7358 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 17 / Thursday, January 28, 2021 / Notices 

5See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). 6See Notice of Discontinuation of Policy to Issue 

Liquidation Instructions After 15 Days in 

Applicable Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Proceedings, 86 FR 3995 (January 

15, 2021). 

7See Glycine from the People’s Republic of 

China: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony 

With Final Results of the Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review and Notice of Amended 

Final Results; 2015–2016, 83 FR 49363 (October 1, 

2018) for the calculation of the China-wide rate. 

8See Non-Market Economy Antidumping 

Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76 

FR 65694 (October 24, 2011). 

1See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 

61011 (November 12, 2019) (Initiation Notice). 

2Pusan Pipe is the importer of record for all of 

SeAH VINA’s shipments of subject merchandise to 

the United States during the POR. See SSV 

December 13, 2019 Section A Questionnaire 

Response at 1. 

continue to find that these four 

companies did not have shipments of 

subject merchandise during the POR. 

We will issue appropriate instructions 

to U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) based on these final results. 

China-Wide Entity 

In the Preliminary Results, we found 

that Avid is ineligible for a separate rate 

and treated it as a part of the Chinawide entity. For the final results, 

Commerce continues to find Avid 

ineligible for a separate rate and to treat 

it as a part of the China-wide entity. 

Assessment Rates 

Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b), Commerce 

will determine, and CBP shall assess, 

antidumping duties on all appropriate 

entries of subject merchandise in 

accordance with the final results of this 

review.5 Consistent with its recent 

notice,6 Commerce intends to issue 

assessment instructions to CBP no 

earlier than 35 days after the date of 

publication of the final results of this 

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). We will 

instruct CBP to liquidate entries of 

subject merchandise exported by the 

China-wide entity at the China-wide 

rate of 155.89 percent.7 Consistent with 

Commerce’s assessment practice in nonmarket economy cases, for the 

companies which Commerce 

determined had no shipments of the 

subject merchandise, any suspended 

entries made under those exporters’ case 

numbers (i.e., at the exporters’ rates) 

will be liquidated at the China-wide 

rate.8

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following cash deposit 

requirements will be effective upon 

publication of the final results of this 

review for shipments of subject 

merchandise from China entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the publication 

date, as provided by sections 

751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For 

previously investigated or reviewed 

Chinese and non-Chinese exporters that 

received a separate rate in a prior 

segment of this proceeding, the cash 

deposit rate will continue to be the 

existing exporter-specific rate; (2) for all 

Chinese exporters of subject 

merchandise that have not been found 

to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash 

deposit rate will be the rate for the 

China-wide entity, i.e., 155.89 percent; 

and (3) for all non-Chinese exporters of 

subject merchandise which have not 

received their own rate, the cash deposit 

rate will be the rate applicable to the 

Chinese exporter that supplied that nonChinese exporter. These cash deposit 

requirements, when imposed, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Reimbursement of Duties 

This notice 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 POR. 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 

This notice also serves as a final 

reminder to parties subject to 

administrative protective order (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 or destruction 

of APO materials, or conversion to 

judicial protective order, is hereby 

requested. Failure to comply with the 

regulations and terms of an APO is a 

sanctionable violation. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

The final results of this administrative 

review are issued and published in 

accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 

777(i) of the Act. 

Dated: January 22, 2021. 

Christian Marsh, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Final Issues 

and Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Discussion of the Issue 

Comment: Rescission Request 

V. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–552–817] 

Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods 

From the Socialist Republic of 

Vietnam: Preliminary Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that certain oil country tubular goods 

(OCTG) from the Socialist Republic of 

Vietnam were not sold in the United 

States at less than normal value (NV) 

during the period of review (POR) 

September 1, 2018 through August 31, 

2019. Interested parties are invited to 

comment on these preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable January 28, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred 

Baker, AD/CVD Operations, Office VI, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–2924. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On November 12, 2019, Commerce 

initiated an administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on OCTG from 

Vietnam.1 The review covers SeAH 

Steel VINA Corporation (SeAH VINA) 

and its U.S. affiliate Pusan Pipe 

America, Inc. (Pusan Pipe) (collectively, 

SSV).2 On April 24, 2020, Commerce 

Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 17 / Thursday, January 28, 2021 / Notices 7359 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews in Response to Operational 

Adjustments Due to COVID–19,’’ dated April 24, 

2020. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews,’’ dated July 22, 2020. 

