[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 242 (Friday, December 17, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78968-78973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-31771]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-520-803]


Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip From the United 
Arab Emirates: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on polyethylene 
terephthalate film, sheet, and strip (PET Film) from the United Arab 
Emirates (UAE). This review covers respondents, JBF RAK LLC (JBF), and 
FLEX Middle East FZE (FLEX), producers and exporters of PET Film from 
the UAE. The Department preliminarily determines that sales of PET Film 
from the UAE have been made below normal value (NV) during the November 
6, 2008, through October 31, 2009 period of review. The preliminary 
results are listed below in the section titled ``Preliminary Results of 
Review.'' Interested parties are invited to comment on these 
preliminary results.

DATES: Effective Date: December 17, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Huston, or Jun Jack Zhao, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 6, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4261 or (202) 482-1396, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On November 10, 2008, the Department published in the Federal 
Register the antidumping duty order on PET Film from the UAE. See 
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip From Brazil, the 
People's Republic of China and the United Arab Emirates: Antidumping 
Duty Orders and Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value for the United Arab Emirates, 73 FR 66595 (November 10, 2008) 
(Order). On November 2, 2009, the Department published a notice of 
opportunity to request an administrative review of this order. See 
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended 
Investigation: Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 74 FR 
56573 (November 2, 2009). In response, on November 24,

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2009, and November 30, 2009, JBF and FLEX, respectively, requested that 
the Department conduct an administrative review of their sales of PET 
Film in the U.S. market. On November 30, 2009, Dupont Teijin Films, 
Mitsubishi Polyester Film, Inc., SKC, Inc. and Toray Plastics (America) 
Inc. (collectively, the petitioners) requested administrative reviews 
of JBF and FLEX.
    On December 23, 2009, the Department initiated an administrative 
review of JBF and FLEX. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation 
in Part, 74 FR 68229, 68232 (December 23, 2009). On January 7, 2010, 
the Department issued an antidumping duty questionnaire to the 
respondents. FLEX timely submitted section A of the questionnaire on 
January 29, 2010, and sections B and C on February 19, 2010. JBF timely 
submitted its section A of the questionnaire on February 9, 2010, and 
sections B and C on March 4, 2010. On April 19, 2010, JBF submitted 
additional information regarding its responses to sections B and C of 
the original questionnaire. On June 4, 2010, JBF submitted information 
requested by the Department regarding its reported exports to the 
United States. Also on June 4, 2010, the Department issued a 
supplemental questionnaire to FLEX; FLEX submitted its timely response 
on July 23, 2010. On June 15, 2010, the Department issued a 
supplemental questionnaire to JBF; JBF submitted its timely response on 
July 13, 2010.
    On May 6, 2010, the petitioners submitted an allegation of sales at 
prices below the cost of production (COP) against JBF and requested 
that the Department issue a section D questionnaire to JBF. On May 11, 
2010, JBF filed comments on the petitioners' sales below cost 
allegation, claiming that the petitioners' allegation was untimely. On 
May 21, 2010, the petitioners provided additional information requested 
by the Department, to establish that sales below COP by JBF were 
representative of the broader range of foreign products which may be 
used to determine the NV of U.S. products. On June 21, 2010, the 
Department found that there was sufficient information to initiate an 
investigation of whether JBF had made home market sales at prices below 
COP. See Memorandum to Barbara Tillman, ``The Petitioners' Allegation 
of Sales Below the Cost of Production,'' (June 21, 2010) (COP 
Initiation Memorandum).\1\ In the COP Initiation Memorandum, the 
Department determined that, because JBF filed information on April 19, 
2010 that had not been provided with its original March 4, 2010 
response, the submission was incomplete and the petitioners'' sales-
below-cost allegation was timely filed (i.e., within 20 days of the 
April 19, 2010 response), in accordance with 19 CFR 351.301(d)(2)(ii). 
On June 28, 2010, the Department issued a request for JBF to complete 
section D of the original questionnaire; JBF submitted its response on 
August 10, 2010.
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    \1\ Public versions of all memoranda referenced in this notice 
are on file in the Department's Central Records Unit (CRU) in Room 
7046 of the main Department building.
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    On June 4, 2010, JBF submitted information requested by the 
Department regarding its reported exports to the United States. Also on 
June 4, 2010, the Department issued a supplemental questionnaire to 
FLEX; FLEX submitted its timely response on July 23, 2010. On June 15, 
2010, the Department issued a supplemental questionnaire to JBF; JBF 
submitted its timely response on July 13, 2010. On July 14, 2010, the 
Department extended the time period for issuing the preliminary results 
of the administrative review. See Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, 
Sheet and Strip From the United Arab Emirates: Extension of Time Limit 
for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 75 
FR 40776 (July 14, 2010). On August 3, 2010, FLEX submitted revised 
section B and C responses to correct certain formatting errors in their 
submission of July 23, 2010. On August 23, 2010, the Department issued 
a second supplemental questionnaire to JBF; JBF submitted a timely 
response on September 1, 2010. On August 27, 2010, the Department 
issued a supplemental section D questionnaire to JBF; JBF submitted a 
timely response on September 23, 2010. On September 27, 2010, the 
Department issued a second supplemental section D questionnaire; JBF 
submitted a timely response on October 5, 2010. JBF submitted minor 
corrections to previously filed information on November 18, 2010. As 
discussed below, these corrections concerned its knowledge that certain 
sales included in its home market sales database were being exported to 
third countries.

