Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 50 / Tuesday, March 15, 2022 / Notices 14511 

11See Final Rule, 86 FR at 52335. 

1See Freight Rail Coupler Systems and Certain 

Components Thereof from the People’s Republic of 

China: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigation, 86 FR 58864 (October 25, 2021) 

(Initiation Notice). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Determination in the Less-ThanFair-Value Investigation of Freight Rail Coupler 

Systems and Certain Components Thereof from the 

People’s Republic of China,’’ dated concurrently 

with, and hereby adopted by, this notice 

(Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

3See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

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

(Preamble). 

4See Initiation Notice, 86 FR 58865. 

5See Strato Inc. (Strato)’s Letter, ‘‘Strato Scope 

Comments: Antidumping & Countervailing Duty 

Investigation of Freight Rail Coupler Systems and 

Components Thereof from the People’s Republic of 

China,’’ dated November 8, 2021; see also Wabtec 

Corporation’s (Wabtec’s) Letter, ‘‘Certain Freight 

Rail Coupler Systems and Components Thereof 

from the People’s Republic of China: Comment on 

Continued 

Commerce may update an annual 

inquiry service list at any time as 

needed based on interested parties’ 

amendments to their entries of 

appearance to remove or otherwise 

modify their list of members and 

representatives, or to update contact 

information. Any changes or 

announcements pertaining to these 

procedures will be posted to the 

ACCESS website at https://

access.trade.gov. 

Special Instructions for Petitioners and 

Foreign Governments 

In the Final Rule, Commerce stated 

that, ‘‘after an initial request and 

placement on the annual inquiry service 

list, both petitioners and foreign 

governments will automatically be 

placed on the annual inquiry service list 

in the years that follow.’’ 11

Accordingly, as stated above, the 

petitioners and foreign governments 

should submit their initial entry of 

appearance after publication of this 

notice in order to appear in the first 

annual inquiry service list for those 

orders for which they qualify as an 

interested party. Pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.225(n)(3), the petitioners and 

foreign governments will not need to 

resubmit their entries of appearance 

each year to continue to be included on 

the annual inquiry service list. 

However, the petitioners and foreign 

governments are responsible for making 

amendments to their entries of 

appearance during the annual update to 

the annual inquiry service list in 

accordance with the procedures 

described above. 

Notifications to Interested Parties 

This notice constitutes the 

countervailing duty orders with respect 

to granular PTFE resin from India and 

Russia pursuant to section 706(a) of the 

Act. Interested parties can find a list of 

countervailing duty orders currently in 

effect at http://enforcement.trade.gov/ 

stats/iastats1.html. 

These orders are issued and published 

in accordance with section 706(a) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b). 

Dated: March 9, 2022. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistance Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix—Scope of the Orders 

The product covered by these orders is 

granular polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) 

resin. Granular PTFE resin is covered by the 

scope of these orders 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 orders if 

performed in the country of manufacture of 

the granular PTFE resin. 

The product covered by these orders 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 orders. 

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. 

[FR Doc. 2022–05419 Filed 3–14–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–143] 

Freight Rail Coupler Systems and 

Certain Components Thereof From the 

People’s Republic of China: 

Preliminary 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) preliminarily determines 

that freight rail coupler systems and 

certain components thereof (freight rail 

couplers) from the People’s Republic of 

China (China) are being, or are likely to 

be, sold in the United States at lessthan-fair value (LTFV). The period of 

investigation is January 1, 2021, through 

June 30, 2021. Interested parties are 

invited to comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Applicable March 15, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kabir Archuletta, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–2593. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 733(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on October 25, 2021.1 For a complete 

description of the events that followed 

the initiation of this investigation, see 

the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.2 A list of topics included 

in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II to this notice. The Preliminary 

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 Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at https://access.trade.gov/public/ 

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are freight rail coupler 

systems and certain components thereof 

from China. For a complete description 

of the scope of this investigation, see 

Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the Preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,3 the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage (i.e., scope).4 In November 

2021, we received timely scope 

comments from two interested parties,5


khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES
14512 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 50 / Tuesday, March 15, 2022 / Notices 

the Proposed Scope of the Investigation,’’ dated 

November 8, 2021. 

