in accordance with sections                                                                         Background
                                                                                                     V. Scope Comments
                                             733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19                  VI. Discussion of the Methodology                        This preliminary determination is
                                             CFR 351.205(c).                                            A. Application of Adverse Facts Available          made in accordance with section 733(b)
                                               Dated: April 27, 2018.                                      (AFA)                                           of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
                                                                                                        B. Corroboration of Secondary Information          (the Act). Commerce published the
                                             James Maeder,
                                                                                                        C. All-Others Rate                                 notice of initiation of this investigation
                                             Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for                   D. Comparisons to Fair Value
                                             Antidumping and Countervailing Duty                                                                           on October 23, 2017.1 On January 23,
                                                                                                        1. Determination of the Comparison                 2018, Commerce exercised its discretion
                                             Operations performing the duties of Deputy
                                             Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and                       Method                                          to toll all deadlines affected by the
                                             Countervailing Duty Operations.                            2. Results of the Differential Pricing             closure of the Federal Government from
                                                                                                           Analysis
                                                                                                                                                           January 20, 2018, through January 22,
                                             Appendix I                                              VII. Date of Sale
                                                                                                                                                           2018.2 On February 22, 2018, Commerce
                                             Scope of the Investigation                              VIII. Product Comparisons
                                                                                                     IX. Export Price and Constructed Export
                                                                                                                                                           postponed the preliminary
                                               The merchandise covered by this                             Price                                           determination of this investigation.3 As
                                             investigation is polyethylene terephthalate                                                                   a result, the revised deadline for the
                                                                                                     X. Normal Value
                                             (PET) resin having an intrinsic viscosity of at                                                               preliminary determination of this
                                             least 70, but not more than 88, milliliters per            A. Home Market Viability
                                                                                                        B. Affiliated-Party Transactions and Arm’s-        investigation is now April 27, 2018.
                                             gram (0.70 to 0.88 deciliters per gram). The
                                             scope includes blends of virgin PET resin                     Length Test                                        For a complete description of the
                                             and recycled PET resin containing 50 percent               C. Level of Trade                                  events that followed the initiation of
                                             or more virgin PET resin content by weight,                D. Calculation of NV Based on Comparison           this investigation, see the Preliminary
                                                                                                           Market Prices
                                               10 See Letter from SK Chemicals, ‘‘Polyethylene          E. Calculation of NV Based on Constructed             1 See Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin from

                                             Terephthalate Resin from the Republic of Korea:               Value (CV)                                      Brazil, Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, Pakistan,
                                             Request for Postponement of Final Determination            F. Cost of Production (COP) Analysis               and Taiwan: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value
                                             and Extension of Provisional Measures,’’ dated             1. Calculation of COP                              Investigations, 82 FR 48977 (October 23, 2017)
                                             April 11, 2018.                                                                                               (Initiation Notice).
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                                               11 The petitioners are DAK Americas LLC,                 2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices             2 See Memorandum, ‘‘Deadlines Affected by the

                                             Indorama Ventures USA, Inc., M&G Polymers USA,             3. Results of the COP Test                         Shutdown of the Federal Government,’’ dated
                                             LLC, and Nan Ya Plastics Corporation, America.          XI. Currency Conversion                               January 23, 2018.
                                               12 See Letter from the petitioners, ‘‘Polyethylene    XII. Verification                                        3 See Polyethylene Terephthalate from Brazil,

                                             Terephthalate Resin from Brazil, Indonesia, the         XIII. Conclusion                                      Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, Pakistan, and
                                             Republic of Korea, Pakistan, and Taiwan—Request                                                               Taiwan: Postponement of Preliminary
                                             to Extend the Antidumping Duty Final                    [FR Doc. 2018–09521 Filed 5–3–18; 8:45 am]            Determinations of Antidumping Duty
                                             Determination,’’ dated April 12, 2018.                  BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P                                Investigations, 83 FR 7655 (February 22, 2018).



