83_FR_39832 83 FR 39677 - Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip From India: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2016

83 FR 39677 - Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip From India: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2016

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 155 (August 10, 2018)

Page Range39677-39679
FR Document2018-17177

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip (PET film) from India. The period of review (POR) is January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2016. We preliminarily determine that Jindal Poly Films Limited of India (Jindal) and SRF Limited/SRF Limited of India (SRF) received countervailable subsidies during the POR. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-533-825]


Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip From India: 
Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review; 2016

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an 
administrative review of the

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countervailing duty (CVD) order on polyethylene terephthalate film, 
sheet, and strip (PET film) from India. The period of review (POR) is 
January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2016. We preliminarily determine 
that Jindal Poly Films Limited of India (Jindal) and SRF Limited/SRF 
Limited of India (SRF) received countervailable subsidies during the 
POR. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary 
results.

DATES: Applicable August 10, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elfi Blum and Kathryn Wallace, 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) 482-0197 and (202) 482-6251, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 3, 2017, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on PET film from India, for the period July 1, 
2016, through June 30, 2017.\1\ In accordance with sections 751(a)(1) 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 
351.213(b)(2) and (3), in July 2017, we received five review requests. 
DuPont Teijin Films, Mitsubishi Polyester Film, Inc., and SKC, Inc. 
(collectively, the petitioners) requested reviews of Ester Industries 
Limited (Ester), Garware Polyester Ltd. (Garware), Polyplex Corporation 
Ltd. (Polyplex), SRF, Jindal, and Vacmet India Limited (Vacmet). 
Additionally, Polyplex USA LLC requested reviews for Ester, Garware, 
Jindal, MTZ Polyesters Ltd. (MTZ), Polyplex, SRF Limited, Uflex Ltd. 
(Uflex), and Vacmet. Finally, Chiripal Poly Films Limited (Chiripal), 
SRF, and Jindal each self-requested to be reviewed in the instant 
review.
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 82 FR 30833 (July 3, 2017).
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    Subsequently, on September 13, 2017, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.222(c)(1)(i), Commerce published a notice of initiation of an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on PET Film from 
India.\2\
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    \2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 82 FR 42974 (September 13, 2017) (Initiation 
Notice).
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    On October 3, 2017, we placed on the record U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) import data for purposes of respondent selection, and 
invited parties to comment.\3\ On October 10, 2017, SRF and Jindal each 
submitted comments requesting selection for individual examination.\4\ 
Subsequently, SRF,\5\ Jindal Poly Films Ltd. (India) \6\ each timely 
withdrew their requests for review. Polyplex USA timely withdrew its 
requests for a review on December 12, 2016, for all companies.\7\
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    \3\ See Memorandum ``Administrative Review of the Countervailing 
Duty Order on Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from 
India: Release of U.S. Customs Entry Data for Respondent Selection'' 
dated October 3, 2017.
    \4\ See SRF's CBP Comments; see also Jindal's Letter, ``PET Film 
from India: Comments on CBP Data'' dated October 10, 2017.
    \5\ See SRF's Letter, ``Withdrawal of Request for Countervailing 
Duty Admin Review of SRF Limited (SRF)'' dated December 11, 2017.
    \6\ See Jindal's Letter, ``Withdraw Requests for Administrative 
Review of the Antidumping Duty Order and Countervailing Duty Order'' 
dated December 10, 2017.
    \7\ Polyplex USA's Letter, ``Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) 
Film, Sheet, and Strip from India: Request of Partial Withdrawal of 
Administrative Review,'' dated December 12, 2017.
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    On January 23, 2018, Commerce issued a memorandum tolling all 
deadlines for this investigation by three days due to the shutdown of 
the federal government.\8\ On March 23, 2018,\9\ and June 1, 2018, we 
extended the deadline for the preliminary results of this review to 
August 3, 2018.
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    \8\ See Memorandum,'' Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the 
Federal Government'' dated January 23, 2018. All deadlines in this 
segment of the proceeding have been extended by three days.
    \9\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary 
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review--2016'' dated 
March 23, 2018; see also Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for 
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review'' 
dated June 1, 2018.
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by this order are all gauges of raw, 
pretreated, or primed polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet and strip, 
whether extruded or coextruded. Excluded are metallized films and other 
finished films that have had at least one of their surfaces modified by 
the application of a performance-enhancing resinous or inorganic layer 
of more than 0.00001 inches thick. Imports of PET film are classifiable 
in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under 
item number 3920.62.00.90. HTSUS subheadings are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes. The written description of the scope 
of the order is dispositive.