Verification

    A cost verification of JBF was conducted from October 24 through 
October 28, 2010. See Memorandum to Neal M. Halper, ``Verification of 
Cost Response of JBF RAK LLC in the Antidumping Review of Polyethylene 
Terephthalate (PET) Film from the United Arab Emirates,'' (November 30, 
2010) (Cost Verification Report). The Department intends to conduct a 
sales verification of JBF following the issuance of these preliminary 
results of review.

Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the order are all gauges of raw, pre-
treated, or primed polyethylene terephthalate film, whether extruded or 
co-extruded. 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 more 
than 0.00001 inches thick. Also excluded is roller transport cleaning 
film which has at least one of its surfaces modified by application of 
0.5 micrometers of SBR latex. Tracing and drafting film is also 
excluded. PET Film is classifiable under subheading 3920.62.00.90 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). While 
HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, 
our written description of the scope of the order is dispositive.

Period of Review

    Since this is the first administrative review, the period of review 
(POR) is different from the standard twelve month POR. The POR is 
November 6, 2008 through October 31, 2009.\2\
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    \2\ November 6, 2008, is the date the International Trade 
Commission (ITC) published its final determination that the domestic 
industry was threatened with material injury. According to section 
736(b)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), the 
Department cannot assess duties on merchandise entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption, before the publication date of the 
final affirmative ITC determination when the ITC finds the domestic 
industry was ``threatened with material injury.'' Therefore, in such 
cases, and in accordance with 19 CFR 213(e)(1)(ii), the first 
administrative review must begin on the publication date of the 
ITC's final determination.
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Comparisons to Normal Value

    To determine whether sales of PET Film were made at less than NV, 
we compared the respondents' export price (EP) or constructed export 
price (CEP) sales made in the United States to unaffiliated customers 
to NV, as described below in the ``Normal Value'' section of this 
notice. In accordance with section 777A(d)(2) of the Act, we compared 
the EP and CEP of individual transactions to monthly weighted-average 
NVs.

Product Comparisons

    Pursuant to section 771(16) of the Act, we determined that products 
sold by the

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respondents, as described in the ``Scope of the Order'' section, above, 
and sold in the UAE during the POR, to be foreign like products for 
purposes of determining appropriate product comparisons to U.S. sales. 
We have relied on four criteria to match U.S. sales of subject 
merchandise to comparison-market sales: Specification, thickness, 
thickness category, and surface treatment. Where there were no sales of 
identical merchandise in the home market to compare to U.S. sales, we 
compared U.S. sales to the most similar foreign like product on the 
basis of the characteristics listed above.

