Notice2025-18133
Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin From India: Final Results of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2023
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Published
September 19, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that countervailable subsidies were provided to Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited (GFCL), a producer and exporter of granular polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) resin from India. The period of review (POR) is January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 180 (Friday, September 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45181-45182]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-18133]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-533-900]
Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin From India: Final Results
of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2023
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
countervailable subsidies were provided to Gujarat Fluorochemicals
Limited (GFCL), a producer and exporter of granular
polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) resin from India. The period of review
(POR) is January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023.
DATES: Applicable September 19, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shane Subler or Rachel Accorsi, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6241 or (202) 482-3149,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 11, 2025, Commerce published the Preliminary Results \1\
and invited interested parties to comment. On August 6, 2025, Commerce
extended the deadline for these final results to September 12, 2025.\2\
For a detailed description of the events that occurred subsequent to
the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\3\
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\1\ See Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from India:
Preliminary Results of the Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review; 2023, 90 FR 15445 (April 11, 2025) (Preliminary Results),
and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,'' dated August 6, 2025.
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Administrative Review of the Countervailing
Duty Order on Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from India;
2023,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order <SUP>4</SUP>
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\4\ See Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from India and
the Russian Federation: Countervailing Duty Orders, 87 FR 14509
(March 15, 2022) (Order), as amended in Granular
Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from India: Notice of Court Decision
Not in Harmony With the Final Determination of Countervailing Duty
Investigation; Notice of Amended Final Determination and Amended
Countervailing Duty Order, 88 FR 74153 (October 30, 2023) (Amended
Final Determination and Order).
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The product covered by this Order is granular PTFE resin. A full
description of the scope of the Order is contained in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised by interested parties in briefs are addressed in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues addressed in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum is provided 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 analysis of comments from interested parties and the
evidence on the record, we have not made any changes to the Preliminary
Results. The reasons for this conclusion are explained in the Issues
and Decision Memorandum. Accordingly, we made no changes to the
countervailable subsidy rate calculations from the Preliminary Results
for the mandatory respondent GFCL.\5\
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\5\ See Preliminary Results, 90 FR at 15446.
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Methodology
Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For each
of the subsidy programs found to be countervailable, we find that there
is a subsidy, i.e., a government-provided financial contribution that
gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, and that the subsidy is
specific.\6\ The Issues and Decision Memorandum contains a full
description of the methodology underlying Commerce's conclusions,
including any determination that relied upon the use of adverse facts
available pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act.
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\6\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding
financial contribution, section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding
benefit, and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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Final Results of Review
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5), we calculated an
individual net countervailable subsidy rate for GFCL. We determine the
following net countervailable subsidy rate for the POR of January 1,
2023, through December 31, 2023, is as follows:
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Subsidy rate
Company (percent ad
valorem)
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Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited \7\..................... 5.16
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Disclosure
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\7\ As stated in the Preliminary Results, Commerce found Inox
Leasing and Finance Limited to be cross-owned with GFCL. See
Preliminary Results, 90 FR at 15446.
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Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations
performed in connection with the final results of administrative review
within five days of any public announcement or, if there is no public
announcement, within five days of the date of publication of the notice
of the final results in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b).
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However, because we have made no changes from the Preliminary Results,
there are no new calculations to disclose.
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b),
Commerce has determined, and U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
shall assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate entries of
subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of this
review, for the above-listed company at the applicable ad valorem
assessment rate listed for the POR (i.e., January 1, 2023, to December
31, 2023). 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).
Cash Deposit Requirements
In accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce intends,
upon publication of the final results, to instruct CBP to collect cash
deposits of estimated countervailing duties in the amount shown for
GFCL (and its cross-owned affiliate) listed above on shipments of
subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date of publication of the final results of
this administrative review. For all non-reviewed firms, we will
instruct CBP to continue to collect cash deposits at the most recent
company-specific, or all others rate (i.e., 5.39 percent),\8\
applicable to the company, as appropriate. These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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\8\ See Amended Final Determination and Order, 88 FR at 74154.
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Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an 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 terms of an APO is a violation which
is subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these final results of administrative
review and notice in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of
the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: September 12, 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 Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Application of Adverse
Inferences
V. Subsidies Valuation Information
VI. Interest Rate Benchmarks and Benchmarks for Measuring the
Adequacy of Remuneration
VII. Analysis of Programs
VIII. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether the Remission of Duties and Taxes on Export
Products (RODTEP) Program Provides a Countervailable Benefit
Comment 2: Whether Commerce Should Rely Solely on Benchmark Data
Submitted by GFCL for the Gujarat Industrial Development
Corporation's (GIDC) Provision of Land for Less Than Adequate
Remuneration (LTAR)
Comment 3: Whether the Duty Drawback (DDB) Program is a
Countervailable Subsidy
Comment 4: Whether Commerce Should Allocate Benefits Received
Under the Status Holders Incentive Scrip (SHIS) Program to the POR
IX. Recommendation
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