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8See Temporary Rule. 

1See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Petitions for the 

Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duties: Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from 

India and Russia,’’ dated January 27, 2021 (the 

Petitions). 

2 Id. 

3See Commerce’s Letters, ‘‘Petitions for the 

Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duties on Imports of Granular 

Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) Resin from India 

and Russia: Supplemental Questions,’’ dated 

January 29, 2021; ‘‘Petition for the Imposition of 

Antidumping Duties on Imports of Granular 

Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) Resin from India: 

Supplemental Questions,’’ dated February 1, 2021; 

and ‘‘Petition for the Imposition of Antidumping 

Duties on Imports of Granular 

Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) Resin from Russia: 

Supplemental Questions,’’ dated February 1, 2021. 

4See Petitioner’s Letters, ‘‘Granular 

Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from India and 

Russia: Response to General Issues Questionnaire,’’ 

dated February 2, 2021 (General Issues 

Supplement); ‘‘Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene 

Resin from India: Response to Supplemental 

Questionnaire,’’ dated February 3, 2021 (India AD 

Supplement); and ‘‘Granular 

containing business proprietary 

information, until further notice.8

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), any 

interested party may request a hearing 

within 30 days of the date of publication 

of this notice in the Federal Register. If 

a hearing is requested, Commerce will 

notify interested parties of the hearing 

date and time. 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 within 30 days after the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. Hearing requests should 

contain: (1) The requestor company’s 

name, address, and telephone number; 

(2) the number of hearing participants 

from the company; and (3) a list of the 

issues the company will discuss in the 

hearing. Issues raised in the hearing will 

be limited to issues covered in the case 

and rebuttal briefs. 

Unless otherwise extended, 

Commerce intends to issue the final 

results of this review, which will 

include the results of its analysis of 

issues raised in any case and rebuttal 

briefs, no later than 120 days after the 

date these preliminary results of review 

are published in the Federal Register, 

pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 

Act. 

Assessment Rates 

If Commerce proceeds to a final 

rescission of this administrative review, 

any suspended entries of subject 

merchandise from DCL will be 

liquidated at the rate at which they 

entered, which was the China-wide 

entity rate (i.e., 149.92 percent). If 

Commerce does not proceed to a final 

rescission of this administrative review, 

pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), 

Commerce will calculate importerspecific (or customer-specific) 

assessment rates based on the final 

results of this review. However, 

pursuant to Commerce’s practice in 

non-market economy cases, if 

Commerce does not proceed to a final 

rescission of this administrative review, 

for POR entries of EMD not related to 

sales reported in DCL’s U.S. sales 

database, Commerce will instruct U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 

liquidate such entries at the China-wide 

entity rate. 

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 

If Commerce proceeds to a final 

rescission of this administrative review, 

DCL’s cash deposit rate will continue to 

be the China-wide entity rate of 149.92 

percent. If Commerce does not proceed 

to a final rescission of this 

administrative review, but calculates a 

dumping margin for DCL, Commerce 

will instruct CBP to collect a cash 

deposit upon publication of the final 

results of review in the Federal 

Register, equal to the dumping margin 

calculated for DCL. 

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 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 duties 

occurred and the subsequent assessment 

of doubled antidumping duties. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

results in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act. 

Dated: February 16, 2021. 

Christian Marsh, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Sections in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Preliminary Rescission of the Review 

V. Recommendation 

[FR Doc. 2021–03620 Filed 2–22–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–533–899, A–821–829] 

Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin 

From India and the Russian 

Federation: Initiation of Less-ThanFair-Value Investigations 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Applicable February 16, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sergio Balbontin at (202) 482–6478 

(India) or Jaron Moore at (202) 482–3640 

(the Russian Federation (Russia)); AD/ 

CVD Operations, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The Petitions 

On January 27, 2021, the Department 

of Commerce (Commerce) received 

antidumping duty (AD) petitions 

concerning imports of granular 

polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) resin 

from India and Russia, filed in proper 

form on behalf of Daikin America, Inc. 

(the petitioner), a domestic producer of 

granular PTFE resin.1 The Petitions 

were accompanied by countervailing 

duty (CVD) petitions concerning 

imports of granular PTFE resin from 

India and Russia.2

On January 29 and February 1, 2021, 

Commerce requested supplemental 

information pertaining to certain aspects 

of the Petitions.3 The petitioner filed 

responses to these requests on February 

2 and 3, 2021.4

Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 34 / Tuesday, February 23, 2021 / Notices 10927 

Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from Russia: 

Submission of Answers to Supplemental 

Questions,’’ dated February 3, 2021 (Russia AD 

Supplement). 