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                                             Decision Memorandum.4 A list of topics                  underlying the preliminary                                                                                Estimated
                                             included in the Preliminary Decision                    determination, see the Preliminary                                                                        weighted-
                                             Memorandum is included as Appendix                      Decision Memorandum.                                                                                       average
                                                                                                                                                                       Exporter/Producer                       dumping
                                             II to this notice. The Preliminary                                                                                                                                  margin
                                             Decision Memorandum is a public                         All-Others Rate
                                                                                                                                                                                                               (percent)
                                             document and is on file electronically                    Sections 733(d)(1)(ii) and 735(c)(5)(A)
                                             via Enforcement and Compliance’s                                                                                Far Eastern New Century Cor-
                                                                                                     of the Act provide that in the                            poration, Far Eastern Textile
                                             Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
                                                                                                     preliminary determination Commerce                        Ltd., and Worldwide Polychem
                                             Centralized Electronic Service System
                                                                                                     shall determine an estimated all-others                   (HK), Ltd. (collectively, Far
                                             (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to
                                                                                                     rate for all exporters and producers not                  Eastern) 8 ................................         11.89
                                             registered users at https://                                                                                    Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Cor-
                                             access.trade.gov, and to all parties in the             individually examined. This rate shall
                                                                                                     be an amount equal to the weighted                        poration ...................................         9.02
                                             Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the                                                                         All-Others ....................................       10.99
                                             main Department of Commerce                             average of the estimated weighted-
                                             building. In addition, a complete                       average dumping margins established
                                                                                                                                                             Suspension ofLiquidation
                                             version of the Preliminary Decision                     for exporters and producers
                                                                                                     individually investigated, excluding any                   In accordance with section 733(d)(2)
                                             Memorandum can be accessed directly
                                                                                                     zero and de minimis margins, and any                    of the Act, Commerce will direct U.S.
                                             at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/.
                                                                                                     margins determined entirely under                       Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
                                             The signed and the electronic versions
                                                                                                     section 776 of the Act. In this                         suspend liquidation of entries of subject
                                             of the Preliminary Decision
                                                                                                                                                             merchandise, as described in Appendix
                                             Memorandum are identical in content.                    investigation, Commerce calculated
                                                                                                                                                             I, entered, or withdrawn from
                                                                                                     estimated weighted-average dumping
                                             Scope of the Investigation                                                                                      warehouse, for consumption on or after
                                                                                                     margins for Far Eastern New Century                     the date of publication of this notice in
                                               The product covered by this                           Corporation and Shinkong Synthetic                      the Federal Register.
                                             investigation is PET resin from Taiwan.                 Fibers Corporation that are not zero, de                   Section 733(e)(2) of the Act provides
                                             For a complete description of the scope                 minimis, or based entirely on facts                     that, given an affirmative determination
                                             of this investigation, see Appendix I.                  otherwise available. Commerce                           of critical circumstances, any
                                             Scope Comments                                          calculated the all-others’ rate using a                 suspension of liquidation shall apply to
                                                                                                     weighted average of the estimated                       unliquidated entries of merchandise
                                               In accordance with the preamble to
                                                                                                     weighted-average dumping margins                        entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
                                             Commerce’s regulations,5 the Initiation
                                                                                                     calculated for the examined respondents                 for consumption on or after the later of
                                             Notice set aside a period of time for
                                                                                                     using each company’s publicly-ranged                    (a) the date which is 90 days before the
                                             parties to raise issues regarding product
                                                                                                     values for the merchandise under                        date on which the suspension of
                                             coverage (i.e., scope).6 For a summary of
                                                                                                     consideration.7                                         liquidation was first ordered, or (b) the
                                             the product coverage comments and
                                                                                                                                                             date on which notice of initiation of the
                                             rebuttal responses submitted to the                     Preliminary Determination                               investigation was published. On April
                                             record for this preliminary                                                                                     20, 2018, Commerce preliminarily
                                             determination, and accompanying                           Commerce preliminarily determines
                                                                                                                                                             determined that critical circumstances
                                             discussion and analysis of all comments                 that the following estimated weighted-                  exist for imports of PET resin from
                                             timely received, see the Preliminary                    average dumping margins exist:                          Taiwan produced or exported by Far
                                             Decision Memorandum. After                                                                                      Eastern and all other producers/
                                             evaluating the comments, Commerce is                                                                            exporters.9 Accordingly, for Far Eastern
                                             preliminarily modifying the scope                                                                               and all other producers/exporters, in
                                             language as it appeared in the Initiation                                                                       accordance with section 733(e)(2)(A) of
                                             Notice to exclude PET-glycol resin. See                                                                         the Act, the suspension of liquidation
                                             the revised scope in Appendix I to this                                                                         shall apply to unliquidated entries of
                                             notice.                                                   7 With two respondents under examination,
                                                                                                                                                             subject merchandise entered, or
                                             Methodology                                             Commerce normally calculates (A) a weighted-            withdrawn from warehouse, for
                                                                                                     average of the estimated weighted-average dumping
                                                                                                                                                             consumption on or after the date which
                                               Commerce is conducting this                           margins calculated for the examined respondents;
                                                                                                                                                             is 90 days before the publication of this
                                             investigation in accordance with section                (B) a simple average of the estimated weighted-
                                                                                                     average dumping margins calculated for the              notice.
