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2The petitioners are the Cast Iron Soil Pipe 

Institute and its individual members, AB&I 

Foundry, Charlotte Pipe & Foundry, and Tyler Pipe. 

3See the petitioners’ letter, ‘‘Cast Iron Soil Pipe 

from the People’s Republic of China: Request to 

Extend the Preliminary Determination,’’ dated June 

1, 2018. 

4 Id. 

1See Low Melt Polyester Staple Fiber from 

Taiwan: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of 

Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional 

Measures, 83 FR 4903 (February 2, 2018) 

(Preliminary Determination), and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Affirmative 

Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigation of Low Melt Polyester Staple Fiber 

from Taiwan,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision 

Memorandum). 

3For discussion of our verification findings, see 

the following memoranda: Memorandum, 

‘‘Verification of Far Eastern New Century 

Corporation in the Antidumping Duty Investigation 

of Low Melt Polyester Staple Fiber from Taiwan,’’ 

dated March 14, 2018; and Memorandum, 

‘‘Verification of the Sales Response of Far Eastern 

Continued 

within 140 days after the date on which 

Commerce initiated the investigation. 

However, section 733(c)(1) of the Act 

permits Commerce to postpone the 

preliminary determination until no later 

than 190 days after the date on which 

Commerce initiated the investigation if: 

(A) The petitioners 2 submit a timely 

request for a postponement; or (B) 

Commerce concludes that the parties 

concerned are cooperating, that the 

investigation is extraordinarily 

complicated, and that additional time is 

necessary to make a preliminary 

determination. Under 19 CFR 

351.205(e), the petitioners must submit 

a request for postponement 25 days or 

more before the scheduled date of the 

preliminary determination and must 

state the reasons for the request. 

Commerce will grant the request unless 

it finds compelling reasons to deny the 

request. 

On June 1, 2018, the petitioners 

submitted a timely request that 

Commerce postpone the preliminary 

determination in this LTFV 

investigation.3 The petitioners stated 

that they request postponement to, 

among other things, permit Commerce 

to issue and receive supplemental 

questionnaires prior to the preliminary 

determination.4

For the reasons stated above and 

because there are no compelling reasons 

to deny the request, Commerce, in 

accordance with section 733(c)(1)(A) of 

the Act, is postponing the deadline for 

the preliminary determination by 50 

days (i.e., 190 days after the date on 

which this investigation was initiated). 

As a result, Commerce will issue its 

preliminary determination no later than 

August 24, 2018. In accordance with 

section 735(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.210(b)(1), the deadline for the final 

determination of this investigation will 

continue to be 75 days after the 

preliminary determination, unless 

postponed at a later date. 

This notice is issued and published 

pursuant to section 733(c)(2) of the Act 

and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1). 

Dated: June 15, 2018. 

Gary Taverman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations, 

performing the non-exclusive functions and 

duties of the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–583–861] 

Low Melt Polyester Staple Fiber From 

Taiwan: Final Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) determines that imports of 

low melt polyester staple fiber (low melt 

PSF) from Taiwan are being, or are 

likely to be, sold in the United States at 

less than fair value (LTFV) during the 

period of investigation (POI) April 1, 

2016, through March 31, 2017. The final 

dumping margins of sales at LTFV are 

listed below in the ‘‘Final 

Determination’’ section of this notice. 

DATES: Applicable June 22, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rebecca Janz or Ajay Menon, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office II, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–2972 or (202) 482–1993. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On February 2, 2018, Commerce 

published the Preliminary 

Determination of sales at LTFV of low 

melt PSF from Taiwan, in which we 

also postponed the final determination 

until June 18, 2018.1 We invited 

interested parties to comment on the 

Preliminary Determination. A summary 

of the events that occurred since 

Commerce published the Preliminary 

Determination, as well as a full 

discussion of the issues raised by parties 

for this final determination, may be 

found in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum, which is adopted by this 

notice.2

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is low melt PSF from 

Taiwan. For a full description of the 

scope of this investigation, see the 

‘‘Scope of the Investigation’’ in 

Appendix I of this notice. For a 

discussion of changes to the scope since 

the Preliminary Determination, see the 

‘‘Scope of the Investigation’’ section of 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in the case brief 

submitted by the petitioner in this 

investigation are addressed in the Issues 

and Decision Memorandum 

accompanying this notice. A list of the 

issues addressed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum is attached to 

this notice as Appendix II. 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, and it is available to 

all parties in the Central Records Unit, 

Room B–8024 of the main Department 

of Commerce building. 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 

electronic versions of the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum are identical in 

content. 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i) of the 

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

in January and February 2018, we 

conducted verification of the sales and 

cost information submitted by Far 

Eastern New Century Corporation 

(FENC) for use in our final 

determination. We used standard 

verification procedures, including an 

examination of relevant accounting and 

production records, and original source 

documents provided by FENC.3


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New Century Corporation (FENC) in the 

Antidumping Investigation of Low Melt Polyester 

Staple Fiber from Taiwan,’’ dated April 2, 2018. 

