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1Petitioners are DuPont Teijin Films, Mitsubishi 

Polyester Film, Inc., SKC, Inc. and Toray Plastics 

(America), Inc. 

2See Message number 1285302, available at 

http://addcvd.cbp.gov. 

3See Memorandum to Barbara E. Tillman, 

Director, AD/CVD Operations, Office 6, from Elfi 

Blum, International Trade Analyst titled 

‘‘Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty 

Order on Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet 

and Strip from India: Respondent Selection 

Memorandum,’’ dated October 21, 2011. 

4See, e.g., Welded Carbon Steel Standard Pipe 

and Tube from Turkey: Notice of Rescission of 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, In Part, 

74 FR 47921 (September 18, 2009). 

results of this administrative review, 

including the results of its analysis of 

arguments made in any case or rebuttal 

briefs. 

These preliminary results of review 

are issued and published in accordance 

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

the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4). 

Dated: March 26, 2012. 

Paul Piquado, 

Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7846 Filed 3–30–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–533–825] 

Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet 

and Strip From India: Rescission of 

Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Effective Date: April 2, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Toni 

Page, Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 

Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 

482–1398. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Background 

On July 1, 2011, the Department of 

Commerce (Department) published a 

notice of opportunity to request an 

administrative review of the 

countervailing duty (CVD) order on 

polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet 

and strip from India covering the period 

January 1, 2010, through December 31, 

2010. See Antidumping or 

Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 

Suspended Investigation; Opportunity 

To Request Administrative Review, 76 

FR 38609, 38610 (July 1, 2011). The 

Department received a timely request 

from Petitioners 1 for a CVD 

administrative review of five 

companies: Ester Industries Limited 

(Ester), Garware Polyester Ltd. 

(Garware), Jindal Poly Films Limited of 

India (Jindal), Polyplex Corporation Ltd. 

(Polyplex), and SRF Limited (SRF). The 

Department also received timely 

requests for a CVD review from Vacmet 

India Ltd. (Vacmet) and Polypacks 

Industries of India (Polypacks). 

On August 26, 2011, the Department 

published a notice of initiation of 

administrative review with respect to 

Ester, Garware, Jindal, Polyplex, SRF, 

Vacmet, and Polypacks. See Initiation of 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews and Requests 

for Revocation in Part, 76 FR 53404 

(August 26, 2011) (Initiation Notice). 

Prior to the publication of the Initiation 

Notice, Vacmet and Polypacks timely 

withdrew their requests for an 

administrative review. On September 

20, 2011, the Department published a 

rescission, in part, of the CVD 

administrative review with respect to 

Vacmet and Polypacks. See 

Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet 

and Strip From India: Rescission, In 

Part, of Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review, 76 FR 58248 

(September 20, 2011). 

On September 12, 2011, SRF filed a 

certification of no shipments and 

requested that the Department rescind 

the CVD administrative review of the 

company. On November 25, 2011, 

Petitioners timely withdrew their 

request for CVD administrative reviews 

of Ester, Garware, Polyplex, and Jindal. 

The Department published a rescission, 

in part, of the CVD administrative 

review with respect to Ester, Garware, 

Polyplex, and Jindal on January 11, 

2012. See Polyethylene Terephthalate 

Film, Sheet and Strip From India: 

Rescission, in Part, of Countervailing 

Duty Administrative Review, 77 FR 1668 

(January 11, 2012). The administrative 

review of SRF continued. 

Rescission of Review 

On February 21, 2012, we published 

a notice of intent to rescind this CVD 

administrative review with respect to 

SRF, and invited interested parties to 

comment. See Polyethylene 

Terephthalate Film, Sheet and Strip 

from India: Preliminary Intent to 

Rescind Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review, 77 FR 9892 

(February 21, 2012) (Intent to Rescind). 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), the 

Department may rescind an 

administrative review with respect to a 

particular exporter or producer, if the 

Secretary concludes that, during the 

period covered by the review, there 

were no entries, exports, or sales of the 

subject merchandise to the United 

States by that exporter or producer. SRF 

submitted a letter on September 12, 

2011, certifying that it did not have any 

shipments of subject merchandise to the 

United States during the period of 

review (POR). The Department received 

no comments from any other party on 

SRF’s no-shipment claim. 

