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1A full description of the scope of the order is 

contained in the memorandum, ‘‘Decision 

Memorandum for Preliminary Results and Partial 

Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review: Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, 

and Strip from Taiwan; 2016–2017’’ (Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum), which is hereby adopted 

by this notice. 

2See 19 CFR 351.309(d). 

3See 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing 

requirements). 

period. Failure to comply with this 

requirement could result in the 

Secretary’s presumption that 

reimbursement of antidumping and/or 

countervailing duties occurred and the 

subsequent assessment of double 

antidumping duties. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

results in accordance with sections 

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

CFR 351.213(h)(1). 

Dated: August 2018. 

James Maeder, 

Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations performing the duties of Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Operations. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Discussion of Methodology 

A. Comparisons to Normal Value 

1. Determination of Comparison Method 

2. Results of the Differential Pricing (DP) 

Analysis 

B. Product Comparisons 

C. Date of Sale 

D. Export Price/Constructed Export Price 

E. Normal Value 

1. Home Market Viability 

2. Affiliated Party Transactions and the 

Arm’s-Length Test 

3. Cost of Production 

a. Calculation of Cost of Production 

b. Test of Comparison Market Prices 

c. Results of the COP Test 

F. Level of Trade 

G. Calculation of Normal Value Based on 

Comparison Market Prices 

H. Calculation of Normal Value Based on 

Constructed Value 

I. Margins for Companies Not Selected for 

Individual Examination 

J. Currency Conversion 

V. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–583–837] 

Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, 

Sheet, and Strip From Taiwan: 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review and 

Preliminary Determination of No 

Shipments; 2016–2017 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) is conducting an 

administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on 

polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, 

and strip (PET Film) from Taiwan. The 

period of review (POR) is July 1, 2016, 

through June 30, 2017. We preliminarily 

determine that Nan Ya Plastics 

Corporation (Nan Ya) did not make sales 

below normal value (NV) and that 

Shinkong Materials Technology 

Corporation (SMTC) had no shipments 

during the POR. Interested parties are 

invited to comment on these 

preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable August 10, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jacqueline Arrowsmith at (202) 482– 

5255, AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise subject to the order 

is PET Film. The PET Film subject to 

the order is currently classifiable under 

subheading 3920.62.00.90 of the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States.1

Preliminary Determination of No 

Shipments 

Based on our analysis of U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection (CBP) 

information and information provided 

by SMTC and its affiliate, Shinkong 

Synthetic Fibers Corp. (SSFC), we 

preliminarily determine that SMTC had 

no shipments of the subject 

merchandise during the POR. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this review 

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

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 

Act). Export price is calculated in 

accordance with section 772 of the Act. 

NV is calculated in accordance with 

section 773 of the Act. 

For a full description of the 

methodology underlying our 

conclusions, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. A list of topics 

included in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included at the 

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 and is 

available to all parties in the Central 

Records Unit in Room B8024 of the 

main Commerce building. In addition, a 

complete version of the Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

on the internet at http://enforcement.

trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed 

and electronic versions of the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum are 

identical in content. 

Preliminary Results of Review 

As a result of this review, we 

preliminarily determine the following 

weighted-average dumping margin for 

the period July 1, 2016, through June 30, 

2017. 

Manufacturer/exporter 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Nan Ya Plastics Corporation ...... 0.00 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

We intend to disclose the calculations 

performed to parties in this proceeding 

within five days after public 

announcement of the preliminary 

results in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.224(b). Pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.309(c), interested parties may 

submit case briefs not later than 30 days 

after the date of publication of this 

notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues 

raised in the case briefs, may be filed 

not later than five days after the date for 

filing case briefs.2 Parties who submit 

case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this 

proceeding are encouraged to submit 

with each argument: (1) A statement of 

the issue; (2) a brief summary of the 

argument; and (3) a table of authorities.3

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing, must submit a written request 

to the Acting Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance, filed 

electronically via ACCESS. An 

electronically filed document must be 

received successfully in its entirety by 

Commerce’s electronic records system, 

ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time within 

30 days after the date of publication of 

this notice. Requests should contain: (1) 

The party’s name, address and 


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4For a full discussion of this clarification, see 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 

Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 

(May 6, 2003) (Assessment Policy Notice). 

