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components or coupler systems from the
scope.
The coupler systems that are the subject of
this investigation are currently classifiable in
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS) statistical reporting
number 8607.30.1000. Unfinished subject
merchandise may also enter under HTSUS
statistical reporting number 7326.90.8688.
Subject merchandise attached to finished rail
cars may also enter under HTSUS statistical
reporting numbers 8606.10.0000,
8606.30.0000, 8606.91.0000, 8606.92.0000,
8606.99.0130, 8606.99.0160, or under
subheading 9803.00.5000 if imported as an
Instrument of International Traffic. These
HTSUS subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes only; the
written description of the scope of the
investigation is dispositive.
Appendix II—List of Topics Discussed
in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Period of Investigation
IV. Scope Comments
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Adjustment Under Section 777A(f) of the
Act
VII. Adjustment to Cash Deposit Rate for
Export Subsidies
VIII. ITC Notification
IX. Recommendation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–533–899, A–821–829]
Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin
From India and the Russian
Federation: Antidumping Duty Orders
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final
determinations by the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) and the
International Trade Commission (ITC),
Commerce is issuing antidumping duty
orders on granular
polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) resin
from India and the Russian Federation
(Russia).
DATES: Applicable March 15, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alexis Cherry at (202) 482–0607 (India);
and Jaron Moore at (202) 482–3640
(Russia); AD/CVD Operations, Office
VIII, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
On January 25, 2022, Commerce
published in the Federal Register its
affirmative final determinations in the
less-than-fair-value (LTFV)
investigations of granular PTFE resin
from India and Russia.1 On March 8,
2022, the ITC notified Commerce of its
final determinations, pursuant to
section 735(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended (the Act), that an industry
in the United States is materially
injured within the meaning of section
735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of
LTFV imports of granular PTFE resin
from India and Russia, and of its
determination that critical
circumstances do not exist with respect
to dumped imports of granular PTFE
resin from India.2
Scope of the Orders
The product covered by these orders
is granular PTFE resin from India and
Russia. For a complete description of
the scope of these orders, see the
Appendix to this notice.
Antidumping Duty Orders
On March 8, 2022, in accordance with
section 735(d) of the Act, the ITC
notified Commerce of its final
determinations in these investigations,
in which it found that an industry in the
United States is materially injured by
reason of imports of granular PTFE resin
from India and Russia.3 Therefore, in
accordance with section 735(c)(2) of the
Act, Commerce is issuing these
antidumping duty orders. Because the
ITC determined that imports of granular
PTFE resin from India and Russia are
materially injuring a U.S. industry,
unliquidated entries of such
merchandise from India and Russia,
entered or withdrawn from warehouse
for consumption, are subject to the
assessment of antidumping duties.
Therefore, in accordance with section
736(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce will
direct U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) to assess, upon further
instruction by Commerce, antidumping
duties equal to the amount by which the
normal value of the merchandise
exceeds the export price (or constructed
export price) of the merchandise, for all
relevant entries of granular PTFE resin
1 See Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from
India: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value and Final Affirmative Determination of
Critical Circumstances, 87 FR 3772 (January 25,
2022); see also Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene
Resin from the Russian Federation: Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 87
FR 3774 (January 25, 2022).
2 See ITC Notification Letter, Investigation Nos.
701–TA–663–664 and 731–TA–1555–1556 (Final)
dated March 8, 2022 (ITC Notification Letter).
3 Id.
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from India and Russia. With the
exception of entries occurring after the
expiration of the provisional measures
period and before publication of the
ITC’s final affirmative injury
determinations, as further described
below, antidumping duties will be
assessed on unliquidated entries of
granular PTFE resin from India and
Russia entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption, on or after
September 2, 2021, the date of
publication of the Preliminary
Determinations in the Federal Register.4
Critical Circumstances
With regard to the ITC’s negative
critical circumstances determination on
imports of granular PTFE resin from
India, we will instruct CBP to lift
suspension and to refund any cash
deposits made to secure the payment of
estimated antidumping duties with
respect to entries of the subject
merchandise from India entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after June 4, 2021
(i.e., 90 days prior to the date of the
publication of the India Preliminary
Determination), but before September 2,
2021 (i.e., the date of publication of the
India Preliminary Determination).