We issued a ‘‘no shipments inquiry’’ 

message to U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP), which posted the 

message on October 12, 2011.2 We also 

conducted a CBP data query for this 

case on October 21, 2011, which we 

placed on the record.3 We did not 

receive any information from CBP to 

contradict SRF’s claim of no sales, 

shipments, or entries of subject 

merchandise to the United States during 

the POR. See Memorandum to the File 

through Barbara E. Tillman, Director, 

AD/CVD Operations, Office 6, titled 

‘‘Claim of No Shipments from SRF 

Limited in the 2010 Administrative 

Review of the Countervailing Duty 

Order on Polyethylene Terephthalate 

Film, Sheet and Strip from India,’’ dated 

February 14, 2012. Furthermore, the 

Department received no comments from 

parties on the Intent to Rescind. 

As such, we determine that there were 

no entries during the POR of subject 

merchandise produced or exported by 

SRF. Therefore, in accordance with 19 

CFR 351.213(d)(3), and consistent with 

our practice,4 we are rescinding the 

review for SRF. Because SRF is the sole 

remaining company in this 

administrative review, the rescission 

with respect to SRF results in a 

rescission of this administrative review 

in its entirety. 

Assessment 

The Department will instruct CBP to 

assess countervailing duties on all 

appropriate entries. Subject 

merchandise exported by SRF will be 

assessed CVDs at rates equal to the cash 

deposit of estimated CVDs required at 

the time of entry, or withdrawal from 

warehouse, for consumption, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 

351.212(c)(1)(i). The Department 

intends to issue appropriate assessment 

instructions directly to CBP within 15 

days of publication of this notice. 

Notification Regarding Administrative 

Protective Orders 

This notice also serves as a reminder 

to parties subject to administrative 

protective order (APO) of their 

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responsibility concerning the return or 

destruction of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues 

to govern business proprietary 

information in this segment of the 

proceeding. 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 issued and published in 

accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 

777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4). 

Dated: March 27, 2012. 

Christian Marsh, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7871 Filed 3–30–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–523–802] 

Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel 

Pipe From the Sultanate of Oman: 

Preliminary Negative Countervailing 

Duty Determination and Alignment of 

Final Countervailing Duty 

Determination With Final Antidumping 

Duty Determination 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

preliminarily determines that 

countervailable subsidies are not being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

circular welded carbon-quality steel 

pipe (‘‘circular welded pipe’’) from the 

Sultanate of Oman (‘‘Oman’’). 

DATES: Effective Date: April 2, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sergio Balbontin or Susan Kuhbach, 

AD/CVD Operations, Office 1, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–6478 and (202) 

482–0112, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Case History 

The following events have occurred 

since the publication of the Department 

of Commerce’s (‘‘Department’’) notice of 

initiation in the Federal Register. See 

Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel 

Pipe from India, the Sultanate of Oman, 

the United Arab Emirates, and the 

Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Initiation 

of Countervailing Duty Investigations, 

76 FR 72173 (November 22, 2011) 

(‘‘Initiation Notice’’), and the 

accompanying Initiation Checklist. 

On November 22, 2011, the 

Department released the U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’) data on 

imports of subject merchandise during 

the period of investigation (‘‘POI’’), 

under administrative protective order 

(‘‘APO’’) to all parties with APO access. 

See Memorandum to the File from 

Joshua Morris, ‘‘Release of Customs and 

Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’) Data,’’ dated 

November 22, 2011. We received no 

comments. The CBP data showed two 

exporters of subject merchandise: Al 

Jazeera Tube Mills Company SAOG (‘‘Al 

Jazeera’’) and a second company with 

inconsequential exports because the 

quantity of exports was extremely small. 