6The petitioner is the Coalition of Freight 

Coupler Producers. See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Freight 

Rail Car Coupler Systems and Certain Components 

Thereof from the People’s Republic of China: 

Rebuttal Scope Comments,’’ dated November 18, 

2021. 

7See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Less-Than-Fair Value 

Investigation of Freight Rail Coupler Systems and 

Certain Components Thereof from the People’s 

Republic of China: Request for Additional Scope 

Comments,’’ dated February 11, 2022. 

8See Strato’s Letter, ‘‘Response to Scope 

Questions: Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Investigation of Freight Rail Coupler Systems and 

Certain Components Thereof from the People’s 

Republic of China (A–570–143/C–570–144),’’ dated 

February 22, 2022; see also Wabtec’s Letter, 

‘‘Certain Freight Rail Coupler Systems and 

Components Thereof from the People’s Republic of 

China: Additional Scope Comments’’ dated 

February 22, 2022; see also Petitioner’s Letter, 

‘‘Freight Rail Car Coupler Systems and Certain 

Components Thereof from the People’s Republic of 

China: Petitioner’s Response to Request for Scope 

Comments,’’ dated February 22, 2022; see also 

Strato’s Letter, ‘‘Strato, Inc., Reply to Petitioners 

Response to Scope Questions: Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Freight Rail 

Coupler Systems and Certain Components Thereof 

from the People’s Republic of China (A–570–143/ 

C–570–144),’’ dated March 1, 2022; see also 

Wabtec’s Letter, ‘‘Certain Freight Rail Coupler 

Systems and Components Thereof from the People’s 

Republic of China: Rebuttal Scope Comments,’’ 

dated March 1, 2022; see also Petitioner’s Letter, 

‘‘Freight Rail Car Coupler Systems and Certain 

Components Thereof from the People’s Republic of 

China: Petitioner’s Rebuttal Response to Strato and 

Wabtec’s Additional Scope Comments,’’ dated 

March 1, 2022. 

9See Initiation Notice, 86 FR at 58868 

(‘‘Commerce requires that respondents from China 

submit a response to both the Q&V questionnaire 

and the separate rate application by the respective 

deadlines in order to receive consideration for 

separate-rate status’’). 

10See Initiation Notice, 86 FR 58868. 

11See Enforcement and Compliance’s Policy 

Bulletin No. 05.1, regarding, ‘‘Separate-Rates 

Practice and Application of Combination Rates in 

Antidumping Investigations involving Non-Market 

Economy Countries,’’ (April 5, 2005) (Policy 

Bulletin 05.1), available on Commerce’s website at 

http://enforcement.trade.gov/policy/bull05-1.pdf. 

12See Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

13See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 11– 

12. 

