• Effective Date: Oct 15, 2015
  • Period of Review: Jul 01, 2014 to Dec 31, 2014
  • Cite as: 80 FR 62024 • Cite date: Oct 15, 2015

1. On 10/15/2015, Commerce published in the Federal Register (80 FR 62024) its preliminary determination of sales at less than fair value and the postponement of the final determination in the antidumping duty investigation of certain polyethylene terephthalate resin from the People's Republic of China (PRC). On 11/10/2015, Commerce published in the Federal Register (80 FR 69643) a correction to some inadverent errors in company names in the 10/15/2015 preliminary determination notice.

2. The products covered by this investigation are described in message 5110302, dated 04/20/2015.

3. This investigation has been assigned investigation number A-570-024.

4. For imports of certain polyethylene terephthalate resin from the PRC, CBP shall suspend liquidation of such shipments entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 10/15/2015. Effective 10/15/2015, CBP shall require, for entries of certain polyethylene terephthalate resin from the PRC from the exporter/producer combinations listed below, a cash deposit equal to the antidumping duty cash deposits shown below:

Exporter: PRC-Wide Entity
Case number: A-570-024-000
Cash deposit rate: 145.14%

Exporter: Far Eastern Industries (Shanghai) Ltd. or Oriental Industries (Suzhou) Limited
Producer: Far Eastern Industries (Shanghai) Ltd. or Oriental Industries (Suzhou) Limited
Case number: A-570-024-001
Cash deposit rate: 123.29%

Exporter: Jiangyin Xingyu New Material Co., Ltd. or Jiangsu Xingye Plastic Co., Ltd. or
Jiangyin Xingjia Plastic Co., Ltd. or Jiangyin Xingtai New Material Co., Ltd. or
Jiangsu Xingye Polytech Co., Ltd.
Producer: Jiangyin Xingyu New Material Co., Ltd. or Jiangsu Xingye Plastic Co., Ltd. or
Jiangyin Xingjia Plastic Co., Ltd. or Jiangyin Xingtai New Material Co., Ltd. or
Jiangsu Xingye Polytech Co., Ltd.
Case number: A-570-024-002
Cash deposit rate: 129.45%

Exporter: Dragon Special Resin (XIAMEN) Co., Ltd.
Producer: Dragon Special Resin (XIAMEN) Co., Ltd.
Case number: A-570-024-003
Cash deposit rate: 124.74%

Exporter: Hainan Yisheng Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
Producer: Hainan Yisheng Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
Case number: A-570-024-004
Cash deposit rate: 125.76%

Exporter: Shanghai Hengyi Polyester Fiber Co., Ltd.
Producer: Shanghai Hengyi Polyester Fiber Co., Ltd.
Case number: A-570-024-005
Cash deposit rate: 125.76%

Exporter: Zhejiang Wankai New Materials Co., Ltd.
Producer: Zhejiang Wankai New Materials Co., Ltd.
Case number: A-570-024-006
Cash deposit rate: 125.76%

5. For all other entries of certain polyethylene terephthalate resin from the PRC, the following cash deposit instructions apply:

A. For all PRC exporters of certain polyethylene terephthalate resin from the PRC which have not received their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the PRC-wide rate.

B. For all non-PRC exporters of certain polyethylene terephthalate resin from the PRC which have not received their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the exporter/producer combinations that supplied that non-PRC exporter.

6. If there are any questions by the importing public regarding this message, please contact the Call Center for the Office of AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce at (202) 482-0984. CBP ports should submit their inquiries through authorized CBP channels only. (This message was generated by OVI:SB.)

7. There are no restrictions on the release of this information.

Sherri L. Hoffman