Notice2024-23501
Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin From India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2023
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Published
October 10, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited (GFCL) made sales of subject merchandise in the United States at prices below normal value during the period of review (POR) September 2, 2021, through February 28, 2023.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 197 (Thursday, October 10, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 82221-82223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23501]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-899]
Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin From India: Final Results
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2023
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited (GFCL) made sales of subject
merchandise in the United States at prices below normal value during
the
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period of review (POR) September 2, 2021, through February 28, 2023.
DATES: Applicable October 10, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Horn or Noah Wetzel, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4868 and (202)
482-7466 respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 3, 2024, Commerce published the Preliminary Results and
invited interested parties to comment.\1\ On July 15, 2024, Commerce
extended the deadline for the final results of this administrative
review until September 27, 2024.\2\ On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled
certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days.\3\
The deadline for the final results is now October 4, 2024. For a
summary of the events that occurred since the Preliminary Results, see
the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\4\ Commerce conducted this review
in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act).
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\1\ See Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from India:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Administrative Review, 89 FR
22989 (April 3, 2024) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated July 15, 2024.
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty
Order on Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from India; 2021-
2023,'' dated concurrently with this notice (Issues and Decision
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order <SUP>5</SUP>
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\5\ See Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from India and
the Russian Federation: Antidumping Duty Orders, 87 FR 14514 (March
15, 2022) (Order).
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The merchandise covered by the Order is granular
polytetrafluoroethylene resin (granular PTFE) from India. For a
complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
Analysis of Comments Received
We addressed all issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs
filed in this administrative review in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum. A list of the issues addressed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum is in the appendix to this notice. The Issues and 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 Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly
at <a href="https://access.trade/gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade/gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our evaluation of the comments received from interested
parties regarding our Preliminary Results and our analysis of the
record, we made certain changes to the weighted-average dumping margin
calculation for GFCL, as detailed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.\6\ For a discussion of the comments, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
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\6\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 2.
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Final Results of Review
We determine that the following estimated weighted-average dumping
margin exists for the period September 2, 2021, through February 28,
2023:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited............................ 2.40
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Disclosure
We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these final
results of review to interested parties within five days of the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal Register, in accordance with
19 CFR 351.224(b).
Assessment Rates
Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of
subject merchandise in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.212(b). Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), because GFCL
reported the entered value for its U.S. sales, we calculated importer-
specific ad valorem duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the
total amount of antidumping duties calculated for the examined sales to
the total entered value of those sales. Where an importer-specific
assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
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).
Consistent with Commerce's clarification of its assessment
practice, for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by
GFCL where it did not know that the merchandise was destined for the
United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at the
all-others rate established in the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV)
investigation of 10.01 percent ad valorem,\7\ if there is no rate for
the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\8\
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\7\ See Order, 87 FR at 14515.
\8\ 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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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for GFCL will be
equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the final
results of this administrative review; (2) for merchandise exported by
a producer or exporter 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 the producer or exporter
participated; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review,
a prior review, or the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV)
investigation, but the producer is, the cash deposit rate will be the
rate established for the most recently completed segment of the
proceeding for the producer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash
deposit rate for all other producers and exporters will continue to be
10.01 percent ad valorem, the all-others rate established in the LTFV
investigation.\9\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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\9\ See Order, 87 FR at 14515.
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Notification to Importers Regarding the Reimbursement of Duties
This notice serves as a final 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 the POR. 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 Regarding Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective orders (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of
the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return or
destruction of APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective
order, is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and
the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: October 4, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
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 Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Calculation of Certain U.S. Movements Expenses
Comment 2: Correction of Clerical Errors
VI. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2024-23501 Filed 10-9-24; 8:45 am]
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