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produced and/or exported by GFCL and 

by all other producers and exporters. 

Therefore, in accordance with section 

735(c)(4) of the Act, suspension of 

liquidation shall continue to apply to 

unliquidated entries of subject 

merchandise produced and/or exported 

by GFCL and by all other producers and 

exporters that were entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the date which 

is 90 days before the date of publication 

of the Preliminary Determination in the 

Federal Register. 

Pursuant to section 735(c)(1)(B)(ii) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(d), we will 

instruct CBP to require a cash deposit 

equal to the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin as follows: (1) The 

cash deposit rate for the respondent 

listed above will be equal to the 

respondent-specific estimated weightedaverage dumping margin determined in 

this final determination; (2) if the 

exporter is not a respondent identified 

above but the producer is, then the cash 

deposit rate will be equal to the 

respondent-specific estimated weightedaverage dumping margin established for 

that producer of the subject 

merchandise; and (3) the cash deposit 

rate for all other producers and 

exporters will be equal to the all-others 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin. These suspension-of-liquidation 

instructions will remain in effect until 

further notice. 

In the event that a countervailing duty 

(CVD) order is issued, and suspension of 

liquidation is resumed in the 

companion CVD investigation on 

granular PTFE resin from India, 

Commerce will instruct CBP to require 

cash deposits adjusted by the amount of 

export subsidies, as appropriate. These 

adjustments are reflected in the final 

column of the rate chart, above. Until 

such suspension of liquidation is 

resumed in the companion CVD 

investigation, and so long as suspension 

of liquidation continues under this 

antidumping duty (AD) investigation, 

the cash deposit rates for this AD 

investigation will be the rates identified 

in the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin column in the rate 

chart, above. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 735(d) of 

the Act, we will notify the International 

Trade Commission (ITC) of this final 

affirmative determination of sales at 

LTFV. Because Commerce’s final 

determination is affirmative, in 

accordance with section 735(b)(2) of the 

Act, the ITC will make its final 

determination as to whether the 

domestic industry in the United States 

is materially injured, or threatened with 

material injury, by reason of imports or 

sales (or the likelihood of sales) for 

importation of granular PTFE resin from 

India no later than 45 days after this 

final determination. If the ITC 

determines that such injury does not 

exist, this proceeding will be 

terminated, and all cash deposits posted 

will be refunded and suspension of 

liquidation will be lifted. If the ITC 

determines that such injury does exist, 

Commerce will issue an AD order 

directing CBP to assess, upon further 

instruction by Commerce, AD duties on 

all imports of the subject merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the effective 

date of the suspension of liquidation, as 

discussed above in the ‘‘Continuation of 

Suspension of Liquidation’’ section. 

In addition, we are making available 

to the ITC all non-privileged and 

nonproprietary information related to 

this investigation. We will allow the ITC 

access to all privileged and business 

proprietary information in our files, 

provided the ITC confirms that it will 

not disclose such information, either 

publicly or under an administrative 

protective order (APO), without the 

written consent of the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Notification Regarding APO 

In the event that the ITC issues a final 

negative injury determination, this 

notice will serve as the only reminder 

to parties subject to an APO of their 

responsibility concerning the 

destruction of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely 

written notification of 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 violation which is subject to 

sanction. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination and this notice are 

issued and published pursuant to 

sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, 

and 19 CFR 351.210(c). 

Dated: January 18, 2022. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this investigation 

is granular polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) 

resin. PTFE is covered by the scope of this 

investigation 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 PTFE 

is C2F4, and the Chemical Abstracts Service 

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 

investigation if performed in the country of 

manufacture of the granular PTFE. 

The product covered by this investigation 

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 this investigation. 

Granular PTFE 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. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Discussion of the Issues 

Comment 1: U.S. Movement Expenses 

Comment 2: Constructed Export Price 

(CEP) Offset 

Comment 3: Non-Prime Product Costing 

Comment 4: Financial Expense Rate 

Comment 5: Restructuring Expenses 

IV. Recommendation 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–821–829] 

Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin 

From the Russian Federation: Final 

Affirmative Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) determines that imports of 

granular polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) 

resin from the Russian Federation 

(Russia) are being, or are likely to be, 

sold in the United States at less than fair 

value (LTFV). 