                                             731 of the Act. Commerce has                                                                                       Further, pursuant to section
                                             calculated export prices in accordance                  examined respondents; and (C) a weighted-average
                                                                                                     of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins       733(d)(1)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR
                                             with section 772(a) of the Act.                         calculated for the examined respondents using each      351.205(d), Commerce will instruct CBP
                                             Constructed export prices also have                     company’s publicly-ranged U.S. sale quantities for      to require a cash deposit equal to the
                                             been calculated in accordance with                      the merchandise under consideration. Commerce           estimated weighted-average dumping
                                             section 772(b) of the Act. Normal value                 then compares (B) and (C) to (A) and selects the rate
                                                                                                                                                             margin or the estimated all-others rate,
                                             (NV) is calculated in accordance with                   closest to (A) as the most appropriate rate for all
                                                                                                                                                             as follows: (1) The cash deposit rate for
                                             section 773 of the Act. For a full                      other producers and exporters. See Ball Bearings
                                             description of the methodology                          and Parts Thereof from France, Germany, Italy,
                                                                                                                                                               8 Commerce preliminarily determines that Far
                                                                                                     Japan, and the United Kingdom: Final Results of
                                                                                                     Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, Final          Eastern New Century Corporation and Worldwide
                                               4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
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                                                                                                     Results of Changed-Circumstances Review, and            Polychem (HK) Limited are a single entity, and Far
                                             the Preliminary Determination in the Less-Than-                                                                 Eastern New Century Corporation to be the
                                             Fair-Value Investigation of Polyethylene                Revocation of an Order in Part, 75 FR 53661, 53663
                                                                                                                                                             successor-in-interest of Far Eastern Textile Ltd. See
                                             Terephthalate Resin from Taiwan’’ dated                 (September 1, 2010). As complete publicly ranged        Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
                                             concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this          sales data was available, Commerce based the all-         9 See Antidumping Duty Investigations on
                                             notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).               others rate on the publicly ranged sales data of the    Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin from Indonesia,
                                               5 See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties,      mandatory respondents. For a complete analysis of       the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan; Preliminary
                                             Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997).          the data, please see the All-Others’ Rate Calculation   Determinations of Critical Circumstances, 83 FR
                                               6 See Initiation Notice.                              Memorandum.                                             17791 (April 24, 2018).



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                                             19698                             Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 87 / Friday, May 4, 2018 / Notices

                                             the respondents listed above will be                    Department of Commerce, 1401                            publication of this preliminary
                                             equal to the company-specific estimated                 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,                     determination.
                                             weighted-average dumping margins                        DC 20230, at a time and date to be
                                                                                                                                                             International Trade Commission
                                             determined in this preliminary                          determined. Parties should confirm by
                                                                                                                                                             Notification
                                             determination; (2) if the exporter is not               telephone the date, time, and location of
                                             a respondent identified above, but the                  the hearing two days before the                            In accordance with section 733(f) of
                                             producer is, then the cash deposit rate                 scheduled date.                                         the Act, Commerce will notify the
                                             will be equal to the company-specific                                                                           International Trade Commission (ITC) of
                                             estimated weighted-average dumping                      Postponement of Final Determination
                                                                                                                                                             its preliminary determination. If the
                                             margin established for that producer of                 and Extension of Provisional Measures
                                                                                                                                                             final determination is affirmative, the
                                             the subject merchandise; and (3) the                       Section 735(a)(2) of the Act provides                ITC will determine before the later of
                                             cash deposit rate for all other producers                                                                       120 days after the date of this
                                                                                                     that a final determination may be
                                             and exporters will be equal to the all-                                                                         preliminary determination or 45 days
                                                                                                     postponed until no later than 135 days
                                             others estimated weighted-average                                                                               after the final determination whether
                                                                                                     after the date of the publication of the
                                             dumping margin.                                                                                                 these imports are materially injuring, or
                                                                                                     preliminary determination if, in the
                                             Disclosure                                              event of an affirmative preliminary                     threaten material injury to, the U.S.