5See infra, section on ‘‘Determination of Industry 

Support for the Petitions.’’ 

6See Memoranda, ‘‘Petitions for the Imposition of 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duties on Imports 

of Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from 

India and Russia: Phone Call with Counsel to the 

Petitioner,’’ dated February 4, 2021; and ‘‘Petitions 

for the Imposition of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duties on Imports of Granular 

Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from India and 

Russia: Phone Call with Counsel to the Petitioner,’’ 

dated February 9, 2021 (Scope Call Memorandum). 

7See Scope Call Memorandum at 1–2. 

8See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997) 

(Preamble). 

9See 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) (defining ‘‘factual 

information’’). 

10See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures; 

Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR 

39263 (July 6, 2011); see also Enforcement and 

Compliance; Change of Electronic Filing System 

Name, 79 FR 69046 (November 20, 2014) for details 

of Commerce’s electronic filing requirements, 

effective August 5, 2011. Information on help using 

ACCESS can be found at https://access.trade.gov/ 

help.aspx and a handbook can be found at https:// 

access.trade.gov/help/Handbook_on_Electronic_

Filing_Procedures.pdf. 

11See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD 

Service Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension 

of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020). 

In accordance with section 732(b) of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 

Act), the petitioner alleges that imports 

of granular PTFE resin from India and 

Russia are being, or are likely to be, sold 

in the United States at less than fair 

value (LTFV) within the meaning of 

section 731 of the Act, and that imports 

of such products are materially injuring, 

or threatening material injury to, the 

granular PTFE resin industry in the 

United States. Consistent with section 

732(b)(1) of the Act, the Petitions are 

accompanied by information reasonably 

available to the petitioner supporting its 

allegations. 

Commerce finds that the petitioner 

filed the Petitions on behalf of the 

domestic industry, because the 

petitioner is an interested party, as 

defined in section 771(9)(C) of the Act. 

Commerce also finds that the petitioner 

demonstrated sufficient industry 

support for the initiation of the 

requested AD investigations.5

Periods of Investigation 

Because the Petitions were filed on 

January 27, 2021, the period of 

investigation (POI) for the India and 

Russia AD investigations is January 1, 

2020, through December 31, 2020, 

pursuant to 19 CFR 351.204(b)(1). 

Scope of the Investigations 

The product covered by these 

investigations is granular PTFE resin 

from India and Russia. For a full 

description of the scope of these 

investigations, see the appendix to this 

notice. 

Comments on the Scope of the 

Investigations 

On February 4 and 9, 2021, Commerce 

requested information from the 

petitioner regarding the proposed scope 

to ensure that the scope language in the 

Petitions is an accurate reflection of the 

products for which the domestic 

industry is seeking relief.6 On February 

9, 2021, the petitioner revised the 

scope.7 The description of merchandise 

covered by these investigations, as 

described in the appendix to this notice, 

reflects this revision. 

As discussed in the Preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations, we are setting 

aside a period of time for interested 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage (i.e., scope).8 Commerce will 

consider all comments received from 

interested parties and, if necessary, will 

consult with interested parties prior to 

the issuance of the preliminary 

determinations. If scope comments 

include factual information,9 all such 

factual information should be limited to 

public information. To facilitate 

preparation of its questionnaires, 

Commerce requests that all interested 

parties submit such comments by 5:00 

p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on March 8, 

2021, which is 20 calendar days from 

the signature date of this notice. Any 

rebuttal comments, which may include 

factual information, must be filed by 

5:00 p.m. ET on March 18, 2021, which 

is 10 calendar days from the initial 

comment deadline. 

Commerce requests that any factual 

information that parties consider 

relevant to the scope of the 

investigations be submitted during this 

period. However, if a party subsequently 

finds that additional factual information 

pertaining to the scope of the 

investigations may be relevant, the party 

may contact Commerce and request 

permission to submit the additional 

information. All such submissions must 

be filed on the records of the concurrent 

AD and CVD investigations. 

