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1See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, 

Finding or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to 

Request Administrative Review, 85 FR 39531 (July 

1, 2020). 

2See Polyplex USA LLC’s Letter, ‘‘Polyethylene 

Terephthalate (‘PET’) Film from Taiwan: Polyplex 

USA LLC’s Request for AD Administrative Review,’’ 

dated July 27, 2020. 

3The petitioners consist of DuPont Teijin Films; 

Mitsubishi Polyester Film, Inc.; and SKC, Inc. 

(petitioners). 

4See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Polyethylene 

Terephthalate (PET) Film from Taiwan: Request for 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,’’ dated 

July 30, 2020. 

5See Nan Ya Plastics Corporation’s Letter, 

‘‘Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Film from 

Taiwan,’’ dated July 31, 2020. 

6See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 85 FR 

54983 (September 3, 2020) (Initiation Notice). 

7See Polyplex USA LLC’s Letter, ‘‘Polyethylene 

Terephthalate (’PET’) Film from Taiwan: Polyplex 

USA LLC’s Withdrawal of Request for Review for 

Polyplex USA LLC,’’ dated December 2, 2020. 

8See SMTC’s Letter, ‘‘Polyethylene Terephthalate 

Film, Sheet and Strip from Taiwan; No Shipment 

Certification,’’ dated September 30, 2020; see also 

SSFC’s Letter, ‘‘Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, 

Sheet and Strip from Taiwan; No Shipment 

Certification,’’ dated September 30, 2020. 

9See Memorandum, ‘‘Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review of Polyethylene 

Terephthalate Film, Sheet and Strip (PET Film) 

from Taiwan: U.S. Customs Entries for Shinkong 

Materials Technology Corporation and Shinkong 

Synthetic Fibers Corporation,’’ dated November 24, 

2020. 

10See SMTC’s Letter, ‘‘Polyethylene 

Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from Taiwan; 

Comments on Entry Data,’’ dated December 1, 2020. 

11See Message 1008401 to CBP, dated January 8, 

2021. 

12See Memorandum, ‘‘Polyethylene terephthalate 

film, sheet, and strip (PET Film) from Taiwan; No 

Shipment Inquiry for Shinkong Materials Technical 

Corporation and/or Shinkong Synthetic Fibers 

Corporation During the Period 07/01/2019 through 

06/30/2020,’’ dated June 7, 2021. 

13See Commerce’s Letter, Antidumping Duty 

Questionnaire, dated December 11, 2020. 

14See Nan Ya’s Letter, ‘‘Polyethylene 

Terephthalate (PET) Film from Taiwan,’’ dated 

January 4, 2021; see also Nan Ya’s Letter, ‘‘January 

21, 2021 Sections B through Q Response,’’ dated 

January 21, 2021. 

15See Commerce’s Letter, Antidumping Duty 

Questionnaire, dated June 16, 2021. 

16See Nan Ya’s Letter, ‘‘June 30, 2021 

Supplemental Questionnaire Response,’’ dated June 

30, 2021. 

17See Memorandum, ‘‘Polyethylene 

Terephthalate (PET) Film, Sheet and Strip from 

Taiwan: Extension of Deadline for Preliminary 

Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review (2019–2020),’’ dated March 25, 2021. 

18See Memorandum ‘‘Polyethylene Terephthalate 

(PET) Film, Sheet and Strip from Taiwan: Extension 

of Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review (2019–2020),’’ dated 

June 1, 2021. 

19See Memorandum ‘‘Polyethylene Terephthalate 

Film, Sheet and Strip from Taiwan: Extension of 

Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review (2019–2020),’’ dated 

July 2, 2021. 

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

and 19 CFR 351.213(h) and 

351.221(b)(4). 

Dated: July 27, 2021. 

Christian Marsh, 

Acting 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. Discussion of the Methodology 

V. Currency Conversion 

VI. Recommendation 

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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; 2019–2020 

