SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On October 21, 1977, the Department of Treasury issued an antidumping duty finding on PS tape from Italy.^[1] Commerce conducted four previous sunset reviews of the Finding. Commerce published the final results of those sunset reviews on January 6, 1999; ^[2] May 11, 2004; ^[3] August 13, 2009; ^[4] and July 8, 2015.^[5] On April 14, 2016, Commerce published a notice of continuation of the Finding following the fourth sunset review.^[6] On March 1, 2021, Commerce initiated the fifth sunset review of this Finding.^[7]

No domestic interested party submitted a notice of intent to participate in this sunset review by the applicable time limit of March 16, 2021, as required by 19 CFR 351.102(d)(1).^[8] Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(i)(C)(2), on March 23, 2021, Commerce notified the International Trade Commission that it intended to issue a final determination revoking this antidumping duty finding.^[9]

Scope of the Finding

The products covered by the Finding are shipments of PS tape measuring over one and three-eighths inches in width and not exceeding four mils in thickness. The above described PS tape is classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings 3919.90.10.20 and 3919.90.50. The HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and for customs purposes. The written description remains dispositive.

Determination to Revoke

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(iii)(B), if no domestic interested party files a notice of intent to participate under paragraph (d)(1) of that section, Commerce will issue a final determination revoking the order or terminating the suspended investigation not later than 90 days after the date of publication in the Federal Register of the Notice of Initiation.^[10] In turn, 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i) establishes a time limit for domestic interested parties to file a notice of intent to participate in response to a notice of initiation, which is 15 days after the date of publication in the Federal Register of the notice of initiation. In this case, the notice of initiation was published in the Federal Register on March 1, 2021; therefore, the deadline to file an intent to participate was March 16, 2021. As noted above, Commerce did not receive a notice of intent to participate from any domestic interested party by March 16, 2021.

Because no domestic interested party timely filed a notice of intent to participate in this sunset review, Commerce finds that no domestic interested party has responded to the notice of initiation of this sunset review under 751(c)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).^[11] Therefore, consistent with the section 751(c)(3)(A) of the Act, 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(iii)(B)(3), and 19 CFR 351.222(i)(1)(i), we are revoking the antidumping duty finding on PS tape from Italy.

Effective Date of Revocation

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.222(i)(2)(i), the effective date of revocation is April 14, 2021, which is the fifth anniversary of the date of publication in the Federal Register of the most recent notice of continuation of this antidumping duty finding.^[12] Therefore, pursuant to section 751(d)(3) of the Act, Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to terminate the suspension of liquidation of the merchandise subject to this finding entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, on or after April 14, 2021. Entries of subject merchandise prior to the effective date of revocation will continue to be subject to suspension of liquidation and antidumping duty deposit requirements. Commerce will complete any pending administrative reviews of this finding and will conduct administrative reviews of subject merchandise entered prior to the effective date of revocation in response to appropriately filed requests for review.

This notice of revocation is published in accordance with sections 751(c) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(iii) and 19 CFR 351.222(i)(1)(i).

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