Partial Rescission of Administrative Review

    Commerce initiated a review of ten companies in this segment of the 
proceeding.\10\ In response to timely filed withdrawal requests, we are 
rescinding this administrative review with respect to Uflex and MTZ, 
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). Accordingly, the companies subject to 
the instant review are: Ester Industries Ltd.; Garware Polyester Ltd.; 
Jindal; Polyplex Corporation Ltd.; SRF; and Vacmet India Limited, of 
which Commerce has selected Jindal and SRF as the mandatory 
respondents.\11\
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    \10\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 82 FR 42974, 42974 (September 13, 2017). The 
ten companies were Chiripal, Ester, Garware, Jindal, MTZ, Polyplex, 
SRF (as SRF Limited and SRF Limited of India), Uflex, and Vacmet).
    \11\ See Memorandum, ``Administrative Review of the 
Countervailing Duty Order on Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, 
and Strip from India: Selection of Respondents for Individual 
Examination'' dated November 27, 2017.
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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(l)(A) of the Act. For each of the subsidy programs found 
countervailable, we preliminarily determine that there is a subsidy, 
i.e., a government-provided financial contribution that gives rise to a 
benefit to the recipient, and that the subsidy is specific.\12\ For a 
full description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum, dated concurrently with, and hereby 
adopted by, this notice. A list of topics included in the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum is included as an Appendix to this notice.
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    \12\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding 
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding 
benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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    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 
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/index.html. The signed Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum are identical in content.

Companies Not Selected for Individual Review

    For the companies not selected for individual review, because the 
rates calculated for Jindal and SRF were above de minimis and not based 
entirely on facts available, we applied,

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consistent with section 705(c)(5)(A) of the Act, a subsidy rate based 
on a simple average of the subsidy rates calculated for Jindal and SRF 
because publicly ranged sales data was not submitted by respondents.

Preliminary Results of Review

    We preliminarily determine the total estimated net countervailable 
subsidy rates for the period January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2016 
to be:

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                                                           Subsidy rate
                  Manufacturer/exporter                     (percent ad
                                                             valorem)
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Jindal Poly Films Limited of India......................           10.71
SRF Limited.............................................            7.47
Ester Industries Limited................................            9.09
Garware Polyester Ltd...................................            9.09
Polyplex Corporation Ltd................................            9.09
Vacmet India Limited....................................            9.09
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    Commerce will disclose to parties to this proceeding the 
calculations performed in reaching the preliminary results within five 
days of the date of publication of these preliminary results.\13\ 
Interested parties may submit written comments (case briefs) within 30 
days of publication of the preliminary results and rebuttal comments 
(rebuttal briefs) within five days after the time limit for filing case 
briefs.\14\ Rebuttal briefs must be limited to issues raised in the 
case briefs.\15\ Parties who submit case or rebuttal briefs are 
requested to submit with the argument: (1) A statement of the issue; 
(2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of 
authorities.\16\
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    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \14\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(l)(ii) and 351.309(d)(l).
    \15\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(2).
    \16\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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    Interested parties who wish to request a hearing must do so within 
30 days of publication of these preliminary results by submitting a 
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, using Enforcement and 
Compliance's ACCESS system.\17\ Requests should contain the party's 
name, address, and telephone number, the number of participants, and a 
list of the issues to be discussed. If a request for a hearing is made, 
we will inform parties of the scheduled date for the hearing which will 
be held at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230, at a time and location to be determined.\18\ 
Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and location of the 
hearing. Issues addressed at the hearing will be limited to those 
raised in the briefs.\19\ All briefs and hearing requests must be filed 
electronically and received successfully in their entirety through 
ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date.
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    \17\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \18\ See 19 CFR 351.310.
    \19\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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    Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Act, Commerce intends to issue the final results of this 
administrative review, including the results of our analysis of the 
issues raised by the parties in their comments, within 120 days after 
publication of these preliminary results.