On December 16, 2011, the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (‘‘ITC’’) 

published its affirmative preliminary 

determination that there is a reasonable 

indication that an industry in the 

United States is materially injured by 

reason of allegedly subsidized imports 

of circular welded pipe from India, 

Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and 

the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. See 

Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel 

Pipe from India, Oman, the United Arab 

Emirates, and Vietnam, 76 FR 78313 

(December 16, 2011). 

On December 19, 2011, the 

Department postponed the deadline for 

the preliminary determination in this 

investigation until March 26, 2012. See 

Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel 

Pipe from India, the Sultanate of Oman, 

the United Arab Emirates, and the 

Socialist Republic of Vietnam: 

Postponement of Preliminary 

Determinations in the Countervailing 

Duty Investigations, 76 FR 78615 

(December 19, 2011). In conjunction 

with this postponement, the Department 

also postponed the deadline for the 

submission of new subsidy allegations 

until February 15, 2012. See 

Memorandum to the File from Joshua S. 

Morris, ‘‘New Subsidy Allegation 

Deadline: Circular Welded CarbonQuality Steel Pipe from India, the 

Sultanate of Oman, the United Arab 

Emirates, and the Socialist Republic of 

Vietnam,’’ dated December 15, 2011. 

This memorandum and others 

referenced in this determination are on 

file electronically in Import 

Administration’s Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Centralized 

Electronic Service System (‘‘IA 

ACCESS’’), with access to IA ACCESS 

available in the Department’s Central 

Records Unit (‘‘CRU’’), room 7046 of the 

main Department building. 

On December 22, 2011, we issued a 

countervailing duty questionnaire to the 

Government of the Sultanate of Oman 

(‘‘GSO’’) and to Al Jazeera. We received 

responses from the GSO and Al Jazeera 

on February 17, 2012. See February 17, 

2012 Questionnaire Response of Al 

Jazeera Steel Products Co. SAOG (‘‘AJ 

QR’’) and February 17, 2012 

Questionnaire Response of the 

Government of the Sultanate of Oman 

(‘‘GSO QR’’). Supplemental 

questionnaires were sent to the GSO on 

February 27 and March 1, 2012, and to 

Al Jazeera on February 27, 2012, and we 

received responses from Al Jazeera on 

March 7, 2012, and from the GSO on 

March 16, 2012. See March 7, 2012 

Supplemental Questionnaire Response 

of Al Jazeera Steel Products Co. SAOG 

(‘‘AJ SQR’’) and March 16, 2012 

Response of the Government of the 

Sultanate of Oman to Supplemental 

Questionnaire and New Subsidies 

Allegation Questionnaire (‘‘GSO SQR’’). 

One of the petitioning parties, 

Wheatland Tube, requested two 

extensions of the deadline for filing new 

subsidy allegations. As a result, this 

deadline was extended from February 

15 to February 24, and then to February 

28, 2012. See Memorandum to the File 

from Susan Kuhbach, ‘‘New Subsidy 

Allegation Deadline: Circular Welded 

Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from India, 

the Sultanate of Oman, the United Arab 

Emirates, and the Socialist Republic of 

Vietnam,’’ dated February 6, 2012 and 

Letter to Interested Parties, dated 

February 24, 2012. 

A new subsidy allegation was 

received from Wheatland Tube on 

February 28, 2012. See Letter from 

Petitioner Wheatland Tube re New 

Subsidies Allegation and Additional 

Factual Information, dated February 28, 

2012. On March 5, 2012, the Department 

included the newly alleged subsidy in 

the investigation. See Memorandum: 

‘‘New Subsidy Allegations,’’ dated 

March 5, 2012. On March 6, 2012, the 

Department sent new subsidy allegation 

questionnaires to Al Jazeera and the 

GSO and their responses were received 

on March 13, and 16, respectively. See 

‘‘Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel 

Pipe from the Sultanate of Oman: Al 

Jazeera New Subsidies Questionnaire 

Response,’’ dated March 15, 2012 (‘‘AJ 

NSQR’’), and GSO SQR. 

We received pre-preliminary 

comments from Wheatland Tube on 

March 14, 2012. 

Period of Investigation 

The period for which we are 

measuring subsidies, i.e., the POI, is 

January 1, 2010, through December 31, 

2010. 

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