                                                                                                     determination, a request for such                       industry.
                                               Commerce intends to disclose its
                                             calculations and analysis performed to                  postponement is made by exporters who                   Notification to Interested Parties
                                             interested parties in this preliminary                  account for a significant proportion of
                                             determination within five days of any                   exports of the subject merchandise, or in                 This determination is issued and
                                             public announcement or, if there is no                  the event of a negative preliminary                     published in accordance with sections
                                             public announcement, within five days                   determination, a request for such                       733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19
                                             of the date of publication of this notice               postponement is made by the                             CFR 351.205(c).
                                             in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).                   petitioners. Section 351.210(e)(2) of                     Dated: April 27, 2018.
                                                                                                     Commerce’s regulations requires that a                  James Maeder,
                                             Verification                                            request by exporters for postponement                   Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for
                                                As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the              of the final determination be                           Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
                                             Act, Commerce intends to verify the                     accompanied by a request for extension                  Operations performing the duties of Deputy
                                             information relied upon in making its                   of provisional measures from a four-                    Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
                                             final determination.                                    month period to a period not more than                  Countervailing Duty Operations.
                                             Public Comment                                          six months in duration.                                 Appendix I
                                                Case briefs or other written comments                   On April 12, and April 17, 2018,
                                                                                                                                                             Scope of the Investigation
                                             may be submitted to the Assistant                       pursuant to 19 CFR 351.210(e),
                                                                                                     Shinkong and Far Eastern requested that                   The merchandise covered by this
                                             Secretary for Enforcement and                                                                                   investigation is polyethylene terephthalate
                                             Compliance no later than seven days                     Commerce postpone the final
                                                                                                                                                             (PET) resin having an intrinsic viscosity of at
                                             after the date on which the last                        determination and that provisional
                                                                                                                                                             least 70, but not more than 88, milliliters per
                                             verification report is issued in this                   measures be extended to a period not to                 gram (0.70 to 0.88 deciliters per gram). The
                                             investigation. Rebuttal briefs, limited to              exceed six months.11 On April 12, 2018,                 scope includes blends of virgin PET resin
                                             issues raised in case briefs, may be                    the petitioners also requested that                     and recycled PET resin containing 50 percent
                                             submitted no later than five days after                 Commerce postpone the final                             or more virgin PET resin content by weight,
                                             the deadline date for case briefs.10                    determination.12 In accordance with                     provided such blends meet the intrinsic
                                             Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and                    section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19                  viscosity requirements above. The scope
                                             (d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or               CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii), because: (1) The                 includes all PET resin meeting the above
                                             rebuttal briefs in this investigation are               preliminary determination is                            specifications regardless of additives
                                                                                                     affirmative; (2) the requesting exporters               introduced in the manufacturing process.
                                             encouraged to submit with each
                                                                                                     account for a significant proportion of                   The scope excludes PET-glycol resin, also
                                             argument: (1) A statement of the issue;                                                                         referred to as PETG. PET-glycol resins are
                                             (2) a brief summary of the argument;                    exports of the subject merchandise; and
                                                                                                                                                             manufactured by replacing a portion of the
                                             and (3) a table of authorities.                         (3) no compelling reasons for denial                    raw material input monoethylene glycol
                                                Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),                       exist, Commerce is postponing the final                 (MEG) with one of five glycol modifiers:
                                             interested parties who wish to request a                determination and extending the                         Cyclohexanedimethanol (CHDM), diethylene
                                             hearing, limited to issues raised in the                provisional measures from a four-month                  glycol (DEG), neopentyl glycol (NPG),
                                             case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a                 period to a period not greater than six                 isosorbide, or spiro glycol. Specifically,
                                             written request to the Assistant                        months. Accordingly, Commerce will                      excluded PET-glycol resins must contain a
                                             Secretary for Enforcement and                           make its final determination no later                   minimum of 10 percent, by weight, of CHDM,
                                             Compliance, U.S. Department of                          than 135 days after the date of                         DEG, NPG, isosorbide or spiro glycol, or
                                             Commerce, within 30 days after the date                                                                         some combination of these glycol modifiers.