Continuation of Suspension of
Liquidation
Except as noted in the ‘‘Provisional
Measures’’ section of this notice, in
accordance with section 736 of the Act,
Commerce will instruct CBP to continue
to suspend liquidation on all relevant
entries of granular PTFE resin from
India and Russia. These instructions
suspending liquidation will remain in
effect until further notice.
Commerce will also instruct CBP to
require cash deposits equal to the
estimated weighted-average dumping
margins indicated in the tables below,
adjusted by the export subsidy offset.
Accordingly, effective on the date of
publication in the Federal Register of
the notice of the ITC’s final affirmative
injury determinations, CBP will require,
at the same time as importers would
normally deposit estimated duties on
subject merchandise, a cash deposit
4 See Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from
India: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of
Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Preliminary
Affirmative Determination of Critical
Circumstances, Postponement of Final
Determination, and Extension of Provisional
Measures, 86 FR 49299 (September 2, 2021) (India
Preliminary Determination); and Granular
Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from the Russian
Federation: Preliminary Affirmative Determination
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of
Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional
Measures, 86 FR 49297 (September 2, 2021) (Russia
Preliminary Determination) (collectively,
Preliminary Determinations).
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equal to the rates listed below. The
relevant all-others rate applies to all
producers or exporters not specifically
listed.
Provisional Measures
Section 733(d) of the Act states that
suspension of liquidation pursuant to an
affirmative preliminary determination
may not remain in effect for more than
four months, except where exporters
representing a significant proportion of
exports of the subject merchandise
request that Commerce extend the fourmonth period to no more than six
months. At the request of exporters that
account for a significant proportion of
exports of granular PTFE resin from
India and Russia, Commerce extended
the four-month period to six months in
these investigations. Commerce
published the Preliminary
Determinations on September 2, 2021.5
The extended provisional measures
period, beginning on the date of
publication of the Preliminary
Determinations, ended on February 28,
2022. Therefore, in accordance with
section 733(d) of the Act and our
practice,6 Commerce will instruct CBP
to terminate the suspension of
liquidation and to liquidate, without
regard to antidumping duties,
unliquidated entries of granular PTFE
resin from India and Russia entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption after February 28, 2022,
the final day on which the provisional
measures were in effect, until and
through the day preceding the date of
publication of the ITC’s final affirmative
injury determinations in the Federal
Register. Suspension of liquidation and
the collection of cash deposits will
resume on the date of publication of the
ITC’s final determinations in the
Federal Register.
Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping
Margins
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The estimated weighted-average
dumping margins are as follows:
5 See India Preliminary Determination and Russia
Preliminary Determination.
6 See, e.g., Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel
Products from India, India, the People’s Republic of
China, the Republic of Korea and Taiwan:
Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping
Determination for India and Taiwan, and
Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 48390, 48392
(July 25, 2016).
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inquiry service list segment in
Commerce’s online e-filing and
Cash
document management system,
Estimated
deposit
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
weightedrate
average
Electronic Service System (ACCESS),
Exporter/producer
(adjusted
dumping
available at https://access.trade.gov,
for
subsidy
margin
offsets)
within five business days of publication
(percent)
(percent)
of the notice of the order. Each annual
inquiry service list will be saved in
Gujarat
ACCESS, under each case number, and
Fluorochemicals
Limited ...............
13.09
10.01 under a specific segment type called
All Others ..............
13.09
10.01 ‘‘AISL—Annual Inquiry Service List.’’ 11
Interested parties who wish to be
added to the annual inquiry service list
Russia
for an order must submit an entry of
appearance to the annual inquiry
Cash
Estimated
deposit
service list segment for the order in
weightedrate
ACCESS within 30 days after the date of
average
Exporter/producer
(adjusted
dumping
publication of the order. For ease of
for
subsidy
margin
administration, Commerce requests that
offsets)
(percent)
(percent)
law firms with more than one attorney
representing interested parties in an
HaloPolymer
order designate a lead attorney to be
OJSC 7 ..............
17.99
17.36
All Others ..............