Filing Requirements 

All submissions to Commerce must be 

filed electronically using Enforcement 

and Compliance’s Antidumping Duty 

and Countervailing Duty Centralized 

Electronic Service System (ACCESS), 

unless an exception applies.10 An 

electronically filed document must be 

received successfully in its entirety by 

the time and date it is due. Note that 

Commerce has temporarily modified 

certain of its requirements for serving 

documents containing business 

proprietary information, until further 

notice.11

Comments on Product Characteristics 

Commerce is providing interested 

parties an opportunity to comment on 

the appropriate physical characteristics 

of granular PTFE resin to be reported in 

response to Commerce’s AD 

questionnaires. This information will be 

used to identify the key physical 

characteristics of the subject 

merchandise in order to report the 

relevant costs of production accurately, 

as well as to develop appropriate 

product-comparison criteria. 

Interested parties may provide any 

information or comments that they feel 

are relevant to the development of an 

accurate list of physical characteristics. 

Specifically, they may provide 

comments as to which characteristics 

are appropriate to use as: (1) General 

product characteristics; and (2) product 

comparison criteria. We note that it is 

not always appropriate to use all 

product characteristics as product 

comparison criteria. We base product 

comparison criteria on meaningful 

commercial differences among products. 

In other words, although there may be 

some physical product characteristics 

utilized by manufacturers to describe 

granular PTFE resin, it may be that only 

a select few product characteristics take 

into account commercially meaningful 

physical characteristics. In addition, 

interested parties may comment on the 

order in which the physical 

characteristics should be used in 

matching products. Generally, 

Commerce attempts to list the most 

important physical characteristics first 

and the least important characteristics 

last. 

In order to consider the suggestions of 

interested parties in developing and 

issuing the AD questionnaires, all 

product characteristics comments must 

be filed by 5:00 p.m. ET on March 8, 

2021, which is 20 calendar days from 

the signature date of this notice. Any 

rebuttal comments must be filed by 5:00 

p.m. ET on March 18, 2021. All 

comments and submissions to 

Commerce must be filed electronically 

using ACCESS, as explained above, on 

the record of each of the AD 

investigations. 

Determination of Industry Support for 

the Petitions 

Section 732(b)(1) of the Act requires 

that a petition be filed on behalf of the 

domestic industry. Section 732(c)(4)(A) 

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12See section 771(10) of the Act. 

13See USEC, Inc. v. United States, 132 F. Supp. 

2d 1, 8 (CIT 2001) (citing Algoma Steel Corp., Ltd. 

v. United States, 688 F. Supp. 639, 644 (CIT 1988), 

aff’d 865 F. 2d 240 (Fed. Cir. 1989)). 

14See Volume I of the Petitions at I–11 through 

I–19. 

15For a discussion of the domestic like product 

analysis as applied to these cases and information 

regarding industry support, see Antidumping Duty 

Investigation Initiation Checklists: Granular 

Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from India and 

Russia (Country-Specific AD Initiation Checklists) 

at Attachment II, Analysis of Industry Support for 

the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Petitions 

Covering Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin 

from India and Russia (Attachment II). These 

checklists are dated concurrently with this notice 

and on file electronically via ACCESS. 

16See Volume I of the Petitions at I–2 through I– 

3 and Exhibit I–1; see also General issues 

Supplement at 2 and Exhibit Supp I–1. 

17See Volume I of the Petitions at I–2 through I– 

3 and Exhibit I–4. 

18 Id. at I–2 through I–3 and Exhibit I–1. 

19 Id. at I–2 through I–3 and Exhibits I–1 and I– 

4; see also General Issues Supplement at 2 and 

Exhibit Supp I–1. 

20See Attachment II of the Country-Specific AD 

Initiation Checklists. 

21 Id.; see also section 732(c)(4)(D) of the Act. 

22See Attachment II of the Country-Specific AD 

Initiation Checklists. 

23 Id. 

24 Id. 

25See Volume I of the Petitions at I–23 and 

Exhibit I–27. 

26See Volume I of the Petitions at I–26 through 

I–38 and Exhibits I–27, I–29 through I–35; see also 

General Issues Supplement at Exhibit Supp. I–1. 

27See Country-Specific AD Initiation Checklists 

at Attachment III, Analysis of Allegations and 

Evidence of Material Injury and Causation for the 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Petitions 

of the Act provides that a petition meets 

this requirement if the domestic 

producers or workers who support the 

petition account for: (i) At least 25 

percent of the total production of the 

domestic like product; and (ii) more 

than 50 percent of the production of the 

domestic like product produced by that 

portion of the industry expressing 

support for, or opposition to, the 

petition. Moreover, section 732(c)(4)(D) 

of the Act provides that, if the petition 

does not establish support of domestic 

producers or workers accounting for 

more than 50 percent of the total 

production of the domestic like product, 

Commerce shall: (i) Poll the industry or 

rely on other information in order to 

determine if there is support for the 

petition, as required by subparagraph 

(A); or (ii) determine industry support 

using a statistically valid sampling 

method to poll the ‘‘industry.’’ 

