Notice2025-05288

Polyester Textured Yarn From India: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023

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March 28, 2025

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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration

Abstract

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that polyester textured yarn (yarn) from India was not sold at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results of review.

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 59 (Friday, March 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14079-14081]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-05288]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-885]


Polyester Textured Yarn From India: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds 
that polyester textured yarn (yarn) from India was not sold at less 
than

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normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), January 1, 2023, 
through December 31, 2023. We invite interested parties to comment on 
these preliminary results of review.

DATES: Applicable March 28, 2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mira Warrier, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-8031.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On January 10, 2020, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
antidumping duty (AD) order on yarn from India.\1\ On January 2, 2024, 
Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to 
request an administrative review of the Order.\2\ On March 5, 2024, 
based on timely requests for review, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative review of the Order 
covering one producer/exporter, AYM Syntex Ltd. (AYM).\3\
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    \1\ See Polyester Textured Yarn from India and the People's 
Republic of China: Amended Final Antidumping Duty Determination for 
India and Antidumping Duty Orders, 85 FR 1298 (January 10, 2020) 
(Order).
    \2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 89 FR 63 (January 2, 
2024).
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 15827 (March 5, 2024).
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    On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this 
administrative proceeding by seven days.\4\ Pursuant to section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), on 
September 4, 2024, Commerce extended the deadline for the preliminary 
results of this review until October 9, 2024.\5\ On December 9, 2024, 
Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative review by 90 
days.\6\ The current deadline for the preliminary results of this 
review is May 7, 2025.\7\ For a complete description of the events that 
followed the initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.\8\
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    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated September 
4, 2024.
    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
    \7\ Id.
    \8\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Polyester 
Textured Yarn from India; 2023,'' dated concurrently with, and 
hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the scope of the Order is yarn from 
India. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of 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 these 
preliminary results, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of 
topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached 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 
<a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete version of the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.

Preliminary Results of Review

    Commerce preliminarily determines that the following estimated 
weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period January 1, 2023, 
through December 31, 2023:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                    Producer or exporter                       dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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AYM Syntex Ltd.............................................        0.00
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    Commerce intends to disclose the calculations and analysis 
performed to interested parties for these preliminary results within 
five days after public announcement or, if there is no public 
announcement, within five days after the date of publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.309(c)(1)(ii), we have modified the deadline for interested parties 
to submit case briefs to Commerce to no later than 21 days after the 
date of the publication of this notice.\9\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to 
issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed no later than five days 
after the date for filing case briefs.\10\ Interested parties who 
submit case or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must submit: (1) a 
statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a 
table of authorities.\11\
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    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.309.
    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective 
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 
2023) (APO and Final Service Rule).
    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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    As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior 
proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an 
executive summary of their brief that should be limited to five pages 
total, including footnotes. In this administrative review, we instead 
request that interested parties provide at the beginning of their 
briefs a public executive summary for each issue raised in their 
briefs.\12\ Further, we request that interested parties limit their 
executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not 
including citations. We intend to use the executive summaries as the 
basis of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision 
memorandum that will accompany the final results in this review. We 
request that interested parties include footnotes for relevant 
citations in the executive summary of each issue. Note that Commerce 
has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the service of 
documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\13\
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    \12\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that 
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.
    \13\ See APO and Final Service Rule.
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via 
ACCESS. Hearing requests should contain: (1) the party's name, address, 
and telephone number; (2) the number of participants and whether any 
participant is a foreign national; and (3) a list of issues to be 
discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to issues 
raised in the respective case briefs.\14\ If a request for a hearing is 
made, Commerce intends to hold the hearing at a date and time to be 
determined and will notify the parties through ACCESS.\15\ Parties 
should confirm the date, time, and location of

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the hearing two days before the scheduled date. All submissions, 
including case and rebuttal briefs, as well as hearing requests, should 
be filed using ACCESS. An electronically-filed document must be 
received successfully in its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern 
Time on the established deadline.
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    \14\ See 19 CFR 351.310.
    \15\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act, upon completion of the 
final results of this administrative review, Commerce shall determine, 
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise covered by 
this review.\16\ If the respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is 
not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent) in the final 
results of this review, we intend to calculate an importer-specific ad 
valorem AD assessment rate based on the ratio of the total amount of 
dumping calculated for each importer's examined sales to the total 
entered value of those same sales in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1).\17\ We intend to instruct CBP to assess antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review when the 
importer-specific assessment rate calculated in the final results of 
this review is above de minimis (i.e., 0.50 percent). If the weighted-
average dumping margin for the respondent or an importer-specific 
assessment rate is zero or de minimis in the final results of review, 
we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate entries without regard to 
antidumping duties.\18\
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    \16\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
    \17\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8103 (February 14, 
2012).
    \18\ Id. at 8102; see also 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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    For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by AYM 
for which it did not know that the merchandise was destined for the 
United States, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at 
the all-others rate in the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 
investigation (i.e., 13.50 percent) \19\ if there is no rate for the 
intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\20\
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    \19\ See Order, 85 FR at 1300.
    \20\ Id.; see also Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 
2003).
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    The final results of this administrative review shall be the basis 
for the assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise 
covered by the final results of this review and for future deposits of 
estimated duties, where applicable.\21\
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    \21\ Id.
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    Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier 
than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this 
review in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at the 
U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will 
direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties 
to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 
90 days of publication).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication in the Federal Register of the notice of final results of 
administrative review for all shipments of the subject merchandise 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the 
date of publication, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: 
(1) the cash deposit rate for AYM listed above will be equal to the 
weighted-average dumping margin established in the final results of 
this review, except if the rate is less than 0.50 percent and, 
therefore, de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in 
which case the cash deposit rate will be zero; (2) for merchandise 
exported by producers or exporters not covered in this review but 
covered in a prior segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate 
will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most 
recently-completed segment of this proceeding in which they were 
reviewed; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a 
prior review, or the original LTFV investigation, but the producer is, 
then the cash deposit rate will be the cash deposit rate established 
for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding for the 
producer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all 
other producers or exporters will continue to be 13.50 percent,\22\ the 
all-others rate established in the LTFV investigation.\23\ These cash 
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.
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    \22\ See Order, 85 FR at 1300.
    \23\ Id.
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Final Results of Review

    Unless the deadline is otherwise extended, Commerce intends to 
issue the final results of this administrative review, including the 
results of its analysis of issues raised by interested parties in the 
written comments, within 120 days after the date of publication of 
these preliminary results in the Federal Register.\24\
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    \24\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act; and 19 CFR 351.213(h).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of 
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing 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 and/or countervailing 
duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled antidumping 
duties, and/or an increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the 
amount of countervailing duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: March 21, 2025.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the 
non-exclusive functions and duties of the 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

[FR Doc. 2025-05288 Filed 3-27-25; 8:45 am]
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