Notice2025-12937
Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin From India: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
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Published
July 11, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that granular polytetrafluoroethylene resin (granular PTFE) from India was sold in the United States at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) March 1, 2023, through February 29, 2024. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results of review.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 131 (Friday, July 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30842-30844]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-12937]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-899]
Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin From India: Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that granular polytetrafluoroethylene resin (granular PTFE)
from India was sold in the United States at less than normal value (NV)
during the period of review (POR) March 1, 2023, through February 29,
2024. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary
results of review.
DATES: Applicable July 11, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Noah Wetzel or Jonathan Schueler, 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) 482-7466 or (202)
482-9175, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On March 15, 2022, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
antidumping duty order on granular PTFE from India.\1\ On March 1,
2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of
opportunity to request an administrative review of the Order.\2\ On May
8, 2024, based on a timely request for review, in accordance with 19
CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce initiated an administrative review of
the Order, covering one producer/exporter, Gujarat Fluorochemicals
Limited (GFCL).\3\
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\1\ See Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from India and
the Russian Federation: Antidumping Duty Orders, 87 FR 14514 (March
15, 2022) (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 15157 (March 1,
2024).
\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 38867 (May 8, 2024).
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On July 23, 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
November 25, 2024, Commerce determined that it was not practicable to
complete the preliminary results of this review within 245 days and
extended the deadline for the preliminary results of this review until
April 7, 2025.\5\ Additionally, on December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled
certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by 90 days.\6\ For
a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of
this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\7\
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\4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 23, 2024.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated November
25, 2024.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated
December 9, 2024.
\7\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024:
Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene from Resin India,'' 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 Order is granular PTFE from India.
For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\8\
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\8\ Id.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance
with section 751(a) of the Act. Export price and constructed export
price are 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
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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="http://access.trade.gov">http://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete version of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
Preliminary Results of Review
We preliminarily determine the following weighted-average dumping
margin exists for the respondent for the period March 1, 2023, through
February 29, 2024:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited........................... 3.38
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis
performed for these preliminary results to interested parties 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 no later than seven
days after the date on which Commerce issues its post-preliminary
analysis in this administrative review. A timeline for the submission
of case briefs and written comments will be provided to interested
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\ Case and
rebuttal briefs should be filed 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); 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 19 351.309(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 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.\11\ 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 administrative 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).\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. 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. An electronically filed hearing request
must be received successfully in its entirety via ACCESS by 5 p.m.
Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of publication of this
notice in the Federal Register. If a request for a hearing is made,
Commerce will inform parties of the scheduled date for the hearing.\13\
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\13\ 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.\14\
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\14\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
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If the weighted-average dumping margin for GFCL is not zero or de
minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent) in the final results of this
review, Commerce intends to calculate an importer-specific ad valorem
antidumping duty 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 sales, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1).\15\ 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).
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\15\ 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) (Final Modification).
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Where we do not have entered values for all U.S. sales to a
particular importer (or customer), we will calculate a per-unit
assessment rate by aggregating the antidumping duties due for all U.S.
sales to that importer (or customer) and dividing this amount by the
total quantity sold to that importer (or customer).\16\ To determine
whether a per-unit assessment rate is de minimis, we will calculate
estimated entered values.
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\16\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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If the weighted-average dumping margin for GFCL or an importer-
specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis in the final results of
review, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries
without regard to antidumping duties.\17\ 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.\18\
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\17\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2); see also Final Modification, 77
FR at 8103.
\18\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by GFCL
for which it did not know that the merchandise was destined for the
United States, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed
entries at the all-others rate (i.e., 10.01) established in the less-
than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation \19\ if there is no rate for the
intermediate company involved in the transaction.\20\
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\19\ See Order, 87 FR at 14515.
\20\ 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
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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).
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash 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 GFCL will be equal to the weighed-average
dumping margin established in the final results of this administrative
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 a
company 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 cash deposit rate published in the completed segment for the
most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this
review, or a previous segment, but the producer is, then the cash
deposit rate will be the rate established in the completed segment for
the most recent period of the producer of the merchandise; and (4) the
cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to
be 10.01 percent, the all-others rate established in the LTFV
investigation.\21\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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\21\ See Order, 87 FR at 14515.
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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 the issues raised by interested parties in
any case or rebuttal briefs, no later than 120 days after the date of
publication of these preliminary results in the Federal Register,
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1),
unless otherwise extended.
Notification to Importers
This notice 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 and/or countervailing duties
prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this POR. 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 the
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: July 7, 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. 2025-12937 Filed 7-10-25; 8:45 am]
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