Section 771(4)(A) of the Act defines 

the ‘‘industry’’ as the producers as a 

whole of a domestic like product. Thus, 

to determine whether a petition has the 

requisite industry support, the statute 

directs Commerce to look to producers 

and workers who produce the domestic 

like product. The International Trade 

Commission (ITC), which is responsible 

for determining whether ‘‘the domestic 

industry’’ has been injured, must also 

determine what constitutes a domestic 

like product in order to define the 

industry. While both Commerce and the 

ITC must apply the same statutory 

definition regarding the domestic like 

product,12 they do so for different 

purposes and pursuant to a separate and 

distinct authority. In addition, 

Commerce’s determination is subject to 

limitations of time and information. 

Although this may result in different 

definitions of the like product, such 

differences do not render the decision of 

either agency contrary to law.13

Section 771(10) of the Act defines the 

domestic like product as ‘‘a product 

which is like, or in the absence of like, 

most similar in characteristics and uses 

with, the article subject to an 

investigation under this title.’’ Thus, the 

reference point from which the 

domestic like product analysis begins is 

‘‘the article subject to an investigation’’ 

(i.e., the class or kind of merchandise to 

be investigated, which normally will be 

the scope as defined in the petition). 

With regard to the domestic like 

product, the petitioner does not offer a 

definition of the domestic like product 

distinct from the scope of the 

investigations.14 Based on our analysis 

of the information submitted on the 

record, we have determined that 

granular PTFE resin, as defined in the 

scope, constitutes a single domestic like 

product, and we have analyzed industry 

support in terms of that domestic like 

product.15

In determining whether the petitioner 

has standing under section 732(c)(4)(A) 

of the Act, we considered the industry 

support data contained in the Petitions 

with reference to the domestic like 

product as defined in the ‘‘Scope of the 

Investigations,’’ in the appendix to this 

notice. To establish industry support, 

the petitioner provided its own 2020 

production of the domestic like 

product.16 Additionally, the petitioner 

provided a letter of support from The 

Chemours Company FC LLC 

(Chemours), stating its support for the 

Petitions and providing its own 

production of the domestic like product 

in 2020.17 The petitioner identifies itself 

and Chemours as the companies 

constituting the U.S. granular PTFE 

resin industry and states that there are 

no other known producers of granular 

PTFE resin in the United States; 

therefore, the Petitions are supported by 

100 percent of the U.S. industry.18 We 

relied on the data provided by the 

petitioner for purposes of measuring 

industry support.19

Our review of the data provided in the 

Petitions, the General Issues 

Supplement, and other information 

readily available to Commerce indicates 

that the petitioner has established 

industry support for the Petitions.20

First, the Petitions established support 

from domestic producers (or workers) 

accounting for more than 50 percent of 

the total production of the domestic like 

product and, as such, Commerce is not 

required to take further action in order 

to evaluate industry support (e.g., 

polling).21 Second, the domestic 

producers (or workers) have met the 

statutory criteria for industry support 

under section 732(c)(4)(A)(i) of the Act 

because the domestic producers (or 

workers) who support the Petitions 

account for at least 25 percent of the 

total production of the domestic like 

product.22 Finally, the domestic 

producers (or workers) have met the 

statutory criteria for industry support 

under section 732(c)(4)(A)(ii) of the Act 

because the domestic producers (or 

workers) who support the Petitions 

account for more than 50 percent of the 

production of the domestic like product 

produced by that portion of the industry 

expressing support for, or opposition to, 

the Petitions.23 Accordingly, Commerce 

determines that the Petitions were filed 

on behalf of the domestic industry 

within the meaning of section 732(b)(1) 

of the Act.24

Allegations and Evidence of Material 

Injury and Causation 

The petitioner alleges that the U.S. 

industry producing the domestic like 

product is being materially injured, or is 

threatened with material injury, by 

reason of the imports of the subject 

merchandise sold at LTFV. In addition, 

the petitioner alleges that subject 

imports exceed the negligibility 

threshold provided for under section 

771(24)(A) of the Act.25

The petitioner contends that the 

industry’s injured condition is 

illustrated by significant and increasing 

volume and market share of subject 

imports; lost sales and revenues; 

underselling and price depression and/ 

or suppression; and declines in 

production, U.S. commercial shipments, 

and financial performance.26 We 

assessed the allegations and supporting 

evidence regarding material injury, 

threat of material injury, causation, as 

well as negligibility, and we have 

determined that these allegations are 

properly supported by adequate 

evidence, and meet the statutory 

requirements for initiation.27

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Covering Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin 

from India and Russia (Attachment III). 