Arm's-Length Test

    The Department may calculate NV based on a sale to an affiliated 
party only if it is satisfied that the price to the affiliated party is 
comparable to the prices at which sales are made to parties not 
affiliated with the exporter or producer; i.e., sales to home market 
affiliates must be at arm's-length. See 19 CFR 351.403(c). Sales to 
affiliated customers for consumption in the home market that are 
determined not to be at arm's-length are excluded from our analysis. To 
test whether sales are made at arm's-length prices, the Department 
compares the prices of sales of comparable merchandise to affiliated 
and unaffiliated customers, net of all movement charges, direct selling 
expenses, and packing. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.403(c), and in accordance 
with the Department's practice, when the prices charged to an 
affiliated party are, on average, between 98 and 102 percent of the 
prices charged to unaffiliated parties for merchandise comparable to 
that sold to the affiliated party, we determine that the sales to the 
affiliated party are at arm's-length. See Antidumping Proceedings: 
Affiliated Party Sales in the Ordinary Course of Trade, 67 FR 69186, 
69187 (November 15, 2002). In this proceeding, neither FLEX nor JBF 
reported sales to affiliates in the home market.

Level of Trade

    To determine whether NV sales are at a different level of trade 
(LOT) than U.S. sales, we examine selling functions along the chain of 
distribution between the respondent and the unaffiliated customer for 
EP sales and between the respondent and the affiliated U.S. importer 
for CEP sales. If the comparison market sales are at a different LOT, 
and the difference affects price comparability, as manifested in a 
pattern of consistent price differences between the sales on which NV 
is based and comparison market sales at the LOT of the export 
transaction, we make an LOT adjustment pursuant to section 773(a)(7)(A) 
of the Act.
    In implementing these principles, we examined information provided 
by JBF and FLEX regarding the selling functions involved in their home 
market and U.S. sales, including a description of these selling 
functions, listed in Attachment 2 (Level of Trade Analysis) of FLEX's 
July 23, 2010 submission and Exhibit A-5 of JBF's February 9, 2010 
submission. Our analysis revealed that there were not any significant 
differences in selling functions between different channels of 
distribution or customer type in either the home or U.S. markets. 
Therefore, we preliminarily determine that FLEX and JBF each made all 
home-market sales at one level of trade. Moreover, we preliminarily 
determine that all home-market sales by FLEX and JBF were made at the 
same level of trade as their U.S. sales. Accordingly, an LOT adjustment 
is not warranted.
    Likewise, the CEP offset requested by FLEX is not warranted. 
Because FLEX's selling functions for the U.S. and home market sales do 
not differ and all home-market sales were made at the same level of 
trade as its U.S. sales, we have not applied a CEP offset in accordance 
with section 773(a)(7)(B) of the Act.

Date of Sale

    The Department will normally use invoice date, as recorded in the 
exporter's or producer's records kept in the ordinary course of 
business, as the date of sale, but may use a date other than the 
invoice date if it better reflects the date on which the material terms 
of sale are established. See 19 CFR 351.401(i). For both JBF and FLEX, 
we preliminarily determine that no departure from our standard practice 
is warranted. Both companies reported invoice date as date of sale, and 
the record does not indicate that material terms of sale are 
established at a later date or earlier in the sales process. For 
certain sales, however, shipment took place a few days earlier than 
invoice date. For such sales, we have used shipment date to the 
customer as date of sale rather than invoice, consistent with 
Department practice that assumes terms of sale are fixed at the time of 
shipment.