Commerce’s practice dictates that, where a deadline 

falls on a weekend or federal holiday, the 

appropriate deadline is the next business day. See 

Notice of Clarification: Application of ‘‘Next 

Business Day’’ Rule for Administrative 

Determination Deadlines Pursuant to the Tariff Act 

of 1930, As Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005). 

Therefore, because the fully extended deadline 

would normally be January 17, 2021, but that date 

is a Sunday, and January 18, 2021, is a federal 

holiday, the current deadline is Tuesday, January 

19, 2021. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Certain Oil Country 

Tubular Goods from the Socialist Republic of 

Vietnam: Decision Memorandum for the 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review,’’ dated concurrently with, 

and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum). 

6See Initiation Notice. 

7See Final Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value: Sparklers from the People’s Republic of 

China, 56 FR 20588 (May 6, 1991) (Sparklers). 

8See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value: Silicon Carbide from the 

People’s Republic Of China, 59 FR 22585 (May 2, 

1994) (Silicon Carbide). 

9See, e.g., Final Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review: Petroleum Wax Candles 

from the People’s Republic of China, 72 FR 52355, 

52356 (September 13, 2007). 

10See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement 

of Change in Department Practice for Respondent 

Selection in Antidumping Duty Proceedings and 

Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy 

Entity in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 

FR 65963 (November 4, 2013). 

11See Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from 

India, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, the Republic 

of Turkey, and the Social Republic of Vietnam: 

Antidumping Duty Orders; and Certain Oil Country 

Tubular Goods from the Socialist Republic of 

Vietnam: Amended Final Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value, 79 FR 53691 (September 10, 

2014); see also Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods 

from India, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, the 

Republic of Turkey, and the Socialist Republic of 

Vietnam: Notice of Correction to the Antidumping 

Continued 

tolled all deadlines in administrative 

reviews by 50 days.3 On July 21, 2020, 

Commerce extended the deadline for 

these preliminary results by 120 days, in 

accordance with section 751 (a)(3)(A) of 

the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2). On 

July 22, 2020, Commerce tolled all 

deadlines in administrative reviews by 

an additional 60 days, thereby 

extending the deadline for these 

preliminary results until January 19, 

2021.4

For a full description of events that 

have occurred since the Initiation 

Notice, see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.5 A list of topics included 

in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as an 

appendix 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 http://

access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 

version of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. 

The signed and electronic versions of 

the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

are identical in content. 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by the order 

is certain OCTG. The merchandise 

subject to the order is currently 

classified in the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

under item numbers: 7304.29.10.10, 

7304.29.10.20, 7304.29.10.30, 

7304.29.10.40, 7304.29.10.50, 

7304.29.10.60, 7304.29.10.80, 

7304.29.20.10, 7304.29.20.20, 

7304.29.20.30, 7304.29.20.40, 

7304.29.20.50, 7304.29.20.60, 

7304.29.20.80, 7304.29.31.10, 

7304.29.31.20, 7304.29.31.30, 

7304.29.31.40, 7304.29.31.50, 

7304.29.31.60, 7304.29.31.80, 

7304.29.41.10, 7304.29.41.20, 

7304.29.41.30, 7304.29.41.40, 

7304.29.41.50, 7304.29.41.60, 

7304.29.41.80, 7304.29.50.15, 

7304.29.50.30, 7304.29.50.45, 

7304.29.50.60, 7304.29.50.75, 

7304.29.61.15, 7304.29.61.30, 

7304.29.61.45, 7304.29.61.60, 

7304.29.61.75, 7305.20.20.00, 

7305.20.40.00, 7305.20.60.00, 

7305.20.80.00, 7306.29.10.30, 

7306.29.10.90, 7306.29.20.00, 

7306.29.31.00, 7306.29.41.00, 

7306.29.60.10, 7306.29.60.50, 

7306.29.81.10, and 7306.29.81.50. 

The merchandise subject to the order 

may also enter under the following 

HTSUS item numbers: 7304.39.00.24, 

7304.39.00.28, 7304.39.00.32, 

7304.39.00.36, 7304.39.00.40, 

7304.39.00.44, 7304.39.00.48, 

7304.39.00.52, 7304.39.00.56, 

7304.39.00.62, 7304.39.00.68, 

7304.39.00.72, 7304.39.00.76, 

7304.39.00.80, 7304.59.60.00, 

7304.59.80.15, 7304.59.80.20, 

7304.59.80.25, 7304.59.80.30, 

7304.59.80.35, 7304.59.80.40, 

7304.59.80.45, 7304.59.80.50, 

7304.59.80.55, 7304.59.80.60, 

7304.59.80.65, 7304.59.80.70, 

7304.59.80.80, 7305.31.40.00, 

7305.31.60.90, 7306.30.50.55, 

7306.30.50.90, 7306.50.50.50, and 

7306.50.50.70. 

