[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 197 (Thursday, October 10, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 82221-82223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23501]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-899]


Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin From India: Final Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2023

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited (GFCL) made sales of subject 
merchandise in the United States at prices below normal value during 
the

[[Page 82222]]

period of review (POR) September 2, 2021, through February 28, 2023.

DATES: Applicable October 10, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Horn or Noah Wetzel, 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) 482-4868 and (202) 
482-7466 respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 3, 2024, Commerce published the Preliminary Results and 
invited interested parties to comment.\1\ On July 15, 2024, Commerce 
extended the deadline for the final results of this administrative 
review until September 27, 2024.\2\ On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled 
certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days.\3\ 
The deadline for the final results is now October 4, 2024. For a 
summary of the events that occurred since the Preliminary Results, see 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\4\ Commerce conducted this review 
in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \1\ See Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from India: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Administrative Review, 89 FR 
22989 (April 3, 2024) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated July 15, 2024.
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty 
Order on Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from India; 2021-
2023,'' dated concurrently with this notice (Issues and Decision 
Memorandum).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Scope of the Order <SUP>5</SUP>
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \5\ See Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from India and 
the Russian Federation: Antidumping Duty Orders, 87 FR 14514 (March 
15, 2022) (Order).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The merchandise covered by the Order is granular 
polytetrafluoroethylene resin (granular PTFE) from India. For a 
complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.

Analysis of Comments Received

    We addressed all issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs 
filed in this administrative review in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum. A list of the issues addressed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum is 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 https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 
version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly 
at https://access.trade/gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our evaluation of the comments received from interested 
parties regarding our Preliminary Results and our analysis of the 
record, we made certain changes to the weighted-average dumping margin 
calculation for GFCL, as detailed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.\6\ For a discussion of the comments, see the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \6\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 2.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Final Results of Review

    We determine that the following estimated weighted-average dumping 
margin exists for the period September 2, 2021, through February 28, 
2023:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                     Exporter/producer                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited............................        2.40
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Disclosure

    We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these final 
results of review to interested parties within five days of the date of 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register, in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.224(b).

Assessment Rates

    Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of 
subject merchandise in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act 
and 19 CFR 351.212(b). Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), because GFCL 
reported the entered value for its U.S. sales, we calculated importer-
specific ad valorem duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the 
total amount of antidumping duties calculated for the examined sales to 
the total entered value of those sales. Where an importer-specific 
assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to 
liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
    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).
    Consistent with Commerce's clarification of its assessment 
practice, for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by 
GFCL where it did not know that the merchandise was destined for the 
United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at the 
all-others rate established in the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 
investigation of 10.01 percent ad valorem,\7\ if there is no rate for 
the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\8\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \7\ See Order, 87 FR at 14515.
    \8\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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 GFCL will be 
equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the final 
results of this administrative review; (2) for merchandise exported by 
a producer or exporter 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 the producer or exporter 
participated; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, 
a prior review, or the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 
investigation, but the producer is, the cash deposit rate will be the 
rate established for the most recently completed segment of the 
proceeding for the producer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash 
deposit rate for all other producers and exporters will continue to be 
10.01 percent ad valorem, the all-others rate established in the LTFV 
investigation.\9\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \9\ See Order, 87 FR at 14515.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

[[Page 82223]]

Notification to Importers Regarding the Reimbursement of Duties

    This notice serves as a final 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 the POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement 
of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double 
antidumping duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (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 
the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: October 4, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
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. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Calculation of Certain U.S. Movements Expenses
    Comment 2: Correction of Clerical Errors
VI. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2024-23501 Filed 10-9-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P