17.99
17.36 included on the annual inquiry service
list. Commerce will finalize the annual
inquiry service list within five business
Establishment of the Annual Inquiry
days thereafter. As mentioned in the
Service Lists
Procedural Guidance, the new annual
On September 20, 2021, Commerce
inquiry service list will be in place until
published the final rule titled
the following year, when the
‘‘Regulations to Improve Administration Opportunity Notice for the anniversary
and Enforcement of Antidumping and
month of the order is published.
Countervailing Duty Laws’’ in the
Commerce may update an annual
8
Federal Register. On September 27,
inquiry service list at any time as
2021, Commerce also published the
needed based on interested parties’
notice titled ‘‘Scope Ruling Application; amendments to their entries of
Annual Inquiry Service List; and
appearance to remove or otherwise
Informational Sessions’’ in the Federal
modify their list of members and
Register.9 The Final Rule and
representatives, or to update contact
Procedural Guidance provide that
information. Any changes or
Commerce will maintain an annual
announcements pertaining to these
inquiry service list for each order or
procedures will be posted to the
suspended investigation, and any
ACCESS website at https://
interested party submitting a scope
access.trade.gov.
ruling application or request for
Special Instructions for Petitioners and
circumvention inquiry shall serve a
copy of the application or request on the Foreign Governments
persons on the annual inquiry service
In the Final Rule, Commerce stated
list for that order, as well as any
that, ‘‘after an initial request and
companion order covering the same
placement on the annual inquiry service
merchandise from the same country of
list, both petitioners and foreign
origin.10
governments will automatically be
In accordance with the Procedural
placed on the annual inquiry service list
Guidance, for orders published in the
in the years that follow.’’ 12
Federal Register after November 4,
Accordingly, as stated above, the
2021, Commerce will create an annual
petitioners and foreign governments
India
7 The final rate applies to subject merchandise
produced by HaloPolymer Kirovo-Chepetsk, LLC,
HaloPolymer Perm, OJSC, and Limited Liability
Company First Fluoroplastic Plant and exported by
either Limited Liability Company Trading House
HaloPolymer or HaloPolymer OJSC.
8 See Regulations to Improve Administration and
Enforcement of Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Laws, 86 FR 52300 (September 20, 2021)
(Final Rule).
9 See Scope Ruling Application; Annual Inquiry
Service List; and Informational Sessions, 86 FR
53205 (September 27, 2021) (Procedural Guidance).
10 Id.
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11 This segment will be combined with the
ACCESS Segment Specific Information (SSI) field
which will display the month in which the notice
of the order or suspended investigation was
published in the Federal Register, also known as
the anniversary month. For example, for an order
under case number A–000–000 that was published
in the Federal Register in January, the relevant
segment and SSI combination will appear in
ACCESS as ‘‘AISL-January Anniversary.’’ Note that
there will be only one annual inquiry service list
segment per case number, and the anniversary
month will be pre-populated in ACCESS.
12 See Final Rule, 86 FR 52335.
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should submit their initial entry of
appearance after publication of this
notice in order to appear in the first
annual inquiry service list for those
orders for which they qualify as an
interested party. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.225(n)(3), the petitioners and
foreign governments will not need to
resubmit their entries of appearance
each year to continue to be included on
the annual inquiry service list.
However, the petitioners and foreign
governments are responsible for making
amendments to their entries of
appearance during the annual update to
the annual inquiry service list in
accordance with the procedures
described above.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice constitutes the
antidumping duty orders with respect to
granular PTFE resin from India and
Russia pursuant to section 736(a) of the
Act. Interested parties can find a list of
antidumping duty orders currently in
effect at https://enforcement.trade.gov/
stats/iastats1.html.
These antidumping duty orders are
published in accordance with section
736(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
Dated: March 9, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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Appendix—Scope of the Orders
The product covered by these orders is
granular polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)
resin. Granular PTFE resin is covered by the
scope of these orders whether filled or
unfilled, whether or not modified, and
whether or not containing co-polymer,
additives, pigments, or other materials. Also
included is PTFE wet raw polymer. The
chemical formula for granular PTFE resin is
C2F4, and the Chemical Abstracts Service
Registry number is 9002–84–0.