                                             of publication of this notice. Requests                    11 See Letter from Shinkong, ‘‘Polyethylene          Unlike subject PET resin, PET-glycol resins
                                                                                                     Terephthalate (PET) Resin from Taiwan; Request to       are amorphous resins that are not solid-stated
                                             should contain the party’s name,
                                                                                                     Extend Final Determination,’’ dated April 12, 2018;     and cannot be crystallized or recycled.
                                             address, and telephone number, the                      and Letter from Far Eastern, ‘‘Respondent Name(s),        The merchandise subject to this
                                             number of participants, whether any
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                                                                                                     Investigation of Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin       investigation is properly classified under
                                             participant is a foreign national, and a                from Taiwan—Request for the Department’s Final          subheadings 3907.61.0000 and 3907.69.0000
                                             list of the issues to be discussed. If a                Determination Extension of Deadline,’’ dated April      of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
                                                                                                     17, 2018.
                                             request for a hearing is made, Commerce                    12 See Letter from the petitioners, ‘‘Polyethylene
                                                                                                                                                             United States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS
                                             intends to hold the hearing at the U.S.                 Terephthalate Resin from Brazil, Indonesia, the         subheadings are provided for convenience
                                                                                                     Republic of Korea, Pakistan, and Taiwan—                and customs purposes, the written
                                                10 See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303       Petitioners’ Request to Extend the Antidumping          description of the merchandise covered by
                                             (for general filing requirements).                      Duty Determinations,’’ dated April 12, 2018.            this investigation is dispositive.



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                                                                               Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 87 / Friday, May 4, 2018 / Notices                                                   19699

                                             Appendix II                                             Background                                            Scope Comments
                                             List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary                This preliminary determination is                    In accordance with the preamble to
                                             Decision Memorandum                                     made in accordance with section 733(b)                Commerce’s regulations,5 the Initiation
                                             I. Summary                                              of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
                                                                                                                                                           Notice set aside a period of time for
                                             II. Background                                          (the Act). Commerce published the
                                                                                                     notice of initiation of this investigation            parties to raise issues regarding product
                                             III. Period of Investigation
                                             IV. Postponement of Final Determination and             on October 23, 2017.1 On February 22,                 coverage (i.e., scope).6 For a summary of
                                                   Extension of Provisional Measures                 2018, Commerce postponed the                          the product coverage comments and
                                             V. Scope Comments                                       preliminary determination of this                     rebuttal responses submitted to the
                                             VI. Affiliation and Collapsing                          investigation.2 Commerce exercised its                record for this preliminary
                                             VII. Discussion of the Methodology                                                                            determination, and accompanying
                                                                                                     discretion to toll all deadlines affected
                                                A. Comparison to Fair Value                                                                                discussion and analysis of all comments
                                                B. Results of the Differential Pricing               by the closure of the Federal
                                                   Analysis                                          Government from January 20 through                    timely received, see the Preliminary
                                             VIII. Product Comparisons                               22, 2018. If the new deadline falls on a              Decision Memorandum. After
                                             IX. Date of Sale                                        non-business day, in accordance with                  evaluating the comments, Commerce is
                                             X. Export Price and Constructed Export Price            Commerce’s practice, the deadline will                preliminarily modifying the scope
                                             XI. Normal Value                                        become the next business day. The                     language as it appeared in the Initiation
                                                A. Home Market Viability                             revised deadline for the preliminary                  Notice to exclude PET-glycol resin. See
                                                B. Affiliated-Party Transactions and Arm’s-          determination of this investigation is
                                                   Length Test
                                                                                                                                                           the revised scope in Appendix I to this
                                                                                                     now April 27, 2018.3                                  notice.
                                                C. Level of Trade
                                                                                                        For a complete description of the
                                                D. Cost of Production (COP) Analysis                                                                       Methodology
                                                1. Calculation of COP                                events that followed the initiation of
                                                2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices            this investigation, see the Preliminary
                                                                                                                                                             Commerce is conducting this
                                                3. Results of the COP Test                           Decision Memorandum.4 A list of topics
                                                                                                     included in the Preliminary Decision                  investigation in accordance with section
                                                D. Calculation of NV Based on Comparison
                                                   Market Prices                                     Memorandum is included as Appendix                    731 of the Act. Commerce has
                                             XII. Currency Conversion                                II to this notice. The Preliminary                    calculated export prices in accordance
                                             XIII. Verification                                      Decision Memorandum is a public                       with section 772(a) of the Act.