28See Country-Specific AD Initiation Checklists. 

29 In accordance with section 773(b)(2) of the Act, 

for the India and Russia investigations, Commerce 

will request information necessary to calculate the 

constructed value (CV) and cost of production 

(COP) to determine whether there are reasonable 

grounds to believe or suspect that sales of the 

foreign like product have been made at prices that 

represent less than the COP of the product. 

30See Country-Specific AD Initiation Checklists. 

31See Country-Specific AD Initiation Checklists 

for details of these margin calculations. 

32See Volume I of the Petitions at I–20 and 

Exhibit I–26. 

33See Memorandum, ‘‘Countervailing Duty and 

Antidumping Duty Petitions on Granular 

Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from India: Release of 

Customs Data from U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection,’’ dated February 12, 2021. 

34See Volume I of the Petitions at I–20 and 

Exhibits I–3 and I–26; see also General Issues 

Supplement at 1–2. 

35See section 733(a) of the Act. 

36 Id. 

Allegations of Sales at LTFV 

The following is a description of the 

allegations of sales at LTFV upon which 

Commerce based its decision to initiate 

AD investigations of imports of granular 

PTFE resin from India and Russia. The 

sources of data for the deductions and 

adjustments relating to U.S. price and 

normal value (NV) are discussed in 

greater detail in the Country-Specific 

AD Initiation Checklists. 

U.S. Price 

For India and Russia, the petitioner 

based export price (EP) on the average 

unit values (AUVs) of publicly available 

import data for granular PTFE resin 

from India and Russia during the POI 

and made certain adjustments to U.S. 

price to calculate a net ex-factory U.S. 

price.28

Normal Value 29

For India and Russia, the petitioner 

based NV on home market price quotes 

obtained through market research for 

granular PTFE resin produced in and 

sold, or offered for sale, in each country 

within the applicable time period.30

Fair Value Comparisons 

Based on the data provided by the 

petitioner, there is reason to believe that 

imports of granular PTFE resin from 

India and Russia are being, or are likely 

to be, sold in the United States at LTFV. 

Based on comparisons of EP to NV in 

accordance with sections 772 and 773 of 

the Act, the estimated dumping margins 

for granular PTFE resin for both 

countries covered by this initiation are 

as follows: (1) India—37.71 to 391.83 

percent; and (2) Russia—67.32 

percent.31

Initiation of LTFV Investigations 

Based upon the examination of the 

Petitions and supplemental responses, 

we find that they meet the requirements 

of section 732 of the Act. Therefore, we 

are initiating AD investigations to 

determine whether imports of granular 

PTFE resin from India and Russia are 

being, or are likely to be, sold in the 

United States at LTFV. In accordance 

with section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Act and 

19 CFR 351.205(b)(1), unless postponed, 

we will make our preliminary 

determinations no later than 140 days 

after the date of this initiation. 

Respondent Selection 

India 

In the Petition, the petitioner named 

eight companies in India as producers/ 

exporters of granular PTFE resin.32

Following standard practice in AD 

investigations involving market 

economy countries, in the event 

Commerce determines that the number 

of exporters or producers in any 

individual case is large such that 

Commerce cannot individually examine 

each company based upon its resources, 

where appropriate, Commerce intends 

to select mandatory respondents in that 

case based on U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) data for U.S. imports 

under the appropriate Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States 

numbers listed in the ‘‘Scope of the 

Investigations,’’ in the appendix. 

On February 12, 2021, Commerce 

released CBP data for U.S. imports of 

granular PTFE resin from India under 

Administrative Protective Order (APO) 

to all parties with access to information 

protected by APO and indicated that 

interested parties wishing to comment 

on the CBP data and/or respondent 

selection must do so within three 

business days of the publication date of 

the notice of initiation of these 

investigations.33 Comments must be 

filed electronically using ACCESS. An 

electronically filed document must be 

received successfully in its entirety by 

ACCESS no later than 5:00 p.m. ET by 

the specified deadline. Commerce will 

not accept rebuttal comments regarding 

the CBP data or respondent selection. 