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, 2019, 

through June 30, 2020. This review 

covers the following producers and 

exporters from Taiwan, Nan Ya Plastics 

Corporation (Nan Ya), Shinkong 

Materials Technology Corporation 

(SMTC)/Shinkong Synthetic Fibers 

Corporation (SSFC). Commerce 

preliminarily determines that sales of 

subject merchandise have not been 

made below normal value (NV) by Nan 

Ya during the POR. In addition, we 

preliminarily find that SMTC/SSFC had 

no shipments during the POR. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on these preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable August 2, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jacqueline Arrowsmith, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–5255. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On July 1, 2020, Commerce published 

in the Federal Register a notice of 

opportunity to request an administrative 

review of the AD order on PET film 

from Taiwan.1 On July 27, 2020, 

Polyplex USA LLC (Polyplex USA), a 

domestic producer and interested party, 

requested a review of Nan Ya, SMTC 

and SSFC.2 On July 30, 2020, the 

petitioners 3 requested a review of Nan 

Ya and SMTC.4 Nan Ya self-requested 

an administrative review of its sales on 

July 31, 2020.5 On September 3, 2020, 

in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce published a 

notice of initiation of administrative 

review of the antidumping duty order 

on PET Film from Taiwan.6 On 

December 2, 2020, Polyplex USA 

withdrew its request for an 

administrative review of entries of PET 

film for all of the companies that it 

requested be reviewed in this 

administrative review period: Nan Ya, 

SSFC and SMTC.7

On September 30, 2020, SMTC and 

SSFC each claimed that they did not sell 

or export any subject merchandise to the 

United States during the POR.8 On 

November 24, 2020, Commerce 

uploaded entry data on the record of the 

administrative review.9 On December 1, 

2020, SMTC submitted comments 

explaining and documentation showing 

that neither SMTC nor SSFC had 

produced subject merchandise during 

the POR or three months prior to the 

POR.10 No rebuttal comments were 

submitted. On January 7, 2021, 

Commerce sent a no shipment inquiry 

for SMTC and SSFC to U.S Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP).11 On June 7, 

2021, CBP replied that it found no 

evidence of shipments from SMTC and 

SSFC during the POR.12

On December 11, 2020, Commerce 

issued its initial questionnaire to Nan 

Ya.13 Between January 4, 2021 and 

January 21, 2021,14 Nan Ya submitted 

its responses to section A and sections 

B through D of the questionnaire. On 

June 16, 2021, Commerce issued a 

supplemental questionnaire to Nan 

Ya.15 On June 30, 2021, Nan Ya 

submitted its supplemental 

questionnaire response.16

On March 25, 2021, in accordance 

with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff 

Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 

19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), Commerce 

extended the due date for the 

preliminary results by 60 days (from 

April 2, 2020, to June 2, 2021).17 On 

June 1, 2021, we extended the deadline 

by an additional 30 days.18 On July 2, 

2021, we extended the deadline until 

July 30, 2021.19

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise subject to the order 

is PET Film. The PET Film subject to 


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20A full description of the scope of the order is 

contained in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, which is dated concurrently with, 

and hereby adopted by, this notice. 

21 In the 2011–2012 administrative review, 

Commerce determined that SSFC and SMTC were 

a single entity. See Polyethylene Terephthalate 

Film, Sheet, and Strip from Taiwan; Preliminary 

Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review; 2011–2012, 78 FR 48651 (August 9, 2013), 

and accompanying Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, unchanged in Polyethylene 

Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from Taiwan; 

Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review; 2011–2012, 79 FR 11407 (February 28, 

2014). We have treated SMTC and SSFC as a single 

entity in all subsequent reviews and have included 

SSFC when only SMTC was requested in the 

administrative review. There is no information on 

the record of this administrative review that would 

lead Commerce to reconsider that determination. 

Accordingly, we continue to treat SMTC and SSFC 

as a single entity for purposes of this administrative 

review. 

22See Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, 

and Strip from Taiwan: Preliminary Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and 

Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2018– 

2019, 85 FR 74673 (November 23, 2020), unchanged 

in Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and 

Strip (PET Film) from Taiwan: Final Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018– 

2019, 86 FR 14311 (March 15, 2021). 

23See Memorandum, ‘‘No Shipments’ 

Memorandum for Shinkong Materials Corporation 

(SMTC) and Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corporation 

(SSFC),’’ dated concurrently with this notice. 

24See 19 CFR 351.309(d). 

25See 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing 

requirements). 

26For 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). 

the order is currently classifiable under 

subheading 3920.62.00.90 of the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States. Although the HTSUS 

number is provided for convenience and 

for customs purposes, the written 

product description, available in the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum, 

remains dispositive.20

Preliminary Determination of No 

Shipments 

Based on U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP)’s response to 

Commerce’s no shipment inquiry as 

well the certifications and supporting 

documentation provided by SMTC and 

SSFC in their no shipment 

certifications, we preliminarily 

determine that SMTC and SSFC 21 had 

no shipments of the subject 

merchandise during the POR. Consistent 

with Commerce’s practice, we will not 

rescind the review with respect to 

SMTC/SSFC, but rather will complete 

the review and issue appropriate 

liquidation instructions to CBP based on 

the final results.22 For additional 

information regarding this 

determination, see the No Shipments’ 

Determination for SMTC and SSFC 

Memorandum.23

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 as an 

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. In addition, a 

complete version of the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly on the internet at http://

enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. 