as well as timely rebuttal scope 

comments from the petitioner.6 In 

February and March 2022, at our 

request,7 we received additional 

information, as well as additional 

comments, from interested parties 

regarding merchandise under 

consideration attached to rail cars.8

Because this information was submitted 

in close proximity to this preliminary 

determination, we intend to evaluate it 

and issue a decision regarding the scope 

of this investigation after this 

preliminary determination. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

731 of the Act. Pursuant to sections 

776(a) and (b) of the Act, we have 

preliminarily relied upon facts 

otherwise available, with adverse 

inferences (AFA) for the China-wide 

entity. The China-wide entity includes 

both companies selected for individual 

examination, because they failed to 

respond to Commerce’s questionnaire, 

and all other exporters who responded 

to Commerce’s quantity and value 

(Q&V) questionnaire, because they 

failed to submit a separate rate 

application, as instructed in the 

Initiation Notice.9 Because no 

companies are eligible for a rate separate 

from the China-wide entity, all 

exporters of Chinese freight rail 

couplers are preliminarily found to be 

part of the China-wide entity. We 

assigned the highest margin alleged in 

the petition (i.e., 147.11 percent) to the 

China-wide entity as AFA, pursuant to 

sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. For 

a full description of the methodology 

underlying the preliminary 

determination, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

Combination Rates 

In the Initiation Notice, Commerce 

stated that it would calculate producer/ 

exporter combination rates for the 

respondents that are eligible for a 

separate rate in this investigation.10

Policy Bulletin 05.1 describes this 

practice.11 In this case, because no 

companies qualified for a separate rate, 

producer/exporter combination rates 

were not calculated for this preliminary 

determination.12

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated dumping 

margins exist: 

Exporter/producer 

Estimated dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Estimated dumping 

margin adjusted for 

export subsidy 

offset(s) 

(percent) 

China-Wide Entity .................................................................................................................... 147.11 116.70 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 733(d)(2) 

of the Act, Commerce will direct U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 

suspend liquidation of entries of subject 

merchandise, as described in Appendix 

I, entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

the date of publication of this notice in 

the Federal Register. 

Further, pursuant to section 

733(d)(1)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.205(d), Commerce will instruct CBP 

to require a cash deposit equal to the 

weighted average amount by which 

normal value exceeds U.S. price, as 

indicated in the chart above, as follows: 

(1) For all Chinese exporters of subject 

merchandise, the cash deposit rate will 

be equal to the estimated dumping 

margin established for the China-wide 

entity; and (2) for all third-county 

exporters of subject merchandise, the 

cash deposit rate is also the cash deposit 

rate applicable to the China-wide entity. 

These suspension of liquidation 

instructions will remain in effect until 

further notice. 

To determine the cash deposit rate, 

Commerce normally adjusts the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin by the amount of domestic 

subsidy pass-through and export 

subsidies determined in a companion 

countervailing duty (CVD) proceeding 

when CVD provisional measures are in 

effect. Accordingly, where Commerce 

has made a preliminary affirmative 

determination for domestic subsidy 

pass-through or export subsidies, 

Commerce has offset the calculated 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin by the appropriate rate(s). As 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, we made no adjustment 

for domestic subsidy pass-through. As 

further explained in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum, we made an 

adjustment for export subsidies found in 

the companion CVD investigation.13

The adjusted rate may be found in the 

‘‘Preliminary Determination’’ section 

chart above. 

Should provisional measures in the 

companion CVD investigation expire 

prior to the expiration of provisional 

measures in this LTFV investigation, 

Commerce will direct CBP to begin 

collecting cash deposits at a rate equal 

to the estimated weighted-average 


khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES
Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 50 / Tuesday, March 15, 2022 / Notices 14513 

14See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 

(for general filing requirements). 

15See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD 

Service Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension 

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

dumping margin calculated in this 

preliminary determination unadjusted 

for export subsidies at the time the CVD 

provisional measures expire. 

These suspension of liquidation 

instructions will remain in effect until 

further notice. 

Disclosure 

Normally, Commerce discloses to 

interested parties the calculations 

performed in connection with a 

preliminary determination within five 

days of its public announcement or, if 

there is no public announcement, 

within five days of the date of 

publication of this notice, in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However, 

because Commerce preliminarily 

determined that all companies are part 

of the China-wide entity and assigned as 

AFA to the China-wide entity a rate that 

is based solely on the margin alleged in 

the petition, there are no calculations to 

disclose. 