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1See Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from 

the Russian Federation: Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at the Less Than Fair Value, 

Postponement of Final Determination, and 

Extension of Provisional Measures, 86 FR 49297 

(September 2, 2021) (Preliminary Determination), 

and accompanying Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum (PDM). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Affirmative 

Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigation of Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene 

Resin from the Russian Federation,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum). 

3See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Antidumping Duty 

Investigation of Granular PTFE Resin from Russia: 

Supplemental Questionnaire in Lieu of On-Site 

Verification,’’ dated September 16, 2021. 

4HaloPolymer OJSC, HaloPolymer KirovoChepetsk, LLC (HPKC), HaloPolymer Perm, OJSC 

(HPP), HaloPolymer Trading, Inc. (HPTR), Limited 

Liability Company Trading House HaloPolymer 

(HPTH), and Limited Liability Company First 

Fluoroplastic Plant (FFP) (collectively, 

HaloPolymer). 

5The final rate calculated applies to subject 

merchandise produced by HPKC, HPP, and FFP and 

exported by either HPTH or HaloPolymer. See 

Preliminary Determination, 86 FR 49297, 49298. 

DATES: Applicable January 25, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jaron Moore or William Horn, 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) 482–3640 or (202) 482–4868, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On September 2, 2021, Commerce 

published its preliminary determination 

in the LTFV investigation of granular 

PTFE resin from Russia, in which we 

also postponed the final determination 

until January 18, 2022.1 For a complete 

description of the events that followed 

the Preliminary Determination, see the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum.2 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. 

Period of Investigation 

The period of investigation is January 

1, 2020, through December 31, 2020. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is granular PTFE from 

Russia. For a complete description of 

the scope of this investigation, see 

Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

No interested party commented on the 

scope of the investigation as it appeared 

in the Preliminary Determination. 

Therefore, no changes were made to the 

scope of the investigation. 

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in the case and 

rebuttal briefs that were submitted by 

parties in this investigation are 

addressed in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. For a list of the issues 

raised by interested parties and 

addressed in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum, see Appendix II to this 

notice. 

Verification 

Commerce was unable to conduct onsite verification of the information 

relied upon in making its final 

determination in this investigation. 

However, we took additional steps in 

lieu of an on-site verification to verify 

the information relied upon in making 

this final determination, in accordance 

with section 782(i) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act).3

Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

Based on the comments received from 

interested parties and record 

information, we made no changes to our 

preliminary weighted-average dumping 

margin calculations for HaloPolymer.4

For a discussion of the comments 

received, see the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

All-Others Rate 

Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act 

provides that the estimated weightedaverage dumping margin for all other 

producers and exporters not 

individually investigated shall be equal 

to the weighted average of the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins 

established for exporters and producers 

individually investigated excluding 

rates that are zero, de minimis, or 

determined entirely under section 776 

of the Act. Commerce calculated an 

individual estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin for HaloPolymer, the 

only individually examined exporter/ 

producer in this investigation. Because 

the only individually calculated 

dumping margin is not zero, de 

minimis, or based entirely on facts 

otherwise available, the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margin 

calculated for HaloPolymer is the 

margin assigned to all other producers 

and exporters, pursuant to section 

735(c)(5)(A) of the Act. 

Final Determination 

The final estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins are as follows: 

Exporter/producer 

Estimated 

weightedaverage dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Cash deposit rate 

(adjusted for 

subsidy offsets) 

(percent) 

Halopolymer 5 ............................................................................................................................................... 17.99 17.36 

All Others ..................................................................................................................................................... 17.99 17.36 

Disclosure 

Normally, Commerce discloses to the 

parties in a proceeding the calculations 

that it performed in connection with the 

final determination in accordance with 

19 CFR 351.224(b). However, because 

we made no changes to our preliminary 

weighted-average dumping margin 

calculations for HaloPolymer, there are 

no calculations to disclose for this final 

determination. 

Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, Commerce will 

instruct U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) to continue to suspend 

liquidation of all entries of granular 


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PTFE resin from Russia, as described in 

Appendix I of this notice, which are 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after September 

2, 2021, the date of publication of the 

Preliminary Determination in the 

Federal Register. 

Pursuant to section 735(c)(1)(B)(ii) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(d), we will 

instruct CBP to require a cash deposit 

for such entries of merchandise equal to 

the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin or the estimated allothers rate, as follows: (1) The cash 

deposit rate for the respondent listed 

above will be equal to the companyspecific estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin determined in this 

final determination; (2) if the exporter is 

not a respondent identified above but 

the producer is, then the cash deposit 

rate will be equal to the companyspecific estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin established for that 

producer of the subject merchandise; 

and (3) the cash deposit rate for all other 

producers and exporters will be equal to 

the all-others estimated weightedaverage dumping margin. These 

suspension-of-liquidation instructions 

will remain in effect until further notice. 

In the event that a countervailing duty 

(CVD) order is issued, and suspension of 

liquidation is resumed in the 

companion CVD investigation on 

granular PTFE resin from Russia, 

Commerce will instruct CBP to require, 

for this antidumping duty (AD) 

investigation, cash deposits adjusted by 

the amount of export subsidies, as 

appropriate. These adjustments are 

reflected in the final column of the rate 

chart, above. Until such suspension of 

liquidation is resumed in the 

companion CVD investigation, and so 

long as suspension of liquidation 

continues under this AD investigation, 

the cash deposit rates for this AD 

investigation will be the rates identified 

in the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin column in the rate 

chart, above. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 735(d) of 

the Act, we will notify the International 

Trade Commission (ITC) of the final 

affirmative determination of sales at 

LTFV. Because Commerce’s final 

determination is affirmative, in 

accordance with section 735(b)(2) of the 

Act, the ITC will make its final 

determination as to whether the 

domestic industry in the United States 

is materially injured, or threatened with 

material injury, by reason of imports or 

sales (or the likelihood of sales) for 

importation of granular PTFE from 

Russia no later than 45 days after this 

final determination. If the ITC 

determines that such injury does not 

exist, this proceeding will be 

terminated, and all cash deposits posted 

will be refunded and suspension of 

liquidation will be lifted. If the ITC 

determines that such injury does exist, 

Commerce will issue an AD order 

directing CBP to assess, upon further 

instruction by Commerce, AD duties on 

all imports of the subject merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the effective 

date of the suspension of liquidation, as 

discussed above in the ‘‘Continuation of 

Suspension of Liquidation’’ section. 

In addition, we are making available 

to the ITC all non-privileged and 

nonproprietary information related to 

this investigation. We will allow the ITC 

access to all privileged and business 

proprietary information in our files, 

provided the ITC confirms that it will 

not disclose such information, either 

publicly or under an administrative 

protective order (APO), without the 

written consent of the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Notification Regarding APO 

In the event that the ITC issues a final 

negative injury determination, this 

notice will serve as the only reminder 

to parties subject to an APO of their 

responsibility concerning the 

destruction of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely 

written notification of 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 

This determination is issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 

CFR 351.210(c). 

Dated: January 18, 2022. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this investigation 

is granular polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) 

resin. Granular PTFE resin is covered by the 

scope of this investigation 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 

investigation if performed in the country of 

manufacture of the granular PTFE resin. 

The product covered by this investigation 

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 this investigation. 

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. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Discussion of the Issues 

Comment 1: Whether HaloPolymer Failed 

to Report Complete Costs and Whether 

Adverse Facts Available (AFA) or Facts 

Available Should Be Applied to 

Determine HaloPolymer’s Costs 

Comment 2: Whether HaloPolymer 

Accurately Reported Price Adjustments 

IV. Recommendation 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB642] 

Research Track Assessment for Gulf 

of Maine Haddock 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: NMFS will convene the 

Research Track Assessment Peer Review 

Meeting for the purpose of reviewing 

Gulf of Maine haddock stock. The 

Research Track Assessment Peer Review 

is a formal scientific peer-review 

process for evaluating and presenting 


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