Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip From India: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, and Rescission of Review, in Part; 2024-2025

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Abstract

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that certain producers and/or exporters subject to this administrative review made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025. We are also rescinding the review with respect to certain companies. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 200 (Monday, October 19, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66095-66098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-21293]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-824]


Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip From India: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, and 
Rescission of Review, in Part; 2024-2025

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 
determines that certain producers and/or exporters subject to this 
administrative review made sales of subject merchandise at less than 
normal value during the period of review (POR) July 1, 2024, through 
June 30, 2025. We are also rescinding the review with respect to 
certain companies. Interested

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parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable October 19, 2026.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacob Saude, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0981.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 30, 2025, Commerce published the antidumping duty order on 
polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip (PET film) from 
India.\1\ On August 22, 2025, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce initiated an administrative review of Cosmo 
First Ltd. India (Cosmo), Chiripal Poly Films Limited (Chiripal), Ester 
Industries Ltd. (Ester), Garware Hight-Tech Films. (Garware),\2\ JPFL 
Films Private Limited (JPFL); Polyplex Corporation Ltd. (Polyplex 
Corp), SRF Limited (SRF),\3\ and Vacmet India Limited (Vacmet).\4\ 
Commerce selected Polyplex Corp and SRF for individual examination as 
mandatory respondents.\5\ On November 20, 2025, the petitioner withdrew 
its request for Ester, Garware, Polyplex Corp, JPFL, and Vacmet.\6\ As 
a result, only SRF is subject to this administrative review.
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    \1\ See Notice of Amended Final Antidumping Duty Determination 
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: 
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from India, 67 FR 
44175 (July 1, 2002) (Order).
    \2\ On May 21, 2024, Commerce published its final results of the 
changed circumstances review (CCR) for Garware Polyester, in which 
we found that Garware Hi-Tech Films Limited (Garware Hi-Tech) is the 
successor-in-interest to Garware Polyester. See Polyethylene 
Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from India: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 89 FR 44638 (May 21, 
2024). Because the effective date of the CCR was after the POR of 
this administrative review, Commerce has continued to refer to the 
company as Garware Polyester in this review.
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 90 FR 41043 (August 22, 2025) (Initiation 
Notice).
    \4\ See Initiation Notice.
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Respondent Selection,'' dated September 
30, 2025.
    \6\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Withdrawal of Request for 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated November 20, 2025.
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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.\7\ 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.\8\
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    \7\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the 
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
    \8\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated 
November 24, 2025.
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    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), Commerce extended the deadline for the preliminary 
results until September 30, 2026.\9\ Further, on September 29, 2026, in 
accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.213(h)(2), Commerce extended the deadline to issue the preliminary 
results by seven days, until October 7, 2026.\10\
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    \9\ See Memoranda, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023,'' 
dated March 19, 2024; and ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated July 9, 
2024.
    \10\ See Memorandum, ``Second Extension of Deadline for 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-
2025,'' dated September 29, 2026.
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    For a detailed description of the events that followed the 
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\11\ 
A list of 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 available 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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    \11\ See Memorandum, ``D Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of 
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip 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 PET film from India. For a 
complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.

Partial Rescission of Administrative Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party who requested 
the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation. All requests for an 
administrative review of Cosmo, Chiripal, Ester, Garware, Vacmet, and 
Polyplex Corp were timely withdrawn.\12\ As a result, in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), we are rescinding this administrative review 
with respect to these companies. Accordingly, the company that remains 
subject to the instant review is SRF.
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    \12\ See Chiripal's Letter, ``Withdrawal of Request for Anti-
Dumping Duty Admin Review of Chiripal Poly Films Limited 
(Chiripal),'' dated November 20, 2025; DuPont Teijin Films, 
Mitsubishi Chemical America, Inc.--Polyester Film Division's and 
Microworks America, Inc.'s Letter, ``Withdrawal of Request for 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated November 20, 2025; 
Polyplex USA LLC's Letter, ``Withdrawal of Request for Review for 
Polyplex USA LLC,'' dated November 20, 2025.
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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Act. We calculated export price in 
accordance with section 772(a) of the Act. We calculated normal value 
in accordance with section 773 of the Act. For a full description of 
the methodology underlying these preliminary results, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Preliminary Results of the Review

    We preliminarily determine the following estimated weighted-average 
dumping margins exist for the period July 1, 2024, through June 30, 
2025:

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                                                       Weighted-average
                 Exporter/producer                      dumping margin
                                                          (percent)
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SRF Limited........................................                0.61
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Disclosure

    Commerce intends to disclose its calculations performed to 
interested parties for these preliminary results within five days of 
any public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within 
five days of the date of publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register, 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. 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.\13\ 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.\14\ Interested

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parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding 
must submit: (1) a table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a 
table of authorities.\15\ 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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    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii); see also 19 CFR 351.303 for 
general filing requirements.
    \14\ 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).
    \15\ 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.\16\ 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).\17\
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    \16\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that 
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.
    \17\ 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.\18\
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    \18\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Final Results of Review

    Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), Commerce intends to issue the final 
results of this administrative review, including the results of its 
analysis of the issues raised by the parties in any written briefs, no 
later than 120 days after the date of publication of these preliminary 
results.

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), upon issuing the final results, 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.
    If SRF's weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis 
(i.e., less than 0.50 percent) in the final results of this review, 
Commerce intends to calculate importer-specific assessment rates on the 
basis of the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for each 
importer's examined sales to the total entered value of those sales. 
Where we do not have entered values for all U.S. sales to a particular 
importer, we will calculate an importer-specific, per-unit assessment 
rate on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of dumping 
calculated for the importer's examined sales to the total quantity of 
those sales.\19\ To determine whether an importer-specific, per-unit 
assessment rate is de minimis, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), 
we also will calculate an importer-specific ad valorem ratio based on 
estimated entered values. If SRF's weighted-average dumping margin is 
zero or de minimis or where an importer-specific ad valorem assessment 
rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate 
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.\20\
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    \19\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \20\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2); see also Antidumping Proceeding: 
Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment 
Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 
8101, 8103 (February 14, 2012).
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    In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice, 
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by SRF for 
which the respondent did not know that the merchandise was destined for 
the United States, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate those entries 
at the all-others rate in the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 
investigation (i.e., 5.71 percent) if there is no rate for the 
intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\21\ The final 
results of this administrative review shall be the basis for the 
assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise under review 
and for future cash deposits of estimated antidumping duties, where 
applicable.
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    \21\ 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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    For the companies for which we are rescinding this administrative 
review, antidumping duties shall be assessed at rates equal to the cash 
deposit of estimated antidumping duties required at the time of entry, 
or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, during the period of 
review, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). For these 
companies, Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no 
earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of these preliminary 
results in the Federal Register.
    Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP regarding 
SRF no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of the final 
results of this 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 for all 
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, as provided for by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the company-specific cash deposit rate for 
SRF will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin for each 
company established in the final results of this review (except, if 
that rate is de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), 
then the cash deposit rate will be zero); (2) for producers or 
exporters 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 they were reviewed; (3) if the exporter is not a 
firm covered in this review or a prior segment of the proceeding but 
the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate 
established for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding 
for the producer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for 
all other producers or exporters will continue to be 5.71 percent, the 
all-others rate established in the LTFV investigation.\22\ These cash 
deposit requirements, when

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    \22\ 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) 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 countervailing duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.213(h)(2) and 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. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation

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