10758 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 45 / Tuesday, March 9, 2010 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–533–824, C–533–825] 

Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet 

and Strip from India: Initiation of 

Antidumping Duty and Countervailing 

Duty New Shipper Reviews 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(the Department) has received requests 

to conduct new shipper reviews of the 

antidumping (AD) and countervailing 

duty (CVD) orders on Polyethylene 

Terephthalate Film, Sheet and Strip 

(PET Film) from India. The Department 

determines that these requests are 

sufficient to meet the regulatory 

requirements for initiation. See 19 CFR 

351.214(c). The period of review (POR) 

for the AD new shipper review is July 

1, 2009 to December 31, 2009, and, for 

the CVD new shipper review, it is 

January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 9, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elfi 

Blum or Mark Hoadley, 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) 482–0197 or (202) 482– 

3148, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The notice announcing the 

antidumping duty order on PET Film 

from India was published on July 1, 

2002. 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 

from India, 67 FR 44175 (July 1, 2002) 

(Antidumping Duty Order). The notice 

announcing the countervailing duty 

order on PET Film from India was also 

published on July 1, 2002. See Notice of 

Countervailing Duty Order: Polyethylene 

Terephthalate Film, Sheet and Strip 

(PET Film) from India, 67 FR 44179 

(July 1, 2002) (Countervailing Duty 

Order). On December 24, 2009, the 

Department received timely requests for 

AD and CVD new shipper reviews from 

SRF Limited in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.214(c). In its requests, SRF Limited 

certified that it is both the producer and 

exporter of all of the PET Film it 

exported to the United States, which is 

the basis for its requests for new shipper 

reviews. 

Pursuant to the requirements set forth 

in 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i) and (iii), in 

its requests for new shipper reviews, 

SRF Limited certified that (1) it did not 

export PET Film to the United States 

during the periods of investigation (POI) 

in the AD and CVD investigations; and 

(2) since the initiation of the 

investigations, it has never been 

affiliated with any company that 

exported subject merchandise to the 

United States during the POI, including 

any exporter or producer not 

individually examined during the 

investigations. 

In accordance with 19 CFR 

351.214(b)(2)(iv), SRF Limited 

submitted documentation establishing 

the following: (1) the date on which it 

first shipped PET Film for export to the 

United States and the date on which the 

PET Film was first entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption; (2) the volume of its first 

shipment; and (3) the date of its first 

sale to an unaffiliated customer in the 

United States. Further, SRF Limited 

certified in its request for a CVD new 

shipper review, that it has also informed 

the Government of India that it is 

requesting this review and that the 

government will be required to provide 

a full response to the Department’s 

questionnaires. See 19 CFR 

351.214(b)(2)(v). SRF Limited stated that 

it had not made any subsequent 

shipments of PET film to the United 

States. 

The Department confirmed, by 

examining U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection data, that an entry by SRF 

Limited was entered during the periods 

of review. After examining these data, 

the Department intends to request 

additional information from SRF 

Limited about merchandise that it 

exported. For a more detailed 

discussion, see Memorandum to the File 

from Mark Hoadley, Program Manager, 

Office 6, ‘‘New Shipper Review 

Initiation Checklist,’’ dated concurrently 

with this notice, at 5–6 (Initiation 

Checklist), on file in the Central Records 

Unit, room 1117, of the main Commerce 

building. 

Initiation of New Shipper Reviews 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.221(c), the 

Department will publish a notice of 

initiation concerning a new shipper 

review no later than the last day of the 

month following the anniversary (or 

semiannual anniversary) month, as 

appropriate. As explained in the 

memorandum from the Deputy 

Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Import 

Administration, the Department has 

exercised its discretion to toll deadlines 

for the duration of the closure of the 

Federal Government from February 5, 

through February 12, 2010. Thus, all 

deadlines in this segment of the 

proceeding have been extended by 

seven days. The revised deadline for the 

initiation of these new shipper reviews 

is now March 8, 2010. See 

Memorandum to the Record from 

Ronald Lorentzen, DAS for Import 

Administration, regarding ‘‘Tolling of 

Administrative Deadlines As a Result of 

the Government Closure During the 

Recent Snowstorm,’’ dated February 12, 

2010. 

We find that the requests submitted 

by SRF Limited meet the threshold 

requirements for initiation of AD and 

CVD new shipper reviews for shipments 

of PET Film from India. Accordingly, 

pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) 

and 19 CFR 351.214(d)(1), and based on 

the information on the record, we are 

initiating these new shipper reviews for 

SRF Limited. See also Initiation 

Checklist. We intend to issue the 

preliminary results of these reviews no 

later than 180 days after the date on 

which these reviews are initiated, and 

the final results of these reviews within 

90 days after the date on which the 

preliminary results are issued, in 

accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) 

of the Act. 

We will instruct U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection to allow, at the option 

of the importer, the posting of a bond or 

security of both the AD and CVD duties 

in lieu of a cash deposit for each entry 

of the subject merchandise from SRF 

Limited during the pendency of these 

reviews, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.214(e). Because SRF Limited 

certified that it both produced and 

exported the subject merchandise, the 

sale of which is the basis for these new 

shipper review requests, we will apply 

the bonding privilege to SRF Limited 

only for subject merchandise which SRF 

Limited both produced and exported. 

Interested parties requiring access to 

proprietary information in this new 

shipper review should submit 

applications for disclosure under 

administrative protective order in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. 

This initiation and notice are in 

accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.214 and 

351.221(c)(1)(i). 

Dated: March 2, 2010. 

John M. Andersen. 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations. 

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