Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber From India: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025

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Abstract

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that The Bombay Dyeing And Manufacturing Company Limited (Bombay Dyeing) sold subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025. In addition, we are rescinding the review with respect to Reliance Industries Limited (RIL). Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 200 (Monday, October 19, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66078-66080]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-21271]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-875]


Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber From India: Preliminary 
Results and Rescission, in Part of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2024-2025

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 
determines that The Bombay Dyeing And Manufacturing Company Limited 
(Bombay Dyeing) sold subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) 
during the period of review (POR), July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025. 
In addition, we are rescinding the review with respect to Reliance 
Industries Limited (RIL). Interested parties are invited to comment on 
these preliminary results of review.

DATES: Applicable October 19, 2026.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Howard Smith, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5193.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 22, 2025, based on timely requests for review, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce initiated an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on fine denier 
polyester staple fiber (fine denier PSF) from India with respect to RIL 
and Bombay Dyeing.\1\ On November 20, 2025, RIL timely withdrew its 
request for an administrative review of its exports of subject 
merchandise during the POR.\2\ On March 6, 2026, Bombay Dyeing notified 
Commerce that it will not participate in this administrative review.\3\
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 90 FR 41043 (August 22, 2025); see also Fine 
Denier Polyester Staple Fiber from the People's Republic of China, 
India, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan: Antidumping Duty Orders, 
83 FR 34545 (July 20, 2018) (Order).
    \2\ See RIL's Letter, ``Withdrawal of request for conducting an 
administrative review,'' dated November 20, 2025.
    \3\ See Bombay Dyeing's Letter, ``Withdrawal from 
participation,'' dated March 6, 2026.
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    Due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown, 
on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative 
proceedings by 47 days.\4\ Additionally, due to a backlog of documents 
that were electronically filed via Enforcement and Compliance's 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service 
System (ACCESS) during the Federal Government shutdown, on November 24, 
2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative proceedings by an 
additional 21 days.\5\ On June 4, 2026, Commerce extended the deadline 
for issuing the preliminary results of this review to September 30, 
2026.\6\ On September 29, 2026, Commerce extended the deadline for 
issuing the preliminary results of this review by seven days, until 
October 7, 2026.\7\
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    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the 
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated 
November 24, 2025.
    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated June 4, 
2026.
    \7\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated September 
29, 2026.

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    For a complete description of the events that followed the 
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\8\ 
A list of the topics 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 
ACCESS, which is available to registered users at <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/frnotices">https://access.trade.gov/frnotices</a>.
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    \8\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order 
on Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber from India; 2024-2025,'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the Order is fine denier PSF from India. 
For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if all parties who 
requested the review withdraw their requests within 90 days of the date 
of publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review in 
the Federal Register. As noted above, Commerce received a timely-filed 
withdrawal request from RIL and no other parties requested an 
administrative review of RIL. Therefore, Commerce is rescinding this 
administrative review with respect to RIL, pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(1).

Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Pursuant to 
sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, Commerce has preliminarily relied 
upon facts otherwise available with adverse inferences (AFA) to 
determine a dumping margin for Bombay Dyeing. For a full description of 
the methodology underlying the preliminary results of review, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Preliminary Results of Review

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the 
following estimated weighted-average dumping margin exists for the 
period July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                     Producer/exporter                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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The Bombay Dyeing and Manufacturing Company Limited........     21.43 *
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* This rate is based on facts available with adverse inferences.

Disclosure

    Normally, Commerce discloses to parties to the proceeding the 
calculations performed in the preliminary results of review within five 
days of any public announcement of the preliminary results or, if there 
is no public announcement, within five days of the date of publication 
of the notice of preliminary results in the Federal Register, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However, because Commerce 
preliminarily applied total AFA to the individually examined company, 
in accordance with section 776 of the Act, there are no calculations to 
disclose.

Verification

    On February 4, 2026, Auriga Polymers, Inc. and Nan Ya Plastics 
Corporation, America, domestic interested parties, requested that 
Commerce conduct a verification of the information submitted by Bombay 
Dyeing in this review. However, because Bombay Dyeing did not provide 
any of the information requested by Commerce and Commerce preliminarily 
determines that Bombay Dyeing has been uncooperative, it will not 
conduct a verification in this review.

