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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 99830-99831]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29111]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-523-810]

Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin From the Sultanate of Oman: 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that the 
sole producer/exporter under administrative review, OCTAL SAOC FZC 
(OCTAL), did not sell subject merchandise at less than normal value 
during the period of review (POR), May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023.

DATES: Applicable December 11, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Pedersen, 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) 482-2769.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 5, 2024, Commerce published the Preliminary Results in the 
Federal Register.\1\ For a complete description of the events that 
occurred since Commerce issued the Preliminary Results, see the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum.\2\ Commerce conducted this administrative 
review in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act).
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    \1\ See Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin from the Sultanate of 
Oman: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2022-2023, 89 FR 48153 (June 5, 2024) 
(Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the 2022-2023 Administrative Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order on Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin From the 
Sultanate of Oman,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, 
this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order \3\
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    \3\ See Certain Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin from Canada, 
the People's Republic of China, India, and the Sultanate of Oman: 
Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Determination (Sultanate of 
Oman) and Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 27979 (May 6, 2016) 
(Order).
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    The merchandise covered the Order is polyethylene terephthalate 
resin (PET resin) from the Sultanate of Oman (Oman). For a full 
description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs that interested 
parties filed in this administrative review are listed in the in the 
appendix to this notice and addressed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum. 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 Services System 
(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum can be assessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our review of the record and interested parties' comments 
on the Preliminary Results, we revised certain language in the program 
that we used to calculate OCTAL's dumping margin to accurately 
reclassify certain sales as constructed export price sales. For a 
discussion of these changes, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Final Results of Review

    Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average 
dumping margin exists for the period, May 1, 2022, through April 30, 
2023:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                    Producer or exporter                       dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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OCTAL SAOC FZC.............................................        0.00
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Disclosure

    Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis 
performed in these final results of review to parties to the proceeding 
within five days after the date of any public announcement of the final 
results or, if there is no public announcement of the final results, 
within five days after the date of publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), Commerce has determined the antidumping duty assessment 
rate on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise during the POR. 
Because OCTAL's ad valorem weighted-average dumping margin is zero, we 
will instruct U.S. Customs and Border

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Protection (CBP) to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to 
antidumping duties.
    Pursuant to a refinement to Commerce's assessment practice, where 
sales of subject merchandise that was produced or exported by an 
individually examined respondent were not reported in the U.S. sales 
data submitted by the respondent, but the merchandise was entered for 
consumption into the United States during the POR, we will instruct CBP 
to liquidate any entries of such merchandise at the all-others rate 
(i.e., 7.62 percent) \4\ if there is no rate for the intermediate 
company(ies) involved in the transaction.\5\
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    \4\ See Order, 81 FR 27982.
    \5\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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    Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier 
than 35 days after the date of publication of this notice of the final 
results of review in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed 
at the U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions 
will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for 
parties to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., 
within 90 days of publication).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of this 
notice in the Federal Register, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of 
the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for OCTAL will be zero percent; (2) 
for merchandise exported by a company that is not under review and the 
company has a company-specific cash deposit rate from a completed 
segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be 
the company-specific cash deposit rate from a completed segment of the 
proceeding that is currently applicable to the company; (3) if the 
exporter of the subject merchandise was not covered by this review or a 
previously completed segment of this proceeding, but the producer of 
the subject merchandise was covered, then the cash deposit rate will be 
equal to the company-specific cash deposit rate from a completed 
segment of this proceeding that is currently applicable to the producer 
of the subject merchandise; and (4) if neither the exporter nor the 
producer of the subject merchandise was covered by this review or a 
previously completed segment of this proceeding, then the cash deposit 
rate will be 7.62 percent ad valorem,\6\ the all-others rate 
established in the less-than-fair-value investigation. These cash 
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.
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    \6\ See Order, 81 FR 27982.
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final 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 POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement 
of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled 
antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an 
APO of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of 
proprietary information disclosed under the APO in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.305(a)(3), which continues to govern business proprietary 
information in this segment of the proceeding. Timely written 
notification of the 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 violation 
subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these final results of review and 
this notice in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the 
Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: December 5, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: The Appropriate Date of Sale for Spot Sales
    Comment 2: Whether Commerce Should Adjust a U.S. Selling Expense
    Comment 3: Whether Commerce Made an Error in the Preliminary 
Calculations
V. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2024-29111 Filed 12-10-24; 8:45 am]
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