Assessment Rates and Cash Deposit Requirement

    Upon issuance of the final results, Commerce shall determine, and 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, countervailing 
duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review. We intend to 
issue instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of the final 
results of review.
    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce also intends 
to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing 
duties, in the amounts shown above for each of the respective companies 
shown above, on shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of 
the final results of this review. For all non-reviewed firms, we will 
instruct CBP to continue to collect cash deposits at the most-recent 
company-specific or all-others rate applicable to the company, as 
appropriate. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
    These preliminary results of review are issued and published in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(l) and 777(i)(l) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.213 and 351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: August 3, 2018.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

1. Summary
2. Background
3. Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
4. Scope of the Order
5. Subsidies Valuation Information
6. Analysis of Programs
7. Recommendation

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                                               hearing must submit a written request to                  produced by Bonuts, PT, or Unicatch,                  investigation.20 These cash deposit
                                               the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement                   for which the producer did not know                   requirements, when imposed, shall
                                               and Compliance, filed electronically via                  that its merchandise was destined for                 remain in effect until further notice.
                                               ACCESS, within 30 days after the date                     the United States, we will instruct CBP               Notifications
                                               of publication of this notice.14 Requests                 to liquidate unreviewed entries at the
                                               should contain: (1) The party’s name,                     all-others rate if there is no rate for the             This notice also serves as a
                                               address, and telephone number; (2) the                    intermediate company(ies) involved in                 preliminary reminder to importers of
                                               number of participants; and (3) a list of                 the transaction.19                                    their responsibility under 19 CFR
                                               issues to be discussed. Issues raised in                                                                        351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
                                                                                                            For the firms covered by this review,              regarding the reimbursement of
                                               the hearing will be limited to those
                                                                                                         we intend to issue liquidation                        antidumping duties prior to liquidation
                                               raised in the respective case and
                                                                                                         instructions to CBP 15 days after                     of the relevant entries during this
                                               rebuttal briefs.
                                                  Unless otherwise extended,                             publication of the final results of this              review period. Failure to comply with
                                               Commerce intends to issue the final                       review. For the non-reviewed firms for                this requirement could result in the
                                               results of this administrative review,                    which we are rescinding this                          Secretary’s presumption that
                                               including the results of its analysis of                  administrative review, Commerce                       reimbursement of antidumping duties
                                               the issues raised in any written briefs,                  intends to instruct CBP 15 days after                 occurred and the subsequent assessment
                                               not later than 120 days after the date of                 publication of these preliminary results              of double antidumping duties.
                                               publication of this notice, pursuant to                   of review to assess antidumping duties                  We are issuing and publishing these
                                               section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.                          at rates equal to the rates of cash                   results in accordance with sections
                                                                                                         deposits for estimated antidumping                    751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
                                               Assessment Rates                                          duties required at the time of entry, or                Dated: August 3, 2018.
                                                  Upon completion of the                                 withdrawn from warehouse, for
                                                                                                                                                               Christian Marsh,
                                               administrative review, Commerce shall                     consumption, during the period May 20,
                                                                                                                                                               Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
                                               determine, and CBP shall assess,                          2016, through June 30, 2017, in
                                                                                                                                                               and Compliance.
                                               antidumping duties on all appropriate                     accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(2).
                                               entries in accordance with 19 CFR                                                                               Appendix
                                               351.212(b)(1). We intend to issue                         Cash Deposit Requirements
                                                                                                                                                               List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
                                               instructions to CBP 15 days after the                       The following cash deposit                          Decision Memorandum
                                               date of publication of the final results of               requirements will be effective for all                  1. Summary
                                               this review.                                              shipments of the subject merchandise                    2. Background
                                                  Where the respondent reported                          entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,                   3. Scope of the Order
