Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip From Taiwan: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final Determination of No Shipments; 2022-2023, 20460-20461 [2025-08523]

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• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• International Trade Administration

[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 92 (Wednesday, May 14, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20460-20461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-08523]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-837]


Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip From Taiwan: 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final 
Determination of No Shipments; 2022-2023

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip (PET film) from 
Taiwan was not sold in the United States at less than normal value (NV) 
during the period of review (POR), July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023.


DATES: Applicable May 14, 2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles DeFilippo, 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) 482-3797.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 13, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
Preliminary Results of the 2022-2023 administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on PET film from Taiwan.\1\ We verified the 
sales information submitted by Nan Ya Plastics Corporation (Nan Ya) in 
October 2024.\2\ On November 1, 2024, we released our verification 
report regarding the sales information of Nan Ya.\3\ We invited 
interested parties to submit case and rebuttal briefs; \4\ however, no 
interested party submitted case or rebuttal briefs. On December 6, 
2024, Commerce extended the deadline for these final results to 
February 7, 2025.\5\ On December 9, 2025, Commerce tolled the deadline 
for these final results by 90 days.\6\ Accordingly, the deadline for 
these final results is now due May 8, 2025. Because no interested party 
submitted comments, the final results of this review remain unchanged 
from the Preliminary Results and no Issues and Decision Memorandum 
accompanies this notice.
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    \1\ See Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from 
Taiwan: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review and Preliminary Rescission of Review; 2022-2023, 89 FR 65863 
(August 13, 2024) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Verification of the Sales Response of Nan 
Ya Plastics Corporation. in the Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review of Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from 
Taiwan,'' dated November 1, 2024.
    \3\ Id.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Briefing Schedule,'' dated November 1, 
2024.
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated December 6, 2024.
    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
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Scope of the Order 7
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    \7\ See Notice of Amended Final Antidumping Duty Determination 
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: 
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip (PET Film) from 
Taiwan, 67 FR 44174 (July 1, 2002) (Order).
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    The merchandise subject to the Order is PET film. For a full 
description of the scope, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Final Determination of No Shipments

    In the Preliminary Results, Commerce determined that Shinkong 
Materials Technology Corporation (SMTC)/Shinkong Synthetic Fibers 
Corporation (SSFC) (collectively, SMTC/SSFC) \8\ had no shipments of 
PET film during the POR, based on U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) entry data for U.S. imports of PET film from Taiwan during the 
POR.\9\ We received no comments from interested parties on our 
preliminary finding. As there is no information on the record that 
calls into question the findings in the Preliminary Results, we 
continue to find in the final results of this review that SMTC/SSFC had 
no shipments of subject merchandise during the POR.
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    \8\ In the 2011-2012 administrative review, we treated SMTC and 
SSFC as a single entity. See Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, 
and Strip from Taiwan; Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2011-2012, 78 FR 48651 (August 9, 2013), and 
accompanying PDM, unchanged in Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, 
Sheet, and Strip from Taiwan: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2011-2012, 79 FR 11407 (February 28, 2014). 
We have treated SMTC and SSFC as a single entity in all subsequent 
reviews. There is no information on the record of this 
administrative review that would lead Commerce to reconsider that 
determination. Accordingly, we continue to treat SMTC and SSFC as a 
single entity for purposes of this administrative review.
    \9\ See Memorandum, ``Release of U.S. Customs Entry Data for 
Respondent Selection; 2022-2023,'' dated October 6, 2023.
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Changes Since the Preliminary Results 10
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    \10\ See Memorandum, ``Analysis Memorandum for the Final Results 
of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Polyethylene 
Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from Taiwan: Nan Ya Plastics 
Corporation (Nan Ya),'' dated concurrently with this notice.
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     We used the revised home market database incorporating the 
minor corrections accepted at verification.
     We used the revised U.S. sales database incorporating the 
minor corrections accepted at verification.
     We added language to include document courier fees and 
customs random check charges in our direct selling expenses which were 
originally not captured from the U.S. sales database.

Final Results of Review

    In the Preliminary Results, we determined that Nan Ya did not make 
sales of subject merchandise at less than NV during the POR. As noted 
above, Commerce received no comments concerning the Preliminary 
Results. Therefore, for these final results, we continue to determine 
the final weighted-average dumping margin for the period July 1, 2022, 
through June 30, 2023, for Nan Ya is as follows:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                     Producer/exporter                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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Nan Ya Plastics Corporation................................        0.00
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Disclosure

    Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in 
connection with these final results to interested parties within five 
days of any public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, 
within five days after the date of publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Assessment Rates

    Commerce will determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties 
on all appropriate entries in this review, in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 
CFR 351.212(b)(1). Because we calculated a zero percent margin in the 
final results of this review for Nan Ya, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries 
without regard to antidumping duties. In addition, as Commerce 
continues to find that SMTC/SSFC did not have any shipments of subject 
merchandise during the POR, we will instruct CBP to liquidate any 
suspended entries of subject merchandise associated with SMTC/SSFC at 
the all-others rate of 2.40 percent.
    Commerce intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions 
directly to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication 
of the final results of this administrative review in the Federal 
Register. If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of 
International Trade, the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to 
liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request 
for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 90 days of 
publication).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the 
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for Nan Ya will be 
zero, the rate established in the final results of this review; (2) for 
previously reviewed or investigated companies not covered in this 
review, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific 
rate published for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a 
firm covered in this or any previous review or in the original less-
than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation but the producer is, the cash 
deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent period 
for the producer of the merchandise; and (4) if neither the exporter 
nor the producer is a firm covered in this or any previous review or 
the LTFV investigation, the cash deposit rate will continue to be 2.40 
percent, which is the all-others rate established by Commerce in the 
LTFV investigation.\11\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, 
shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \11\ See Notice of Amended Final Antidumping Duty Determination 
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: 
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip (PET Film) from 
Taiwan, 67 FR at 44175 (July 1, 2002), unchanged in Notice of 
Amended Final Antidumping Duty Determination of Sales at Less Than 
Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Polyethylene Terephthalate 
Film, Sheet, and Strip (PET Film) from Taiwain {sic{time} , 67 FR at 
46566 (July 15, 2002).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an APO 
of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of 
proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.305(a)(3), which continues to govern business proprietary 
information in this segment of the proceeding. Timely written 
notification of the return/destruction of APO materials or conversion 
to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply 
with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a violation which 
subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    These results are being issued and published in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h) and 
351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: May 8, 2025.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the 
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance.

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