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 

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8 In these final results, Commerce applied the 

assessment rate calculation methodology adopted in 

Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the 

Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and 

Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 

Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 

(February 14, 2012) (Final Modification for 

Reviews). 

9See 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). 

10See Certain Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin 

from Canada, the People’s Republic of China, India, 

and the Sultanate of Oman: Amended Final 

Affirmative Antidumping Determination (Sultanate 

of Oman) and Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 

27979 (May 6, 2016). 

Federal Register, in accordance with 19 

CFR 351.224(b). 

Assessment Rates 

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

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 

and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), Commerce 

has determined, and U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 

antidumping duties on all appropriate 

entries.8 Commerce calculated importerspecific ad valorem antidumping duty 

assessment rates by aggregating for each 

importer identified for the reported 

sales, the total amount of dumping 

calculated for sales for which that 

importer was reported and dividing 

each of these amounts by the total 

entered value of those sales. Commerce 

will instruct CBP to assess antidumping 

duties on all appropriate entries covered 

by this review where an importerspecific assessment rate is not zero or de 

minimis. 

For entries of subject merchandise 

during the POR produced by OCTAL for 

which it did not know its merchandise 

was destined for the United States, 

Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate 

such unreviewed entries at the allothers rate if there is no rate for the 

intermediate company(ies) involved in 

the transactions. 

Consistent with its recent notice,9

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). 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following cash deposit 

requirements will be effective upon 

publication of this notice of final results 

of administrative review in the Federal 

Register for all shipments of subject 

merchandise entered, or withdrawn 

from warehouse, for consumption on or 

after the date of publication of the 

notice, as provided by section 751(a)(2) 

of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for 

OCTAL is the rate listed in the table 

above; (2) for previously reviewed or 

investigated companies not listed in the 

table above, the cash deposit rate will 

continue to be the company-specific rate 

published for the most recently 

completed segment of this proceeding; 

(3) if the exporter was not covered in 

this review, a prior review, or the 

investigation, but the producer was 

covered, the cash deposit rate will be 

the rate established in the most recently 

completed segment of this proceeding 

for the producer of the subject 

merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit 

rate for all other producers or exporters 

will continue to be 7.62 percent ad 

valorem, the all-others rate established 

in the investigation in this proceeding.10

These cash deposit requirements, when 

imposed, shall remain in effect until 

further notice. 

Notification to Importers Regarding the 

Reimbursement of Duties 

This notice also serves as a final 

reminder to importers of their 

responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) 

to file a certificate regarding the 

reimbursement of antidumping duties 

prior to liquidation of the relevant POR 

entries. Failure to comply with this 

requirement could result in Commerce’s 

presumption that reimbursement of 

antidumping duties occurred and the 

subsequent assessment of doubled 

antidumping duties. 

Notification Regarding Administrative 

Protective Orders 

This notice also serves as a reminder 

to parties subject to administrative 

protective orders (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 the terms of an APO is 

a sanctionable violation. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing this 

notice in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 

CFR 351.221(b)(5). 

Dated: January 19, 2021. 

Jeffrey I. Kessler, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results 

V. Discussion of the Issues 

Comment 1: Reprocessing Costs 

Comment 2: U.S. Commission Expenses 

VI. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; SABIT Participant 

Application, Participant Survey, 

Alumni Survey 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, on or after the date of publication 

of this notice. We invite the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

comment on proposed, and continuing 

information collections, which helps us 

assess the impact of our information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. Public 

comments were previously requested 

via the Federal Register on November 

23, 2020, during a 60-day comment 

period. This notice allows for an 

additional 30 days for public comments. 

Agency: International Trade 

Administration. 

Title: SABIT Program: Applications 

and Questionnaires. 

OMB Control Number: 0625–0225. 

Form Number(s): ITA–4143P. 

Type of Request: Regular. 

Number of Respondents: 3,500. 

Average Hours per Response: 3 hours 

for application; 1 hour for program exit 

questionnaire; 1 hour for alumni success 

story form. 

Burden Hours: 7,000. 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collected by the SABIT application for 

participation in the SABIT Group 

Program will be used by ITA staff to 

determine the quality of applicants for 

SABIT’s programs and create