                                               reliable entered values, we calculated                    for consumption on or after the                         4. Partial Rescission of Administrative
                                               importer- (or customer-) specific ad                                                                            Review
                                                                                                         publication date of the final results of
                                               valorem rates by aggregating the                                                                                  5. Duty Absorption
                                                                                                         this administrative review, as provided
                                               dumping margins calculated for all U.S.                                                                           6. Use of Facts Available With an Adverse
                                                                                                         by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1)               Inference
                                               sales to each importer (or customer) and
                                                                                                         The cash deposit rate for Bonuts, PT,                   7. Comparisons to Normal Value
                                               dividing this amount by the total
                                                                                                         and Unicatch will be equal to the                       8. Date of Sale
                                               entered value of the sales to each
                                               importer (or customer).15 Where                           weighted-average dumping margin                         9. Export Price and Constructed Export
                                                                                                         established in the final results of this              Price
                                               Commerce calculated a weighted-                                                                                   10. Normal Value
                                               average dumping margin by dividing the                    review, except if the rate is zero or de
                                                                                                         minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR                    11. Currency Conversion
                                               total amount of dumping for reviewed                                                                              12. Verification
                                               sales to that party by the total sales                    351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash                   13. Recommendation
                                               quantity associated with those                            deposit rate will be zero; (2) for other
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                                               transactions, Commerce will direct CBP                    manufacturers and exporters covered in
                                                                                                                                                               BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
                                               to assess importer- (or customer-)                        a prior segment of the proceeding, the
                                               specific assessment rates based on the                    cash deposit rate will continue to be the
                                               resulting per-unit rates.16 Where an                      company-specific rate published for the               DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                               importer- (or customer-) specific ad                      most recently completed segment of this
                                               valorem or per-unit rate is greater than                  proceeding in which that manufacturer                 International Trade Administration
                                               de minimis (i.e., 0.50 percent),                          or exporter participated; (3) if the
                                                                                                                                                               [C–533–825]
                                               Commerce will instruct CBP to collect                     exporter is not a firm covered in this
                                               the appropriate duties at the time of                     review, a prior review, or the original               Polyethylene Terephthalate Film,
                                               liquidation.17 Where an importer- (or                     less-than-fair-value (LTFV)                           Sheet, and Strip From India:
                                               customer-) specific ad valorem or per-                    investigation, but the manufacturer is,               Preliminary Results and Partial
                                               unit rate is zero or de minimis,                          then the cash deposit rate will be the                Rescission of Countervailing Duty
                                               Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate                   rate established for the most recently                Administrative Review; 2016
                                               appropriate entries without regard to                     completed segment of this proceeding
                                               antidumping duties.18                                     for the manufacturer of subject                       AGENCY:  Enforcement and Compliance,
                                                  Consistent with Commerce’s                             merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit                 International Trade Administration,
                                               assessment practice, for entries of                       rate for all other manufacturers or                   U.S. Department of Commerce.
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                                               subject merchandise during the POR                        exporters will continue to be 2.24                    SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
                                                                                                         percent, the all-others rate in the LTFV              (Commerce) is conducting an
                                                 14 See   19 CFR 351.310(c).                                                                                   administrative review of the
                                                 15 See   19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).                            19 For a full discussion of this practice, see
                                                 16 Id.
                                                                                                         Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:        20 See Certain Steel Nails from Taiwan: Final
                                                 17 Id.
                                                                                                         Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954         Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 80
                                                 18 See   19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).                          (May 6, 2003).                                        FR 28959 (May 20, 2015).



