Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip From Taiwan: Preliminary Results and Preliminary Intent To Rescind, In Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025

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Abstract

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that Nan Ya Plastics Corporation (Nan Ya) made sales of polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip (PET film) from Taiwan at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025. Further, we preliminarily find that Shinkong Materials Technology Corporation (SMTC) and Shinkong Synthetic Fiber Corporation (SSFC), which we consider to be a single entity (SMTC/SSFC), had no reviewable entries during the POR. Interested parties are invited to comment on the preliminary results of this review.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 190 (Friday, October 2, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62691-62693]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-20273]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-837]


Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip From Taiwan: 
Preliminary Results and Preliminary Intent To Rescind, In Part, of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 
determines that Nan Ya Plastics Corporation (Nan Ya) made sales of 
polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip (PET film) from 
Taiwan at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) 
July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025. Further, we preliminarily find 
that Shinkong Materials Technology Corporation (SMTC) and Shinkong 
Synthetic Fiber Corporation (SSFC), which we consider to be a single 
entity (SMTC/SSFC), had no reviewable entries during the POR. 
Interested parties are invited to comment on the preliminary results of 
this review.

DATES: Applicable October 2, 2026.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles DeFilippo, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482- 3797.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 30, 2025, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty (AD) order on PET film from Taiwan.\1\ On August 22, 
2025, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce published a 
notice of initiation of an administrative review of Order.\2\
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 90 FR 27841 (June 30, 
2025).
    \2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 90 FR 41043 (August 22, 2025).
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    Due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown, 
on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative 
proceedings by 47 days.\3\ Additionally, due to a backlog of documents 
that were electronically filed via Enforcement and Compliance's 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service 
System (ACCESS) during the Federal Government shutdown, on November 24, 
2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative proceedings by an 
additional 21 days.\4\ On June 2, 2026, in accordance with section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), Commerce 
extended the deadline to issue the preliminary results by 113 days, 
until September 30, 2026.\5\
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    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the 
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated 
November 24, 2025.
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated June 2, 
2026.
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    For a complete description of the events that followed the 
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\6\ 
A list of the topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is 
included as an appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via 
ACCESS, which 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/frnotices">https://access.trade.gov/frnotices</a>.
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    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of 
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from Taiwan; 2024-
2025,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice 
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the Order is PET film. For a complete 
description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.

Preliminary Intent To Rescind Review, In Part

    On September 3, 2025, Commerce placed U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) entry data for U.S. imports of PET film from Taiwan 
during the POR, which showed that SMTC/

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SSFC \7\ did not make any shipments of PET film during the POR, on the 
record of this review and invited interested parties to comment.\8\ No 
party commented on the CBP data. Therefore, the record demonstrates 
that SMTC/SSFC had no suspended entries during the POR. On this basis, 
we intend to rescind the review with respect to SMTC/SSFC in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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    \7\ In the 2011-2012 administrative review, we treated SMTC and 
SSFC as a single entity. See Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, 
and Strip from Taiwan; Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2011-2012, 78 FR 48651 (August 9, 2013), and 
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum, unchanged in 
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from Taiwan: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2011-2012, 79 FR 
11407 (February 28, 2014). We have treated SMTC and SSFC as a single 
entity in all subsequent reviews. There is no information on the 
record of this administrative review that would lead Commerce to 
reconsider that determination. Accordingly, we continue to treat 
SMTC and SSFC as a single entity for purposes of this administrative 
review.
    \8\ See Memorandum, ``Release of Customs Entry Data,'' dated 
September 3, 2025 (CBP data).
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    In the absence of any suspended entries of subject merchandise from 
SMTC/SSFC during the POR, Commerce hereby notifies all interested 
parties of its intent to rescind this administrative review with 
respect to SMTC/SSFC. Commerce is providing interested parties with an 
opportunity to submit comments on this preliminary decision, including 
factual information. Comments, including factual information from 
interested parties, are due to Commerce seven calendar days after the 
publication date of this notice. Rebuttal comments, including rebuttal 
factual information, are due seven calendar days thereafter. In 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.303, all submissions must be filed 
electronically in ACCESS.

Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a) 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.