While the HTSUS subheadings above 

are provided for convenience and 

customs purposes, the written 

description is dispositive. A full 

description of the scope of the order is 

contained in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Methodology 

Commerce conducted this review in 

accordance with sections 751(a)(1)(B) 

and 751(a)(2)(A) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act). Constructed 

export prices have been calculated in 

accordance with section 772(b) of the 

Act. Because Vietnam is a non-market 

economy (NME) within the meaning of 

section 771(18) of the Act, NV has been 

calculated in accordance with section 

773(c) of the Act. For a full description 

of the methodology underlying our 

conclusions, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

Application of Separate Rates in NME 

Proceedings 

In the Initiation Notice, Commerce 

notified parties of the application 

process by which exporters may obtain 

separate rate status in an NME 

proceeding.6 It is Commerce’s policy to 

assign all exporters of the merchandise 

subject to review in NME countries a 

single rate unless an exporter can 

affirmatively demonstrate an absence of 

government control, both in law (de 

jure) and in fact (de facto), with respect 

to exports. To establish whether a 

company is sufficiently independent to 

be entitled to a separate, companyspecific rate, Commerce analyzes each 

exporting entity in an NME country 

under the test established in Sparklers,7

as further developed by Silicon 

Carbide.8 However, if Commerce 

determines that a company is wholly 

foreign-owned, then an analysis of the 

de jure and de facto criteria is not 

necessary to determine whether it is 

independent from government control.9

For these Preliminary Results, 

Commerce determines that the evidence 

placed on the record of this review by 

SSV demonstrates an absence of de jure 

and de facto government control. We 

have received no other separate rate 

applications. 

Vietnam-Wide Entity 

Commerce’s policy regarding 

conditional review of the Vietnam-wide 

entity applies to this administrative 

review.10 Under this policy, the 

Vietnam-wide entity will not be under 

review unless a party specifically 

requests, or Commerce self-initiates, a 

review of the entity. Because no party 

requested a review of the Vietnam-wide 

entity in this review, the entity is not 

under review and the entity’s rate (i.e., 

111.47 percent) 11 is not subject to 

change. 

7360 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 17 / Thursday, January 28, 2021 / Notices 

Duty Orders With Respect to Turkey and the 

Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 79 FR 59740 

(October 3, 2014). 

12Commerce initiated a review of both SSV and 

Pusan Pipe, but the record shows that Pusan Pipe 

is a U.S. importer of OCTG that is affiliated with 

SSV and does not produce OCTG. See SSV’s 

December 13, 2019 Section A Questionnaire 

Response at 1. Therefore, we have not calculated a 

rate for Pusan Pipe. 

13See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii). 

14See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1)–(2). 

15See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2), (d)(2). 

16See 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing 

requirements). 

17See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD 

Service Requirements Due to COVID–19, 85 FR 

41363 (July 10, 2020). 

18See 19 CFR 351.310(d). 

19See 19 CFR 351.212(b). 

20See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of 

the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and 

Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 

Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 

(February 14, 2012) (Antidumping Final 

Modification) in the manner described in more 

detail in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

21See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). 

22See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2). 

Preliminary Results of Review 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following weighted-average 

dumping margin exists for the period 

September 1, 2018 through August 31, 

2019: 

Exporter 

Weightedaverage 

margin 

(percent) 

SeAH Steel VINA Corporation 12 0.00 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i)(3) of the 

Act, Commerce intends to verify the 

information relied upon in issuing its 

final results of review. Normally, 

Commerce verifies information using 

standard procedures, including an onsite examination of original accounting, 

financial, and sales documentation. 

However, due to current travel 

restrictions in response to the global 

COVID–19 pandemic, Commerce is 

unable to conduct on-site verification in 

this review. Accordingly, we intend to 

verify the information relied upon in 

issuing the final results through 

alternative means in lieu of an on-site 

verification. 

