1. On 09/24/2018 Commerce published in the Federal Register (83 FR 48287) its final affirmative determination of sales at less-than-fair-value in the antidumping duty investigation of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin from Taiwan (A-583-862).

2. The products covered by this investigation are described in message 8129306, dated 05/09/2018.

3. This proceeding has been assigned case number A-583-862.

4. Commerce has determined that critical circumstances exist for imports of PET resin from Taiwan from the producers and/or exporters listed below. CBP shall continue to suspend liquidation of such shipments entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 02/03/2018, which is 90 days before the publication date of the preliminary determination (83 FR 19696, 05/04/2018). Effective 09/24/2018, CBP shall require, for such entries, a cash deposit equal to the margins for the producers and/or exporters listed below:

Producer and/or Exporter: Far Eastern New Century Corporation, Far Eastern Textile Ltd., and Worldwide Polychem (HK), Ltd.
Case number: A-583-862-001
Cash deposit rate: 5.16%

Producer and/or Exporter: Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corporation
Case number: A-583-862-002
Cash deposit rate: 45.00%

5. Because Commerce has determined that critical circumstances do not exist for imports of PET resin from Taiwan from the producer and/or exporter listed below, the retroactive suspension of liquidation ordered in message 8129306, dated 05/09/2018, is terminated. Accordingly, Commerce will direct CBP in separate instructions to terminate the suspension of liquidation for all shipments of PET resin from Taiwan from the producer and/or exporter listed below that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, before 05/04/2018, and to refund any cash deposits and release any other security. The interest provisions of section 778 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, do not apply. For imports of PET resin from Taiwan from the producer and/or exporter listed below, CBP shall continue to suspend liquidation of such shipments entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 05/04/2018. Effective 09/24/2018, CBP shall require, for such entries, a cash deposit equal to the antidumping duty margin for the producer and/or exporter listed below:

All Others
Case Number: A-583-862-000
Cash Deposit Rate: 5.16%

6. If any entries of this merchandise are exported by a firm other than the producer, then the following instructions apply:

A. If the exporter of the subject merchandise does not have its own rate but the producer has its own rate, the cash deposit will be the producer's rate.

B. Where neither the exporter nor the producer currently has its own rate or the producer is unknown, use the all-others rate of 5.16 percent to establish the cash deposit.

7. 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 OVII: JJZ.)

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

Alexander Amdur