Public Comment

    Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.309(c)(1)(ii), we have modified the deadline for interested parties 
to submit case briefs to Commerce to no later than 21 days after the 
date of the publication of this notice.\9\ 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.\10\ Interested parties who 
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this review must submit: (1) a 
table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of 
authorities.\11\ All briefs must be filed electronically 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.
    \10\ 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 Procedures).
    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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    As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2)(iii) and (d)(2)(iii), we 
request that interested parties provide at the beginning of their 
briefs a public executive summary for each issue raised in their 
briefs.\12\ Further, we request that interested parties limit their 
public executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not 
including citations. We intend to use the public 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 public 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).\13\
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    \12\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that 
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.
    \13\ See APO and Service Procedures.
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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 by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of 
publication of this notice. 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. Oral presentations at the hearing will be 
limited to issues raised in the briefs. If a request for a hearing is 
made, Commerce will inform parties of the scheduled date for the 
hearing.\14\
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    \14\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), Commerce will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of 
this review.
    Commerce intends to issue rescission instructions to CBP in which 
it instructs CBP to assess antidumping duties on all entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR from RIL at rates equal to the cash deposit 
rate for estimated antidumping duties required at the time of entry, or 
withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in accordance with 19

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CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to issue these rescission 
instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
    Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP regarding 
Bombay Dyeing in which it instructs CBP to assess antidumping duties on 
all entries of subject merchandise during the POR from Bombay Dyeing at 
rates equal to the weighted-average dumping margin determined for 
Bombay Dyeing in the final results of this review.
    If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of International 
Trade, Commerce will direct CBP in its assessment instructions 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 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 Bombay Dyeing 
will be the cash deposit rate established for Bombay Dyeing in the 
final results of this review (if that rate continues to be based on 
total AFA, the rate will be offset by the lowest export subsidy rate 
determined for any company in the companion countervailing duty 
proceeding, as part of the application of AFA to Bombay Dyeing); \15\ 
(2) for companies previously investigated or reviewed in this 
proceeding that are not covered by this review, the cash deposit rate 
will continue to be the company-specific cash deposit rate determined 
for the company in the most recently completed segment of this 
proceeding that covered the company; (3) if the exporter is not a firm 
covered in this review, or in a prior segment of this proceeding, but 
the manufacturer is, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate 
established for the manufacturer in the most recently completed segment 
of this proceeding that covered the manufacturer; and (4) the cash 
deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will continue to 
be 14.67 percent, the all-others rate established in the less than fair 
value investigation adjusted for export subsidies.\16\ These cash 
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.
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    \15\ See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the Socialist 
Republic of Vietnam: Final Results of and Final Rescission of 
Review, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-
2024, 91 FR 8429 (February 23, 2026), and accompanying Issues and 
Decision Memorandum at Comment 7 (``Accordingly, we have adjusted 
Thong Thuan/TTCR's {(a company assigned a total AFA dumping 
margin){time}  cash deposit rate by the lowest export subsidy rate 
determined for any party in the CVD Final. As discussed above, this 
is appropriate because the U.S. price for the dumping margin alleged 
in the petition, i.e., 25.76 percent, is based on import average 
unit values where the company associated with those values is not 
known''). Similarly, here, as AFA, we based Bombay Dyeing's dumping 
margin on the dumping margin alleged in the petition, which is based 
on the average unit values of U.S. imports of subject merchandise.) 
See Auriga Polymers, Inc. and Nan Ya Plastics Corporation, America's 
Letter, ``Petitioners' Submission of Factual Information and 
Comments in Advance of the Preliminary Results,'' dated August 20, 
2026, at Attachment 2 on page 7 of the Initiation checklist.
    \16\ See Order.
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Notification to Importers

    This notice also 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 review period. 
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 double 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 of review 
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 
CFR 351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: October 7, 2026.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
V. Application of Facts Available and Use of Adverse Inferences
VI. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2026-21271 Filed 10-16-26; 8:45 am]
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