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                                               countervailing duty (CVD) order on                      invited parties to comment.3 On October               withdrawal requests, we are rescinding
                                               polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet,                 10, 2017, SRF and Jindal each submitted               this administrative review with respect
                                               and strip (PET film) from India. The                    comments requesting selection for                     to Uflex and MTZ, pursuant to 19 CFR
                                               period of review (POR) is January 1,                    individual examination.4 Subsequently,                351.213(d)(1). Accordingly, the
                                               2016, through December 31, 2016. We                     SRF,5 Jindal Poly Films Ltd. (India) 6                companies subject to the instant review
                                               preliminarily determine that Jindal Poly                each timely withdrew their requests for               are: Ester Industries Ltd.; Garware
                                               Films Limited of India (Jindal) and SRF                 review. Polyplex USA timely withdrew                  Polyester Ltd.; Jindal; Polyplex
                                               Limited/SRF Limited of India (SRF)                      its requests for a review on December                 Corporation Ltd.; SRF; and Vacmet
                                               received countervailable subsidies                      12, 2016, for all companies.7                         India Limited, of which Commerce has
                                               during the POR. Interested parties are                     On January 23, 2018, Commerce                      selected Jindal and SRF as the
                                               invited to comment on these                             issued a memorandum tolling all                       mandatory respondents.11
                                               preliminary results.                                    deadlines for this investigation by three
                                                                                                       days due to the shutdown of the federal               Methodology
                                               DATES: Applicable August 10, 2018.
                                                                                                       government.8 On March 23, 2018,9 and                     Commerce is conducting this review
                                               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elfi
                                                                                                       June 1, 2018, we extended the deadline                in accordance with section 751(a)(l)(A)
                                               Blum and Kathryn Wallace, AD/CVD                                                                              of the Act. For each of the subsidy
                                                                                                       for the preliminary results of this review
                                               Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and                                                                       programs found countervailable, we
                                                                                                       to August 3, 2018.
                                               Compliance, International Trade                                                                               preliminarily determine that there is a
                                               Administration, U.S. Department of                      Scope of the Order
                                                                                                                                                             subsidy, i.e., a government-provided
                                               Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue                         The products covered by this order                 financial contribution that gives rise to
                                               NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:                    are all gauges of raw, pretreated, or                 a benefit to the recipient, and that the
                                               (202) 482–0197 and (202) 482–6251,                      primed polyethylene terephthalate film,               subsidy is specific.12 For a full
                                               respectively.                                           sheet and strip, whether extruded or                  description of the methodology
                                               SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                              coextruded. Excluded are metallized                   underlying our conclusions, see the
                                                                                                       films and other finished films that have              Preliminary Decision Memorandum,
                                               Background                                              had at least one of their surfaces                    dated concurrently with, and hereby
                                                 On July 3, 2017, Commerce published                   modified by the application of a                      adopted by, this notice. A list of topics
                                               in the Federal Register a notice of                     performance-enhancing resinous or                     included in the Preliminary Decision
                                               opportunity to request an administrative                inorganic layer of more than 0.00001                  Memorandum is included as an
                                               review of the antidumping duty order                    inches thick. Imports of PET film are                 Appendix to this notice.
                                               on PET film from India, for the period                  classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff                    The Preliminary Decision
                                               July 1, 2016, through June 30, 2017.1 In                Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)                 Memorandum is a public document and
                                               accordance with sections 751(a)(1) of                   under item number 3920.62.00.90.                      is on file electronically via Enforcement
                                               the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the                 HTSUS subheadings are provided for                    and Compliance’s Antidumping and
                                               Act), and 19 CFR 351.213(b)(2) and (3),                 convenience and customs purposes. The                 Countervailing Duty Centralized
                                               in July 2017, we received five review                   written description of the scope of the               Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
                                               requests. DuPont Teijin Films,                          order is dispositive.                                 ACCESS is available to registered users
                                               Mitsubishi Polyester Film, Inc., and                    Partial Rescission of Administrative                  at http://access.trade.gov and in the
                                               SKC, Inc. (collectively, the petitioners)               Review                                                Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the