Disclosure, Public Comment and 

Opportunity To Request a Hearing 

Commerce will disclose the 

calculations used in our analysis to 

parties in this review within five days 

of the date of publication of this notice 

in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Interested parties may submit case briefs 

within 30 days after the date of 

publication of these preliminary results 

of review in the Federal Register.13

Rebuttals to case briefs, which must be 

limited to issues raised in the case 

briefs, may be filed within seven days 

after the time limit for filing case 

briefs.14 Pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2) parties who 

submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in 

this review are requested to submit with 

each argument: (a) A statement of the 

issue, (b) a brief summary of the 

argument, and (c) a table of 

authorities.15 Parties submitting briefs 

should do so pursuant to Commerce’s 

electronic filing system, ACCESS.16

Note that Commerce has temporarily 

modified certain of its requirements for 

serving documents containing business 

proprietary information.17

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing must submit a written request to 

the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance within 30 days of 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. Issues 

raised in the hearing will be limited to 

those raised in the respective case and 

rebuttal briefs. If a request for a hearing 

is made, Commerce intends to hold the 

hearing at a date and time to be 

determined.18 Parties should confirm by 

telephone the date, time, and location of 

the hearing two days before the 

scheduled date. 

Commerce intends to issue the final 

results of this administrative review, 

which will include the results of our 

analysis of all issues raised in the case 

briefs, within 120 days of publication of 

these preliminary results in the Federal 

Register, pursuant to section 

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. 

Assessment Rates 

Upon issuance of the final results, 

Commerce will determine, and CBP 

shall assess, antidumping duties on all 

appropriate entries covered by this 

review.19 Commerce intends to issue 

assessment instructions to CBP no 

earlier than 35 days after the date of 

publication of the final results of this 

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). 

For assessment purposes, Commerce 

applied the assessment rate calculation 

method adopted in Antidumping Final 

Modification.20 For any individually 

examined respondent whose weighted 

average dumping margin is above de 

minimis (i.e., 0.50 percent) in the final 

results of this review, Commerce will 

calculate importer-specific assessment 

rates on the basis of the ratio of the total 

amount of dumping calculated for the 

importer’s examined sales to the total 

entered value of sales, in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). Where an 

importer- (or customer-) specific ad 

valorem rate is greater than de minimis, 

Commerce will instruct CBP to collect 

the appropriate duties at the time of 

liquidation.21 Where either a 

respondent’s weighted average dumping 

margin is zero or de minimis, or an 

importer- (or customer-) specific ad 

valorem is zero or de minimis, 

Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate 

appropriate entries without regard to 

antidumping duties.22

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following cash deposit 

requirements will be effective upon 

publication of the final results of this 

review for shipments of the subject 

merchandise from Vietnam entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the publication 

date, as provided by sections 

751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For the 

companies listed above that have a 

separate rate, the cash deposit rate will 

be that established in the final results of 

this review (except, if the rate is zero or 

de minimis, then zero cash deposit will 

be required); (2) for previously 

examined Vietnamese and nonVietnamese exporters not listed above 

that at the time of entry are eligible for 

a separate rate based on a prior 

completed segment of this proceeding, 

the cash deposit rate will continue to be 

the existing exporter-specific cash 

deposit rate; (3) for all Vietnamese 

exporters of subject merchandise that 

have not been found to be entitled to a 

separate rate at the time of entry, the 

cash deposit rate will be that for the 

Vietnamese-wide entity; and (4) for all 

non-Vietnamese exporters of subject 

merchandise that at the time of entry are 

not eligible for a separate rate, the cash 

deposit rate will be the rate applicable 

to the Vietnamese exporter that 

supplied that non-Vietnamese exporter. 

These deposit requirements, when 

imposed, shall remain in effect until 

further notice. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice also serves as a 

preliminary reminder to importers of 

their responsibility under 19 CFR 

351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 

Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 17 / Thursday, January 28, 2021 / Notices 7361 

1See Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin from the 

Sultanate of Oman: Preliminary Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018– 

2019, 85 FR 44856 (July 24, 2020) (Preliminary 

Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

2See Petitioners’ Case Brief, ‘‘Polyethylene 

Terephthalate Resin from Oman: Petitioners’ Case 

Brief,’’ dated August 31, 2020 (Petitioners’ Brief); 

see also ‘‘OCTAL’s Rebuttal Brief: Polyethylene 

Terephthalate (PET) Resin from the Sultanate of 

Oman,’’ dated September 8, 2020 (OCTAL’s 

Rebuttal). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews in Response to Operational 

Adjustments Due to COVID–19,’’ dated April 24, 

2020. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews,’’ dated July 21, 2020. 