                                             XIV. Conclusion                                         document and is on file electronically                Constructed export prices have been
                                             [FR Doc. 2018–09515 Filed 5–3–18; 8:45 am]              via Enforcement and Compliance’s                      calculated in accordance with section
                                             BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P                                  Antidumping and Countervailing Duty                   772(b) of the Act. Normal value (NV) is
                                                                                                     Centralized Electronic Service System                 calculated in accordance with section
                                                                                                     (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to                      773 of the Act. For a full description of
                                             DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                  registered users at https://                          the methodology underlying the
                                                                                                     access.trade.gov, and to all parties in the           preliminary determination, see the
                                             International Trade Administration                      Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the               Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
                                                                                                     main Department of Commerce
                                             [A–351–852]                                                                                                   All-Others Rate
                                                                                                     building. In addition, a complete
                                                                                                     version of the Preliminary Decision                     Sections 733(d)(1)(ii) and 735(c)(5)(A)
                                             Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin
                                                                                                     Memorandum can be accessed directly                   of the Act provide that in the
                                             From Brazil: Preliminary Affirmative
                                                                                                     at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/.                 preliminary determination Commerce
                                             Determination of Sales at Less Than
                                                                                                     The signed and the electronic versions                shall determine an estimated all-others
                                             Fair Value, Postponement of Final
                                                                                                     of the Preliminary Decision                           rate for all exporters and producers not
                                             Determination, and Extension of
                                                                                                     Memorandum are identical in content.                  individually examined. This rate shall
                                             Provisional Measures
                                                                                                     Scope of the Investigation                            be an amount equal to the weighted
                                             AGENCY:   Enforcement and Compliance,                                                                         average of the estimated weighted-
                                             International Trade Administration,                       The merchandise covered by this
                                                                                                     investigation is PET resin from Brazil.               average dumping margins established
                                             Department of Commerce.
                                                                                                     For a complete description of the scope               for exporters and producers
                                             SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce                                                                           individually investigated, excluding any
                                                                                                     of this investigation, see Appendix I.
                                             (Commerce) preliminarily determines                                                                           zero and de minimis margins, and any
                                             that polyethylene terephthalate resin                      1 See Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin from        margins determined entirely under
                                             (PET resin) from Brazil is being, or is                 Brazil, Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, Pakistan,   section 776 of the Act.
                                             likely to be, sold in the United States at              and Taiwan: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value
                                             less than fair value (LTFV). The period                 Investigations, 82 FR 48977 (October 23, 2017)          In this investigation, Commerce
                                             of investigation (POI) is July 1, 2016,                 (Initiation Notice).                                  calculated estimated weighted-average
                                                                                                        2 See Polyethylene Terephthalate from Brazil,
                                             through June 30, 2017.                                                                                        dumping margins for Textil de
                                                                                                     Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, Pakistan, and
                                             DATES: Applicable May 4, 2018.                          Taiwan: Postponement of Preliminary
                                                                                                                                                           Pernambuco and MGP Brasil that are
                                                                                                     Determinations of Antidumping Duty                    not zero, de minimis, or based entirely
                                             FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elfi
                                                                                                     Investigations, 83 FR 7655 (February 22, 2018).       on facts otherwise available. Commerce
                                             Blum-Page or Kathryn Wallace, AD/CVD                       3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Deadlines Affected by the
                                                                                                                                                           calculated the all-others’ rate using a
                                             Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and                 Shutdown of the Federal Government,’’ (Tolling
                                                                                                                                                           weighted average of the estimated
                                             Compliance, International Trade
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                                                                                                     Memorandum), dated January 23, 2018. All
                                                                                                     deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have      weighted-average dumping margins
                                             Administration, U.S. Department of
                                             Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
                                                                                                     been extended by 3 days.                              calculated for the examined respondents
                                                                                                        4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
                                             NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:                                                                          using each company’s publicly-ranged
                                                                                                     the Preliminary Determination in the Less-Than-
                                             (202) 482–0197 or (202) 482–6251,                       Fair-Value Investigation of Polyethylene                5 See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties,
                                             respectively.                                           Terephthalate Resin from Brazil’’ dated
                                                                                                                                                           Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997).
                                                                                                     concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
                                                                                                                                                             6 See Initiation Notice.
                                             SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                              notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).



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SectionNotices
DatesApplicable May 4, 2018.
ContactJun Jack Zhao or Alexander Cipolla, AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1396 or (202) 482-4956, respectively.
FR Citation83 FR 19696 

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