                                               requested reviews of Ester Industries                                                                         main Department of Commerce
                                               Limited (Ester), Garware Polyester Ltd.                   Commerce initiated a review of ten
                                                                                                                                                             building. In addition, a complete
                                               (Garware), Polyplex Corporation Ltd.                    companies in this segment of the
                                                                                                                                                             version of the Preliminary Decision
                                               (Polyplex), SRF, Jindal, and Vacmet                     proceeding.10 In response to timely filed
                                                                                                                                                             Memorandum can be accessed directly
                                               India Limited (Vacmet). Additionally,                     3 See Memorandum ‘‘Administrative Review of
                                                                                                                                                             on the internet at http://trade.gov/
                                               Polyplex USA LLC requested reviews                      the Countervailing Duty Order on Polyethylene         enforcement/frn/index.html. The signed
                                               for Ester, Garware, Jindal, MTZ                         Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from India:      Preliminary Decision Memorandum and
                                               Polyesters Ltd. (MTZ), Polyplex, SRF                    Release of U.S. Customs Entry Data for Respondent     the electronic versions of the
                                               Limited, Uflex Ltd. (Uflex), and Vacmet.                Selection’’ dated October 3, 2017.
                                                                                                         4 See SRF’s CBP Comments; see also Jindal’s
                                                                                                                                                             Preliminary Decision Memorandum are
                                               Finally, Chiripal Poly Films Limited                    Letter, ‘‘PET Film from India: Comments on CBP        identical in content.
                                               (Chiripal), SRF, and Jindal each self-                  Data’’ dated October 10, 2017.
                                               requested to be reviewed in the instant                   5 See SRF’s Letter, ‘‘Withdrawal of Request for     Companies Not Selected for Individual
                                               review.                                                 Countervailing Duty Admin Review of SRF Limited       Review
                                                 Subsequently, on September 13, 2017,                  (SRF)’’ dated December 11, 2017.
                                                                                                         6 See Jindal’s Letter, ‘‘Withdraw Requests for
                                                                                                                                                               For the companies not selected for
                                               in accordance with 19 CFR                               Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty         individual review, because the rates
                                               351.222(c)(1)(i), Commerce published a                  Order and Countervailing Duty Order’’ dated           calculated for Jindal and SRF were
                                               notice of initiation of an administrative               December 10, 2017.                                    above de minimis and not based entirely
                                                                                                         7 Polyplex USA’s Letter, ‘‘Polyethylene
                                               review of the antidumping duty order                                                                          on facts available, we applied,
                                                                                                       Terephthalate (PET) Film, Sheet, and Strip from
                                               on PET Film from India.2                                India: Request of Partial Withdrawal of
                                                 On October 3, 2017, we placed on the                  Administrative Review,’’ dated December 12, 2017.     42974, 42974 (September 13, 2017). The ten
                                               record U.S. Customs and Border                            8 See Memorandum,’’ Deadlines Affected by the       companies were Chiripal, Ester, Garware, Jindal,
                                                                                                       Shutdown of the Federal Government’’ dated            MTZ, Polyplex, SRF (as SRF Limited and SRF
                                               Protection (CBP) import data for                                                                              Limited of India), Uflex, and Vacmet).
                                                                                                       January 23, 2018. All deadlines in this segment of
                                               purposes of respondent selection, and
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                                                                                                                                                               11 See Memorandum, ‘‘Administrative Review of
                                                                                                       the proceeding have been extended by three days.
                                                                                                         9 See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for       the Countervailing Duty Order on Polyethylene
                                                  1 See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order,                                                            Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from India:
                                                                                                       Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty
                                               Finding or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to      Administrative Review—2016’’ dated March 23,          Selection of Respondents for Individual
                                               Request Administrative Review, 82 FR 30833 (July        2018; see also Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of             Examination’’ dated November 27, 2017.
                                               3, 2017).                                               Deadline for Preliminary Results of Countervailing      12 See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act
                                                  2 See Initiation of Antidumping and                  Duty Administrative Review’’ dated June 1, 2018.      regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E)
                                               Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 82 FR         10 See Initiation of Antidumping and                of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of
                                               42974 (September 13, 2017) (Initiation Notice).         Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 82 FR     the Act regarding specificity.



