[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 12, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 46143]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19831]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-122-855]


Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin From Canada: Notice of 
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding its 
administrative review of polyethylene terephthalate resin from Canada 
for the period or review (POR) May 1, 2017, through April 30, 2018.

DATES: Applicable September 12, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karine Gziryan, 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) 482-4081.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On May 1, 2018, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice 
of ``Opportunity to Request Administrative Review'' of the antidumping 
duty order on polyethylene terephthalate resin from Canada for the 
POR.\1\ On May 31, 2018, in accordance with section 751(a) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.213(b), 
Commerce received a timely request from Compagnie Selenis Canada 
(Selenis) to conduct an administrative review.\2\
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 83 FR 19047 (May 1, 2018).
    \2\ See Letter from Selenis, ``Administrative Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order on Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin from 
Canada: Request for Review,'' dated May 31, 2018.
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    Pursuant to this request and in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.221(c)(1)(i), on July 12, 2018, Commerce published a notice of 
initiation of an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
polyethylene terephthalate resin from Canada.\3\ On July 18, 2018, 
Commerce issued its antidumping duty questionnaire to Selenis. On 
August 3, 2018, Selenis withdrew its request for an administrative 
review.\4\
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    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review, 83 FR 32270 (July 12, 2018) (Initiation 
Notice).
    \4\ See Letter from Selenis, ``Administrative Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order on Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin from 
Canada: Withdrawal of Request for Review,'' dated August 3, 2018.
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Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an 
administrative review if the party that requested the review withdraws 
its request within 90 days of the publication date of the notice of 
initiation of the requested review. Selenis withdrew its review request 
before the 90-day deadline, and no other party requested an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order. Therefore, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), we are rescinding this 
administrative review in its entirety.

Assessment

    Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of polyethylene 
terephthalate resin from Canada. Antidumping duties shall be assessed 
at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated antidumping duties 
required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for 
consumption, during the period May 1, 2017, through April 30, 2018, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to issue 
appropriate assessment instructions to CBP 41 days after the date of 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers for whom 
this review is being rescinded 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 the 
antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double 
antidumping duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely written notification of 
the return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial 
protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the 
regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which is subject to 
sanction.
    This notice is published in accordance with section 751(a)(1) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: September 6, 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.
[FR Doc. 2018-19831 Filed 9-11-18; 8:45 am]
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