Preliminary Results of Review

    Commerce preliminarily determines that the following estimated 
weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period July 1, 2024, 
through June 30, 2025:

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                                                                average
                      Producer/exporter                         dumping
                                                                margin
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Nan Ya Plastics Corporation.................................        3.95
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Disclosure

    Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis 
performed to interested parties under administrative protective order 
for these preliminary results within five days of any public 
announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five days 
of the date of publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.224(b).

Public Comment

    Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. A timeline for the 
submission of case briefs and written comments will be notified to 
parties at a later date. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in 
the case briefs, may be filed not later than five days after the date 
for filing case briefs.\9\ Interested parties who submit case or 
rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must submit: (1) a table of contents 
listing each issue; and (2) a table of authorities.\10\ All briefs must 
be filed electronically using ACCESS. An electronically filed document 
must be received successfully in its entirety in ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. 
Eastern Time on the established deadline.
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    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1); see also Administrative Protective 
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 
2023) (APO and Service Final Rule).
    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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    As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2)(iii) and (d)(2)(iii), we 
request that interested parties provide at the beginning of their 
briefs a public executive summary for each issue raised in their 
briefs.\11\ Further, we request that interested parties limit their 
public executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not 
including citations. We intend to use the public executive summaries as 
the basis of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision 
memorandum that will accompany the final results in this administrative 
review. We request that interested parties include footnotes for 
relevant citations in the public 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).\12\
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    \11\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that 
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.
    \12\ See APO and Service Final 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. An electronically filed document must be received successfully 
in its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days 
after the date of publication of this notice. 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 those raised in the respective case briefs. Oral 
presentations at the hearing will be limited to issues raised in the 
briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce intends to hold 
the hearing at a date and time to be determined.\13\
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    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Assessment Rates

    Upon completion of this administrative review, Commerce shall 
determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b). If Nan Ya's weighted-
average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 
percent) in the final results of this review, we will calculate 
importer-specific assessment rate on the basis of the ratio of the 
total amount of dumping calculated for an importer's examined sales and 
the total entered value of such sales in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1).\14\ If the weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de 
minimis in the final results of review, or an importer-specific rate is 
zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate 
entries without regard to antidumping duties. The final results of this 
review shall be the basis for the assessment of antidumping duties on 
entries of merchandise covered by this review and for future deposits 
of estimated duties, where applicable.\15\
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    \14\ 14 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).
    \15\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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    For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Nan 
Ya for which it did not know its merchandise was destined for the 
United States, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at 
the all-others rate (i.e., 2.40

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percent) \16\ if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) 
involved in the transaction.\17\
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    \16\ 16 See Notice of Amended Final Antidumping Duty 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty 
Order: Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip (PET Film) 
from Taiwan, 67 FR at 44175 (July 1, 2002), unchanged in Notice of 
Amended Final Antidumping Duty Determination of Sales at Less Than 
Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Polyethylene Terephthalate 
Film, Sheet, and Strip (PET Film) from Taiwan {sic{time} , 67 FR at 
46566 (July 15, 2002).
    \17\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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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 
administrative 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). The final results of 
this administrative review shall be the basis for the assessment of 
antidumping duties on entries of merchandise under review and for 
future cash deposits of estimated antidumping duties, where applicable.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of PET film from Taiwan entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the date of publication of the final 
results of this administrative review, as provided for by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for Nan Ya will be 
the rate established in the final results of this review (except, if 
the rate is zero or de minimis, no cash deposit will be required); (2) 
for previously reviewed or investigated companies not listed above, the 
cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate 
published for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm 
covered in this review, a prior review, or the less-than-fair value 
investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be 
the rate established for the most recent period for the manufacturer of 
the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers 
or exporters is 2.40 percent.\18\ These cash deposit requirements, when 
imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \18\ See Order.
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Final Results of Review

    Unless extended, Commerce intends to issue the final results of 
this administrative review, including the results of its analysis of 
the issues raised in any written briefs, not later than 120 days after 
the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register, 
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).

Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary 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 
with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping 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: September 29, 2026.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Preliminary Intent to Rescind Review, In Part
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2026-20273 Filed 10-1-26; 8:45 am]
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