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                                               consistent with section 705(c)(5)(A) of                         telephone the date, time, and location of                7. Recommendation
                                               the Act, a subsidy rate based on a                              the hearing. Issues addressed at the                     [FR Doc. 2018–17177 Filed 8–9–18; 8:45 am]
                                               simple average of the subsidy rates                             hearing will be limited to those raised                  BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
                                               calculated for Jindal and SRF because                           in the briefs.19 All briefs and hearing
                                               publicly ranged sales data was not                              requests must be filed electronically and
                                               submitted by respondents.                                       received successfully in their entirety                  DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                                                                               through ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern
                                               Preliminary Results of Review                                                                                            International Trade Administration
                                                                                                               Time on the due date.
                                                 We preliminarily determine the total
                                                                                                                  Unless the deadline is extended                       [A–583–856]
                                               estimated net countervailable subsidy
                                                                                                               pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the
                                               rates for the period January 1, 2016,                                                                                    Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel
                                                                                                               Act, Commerce intends to issue the final
                                               through December 31, 2016 to be:                                                                                         Products From Taiwan: Preliminary
                                                                                                               results of this administrative review,
                                                                                                               including the results of our analysis of                 Results of Antidumping Duty
                                                                                             Subsidy rate                                                               Administrative Review and Partial
                                                    Manufacturer/exporter                    (percent ad       the issues raised by the parties in their
                                                                                               valorem)        comments, within 120 days after                          Rescission of Antidumping Duty
                                                                                                               publication of these preliminary results.                Administrative Review; 2016–2017
                                               Jindal Poly Films Limited of
                                                  India ..................................            10.71    Assessment Rates and Cash Deposit                        AGENCY:  Enforcement and Compliance,
                                               SRF Limited ..........................                  7.47    Requirement                                              International Trade Administration,
                                               Ester Industries Limited ........                       9.09                                                             Department of Commerce.
                                               Garware Polyester Ltd ..........                        9.09       Upon issuance of the final results,                   SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
                                               Polyplex Corporation Ltd ......                         9.09    Commerce shall determine, and U.S.                       (Commerce) preliminarily determines
                                               Vacmet India Limited ............                       9.09    Customs and Border Protection (CBP)                      that producers/exporters subject to this
                                                                                                               shall assess, countervailing duties on all               review made sales of subject
                                               Disclosure and Public Comment                                   appropriate entries covered by this                      merchandise at less than normal value.
                                                 Commerce will disclose to parties to                          review. We intend to issue instructions                  We invite interested parties to comment
                                               this proceeding the calculations                                to CBP 15 days after publication of the                  on these preliminary results.
                                               performed in reaching the preliminary                           final results of review.                                 DATES: Applicable August 10, 2018.
                                               results within five days of the date of                            Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
                                               publication of these preliminary                                Act, Commerce also intends to instruct                   Stolz, Shanah Lee, or Emily Halle, AD/
                                               results.13 Interested parties may submit                        CBP to collect cash deposits of                          CVD Operations, Office III, Enforcement
                                               written comments (case briefs) within                           estimated countervailing duties, in the                  and Compliance, International Trade
                                               30 days of publication of the                                   amounts shown above for each of the                      Administration, U.S. Department of
                                               preliminary results and rebuttal                                respective companies shown above, on                     Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
                                               comments (rebuttal briefs) within five                          shipments of subject merchandise                         NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
                                               days after the time limit for filing case                       entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,                    (202) 482–4474, (202) 482–6386, and
                                               briefs.14 Rebuttal briefs must be limited                       for consumption on or after the date of                  (202) 482–0176, respectively.
                                               to issues raised in the case briefs.15                          publication of the final results of this                 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                               Parties who submit case or rebuttal                             review. For all non-reviewed firms, we
                                               briefs are requested to submit with the                         will instruct CBP to continue to collect                 Background
                                               argument: (1) A statement of the issue;                         cash deposits at the most-recent                           Commerce is conducting an
                                               (2) a brief summary of the argument;                            company-specific or all-others rate                      administrative review of the
                                               and (3) a table of authorities.16                               applicable to the company, as                            antidumping duty (AD) order on certain
                                                 Interested parties who wish to request                        appropriate. These cash deposit                          corrosion-resistant steel products
                                               a hearing must do so within 30 days of                          requirements, when imposed, shall                        (CORE) from Taiwan.1 The period of
                                               publication of these preliminary results                        remain in effect until further notice.                   review (POR) is June 2, 2016, through
                                               by submitting a written request to the                                                                                   June 30, 2017. We initially selected two
                                                                                                                  These preliminary results of review
                                               Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and                                                                                  companies, Sheng Yu Steel Co., Ltd.
                                                                                                               are issued and published in accordance
                                               Compliance, U.S. Department of                                                                                           (SYSCO), and the previously collapsed
                                                                                                               with sections 751(a)(l) and 777(i)(l) of
                                               Commerce, using Enforcement and                                                                                          Prosperity Tieh Enterprise Co., Ltd.
                                                                                                               the Act and 19 CFR 351.213 and
                                               Compliance’s ACCESS system.17                                                                                            (Prosperity), Yieh Phui Enterprise Co.,
                                                                                                               351.221(b)(4).
                                               Requests should contain the party’s                                                                                      Ltd. (YP), and Synn Industrial Co., Ltd.
                                               name, address, and telephone number,                              Dated: August 3, 2018.
                                                                                                                                                                        (Synn) entity (collectively, YP/Synn/
                                               the number of participants, and a list of                       Christian Marsh,                                         Prosperity entity), for individual
                                               the issues to be discussed. If a request                        Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement               examination.2 For a complete
                                               for a hearing is made, we will inform                           and Compliance.
                                               parties of the scheduled date for the                           Appendix                                                   1 See Initiation of Antidumping and

