[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 48213]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-22458]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-533-862]


Certain Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin From India: Notice of 
Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 2015-2016

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is rescinding the 
administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain 
polyethylene terephthalate resin (PET resin) from India for the period 
August 14, 2015, to December 31, 2016, based on a timely withdrawal of 
the request for review.

DATES: Applicable October 17, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Corrigan, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-7438.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On May 1, 2017, the Department published in the Federal Register a 
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the CVD 
order on PET resin from India for the period August 14, 2015, to 
December 31, 2016.\1\ On May 31, 2017, the Department received a timely 
request, in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 
as amended (the Act), from Ester Industries Ltd. (Ester), an exporter 
of subject merchandise, to conduct an administrative review of this CVD 
order.\2\ Based upon this request, on July 6, 2017, in accordance with 
section 751(a) of the Act, the Department published in the Federal 
Register a notice of initiation of administrative review for this CVD 
order, with respect to Ester.\3\ On July 17, 2017, Ester timely 
withdrew its request for an administrative review.\4\
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 82 FR 20315 (May 1, 2017).
    \2\ See Ester's May 31, 2017, Request for CVD Administrative 
Review.
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 82 FR 31292 (July 6, 2017) (Initiation 
Notice).
    \4\ See Ester's July 17, 2017, Withdrawal of Administrative 
Review Request.
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Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Secretary will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party who requested 
the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. As 
noted above, Ester withdrew its request for review by the 90-day 
deadline. No other party requested an administrative review of Ester. 
Accordingly, we are rescinding the administrative review of the CVD 
order on PET resin from India covering the period August 14, 2015, to 
December 31, 2016.

Assessment

    The Department will instruct Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess CVDs on all appropriate entries at a rate equal to the cash 
deposit of estimated CVDs required at the time of entry, or withdrawal 
from warehouse, for consumption, during the period August 14, 2015, to 
December 31, 2016, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). The 
Department intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions 
directly to CBP 15 days after publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under an APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). 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 of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: October 10, 2017.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2017-22458 Filed 10-16-17; 8:45 am]
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