We intend to select respondents within 

20 days of publication of this notice. 

Interested parties must submit 

applications for disclosure under APO 

in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(b). 

Instructions for filing such applications 

may be found on Commerce’s website at 

http://enforcement.trade.gov/apo. 

Russia 

In the Petition, the petitioner named 

only one company as a producer/ 

exporter of granular PTFE resin in 

Russia, Halopolymer OJSC, and 

provided independent, third-party 

information as support.34 We currently 

know of no additional producers/ 

exporters of granular PTFE resin from 

Russia. Accordingly, Commerce intends 

to examine all known producers/ 

exporters (i.e., Halopolymer OJSC). We 

invite interested parties to comment on 

this issue. Such comments may include 

factual information within the meaning 

of 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21). Parties 

wishing to comment must do so within 

three business days of the publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register. 

Comments must be filed electronically 

using ACCESS. An electronically-filed 

document must be received successfully 

in its entirety by Commerce’s electronic 

records system, ACCESS, by 5 p.m. ET 

on the specified deadline. Because we 

intend to examine all known producers/ 

exporters, if no comments are received 

or if comments received further support 

the existence of this sole producer/ 

exporter in Russia, we do not intend to 

conduct respondent selection and will 

proceed to issuing the initial 

antidumping questionnaire to the 

company identified. However, if 

comments are received which create a 

need for a respondent selection process, 

we intend to finalize our decisions 

regarding respondent selection within 

20 days of publication of this notice. 

Distribution of Copies of the Petitions 

In accordance with section 

732(b)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.202(f), copies of the public version 

of the Petitions have been provided to 

the governments of India and Russia via 

ACCESS. To the extent practicable, we 

will attempt to provide a copy of the 

public version of the Petitions to each 

exporter named in the Petitions, as 

provided under 19 CFR 351.203(c)(2). 

ITC Notification 

Commerce will notify the ITC of its 

initiation, as required by section 732(d) 

of the Act. 

Preliminary Determinations by the ITC 

The ITC will preliminarily determine, 

within 45 days after the date on which 

the Petitions were filed, whether there 

is a reasonable indication that subject 

imports are materially injuring or 

threatening material injury to a U.S. 

industry.35 A negative ITC 

determination for any country will 

result in the investigation being 

terminated with respect to that 

country.36 Otherwise, these AD 

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37See 19 CFR 351.301(b). 

38See 19 CFR 351.301(b)(2). 

39See section 782(b) of the Act. 

40See Certification of Factual Information to 

Import Administration During Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 42678 (July 

17, 2013) (Final Rule). Answers to frequently asked 

questions regarding the Final Rule are available at 

http://enforcement.trade.gov/tlei/notices/factual_

info_final_rule_FAQ_07172013.pdf. 

investigations will proceed according to 

statutory and regulatory time limits. 

Submission of Factual Information 

Factual information is defined in 19 

CFR 351.102(b)(21) as: (i) Evidence 

submitted in response to questionnaires; 

(ii) evidence submitted in support of

allegations; (iii) publicly available

information to value factors under 19

CFR 351.408(c) or to measure the

adequacy of remuneration under 19 CFR

351.511(a)(2); (iv) evidence placed on

the record by Commerce; and (v)

evidence other than factual information

described in (i)–(iv). Section 351.301(b)

of Commerce’s regulations requires any

party, when submitting factual

information, to specify under which

subsection of 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) the

information is being submitted 37 and, if

the information is submitted to rebut,

clarify, or correct factual information

already on the record, to provide an

explanation identifying the information

already on the record that the factual

information seeks to rebut, clarify, or

correct.38 Time limits for the

submission of factual information are

addressed in 19 CFR 351.301, which

provides specific time limits based on

the type of factual information being

submitted. Interested parties should

review the regulations prior to

submitting factual information in these

investigations.

