[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 151 (Wednesday, August 6, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45762-45763]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-18599]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-824, A-583-837, C-533-825]
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet and Strip From India and
Taiwan: Continuation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Effective Date: August 6, 2014.
SUMMARY: As a result of the determinations by the Department of
Commerce (the Department) and the International Trade Commission (ITC)
that revocation of the antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders
on Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet and Strip (PET Film) from
India and the antidumping duty order on PET Film from Taiwan, would
likely lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping and material
injury to an industry in the United States, the Department is
publishing a notice of continuation for these antidumping and
countervailing duty orders.
Contact Information: Jacqueline Arrowsmith, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
The Department initiated and the ITC instituted sunset reviews of
the antidumping duty orders on PET Film from India and Taiwan and the
countervailing duty order on PET Film from India, pursuant to section
751(c) and 752 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\1\
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\1\ See Initiation of Five Year (``Sunset'') Review, 78 FR 19647
(April 2, 2013).
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As a result of its review, the Department found that revocation of
the countervailing duty order would likely lead to a continuation or
recurrence of net countervailable subsidies, and therefore, notified
the ITC of the subsidy rate were the order to be revoked.\2\ As a
result of its review, the Department found that revocation of the
antidumping duty orders on PET Film from India and Taiwan would likely
lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping and, therefore,
notified the ITC of the magnitude of the margins likely to prevail were
the orders to be revoked.\3\
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\2\ See Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Film, Sheet and Strip
From India: Final Results of the Expedited Second Sunset Review of
the Countervailing Duty Order, 78 FR 47276 (August 5, 2013).
\3\ See Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet and Strip From
India and Taiwan: Final Results of the Second Sunset Review of the
Antidumping Duty Orders and Correction to the Preliminary Results,
79 FR 12153 (March 4, 2014).
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On July 22, 2014, the ITC published its determination pursuant to
sections 751(c) and 752 of the Act, that revocation of the antidumping
duty order on PET Film from India and Taiwan would likely lead to a
continuation or recurrence of dumping and the countervailing duty order
on PET Film from India would likely lead to a continuation or
recurrence of net countervailable subsidies.\4\
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\4\ See Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet and Strip From
India and Taiwan, 79 FR 42534 (July 22, 2014).
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Scope of the Orders
The products covered by the antidumping duty and countervailing
duty orders are all gauges of raw, pretreated, or primed PET Film,
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 currently
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 antidumping duty order is dispositive.
Scope Determinations
Since these orders were published, there was one scope
determination for PET film from India, dated August 25, 2003. In this
determination, requested by International Packaging Films Inc., the
Department determined that tracing and drafting film is outside of the
scope of the order on PET Film from India.\5\
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\5\ See Notice of Scope Rulings, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005).
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Continuation of the Orders
As a result of the determinations by the Department and the ITC
that revocation of the antidumping duty orders and the countervailing
duty order would likely lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping
and net countervailable subsidies and material injury to an industry in
the United States, pursuant to sections 751(c) and 751(d)(2) of the
Act, the Department hereby orders the continuation of these antidumping
duty orders on PET film from India and Taiwan and the countervailing
duty order on PET Film from India. U.S. Customs and Border Protection
will continue to collect antidumping duty and countervailing duty cash
deposits at the rates in effect at the time of entry for all imports of
subject merchandise.
The effective date of the continuation of this order will be the
date of publication in the Federal Register of this notice of
continuation. Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act, the Department
intends to initiate the next five-year review of this order not later
than 30 days prior to the fifth anniversary of the effective date of
continuation.
This five-year (sunset) review and this notice are in accordance
with section 751(c) of the Act and published pursuant to section
777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4).
Dated: July 29, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-18599 Filed 8-5-14; 8:45 am]
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