JBF Margin Calculation

Export Price
    The Department based the price of all U.S. sales of subject 
merchandise by JBF on EP as defined in section 772(a) of the Act 
because the merchandise was sold before importation by the producer or 
exporter of the subject merchandise outside the United States to an 
unaffiliated purchaser in the United States. We calculated EP based on 
the packed price to unaffiliated purchasers in the United States, as 
appropriate. See section 772(c) of the Act. We made adjustments to 
price for billing adjustments, where applicable, and deducted all 
movement expenses reported by JBF.
Normal Value
A. Selection of Comparison Market
    To determine whether there was a sufficient volume of sales of PET 
Film in the home market to serve as a viable basis for calculating NV, 
we compared the volume of respondent's home market sales of the foreign 
like product to the volume of their U.S. sales of the subject 
merchandise, in accordance with section 773(a)(1) of the Act. In their 
November 18, 2010 submission, JBF identified certain transactions, 
originally reported as home market sales, that it claims it knew were 
exported. Where it was possible to identify in the database that JBF 
knew that a shipment was destined for a third country market, which in 
turn meant that JBF knew that the sale was exported, we removed those 
transactions from the home market sales database. In accordance with 
section 773(a)(1)(B) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.404(b), because JBF's 
revised aggregate volume of home market sales of the foreign like 
product was greater than five percent of its aggregate volume of U.S. 
sales of the subject merchandise, we find that the home market was 
viable for comparison purposes.
B. Cost of Production Analysis
    In accordance with section 773(b)(2)(A) of the Act, to initiate a 
COP investigation the Department must have ``reasonable grounds'' to 
believe or suspect that sales of the foreign like product under 
consideration for the determination of NV have been made at prices 
below the COP of that product. An allegation will be deemed to have 
provided reasonable grounds if: (1) A reasonable methodology is used in 
the calculation of the COP including the use of the respondent's actual 
data, if available; (2) using this methodology, sales are shown to be 
made at prices below the COP; and (3) the sales allegedly made at below 
cost are representative of a broader range of foreign models which may 
be used as a basis for NV. See section 773(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Act and 
Notice of Preliminary Results of the New Shipper Review of the 
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Steel Products from Brazil, 70 FR 48668, 48670 (August 19, 2005), 
unchanged in Notice of Final Results of New Shipper Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon Quality 
Steel Products from Brazil, 70 FR 62297 (October 31, 2005). The 
Department found that pursuant to 773(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Act, the 
petitioners, referencing section B of JBF's March 4, 2010 questionnaire 
response, provided in their allegation a reasonable basis to believe or 
suspect that JBF was selling PET Film at below the COP. See COP 
Initiation Memorandum. As a result, the Department is directed under 
section 773(b) of the Act to determine whether JBF made home market 
sales during the POR at prices below COP.
C. Calculation of COP
    In accordance with section 773(b)(3) of the Act, we calculated COP 
based on the sum of JBF's cost of materials and fabrication for the 
foreign like product, plus amounts for selling, general, and 
administrative expenses, interest expenses and home market packing 
costs. See Memorandum to Neal M. Halper, Director, Office of 
Accounting, ``Cost of Production and Constructed Value Calculation 
Adjustments for the Preliminary Results--JBF RAK LLC'' (December 7, 
2010) (JBF Cost Memorandum).
    The Department's normal practice is to calculate an annual 
weighted-average cost for the entire period of investigation or POR. 
See, e.g., Certain Pasta From Italy: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 65 FR 77852 (December 13, 2000) and accompanying 
Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 18. However, the Department 
recognizes that possible distortions may result if our normal annual-
average cost methodology is used during a period of significant cost 
changes. The Department determines whether to deviate from our normal 
methodology of calculating an annual weighted-average cost by 
evaluating two primary factors: (1) whether the change in the cost of 
manufacturing recognized by the respondent during the POR is deemed 
significant (i.e., greater than 25 percent); and (2) whether the record 
evidence indicates that sales during the shorter averaging periods 
could be reasonably linked with the COP during the same shorter 
averaging periods. See Stainless Steel Plate in Coils From Belgium: 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 73 FR 75398, 