Particular Market Situation Allegation 

Section 773(e) of the Act addresses 

the concept of particular market 

situation (PMS) for purposes of CV, 

stating that ‘‘if a particular market 

situation exists such that the cost of 

materials and fabrication or other 

processing of any kind does not 

accurately reflect the cost of production 

in the ordinary course of trade, the 

administering authority may use 

another calculation methodology under 

this subtitle or any other calculation 

methodology.’’ When an interested 

party submits a PMS allegation pursuant 

to section 773(e) of the Act, Commerce 

will respond to such a submission 

consistent with 19 CFR 351.301(c)(2)(v). 

If Commerce finds that a PMS exists 

under section 773(e) of the Act, then it 

will modify its dumping calculations 

appropriately. 

Neither section 773(e) of the Act, nor 

19 CFR 351.301(c)(2)(v), set a deadline 

for the submission of PMS allegations 

and supporting factual information. 

However, in order to administer section 

773(e) of the Act, Commerce must 

receive PMS allegations and supporting 

factual information with enough time to 

consider the submission. Thus, should 

an interested party wish to submit a 

PMS allegation and supporting new 

factual information pursuant to section 

773(e) of the Act, it must do so no later 

than 20 days after submission of a 

respondent’s initial section D 

questionnaire response. 

Extensions of Time Limits 

Parties may request an extension of 

time limits before the expiration of a 

time limit established under 19 CFR 

351.301, or as otherwise specified by 

Commerce. In general, an extension 

request will be considered untimely if it 

is filed after the expiration of the time 

limit established under 19 CFR 351.301. 

For submissions that are due from 

multiple parties simultaneously, an 

extension request will be considered 

untimely if it is filed after 10:00 a.m. ET 

on the due date. Under certain 

circumstances, Commerce may elect to 

specify a different time limit by which 

extension requests will be considered 

untimely for submissions which are due 

from multiple parties simultaneously. In 

such a case, Commerce will inform 

parties in a letter or memorandum of the 

deadline (including a specified time) by 

which extension requests must be filed 

to be considered timely. An extension 

request must be made in a separate, 

stand-alone submission; Commerce will 

grant untimely filed requests for the 

extension of time limits only in limited 

cases where we determine, based on 19 

CFR 351.302, that extraordinary 

circumstances exist. Parties should 

review Extension of Time Limits; Final 

Rule, 78 FR 57790 (September 20, 2013), 

available at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/ 

pkg/FR-2013-09-20/html/2013- 

22853.htm, prior to submitting factual 

information in these investigations. 

Certification Requirements 

Any party submitting factual 

information in an AD or CVD 

proceeding must certify to the accuracy 

and completeness of that information.39

Parties must use the certification 

formats provided in 19 CFR 

351.303(g).40 Commerce intends to 

reject factual submissions if the 

submitting party does not comply with 

the applicable certification 

requirements. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

Interested parties must submit 

applications for disclosure under APO 

in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. 

Parties wishing to participate in these 

investigations should ensure that they 

meet the requirements of 19 CFR 

351.103(d) (e.g., by filing the required 

letter of appearance). 

This notice is issued and published 

pursuant to sections 732(c)(2) and 777(i) 

of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.203(c). 

Dated: February 16, 2021. 

Christian Marsh, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

Scope of the Investigations 

The product covered by these 

investigations is granular 

polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) resin. 

Granular PTFE resin is covered by the scope 

of these investigations whether filled or 

unfilled, whether or not modified, and 

whether or not containing co-polymer, 

additives, pigments, or other materials. Also 

included is PTFE wet raw polymer. The 

chemical formula for granular PTFE resin is 

C2F4, and the Chemical Abstracts Service 

(CAS) Registry number is 9002–84–0. 

Subject merchandise includes material 

matching the above description that has been 

finished, packaged, or otherwise processed in 

a third country, including by filling, 

modifying, compounding, packaging with 

another product, or performing any other 

finishing, packaging, or processing that 

would not otherwise remove the 

merchandise from the scope of the 

investigations if performed in the country of 

manufacture of the granular PTFE resin. 

The product covered by these 

investigations does not include dispersion or 

coagulated dispersion (also known as fine 

powder) PTFE. 

PTFE further processed into micropowder, 

having particle size typically ranging from 1 

to 25 microns, and a melt-flow rate no less 

than 0.1 gram/10 minutes, is excluded from 

the scope of these investigations. 

Granular PTFE resin is classified in the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 

States (HTSUS) under subheading 

3904.61.0010. Subject merchandise may also 

be classified under HTSUS subheading 

3904.69.5000. Although the HTSUS 

subheadings and CAS Number are provided 

for convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the scope is 

dispositive. 

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