                                               hearing which will be held at the U.S.                                                                                   Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 82 FR
                                               Department of Commerce, 1401                                    List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary              42974 (September 13, 2017) (Initiation Notice).
                                               Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,                             Decision Memorandum                                        2 In the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation

                                                                                                                                                                        of the AD order, we collapsed YP with its affiliate
                                               DC 20230, at a time and location to be                          1. Summary                                               Synn and treated YP/Synn as a single entity in that
                                                                                                               2. Background
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                                               determined.18 Parties should confirm by                                                                                  proceeding. See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel
                                                                                                               3. Partial Rescission of Administrative                  Products from Taiwan: Final Determination of Sales
                                                 13 See 19 CFR 351.224(b).                                          Review                                              at Less Than Fair Value and Final Affirmative
                                                 14 See                                                        4. Scope of the Order                                    Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part, 81
                                                        19 CFR 351.309(c)(l)(ii) and 351.309(d)(l).
                                                 15 See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(2).                                  5. Subsidies Valuation Information                       FR 35313 (June 2, 2016) and accompanying Issues
                                                                                                               6. Analysis of Programs                                  and Decision Memorandum (IDM) (Taiwan CORE
                                                 16 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
                                                                                                                                                                        LTFV Final); unchanged in Certain Corrosion-
                                                 17 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
                                                                                                                                                                        Resistant Steel Products from India, Italy, the
                                                 18 See 19 CFR 351.310.                                          19 See   19 CFR 351.310(c).                                                                       Continued




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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
DatesApplicable August 10, 2018.
ContactElfi Blum and Kathryn Wallace, 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) 482-0197 and (202) 482-6251, respectively.
FR Citation83 FR 39677 

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