75399 (December 11, 2008) and Certain Welded Stainless Steel Pipes From 
the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 74 FR 31242 (June 30, 2009). We preliminarily determine that 
the record evidence does not satisfy the first criterion and, thus, we 
also determine that JBF's quarterly cost data should not be used for 
these preliminary results. We calculated the change from the low 
quarter to the high quarter of the POR for all significant raw material 
inputs and found that there was no significant change in costs for a 
majority of the raw materials purchased (i.e., that the change in cost 
over the POR did not meet our 25 percent significance threshold). As 
there was not a significant change in raw material costs, we determined 
that there was no need to depart from our average annual cost 
methodology. Based on our analysis of JBF's questionnaire responses and 
our findings at the cost verification, we made the following 
adjustments to JBF's reported COP.
    <bullet> We reallocated the total cost of non-recyclable film lumps 
to all PET film products produced during the POR.
    <bullet> We increased the reported COP to exclude credits related 
to depreciation recorded outside of the POR and to include depreciation 
for October 2009.
    <bullet> We adjusted the cost of chips transferred from the chips 
division to reflect chips division conversion costs as well as raw 
material rebates and credits.
    <bullet> We adjusted the reported conversion costs to exclude the 
cost of metalizing materials included in manufacturing expenses.
    <bullet> We revised the general and administrative expense ratio to 
exclude selling expenses that are either double counted in the U.S. or 
home market sales files or properly excluded.
    <bullet> We used the financial expense ratio submitted in JBF's 
October 5, 2010 section D response.
    See JBF Cost Memorandum and Cost Verification Report.
D. Cost of Production Test
    On a product-specific basis, we compared the revised COP figures to 
home market prices, net of applicable billing adjustments, discounts 
and rebates, movement charges, selling expenses, and packing, to 
determine whether home market sales had been made at prices below COP. 
(We first removed those transactions that the Department was able to 
confirm from the information on the record were export sales to third 
countries which JBF had reported in its November 18, 2010 submission, 
as noted above.) In determining whether to disregard home market sales 
made at prices below COP, we examined, in accordance with sections 
773(b)(1)(A) and (B) of the Act, whether, within an extended period of 
time, such sales were made in substantial quantities, and whether such 
sales were made at prices which did not permit the recovery of all 
costs within a reasonable period of time in the normal course of trade. 
In accordance with section 773(b) of the Act, where less than 20 
percent of a given product was sold at prices less than COP, we did not 
disregard any below-cost sales of that product, because the below-cost 
sales were not made in ``substantial quantities.'' We did however 
disregard the below cost sales that: (1) Have been made within an 
extended period of time (within six months to one year) in substantial 
quantities (20 percent or more), as defined by section 773(b)(2)(B) and 
(C) of the Act; and (2) were not made at prices which permit recovery 
of all costs within a reasonable period of time, as prescribed by 
section 773(b)(2(D) of the Act. Accordingly, we determined that JBF had 
sales that may be disregarded in the determination of NV because (1) 20 
percent or more of a given product was sold as prices less than COP and 
(2) based on our comparison of prices to weighted-average COP figured 
for the POR, they were made at prices that would not permit recovery of 
all costs within a reasonable period of time. We used the remaining 
home market sales as the basis for determining NV, in accordance with 
section 773(b)(1) of the Act.
E. Constructed Value
    After disregarding certain sales as below cost, as described above, 
home market sales of contemporaneous identical and similar products 
existed that allowed for price-to-price comparisons for all margin 
calculations. Therefore, the Department did not need to rely on 
constructed value for any calculations for these preliminary results.
F. Price-to-Price Comparisons
    We calculated NV based on packed prices to unaffiliated customers 
in the home market. We used JBF's adjustments and deductions as 
reported. We made deductions, where appropriate, for foreign inland 
freight pursuant to section 773(a)(6)(B) of the Act. In addition, for 
comparisons involving similar merchandise, we made adjustments for cost 
differences attributable to the physical differences between the 
products compared, pursuant to section 773(a)(6)(C)(ii) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.411. We also made adjustments for differences in 
circumstances of sale (COS) in accordance with section 
773(a)(6)(C)(iii)

