99-20226. Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet and Strip From Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review  

  • [Federal Register Volume 64, Number 150 (Thursday, August 5, 1999)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 42670-42671]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 99-20226]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
    
    International Trade Administration
    [A-580-807]
    
    
    Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet and Strip From Korea: 
    Final Results of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review
    
    AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
    Department of Commerce.
    
    ACTION: Notice of final results of antidumping duty new shipper review.
    
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    SUMMARY: On May 10, 1999, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
    published the preliminary results of the new shipper review of the 
    antidumping duty order on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and 
    strip (PET film) from the Republic of Korea (64 FR 25014). The review 
    covers one manufacturer/exporter of the subject merchandise to the 
    United States and the period June 1, 1997 through May 31, 1998. We gave 
    interested parties an opportunity to comment on the preliminary 
    results. We received no comments.
        We have determined that HSI Industries (HSI) made no U.S. sales 
    below normal value, and we will instruct the U.S. Customs Service to 
    assess no antidumping duties for HSI for the period covered by this new 
    shipper review.
    
    EFFECTIVE DATE: August 5, 1999.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael J. Heaney or John Kugelman, 
    AD/CVD Enforcement Group III, Office 8, Import Administration, 
    International Trade Administration, US Department of Commerce, 14th 
    Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone 
    (202) 482-4475/0649.
    
    Applicable Statute
    
        Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
    1930, as amended (the Act) are references to the provisions effective 
    January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to the Act 
    by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless otherwise 
    indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are to the 
    regulations codified at 19 CFR part 351 (1998).
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    
    Background
    
        On May 10, 1999, the Department published in the Federal Register 
    the preliminary results of its new shipper review of the antidumping 
    duty order on PET film from Korea. We received no comments on our 
    preliminary results. Therefore, we have only changed our preliminary 
    results with respect to the currency conversion methodology discussed 
    below.
    
    Scope of the Review
    
        Imports covered by this review are shipments of all gauges of raw, 
    pretreated or primed polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip, 
    whether extruded or coextruded. The films excluded from this review are 
    metallized films and other finished films that have had at least one of 
    their surfaces modified by the application of a performance-enhancing 
    resinous or inorganic layer of more than 0.00001 inches (0.254 
    micrometers) thick. Roller transport cleaning film which has at least 
    one of its surfaces modified by the application of 0.5 micrometers of 
    SBR latex has also been ruled as not within the scope of the order.
        PET film is currently classifiable under Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
    (HTS) subheading 3920.62.00.00. The HTS subheading is provided for 
    convenience and for U.S. Customs purposes. The written description 
    remains dispositive as to the scope of the product coverage.
        The review covers the period June 1, 1997 through May 31, 1998. The 
    Department is conducting this review in accordance wit section 
    751(a)(2)(B) of the Act.
    
    Currency Conversion
    
        As previously stated by the Department, we have determined that the 
    decline in the won at the end of 1997 was so precipitous an large that 
    the dollar-won exchange rate cannot reasonably be viewed as having 
    simply fluctuated during this time, i.e., as having experienced only a 
    momentary drop in value. See Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubber form the 
    Republic of Korea: Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than 
    Fair Value, 64 FR 14865, 14867 (March 29, 1999). Therefore, the 
    Department used daily rates exclusively for currency conversion 
    purposes for home market sales matched to U.S. sales occurring between 
    November 1 and December 31, 1997, and the standard exchange rate model 
    with a modified benchmark for sales occurring between January 1, 1998 
    and February 28, 1998. The modified benchmark consisted of an average 
    of the daily rates over the period January 1, 1998 through February 28, 
    1998. This methodology enabled us to use an up--to-date (post-
    precipitous drop) benchmark, but avoided undue day-to-day exchange rate 
    fluctuations.
    
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    Final Results of Review
    
        We determine that a margin of 0.00 percent exists for HSI for the 
    period June 1, 1997 through May 31, 1998. We will disclose calculations 
    performed in connection with these final results of review within 5 
    days after the date of any public announcement, or, if there is no 
    public announcement, within 5 days of publication of this notice.
        We will instruct the U.S. Customs Service not to assess antidumping 
    duties on entries of the subject merchandise from HSI for the period of 
    review.
        Furthermore, the following deposit requirements shall be required 
    for all shipments of PET film from the Republic of Korea entered, or 
    withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication 
    date of these final results of this new shipper review, as provided by 
    section 751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) No cash deposit shall be required for 
    HSI; (2) for merchandise exported by manufacturers or exporters not 
    covered in this review but covered in the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 
    investigation or a previous review, the cash deposit will continue to 
    be the most recent rate published in the final determination or final 
    results for which the manufacturer or exporter received a company-
    specific rate; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review 
    or the original investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash 
    deposit rate will be that established for the manufacturer of the 
    merchandise in the final results of this review or the LTFV 
    investigation; and (4) if neither the exporter nor the manufacturer is, 
    a firm covered in this or any previous reviews, the cash deposit rate 
    will be 21.5%, the ``all others'' rate established in the LTFV 
    investigation.
        This notice serves as the final reminder to importers of their 
    responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) 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 the Secretary's presumption that 
    reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
    assessment of double antidumping duties.
        This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
    administrative protective orders (APOs) of their responsibility 
    concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
    APO in accordance with 19 CFR 353.305(a). 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 sanctionable violation.
        Thsi new shipper review and notice are in accordance with section 
    751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(d).
    
        Dated: July 30, 1999.
    Joseph A. Spetrini,
    Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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Document Information

Effective Date:
8/5/1999
Published:
08/05/1999
Department:
International Trade Administration
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice of final results of antidumping duty new shipper review.
Document Number:
99-20226
Dates:
August 5, 1999.
Pages:
42670-42671 (2 pages)
Docket Numbers:
A-580-807
PDF File:
99-20226.pdf