5See PET Film from Taiwan Amended Final 

Determination. 

1See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures; 

Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR 

39263 (July 6, 2011). 

telephone number; (2) the number of 

participants; and (3) a list of issues to be 

discussed. Issues raised in the hearing 

will be limited to those raised in the 

respective case briefs. Commerce 

intends to issue the final results of this 

administrative review, including the 

results of its analysis of the issues raised 

in any written briefs, not later than 120 

days after the date of publication of this 

notice, unless extended, pursuant to 

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

Assessment Rates 

Upon completion of this 

administrative review, Commerce shall 

determine and U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) shall assess 

antidumping duties on all appropriate 

entries. If a respondent’s weightedaverage dumping margin is not zero or 

de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent) 

in the final results of this review, we 

will calculate importer-specific ad 

valorem assessment rates on the basis of 

the ratio of the total amount of dumping 

calculated for an importer’s examined 

sales and the total entered value of such 

sales in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.212(b)(1). Where either the 

respondent’s weighted-average dumping 

margin is zero or de minimis within the 

meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c), or an 

importer-specific rate is zero or de 

minimis, we will instruct CBP to 

liquidate the appropriate entries 

without regard to antidumping duties. 

Commerce clarified its ‘‘automatic 

assessment’’ regulation on May 6, 2003.4

This clarification applies to entries of 

subject merchandise during the POR 

produced by a respondent for which it 

did not know its merchandise was 

destined for the United States. In such 

instances, we will instruct CBP to 

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

intermediate company(ies) involved in 

the transaction. 

We intend to issue instructions to 

CBP 15 days after publication of the 

final results of this review. 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following deposit requirements 

will be effective for all shipments of 

PET Film from Taiwan 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 the company 

under review will be the rate 

established in the final results of this 

review (except, if the rate is zero or de 

minimis, 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-thanfair-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) the cash 

deposit rate for all other manufacturers 

or exporters is 2.40 percent.5 These cash 

deposit requirements, when imposed, 

shall remain in effect until further 

notice. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This notice also serves as a 

preliminary 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 

review period. Failure to comply with 

this requirement could result in the 

Secretary’s presumption that 

reimbursement of antidumping duties 

occurred and the subsequent assessment 

of double antidumping duties. 

We are issuing and publishing these 

preliminary results in accordance with 

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

Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1). 

Dated: August 3, 2018. 

Christian Marsh, 

Deputy 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. Preliminary Finding of No Shipments for 

SMTC 

V. Product Comparisons 

VI. Comparison to Normal Value 

A. Determination of Comparison Method 

B. Results of the Differential Pricing 

Analysis 

C. Date of Sale 

D. Export Price 

E. Normal Value 

F. Calculation of Normal Value Based on 

Comparison Market Prices 

G. Price-to-Constructed Value Comparisons 

H. Currency Conversion 

VII. Recommendation 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Reviews 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) has received requests to 

conduct administrative reviews of 

various antidumping and countervailing 

duty orders and findings with June 

anniversary dates. In accordance with 

Commerce’s regulations, we are 

initiating those administrative reviews. 

DATES: Applicable August 10, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brenda E. Brown, Office of AD/CVD 

Operations, Customs Liaison Unit, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482–4735. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Commerce has received timely 

requests, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.213(b), for administrative reviews of 

various antidumping and countervailing 

duty orders and findings with June 

anniversary dates. 

All deadlines for the submission of 

various types of information, 

certifications, or comments or actions by 

Commerce discussed below refer to the 

number of calendar days from the 

applicable starting time. 

Notice of No Sales 

If a producer or exporter named in 

this notice of initiation had no exports, 

sales, or entries during the period of 

review (POR), it must notify Commerce 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register. All 

submissions must be filed electronically 

at http://access.trade.gov in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.303.1 Such 

submissions are subject to verification 

in accordance with section 782(i) of the 

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

Further, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.303(f)(1)(i), a copy must be served 

on every party on Commerce’s service 

list. 

Respondent Selection 

In the event Commerce limits the 

number of respondents for individual 


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