Preliminary Results of Review 

As a result of this review, we 

preliminarily determine the following 

weighted-average dumping margin for 

the period July 1, 2019, through June 30, 

2020: 

Producer/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 seven days after the date 

for filing case briefs.24 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.25

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 

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, 

2003.26 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. 

Commerce intends to issue 

assessment instructions to CBP 35 days 

after the date of publication of the final 

results of this administrative review in 

the Federal Register. 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following deposit requirements 

will be effective for all shipments of 

PET Film from Taiwan entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 


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27See Notice of Amended Final Antidumping 

Duty Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 

Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip (PET Film) 

from Taiwan, 67 FR 44174 (July 1, 2002). 

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.27 These 

cash deposit requirements, when 

imposed, shall remain in effect until 

further notice. 

Notification to Importers 

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 

Commerce’s presumption that 

reimbursement of antidumping 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: July 26, 2021. 

Christian Marsh, 

Acting 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 Determination of No 

Shipments for SMTC/SSFC 

V. Comparisons to Normal Value 

VI. Date of Sale 

VII. Export Price 

VIII. Normal Value 

IX. Currency Conversion 

X. Recommendation 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty 

Order, Finding, or Suspended 

Investigation; Advance Notification of 

Sunset Review 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

Background 

Every five years, pursuant to the Tariff 

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

Department of Commerce (Commerce) 

and the International Trade Commission 

automatically initiate and conduct 

reviews to determine whether 

revocation of a countervailing or 

antidumping duty order or termination 

of an investigation suspended under 

section 704 or 734 of the Act would be 

likely to lead to continuation or 

recurrence of dumping or a 

countervailable subsidy (as the case may 

be) and of material injury. 

Upcoming Sunset Reviews for 

September 2021 

Pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act, 

the following Sunset Reviews are 

scheduled for initiation in September 

2021 and will appear in that month’s 

Notice of Initiation of Five-Year Sunset 

Reviews (Sunset Review). 

Department contact 

Antidumping Duty Proceedings 

Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Australia, A–602–809 (1st Review) ................................................... Jacky Arrowsmith; (202) 482–5255. 

Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Brazil, A–351–845 (1st Review) ........................................................ Jacky Arrowsmith; (202) 482–5255. 

Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Japan, A–588–874 (1st Review) ........................................................ Jacky Arrowsmith; (202) 482–5255. 

Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Netherlands, A–421–813 (1st Review) .............................................. Jacky Arrowsmith; (202) 482–5255. 

Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from South Korea, A–580–883 (1st Review) ............................................. Jacky Arrowsmith; (202) 482–5255. 

Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Turkey, A–489–826 (1st Review) ...................................................... Jacky Arrowsmith; (202) 482–5255. 

Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from United Kingdom, A–412–825 (1st Review) ........................................ Jacky Arrowsmith; (202) 482–5255. 

Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from Russia, A–821–809 (4th Review) ............................ Jacky Arrowsmith; (202) 482–5255. 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings 

Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Brazil, C–351–846 (1st Review) ........................................................ Mary Kolberg; (202) 482–1785. 

Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from South Korea, C–580–884 (1st Review) ............................................. Thomas Martin; (202) 482–3936. 

Suspended Investigations 

Lemon Juice from Argentina, A–357–818 (2nd Review) ............................................................................. Jacky Arrowsmith; (202) 482–5255. 

Commerce’s procedures for the 

conduct of Sunset Review are set forth 

in 19 CFR 351.218. The Notice of 

Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Review 

provides further information regarding 

what is required of all parties to 

participate in Sunset Review. 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.103(c), 

Commerce will maintain and make 

available a service list for these 

proceedings. To facilitate the timely 

preparation of the service list(s), it is 

requested that those seeking recognition 

as interested parties to a proceeding 

contact Commerce in writing within 10 

days of the publication of the Notice of 

Initiation. 

Please note that if Commerce receives 

a Notice of Intent to Participate from a 

member of the domestic industry within 

15 days of the date of initiation, the 

review will continue. Thereafter, any 

interested party wishing to participate 

in the Sunset Review must provide 

substantive comments in response to the 

notice of initiation no later than 30 days 

after the date of initiation. Note that 

Commerce has modified certain of its 

requirements for serving documents 


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