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of the Act and 19 CFR 351.410. Specifically, we made COS adjustments 
for imputed credit expenses as well as credit insurance expense and 
demurrage, which JBF tied to specific U.S. invoices, in accordance with 
section 772(c)(2)(A) of the Act (other than imputed credit expenses, 
JBF reported no home market direct selling expenses). Finally, we added 
U.S. packing costs and deducted home market packing costs, in 
accordance with sections 773(a)(6)(A) and (B) of the Act, respectively.

FLEX's Margin Calculation

Constructed Export Price
    In calculating the antidumping duty margins for FLEX, we used CEP, 
as defined in section 772(b) of the Act, because all sales were made 
through FLEX America, a company affiliated with FLEX. We made 
deductions from CEP for all movement expenses reported by FLEX, as well 
as imputed credit expenses, and several direct expenses, including 
documentation charges, credit insurance expenses, terminal handling 
charges, demurrage charges, and several other fees, like port security 
charges, incurred on U.S. sales. In addition, we deducted indirect 
selling expenses associated with economic activity in the United States 
and imputed inventory carrying costs incurred by FLEX America. See 
sections 772(c)(2)(A) and 772(d)(1) of the Act. Finally, pursuant to 
section 772(d)(3) of the Act, we made an adjustment for CEP profit; 
i.e., profit associated with economic activity in the United States.
Normal Value
A. Selection of Comparison Market
    To determine whether there was a sufficient volume of sales of PET 
Film in the home market to serve as a viable basis for calculating NV, 
we compared the volume of respondent's home market sales of the foreign 
like product to the volume of their U.S. sales of the subject 
merchandise, in accordance with section 773(a)(1) of the Act. In 
accordance with section 773(a)(1)(B) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.404(b), 
because FLEX's aggregate volume of home market sales of the foreign 
like product was greater than five percent of its aggregate volume of 
U.S. sales of the subject merchandise, we have determined that the home 
market was viable for comparison purposes. No COP analysis was 
conducted for FLEX because there was no allegation of sales below COP 
by the petitioners in this review, nor is there reason to believe or 
suspect sales below COP in this review based on a finding of sales 
below COP in the investigation.
B. Price-to-Price Comparisons
    We calculated NV based on packed prices to unaffiliated customers 
in the home market. We made deductions for foreign inland freight 
pursuant to section 773(a)(6)(B) of the Act, imputed credit expenses, 
and credit insurance expenses, and demurrage charges. In addition, for 
comparisons involving similar merchandise, we made adjustments for cost 
differences attributable to the physical differences between the 
products compared, pursuant to section 773(a)(6)(C)(ii) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.411. Finally, we deducted home market packing costs and 
added U.S. packing costs in accordance with sections 773(a)(6)(A) and 
(B) of the Act.
Currency Conversions
    Pursuant to section 773(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.415, we made 
currency conversions for FLEX's and JBF's sales based on the daily 
exchange rates in effect on the dates of the relevant U.S. sales as 
certified by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Preliminary Results of Review
    As a result of our review, we preliminarily determine the following 
weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period November 6, 2008, 
through October 31, 2009.

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              Manufacturer/Exporter                  margin  (percent)
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JBF RAK LLC......................................                   4.76
FLEX Middle East FZE.............................                   3.16
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Assessment Rates
    The Department shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries. We will instruct CBP to liquidate entries of merchandise 
produced and/or exported by JBF and FLEX. The Department intends to 
issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of 
publication of the final results of review. For assessment purposes, 
where the respondents reported the entered value for their sales, we 
calculated importer-specific (or customer-specific) ad valorem 
assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of the dumping 
duties calculated for the examined sales to the total entered value of 
those same sales. See 19 CFR 351.212(b). However, where the respondents 
did not report the entered value for their sales, we will calculate 
importer-specific (or customer-specific) per unit duty assessment 
rates. We will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all 
appropriate entries covered by this review if any assessment rate 
calculated in the final results of this review is above de minimis.
Cash Deposit Requirements
    The following deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of PET Film from the UAE entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of the 
final results of this administrative review, as provided for by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for companies under 
review will be the rate established in the final results of this review 
(except, if the rate is zero or de minimis, i.e., less than 0.5 
percent, no cash deposit will be required); (2) for previously reviewed 
or investigated companies not listed above, 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 review, a 
prior review, or the less-than-fair-value investigation, but the 
manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for 
the most recent period for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and, 
(4) if neither the exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered in 
this or any previous review, the cash deposit rate will be the all 
others rate for this proceeding, 4.05 percent.\3\ These deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.
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Disclosure and Public Comment
    We 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

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with 19 CFR 351.224(b). Any interested party may request a hearing 
within 30 days of the publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register. See 19 CFR 351.310. If a hearing is requested, the Department 
will notify interested parties of the hearing schedule.
    Interested parties are invited to comment on the preliminary 
results of this review. Unless extended by the Department, interested 
parties must submit case briefs within 30 days of the date of 
publication of this notice. Rebuttal briefs, which must be limited to 
issues raised in the case briefs, must be filed not later than five 
days after the time limit for filing case briefs. See 19 CFR 351.309(c) 
and (d) (for a further discussion of case briefs and rebuttal briefs, 
respectively). Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in 
this review are requested to submit with each argument: (1) A statement 
of the issue, (2) a brief summary of the argument, and (3) a table of 
authorities. Executive summaries should be limited to five pages total, 
including footnotes.
    We intend to issue the final results of this administrative review, 
including the results of our analysis of issues raised in the written 
comments, within 120 days of publication of these preliminary results 
in the Federal Register, unless otherwise extended. See section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
Notification to Importers
    This notice also serves as a preliminary 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 entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
    These preliminary results of administrative review are issued and 
published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the 
Act.

    Dated: December 7, 2010.
Paul Piquado,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-31771 Filed 12-16-10; 8:45 am]
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