Subject merchandise includes material
matching the above description that has been
finished, packaged, or otherwise processed in
a third country, including by filling,
modifying, compounding, packaging with
another product, or performing any other
finishing, packaging, or processing that
would not otherwise remove the
merchandise from the scope of the orders if
performed in the country of manufacture of
the granular PTFE resin.
The product covered by these orders does
not include dispersion or coagulated
dispersion (also known as fine powder)
PTFE.
PTFE further processed into micropowder,
having particle size typically ranging from 1
to 25 microns, and a melt-flow rate no less
than 0.1 gram/10 minutes, is excluded from
the scope of these orders.
Granular PTFE resin is classified in the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (HTSUS) under subheading
3904.61.0010. Subject merchandise may also
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be classified under HTSUS subheading
3904.69.5000. Although the HTSUS
subheadings and CAS Number are provided
for convenience and Customs purposes, the
written description of the scope is
dispositive.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-899, A-821-829]
Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin From India and the Russian
Federation: Antidumping Duty Orders
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) and the International Trade Commission (ITC),
Commerce is issuing antidumping duty orders on granular
polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) resin from India and the Russian
Federation (Russia).
DATES: Applicable March 15, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexis Cherry at (202) 482-0607
(India); and Jaron Moore at (202) 482-3640 (Russia); AD/CVD Operations,
Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 25, 2022, Commerce published in the Federal Register its
affirmative final determinations in the less-than-fair-value (LTFV)
investigations of granular PTFE resin from India and Russia.\1\ On
March 8, 2022, the ITC notified Commerce of its final determinations,
pursuant to section 735(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act), that an industry in the United States is materially injured
within the meaning of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of
LTFV imports of granular PTFE resin from India and Russia, and of its
determination that critical circumstances do not exist with respect to
dumped imports of granular PTFE resin from India.\2\
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\1\ See Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from India: Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final Affirmative
Determination of Critical Circumstances, 87 FR 3772 (January 25,
2022); see also Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from the
Russian Federation: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value, 87 FR 3774 (January 25, 2022).
\2\ See ITC Notification Letter, Investigation Nos. 701-TA-663-
664 and 731-TA-1555-1556 (Final) dated March 8, 2022 (ITC
Notification Letter).
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Scope of the Orders
The product covered by these orders is granular PTFE resin from
India and Russia. For a complete description of the scope of these
orders, see the Appendix to this notice.
Antidumping Duty Orders
On March 8, 2022, in accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, the
ITC notified Commerce of its final determinations in these
investigations, in which it found that an industry in the United States
is materially injured by reason of imports of granular PTFE resin from
India and Russia.\3\ Therefore, in accordance with section 735(c)(2) of
the Act, Commerce is issuing these antidumping duty orders. Because the
ITC determined that imports of granular PTFE resin from India and
Russia are materially injuring a U.S. industry, unliquidated entries of
such merchandise from India and Russia, entered or withdrawn from
warehouse for consumption, are subject to the assessment of antidumping
duties.
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Therefore, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act,
Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
assess, upon further instruction by Commerce, antidumping duties equal
to the amount by which the normal value of the merchandise exceeds the
export price (or constructed export price) of the merchandise, for all
relevant entries of granular PTFE resin from India and Russia. With the
exception of entries occurring after the expiration of the provisional
measures period and before publication of the ITC's final affirmative
injury determinations, as further described below, antidumping duties
will be assessed on unliquidated entries of granular PTFE resin from
India and Russia entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption,
on or after September 2, 2021, the date of publication of the
Preliminary Determinations in the Federal Register.\4\
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\4\ See Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from India:
Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value, Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Critical
Circumstances, Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of
Provisional Measures, 86 FR 49299 (September 2, 2021) (India
Preliminary Determination); and Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene
Resin from the Russian Federation: Preliminary Affirmative
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of
Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional Measures, 86 FR
49297 (September 2, 2021) (Russia Preliminary Determination)
(collectively, Preliminary Determinations).
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Critical Circumstances
With regard to the ITC's negative critical circumstances
determination on imports of granular PTFE resin from India, we will
instruct CBP to lift suspension and to refund any cash deposits made to
secure the payment of estimated antidumping duties with respect to
entries of the subject merchandise from India entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or after June 4, 2021 (i.e., 90 days
prior to the date of the publication of the India Preliminary
Determination), but before September 2, 2021 (i.e., the date of
publication of the India Preliminary Determination).
Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation
Except as noted in the ``Provisional Measures'' section of this
notice, in accordance with section 736 of the Act, Commerce will
instruct CBP to continue to suspend liquidation on all relevant entries
of granular PTFE resin from India and Russia. These instructions
suspending liquidation will remain in effect until further notice.
Commerce will also instruct CBP to require cash deposits equal to
the estimated weighted-average dumping margins indicated in the tables
below, adjusted by the export subsidy offset. Accordingly, effective on
the date of publication in the Federal Register of the notice of the
ITC's final affirmative injury determinations, CBP will require, at the
same time as importers would normally deposit estimated duties on
subject merchandise, a cash deposit
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equal to the rates listed below. The relevant all-others rate applies
to all producers or exporters not specifically listed.
Provisional Measures
Section 733(d) of the Act states that suspension of liquidation
pursuant to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in
effect for more than four months, except where exporters representing a
significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise request
that Commerce extend the four-month period to no more than six months.
At the request of exporters that account for a significant proportion
of exports of granular PTFE resin from India and Russia, Commerce
extended the four-month period to six months in these investigations.
Commerce published the Preliminary Determinations on September 2,
2021.\5\
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\5\ See India Preliminary Determination and Russia Preliminary
Determination.
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The extended provisional measures period, beginning on the date of
publication of the Preliminary Determinations, ended on February 28,
2022. Therefore, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act and our
practice,\6\ Commerce will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of
liquidation and to liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties,
unliquidated entries of granular PTFE resin from India and Russia
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption after February
28, 2022, the final day on which the provisional measures were in
effect, until and through the day preceding the date of publication of
the ITC's final affirmative injury determinations in the Federal
Register. Suspension of liquidation and the collection of cash deposits
will resume on the date of publication of the ITC's final
determinations in the Federal Register.
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\6\ See, e.g., Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from
India, India, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea
and Taiwan: Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Determination for
India and Taiwan, and Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 48390, 48392
(July 25, 2016).
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Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping Margins
The estimated weighted-average dumping margins are as follows:
India
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Cash
Estimated deposit
weighted- rate
average (adjusted
Exporter/producer dumping for
margin subsidy
(percent) offsets)
(percent)
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Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited................. 13.09 10.01
All Others...................................... 13.09 10.01
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Russia
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Cash
Estimated deposit
weighted- rate
average (adjusted
Exporter/producer dumping for
margin subsidy
(percent) offsets)
(percent)
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HaloPolymer OJSC \7\............................ 17.99 17.36
All Others...................................... 17.99 17.36
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Establishment of the Annual Inquiry Service Lists
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\7\ The final rate applies to subject merchandise produced by
HaloPolymer Kirovo-Chepetsk, LLC, HaloPolymer Perm, OJSC, and
Limited Liability Company First Fluoroplastic Plant and exported by
either Limited Liability Company Trading House HaloPolymer or
HaloPolymer OJSC.
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On September 20, 2021, Commerce published the final rule titled
``Regulations to Improve Administration and Enforcement of Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Laws'' in the Federal Register.\8\ On September
27, 2021, Commerce also published the notice titled ``Scope Ruling
Application; Annual Inquiry Service List; and Informational Sessions''
in the Federal Register.\9\ The Final Rule and Procedural Guidance
provide that Commerce will maintain an annual inquiry service list for
each order or suspended investigation, and any interested party
submitting a scope ruling application or request for circumvention
inquiry shall serve a copy of the application or request on the persons
on the annual inquiry service list for that order, as well as any
companion order covering the same merchandise from the same country of
origin.\10\
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\8\ See Regulations to Improve Administration and Enforcement of
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Laws, 86 FR 52300 (September 20,
2021) (Final Rule).
\9\ See Scope Ruling Application; Annual Inquiry Service List;
and Informational Sessions, 86 FR 53205 (September 27, 2021)
(Procedural Guidance).
\10\ Id.
