[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 209 (Tuesday, October 31, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50388-50389]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-23643]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-523-810]


Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin From the Sultanate of Oman: 
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2015-2017

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is rescinding the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on 
polyethylene terephthalate resin (PET resin) from the Sultanate of Oman 
(Oman) for the period of review (POR), i.e., October 15, 2015, through 
April 30, 2017.

DATES: Applicable October 31, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Hill, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office IV, Enforcement & Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3518.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 6, 2017, based on a timely request for review by OCTAL SAOC 
FZC (OCTAL), the Department published in the Federal Register a notice 
of initiation of an administrative review of the AD order on PET resin 
from Oman with respect to OCTAL for the POR.\1\ On August 22, 2017, 
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), OCTAL timely withdrew its request to 
be reviewed.\2\
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 82 FR 31292 (July 6, 2017) (Initiation 
Notice).
    \2\ See Letter from OCTAL to the Secretary of Commerce ``OCTAL's 
Withdrawal of Request for AD Review Certain Polyethylene 
Terephthalate (PET) Resin from the Sultanate of Oman,'' dated August 
22, 2017.
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Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Department will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the parties that 
requested the review withdraw their requests within 90 days of the 
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. OCTAL 
withdrew its review request by the 90-day deadline, and no other party 
requested an administrative review of the AD order. Therefore, we are 
rescinding the administrative review of the AD order on PET resin from 
Oman covering the period October 15, 2015, through April 30, 2017 in 
its entirety.

Assessment

    The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) to assess AD duties on all appropriate entries. Because the 
Department is rescinding this administrative review in its entirety, 
the entries to which this administrative review pertains shall be 
assessed AD duties that are equal to the cash deposits of estimated AD 
duties 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 to CBP within 15 
days after the publication of this notice in the Federal Register.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as the only 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 
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this requirement could result in the presumption that reimbursement of 
the AD duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled AD 
duties.

Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their 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 or 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.

Notification to Interested Parties

    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: October 25, 2017.
James Maeder,
Senior Director perfoming the duties of Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2017-23643 Filed 10-30-17; 8:45 am]
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