3764 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 16 / Tuesday, January 25, 2022 / Notices 

1See Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from 

the Russian Federation: Preliminary Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment 

of Final Determination with Final Antidumping 

Duty Determination, 86 FR 35476 (July 6, 2021) 

(Preliminary Determination), and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Post-Preliminary Analysis 

of Countervailing Duty Investigation,’’ dated 

October 14, 2021 (Post-Preliminary Analysis). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Affirmative 

Determination of the Countervailing Duty 

Investigation of Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene 

Resin from the Russian Federation,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum). 

4See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act 

regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) 

of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of 

the Act regarding specificity. 

5See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Revised Questionnaire 

in Lieu of On-Site Verification,’’ dated November 8, 

2021; see also HaloPolymer’s Letter, ‘‘In Lieu of 

Verification Questionnaire Response,’’ dated 

November 15, 2021. 

exported by Ozdemir Ltd. Sti. (i.e., 

35.66 percent). These cash deposit 

requirements shall remain in effect until 

further notice. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This notice serves as a final reminder 

to parties subject to administrative 

protective order (APO) of their 

responsibility concerning the 

disposition of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

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

written notification of the return/ 

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 sanctionable violation. 

We are issuing and publishing these 

final results in accordance with sections 

751(b) and 777(i) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 351.216 

and 351.221(c)(3). 

Dated: January 19, 2022. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–821–830] 

Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin 

From the Russian Federation: Final 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) determines that 

countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

granular polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) 

resin from the Russian Federation 

(Russia). 

DATES: Applicable January 25, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

George Ayache 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) 482–2623 or 

(202) 482–4868, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On July 6, 2021, Commerce published 

its Preliminary Determination.1 On 

October 14, 2021, Commerce released its 

Post-Preliminary Analysis.2 For a 

complete description of the events that 

followed the Preliminary Determination 

and Post-Preliminary Analysis, see the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum.3 The 

Issues and Decision Memorandum is a 

public document and is made available 

to the public via Enforcement and 

Compliance’s Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Centralized 

Electronic Service System (ACCESS). 

ACCESS is available to registered users 

at http://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 resin 

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 Subsidy Programs and 

Comments Received 

The subsidy programs under 

investigation and the 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. 

Methodology 

Commerce conducted this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act). For each of the 

subsidy programs found 

countervailable, Commerce determines 

that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial 

contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ that 

gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, 

and that the subsidy is specific.4 For a 

full description of the methodology 

underlying our final determination, see 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

In making this final determination, 

Commerce relied, in part, on the facts 

otherwise available on the record 

pursuant to section 776(a) of the Act. 

Additionally, as discussed in the Issues 

and Decision Memorandum, because a 

respondent did not act to the best of its 

ability in responding to our requests for 

information, we drew adverse 

inferences, where appropriate, in 

selecting from among the facts 

otherwise available, pursuant to section 

776(b) of the Act. For further 

information, see the section ‘‘Use of 

Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse 

Inferences’’ in the accompanying Issues 

and Decision Memorandum. 

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 Act.5

Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination and Post-Preliminary 

Analysis 

Based on our review and analysis of 

the comments received from parties, we 

made certain changes to Joint Stock 

Company ‘‘HaloPolymer’’ 

(HaloPolymer)’s preliminary subsidy 

rate calculations. For a discussion of 

these changes, see the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum. 

All-Others Rate 

We continue to determine the allothers rate using the individual 

estimated subsidy rate determined for 

HaloPolymer, the only individually 


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6Commerce has found the following companies 

to be cross-owned with HaloPolymer: Limited 

Liability Company ‘‘HaloPolymer KirovoChepetsk,’’ Joint Stock Company ‘‘HaloPolymer 

Perm,’’ and URALCHEM JSC. 

examined exporter/producer in this 

investigation, in accordance with 

section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act. 

Final Determination 

Commerce determines that the 

following estimated countervailable 

subsidy rates exist: 

Company 

Subsidy 

rate 

ad valorem 

(percent) 

Joint Stock Company 

‘‘HaloPolymer’’ 6 ...................... 2.53 

All Others .................................... 2.53 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose to 

interested parties the calculations and 

analysis performed in this final 

determination within five days of any 

public announcement or, if there is no 

public announcement, within five days 

of the date of the publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation 

As a result of our Preliminary 

Determination and pursuant to sections 

703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, we 

instructed U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) to suspend liquidation 

of entries of subject merchandise as 

described in the scope of the 

investigation section entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after July 6, 2021, 

the date of publication of the 

Preliminary Determination in the 

Federal Register. In accordance with 

section 703(d) of the Act, effective 

November 3, 2021, we instructed CBP to 

discontinue the suspension of 

liquidation of all entries of subject 

merchandise, but to continue the 

suspension of liquidation of all entries 

of subject merchandise between July 6, 

2021 and November 2, 2021. 

If the U.S. International Trade 

Commission (ITC) issues a final 

affirmative injury determination, we 

will issue a countervailing duty order 

and require a cash deposit of estimated 

countervailing duties for entries of 

subject merchandise in the amounts 

indicated above, in accordance with 

section 706(a) of the Act. If the ITC 

determines that material injury, or 

threat of material injury, does not exist, 

this proceeding will be terminated, and 

all estimated duties deposited or 

securities posted as a result of the 

suspension of liquidation will be 

refunded or canceled. 

ITC Notification 

In accordance with section 705(d) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the ITC 

of its final affirmative determination 

that countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

granular PTFE resin from Russia. As 

Commerce’s final determination is 

affirmative, in accordance with section 

705(b) of the Act, the ITC will 

determine, within 45 days, whether the 

domestic industry in the United States 

is materially injured or threatened with 

material injury. In addition, we are 

making available to the ITC all nonprivileged 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 the return/ 

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 pursuant to sections 705(d) 

and 777(i) 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. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Adverse Inferences 

IV. Subsidies Valuation 

V. Benchmarks and Interest Rates 

VI. Analysis of Programs 

VII. Analysis of Comments 

Comment 1: Whether the Natural Gas for 

Less than Adequate Remuneration 

(LTAR) Program Is Countervailable 

Comment 2: Whether Commerce Should 

Use Kazakh Export Prices as a 

Benchmark for the Natural Gas for LTAR 

Calculation 

Comment 3: Whether the Preferential 

Loans Provided by the State-Controlled 

Banks Program Are Countervailable 

VIII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–533–900] 

Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin 

From India: Final Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination and 

Final Affirmative Critical 

Circumstances Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 


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