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In accordance with the Procedural Guidance, for orders published in
the Federal Register after November 4, 2021, Commerce will create an
annual inquiry service list segment in Commerce's online e-filing and
document management system, Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Electronic Service System (ACCESS), available at https://access.trade.gov, within five business days of publication of the
notice of the order. Each annual inquiry service list will be saved in
ACCESS, under each case number, and under a specific segment type
called ``AISL--Annual Inquiry Service List.'' \11\
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\11\ This segment will be combined with the ACCESS Segment
Specific Information (SSI) field which will display the month in
which the notice of the order or suspended investigation was
published in the Federal Register, also known as the anniversary
month. For example, for an order under case number A-000-000 that
was published in the Federal Register in January, the relevant
segment and SSI combination will appear in ACCESS as ``AISL-January
Anniversary.'' Note that there will be only one annual inquiry
service list segment per case number, and the anniversary month will
be pre-populated in ACCESS.
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Interested parties who wish to be added to the annual inquiry
service list for an order must submit an entry of appearance to the
annual inquiry service list segment for the order in ACCESS within 30
days after the date of publication of the order. For ease of
administration, Commerce requests that law firms with more than one
attorney representing interested parties in an order designate a lead
attorney to be included on the annual inquiry service list. Commerce
will finalize the annual inquiry service list within five business days
thereafter. As mentioned in the Procedural Guidance, the new annual
inquiry service list will be in place until the following year, when
the Opportunity Notice for the anniversary month of the order is
published.
Commerce may update an annual inquiry service list at any time as
needed based on interested parties' amendments to their entries of
appearance to remove or otherwise modify their list of members and
representatives, or to update contact information. Any changes or
announcements pertaining to these procedures will be posted to the
ACCESS website at https://access.trade.gov.
Special Instructions for Petitioners and Foreign Governments
In the Final Rule, Commerce stated that, ``after an initial request
and placement on the annual inquiry service list, both petitioners and
foreign governments will automatically be placed on the annual inquiry
service list in the years that follow.'' \12\ Accordingly, as stated
above, the petitioners and foreign governments
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should submit their initial entry of appearance after publication of
this notice in order to appear in the first annual inquiry service list
for those orders for which they qualify as an interested party.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.225(n)(3), the petitioners and foreign
governments will not need to resubmit their entries of appearance each
year to continue to be included on the annual inquiry service list.
However, the petitioners and foreign governments are responsible for
making amendments to their entries of appearance during the annual
update to the annual inquiry service list in accordance with the
procedures described above.
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\12\ See Final Rule, 86 FR 52335.
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Notification to Interested Parties
This notice constitutes the antidumping duty orders with respect to
granular PTFE resin from India and Russia pursuant to section 736(a) of
the Act. Interested parties can find a list of antidumping duty orders
currently in effect at https://enforcement.trade.gov/stats/iastats1.html.
These antidumping duty orders are published in accordance with
section 736(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
Dated: March 9, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix--Scope of the Orders
The product covered by these orders is granular
polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) resin. Granular PTFE resin is covered
by the scope of these orders whether filled or unfilled, whether or
not modified, and whether or not containing co-polymer, additives,
pigments, or other materials. Also included is PTFE wet raw polymer.
The chemical formula for granular PTFE resin is C2F4, and the
Chemical Abstracts Service Registry number is 9002-84-0.
Subject merchandise includes material matching the above
description that has been finished, packaged, or otherwise processed
in a third country, including by filling, modifying, compounding,
packaging with another product, or performing any other finishing,
packaging, or processing that would not otherwise remove the
merchandise from the scope of the orders if performed in the country
of manufacture of the granular PTFE resin.
The product covered by these orders does not include dispersion
or coagulated dispersion (also known as fine powder) PTFE.
PTFE further processed into micropowder, having particle size
typically ranging from 1 to 25 microns, and a melt-flow rate no less
than 0.1 gram/10 minutes, is excluded from the scope of these
orders.
Granular PTFE resin is classified in the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under subheading 3904.61.0010.
Subject merchandise may also be classified under HTSUS subheading
3904.69.5000. Although the HTSUS subheadings and CAS Number are
provided for convenience and Customs purposes, the written
description of the scope is dispositive.
[FR Doc. 2022-05420 Filed 3-14-22; 8:45 am]
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