5On January 27, 2017, Commerce added HTS 

numbers 3907.61.0000 and 3907.69.0000 to the 

Case Reference File. See Memorandum, ‘‘Request 

from Customs and Border Protection to Update the 

ACE Case Reference File: Polyethylene 

Terephthalate Resin form the Sultanate of Oman 

(A–523–810),’’ dated January 31, 2017. Further, on 

February 28, 2019, Commerce added HTS numbers 

3907.61.0010, 3907.61.0050, 3907.69.0010, and 

3907.69.0050 to the Case Reference File. See 

Memorandum, ‘‘Request from U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection to Update the ACE Case 

Reference File: Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin 

form the Sultanate of Oman (A–523–810),’’ dated 

February 28, 2019. 

6For a complete description of the scope of the 

order, see memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Results of the 2018– 

2019 Administrative Review of the Antidumping 

Duty Order on Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin 

from the Sultanate of Oman,’’ dated concurrently 

with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and 

Decision Memorandum). 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘2018–2019 Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review of Polyethylene 

Terephthalate Resin from the Sultanate of Oman: 

Final Results Analysis Memorandum for OCTAL 

SAOC–FZC,’’ dated concurrently with this notice. 

regarding the reimbursement of 

antidumping duties prior to liquidation 

of the relevant entries during the POR. 

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. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

These preliminary results are issued 

and published in accordance with 

sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the 

Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4). 

Dated: January 19, 2021. 

Jeffrey I. Kessler, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Discussion of the Methodology 

V. Currency Conversion 

VI. Recommendation 

[FR Doc. 2021–01799 Filed 1–27–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–523–810] 

Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin 

From the Sultanate of Oman: Final 

Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review; 2018–2019 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) determines that OCTAL 

SAOC–FZC (OCTAL) made U.S. sales of 

polyethylene terephthalate resin (PET 

resin) from the Sultanate of Oman 

(Oman) at less than normal value during 

the period of review (POR), i.e., May 1, 

2018 through April 30, 2019. 

DATES: Applicable January 28, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jonathan Hill, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3518. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On July 24, 2020, Commerce 

published the Preliminary Results of the 

2018–2019 antidumping duty 

administrative review of PET resin from 

Oman.1 On August 31, 2020, we 

received a case brief from DAK 

Americas, LLC, Indorama Ventures 

USA, Inc., and Nan Ya Plastics 

Corporation, America (collectively, 

petitioners). On September 8, 2020, we 

received a rebuttal brief from OCTAL.2

On April 24, 2020, Commerce tolled 

all deadlines in administrative reviews 

by 50 days.3 On July 21, 2020, 

Commerce tolled all deadlines in 

administrative reviews by an additional 

60 days.4 The revised deadline for the 

final results of this administrative 

review is now January 19, 2021. 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by this 

order is PET resin having an intrinsic 

viscosity of at least 0.70, but not more 

than 0.88, deciliters per gram. The 

merchandise subject to this order is 

properly classified under subheadings 

3907.60.00.30, 3907.61.0000, 

3907.61.0010, 3907.61.0050, 

3907.69.0000, 3907.69.0010, and 

3907.69.0050 of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States 

(HTSUS).5 Although the HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the merchandise 

covered by this order is dispositive.6

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in the case and 

rebuttal briefs filed in this 

administrative review are addressed in 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum, 

which is hereby adopted by this notice. 

A list of issues raised is attached as the 

Appendix to this notice. The Issues and 

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. In addition, a complete 

version of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/ 

index.html. The signed and the 

electronic versions of the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum are identical in 

content. 

Changes Since the Preliminary Results 

Based on our review of the record and 

comments received from interested 

parties, we included in our calculation 

certain commission expenses which had 

been omitted from our preliminary 

dumping margin calculation. 

Additionally, after reviewing our 

preliminary dumping margin 

calculation, we determined that it was 

appropriate to exclude certain home 

market sales of samples, and to revise 

programming language that we added to 

the preliminary dumping margin 

calculation to account for certain items 

reported in multiple currencies.7 We 

made no other changes to the 

Preliminary Results. 

Final Results of Review 

We are assigning the following 

dumping margin to the firm listed below 

for the period May 1, 2018 through 

April 30, 2019: 

Exporter/producer 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

OCTAL SAOC–FZC ................... 0.75 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose the 

calculations performed for these final 

results of review within five days of the 

date of publication of this notice in the