4See Modification of Regulations Regarding the 

Practice of Accepting Bonds During the Provisional 

Measures Period in Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Investigations, 76 FR 61042 

(October 3, 2011). 

Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

Based on our analysis of the 

comments received and our findings at 

verification, we made certain changes to 

the margin calculations for FENC. For a 

discussion of these changes, see the 

‘‘Margin Calculations’’ section of the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

All-Others Rate 

Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act 

provides that the estimated weightedaverage dumping margin for all other 

producers and exporters not 

individually investigated shall be equal 

to the weighted average of the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins 

established for exporters and producers 

individually investigated excluding 

rates that are zero, de minimis, or 

determined entirely on facts otherwise 

available under section 776 of the Act. 

Commerce calculated an individual 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin for FENC, the only individually 

investigated exporter/producer in this 

investigation. Because the only 

individually calculated dumping margin 

is not zero, de minimis, or based 

entirely on facts otherwise available, for 

purposes of determining the ‘‘all-others’’ 

rate pursuant to section 735(c)(5)(A) of 

the Act, we are using the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margin 

calculated for FENC, as referenced in 

the ‘‘Final Determination’’ section 

below. 

Final Determination 

The final estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins are as follows: 

Exporter or producer 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Far eastern new century corporation .... 49.93 

All Others ............................................... 49.93 

Disclosure 

We will disclose the calculations 

performed in this final determination 

within five days of the date of 

publication of this notice to parties in 

this proceeding in accordance with 19 

CFR 351.224(b). 

Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, for this final 

determination, we will direct U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 

continue to suspend liquidation of all 

entries of low melt polyester staple 

fiber, as described in Appendix I of this 

notice, which are entered, or withdrawn 

from warehouse, for consumption on or 

after February 2, 2018, the date of 

publication in the Federal Register of 

the affirmative Preliminary 

Determination. Further, we will instruct 

CBP to require a cash deposit equal to 

the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins indicated in the chart 

above.4

These suspension of liquidation 

instructions will remain in effect until 

further notice. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 735(d) of 

the Act, we will notify the International 

Trade Commission (ITC) of the final 

affirmative determination of sales at 

LTFV. Because Commerce’s final 

determination is affirmative, in 

accordance with section 735(b)(2) of the 

Act, the ITC will make its final 

determination as to whether the 

domestic industry in the United States 

is materially injured, or threatened with 

material injury, by reason of imports, or 

sales (or the likelihood of sales) for 

importation of low melt PSF from 

Taiwan no later than 45 days after this 

final determination. If the ITC 

determines that such injury does not 

exist, this proceeding will be terminated 

and all cash deposits will be refunded 

or canceled. If the ITC determines that 

such injury does exist, Commerce will 

issue an antidumping duty order 

directing CBP to assess, upon further 

instruction by Commerce, antidumping 

duties on all imports of the subject 

merchandise entered, or withdrawn 

from warehouse, for consumption on or 

after the effective date of the suspension 

of liquidation, as discussed above in the 

‘‘Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation’’ section. 

Notification Regarding Administrative 

Protective Orders 

This notice serves as a reminder to 

parties subject to an administrative 

protective order (APO) of their 

responsibility concerning the 

disposition of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely 

written notification of 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 

This determination and this notice are 

issued and published pursuant to 

sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act 

and 19 CFR 351.210(c). 

Dated: June 18, 2018. 

Gary Taverman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations, 

performing the non-exclusive functions and 

duties of the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise subject to this 

investigation is synthetic staple fibers, not 

carded or combed, specifically bi-component 

polyester fibers having a polyester fiber 

component that melts at a lower temperature 

than the other polyester fiber component 

(low melt PSF). The scope includes bicomponent polyester staple fibers of any 

denier or cut length. The subject 

merchandise may be coated, usually with a 

finish or dye, or not coated. 

Low melt PSF is classifiable under the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 

States (HTSUS) subheading 5503.20.0015. 

Although the HTSUS subheading is provided 

for convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the scope of the 

merchandise under the investigation is 

dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Investigation 

IV. Margin Calculations 

V. Discussion of the Issues 

1. Treatment of FENC’s Corrections 

Presented Prior to Verification 

2. Revising FENC’s Major Input 

Adjustment to Reflect Cost Verification 

Findings 

VI. Recommendation 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Marine Mammal 

Protection Act Annual Supplemental 

Data Report 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 


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