Verification 

Because the mandatory respondents 

in this investigation did not provide 

information requested by Commerce by 

the established deadline and Commerce 

preliminarily determines in accordance 

with section 776(b) of the Act that each 

of the mandatory respondents has been 

uncooperative, verification will not be 

conducted. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

on non-scope matters may be submitted 

to the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance no later 

than 30 days after the date of 

publication of the preliminary 

determination. Rebuttal briefs, limited 

to issues raised in case briefs, may be 

submitted no later than seven days after 

the deadline date for case briefs.14

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and 

(d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or 

rebuttal briefs in this investigation are 

encouraged to submit with each 

argument: (1) A statement of the issue; 

(2) a brief summary of the argument; 

and (3) a table of authorities. Commerce 

has modified certain of its requirements 

for serving documents containing 

business proprietary information until 

further notice.15

All interested parties will have the 

opportunity to submit case and rebuttal 

briefs on the post-preliminary scope 

determination. The deadline to submit 

case briefs on the post-preliminary 

scope decision will be seven days after 

the signature date of the postpreliminary scope determination 

memorandum. Rebuttal scope briefs 

(which are limited to issues raised in 

the scope briefs) may be submitted no 

later than seven days after the deadline 

for the scope briefs. For all scope briefs 

and rebuttals thereto, parties must file 

identical documents simultaneously on 

the records of the ongoing AD and CVD 

freight rail coupler investigations. No 

new factual information or business 

proprietary information may be 

included in either scope briefs or 

rebuttal scope briefs. 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing, limited to issues raised in the 

case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a 

written request to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, within 30 days after the date 

of publication of this notice. Requests 

should contain the party’s name, 

address, and telephone number, the 

number of participants, whether any 

participant is a foreign national, and a 

list of the issues to be discussed. If a 

request for a hearing is made, Commerce 

intends to hold the hearing at a date and 

time to be determined. Parties should 

confirm by telephone the date, time, and 

location of the hearing two days before 

the scheduled date. 

Final Determination 

Section 735(a)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.210(b)(1) provide that 

Commerce will issue the final 

determination within 75 days after the 

date of its preliminary determination. 

Accordingly, Commerce will make its 

final determination no later than 75 

days after the signature date of this 

preliminary determination. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 733(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its preliminary determination. If the 

final determination is affirmative, the 

ITC will determine before the later of 

120 days after the date of this 

preliminary determination or 45 days 

after the final determination whether 

these imports are materially injuring, or 

threaten material injury to, the U.S. 

industry. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 

CFR 351.205(c). 

Dated: March 8, 2022. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix I—Scope of the Investigation 

The scope of this investigation covers 

freight rail car coupler systems and certain 

components thereof. Freight rail car coupler 

systems are composed of, at minimum, four 

main components (knuckles, coupler bodies, 

coupler yokes, and follower blocks, as 

specified below) but may also include other 

items (e.g., coupler locks, lock lift assemblies, 

knuckle pins, knuckle throwers, and rotors). 

The components covered by the investigation 

include: (1) E coupler bodies; (2) E/F coupler 

bodies; (3) F coupler bodies; (4) E yokes; (5) 

F yokes; (6) E knuckles; (7) F knuckles; (8) 

E type follower blocks; and (9) F type 

follower blocks, as set forth by the 

Association of American Railroads (AAR). 

The freight rail coupler components are 

included within the scope of the 

investigation when imported individually, or 

in some combination thereof, such as in the 

form of a coupler fit (a coupler body and 

knuckle assembled together), independent 

from a coupler system. 

Subject freight rail car coupler systems and 

components are included within the scope 

whether finished or unfinished, whether 

imported individually or with other subject 

or non-subject components, whether 

assembled or unassembled, whether mounted 

or unmounted, or if joined with non-subject 

merchandise, such as other non-subject 

system parts or a completed rail car. 

Finishing includes, but is not limited to, arc 

washing, welding, grinding, shot blasting, 

heat treatment, machining, and assembly of 

various components. When a subject coupler 

system or subject components are mounted 

on or to other non-subject merchandise, such 

as a rail car, only the coupler system or 

subject components are covered by the scope. 

The finished products covered by the 

scope of this investigation meet or exceed the 

AAR specifications of M–211, ‘‘Foundry and 

Product Approval Requirements for the 

Manufacture of Couplers, Coupler Yokes, 

Knuckles, Follower Blocks, and Coupler 

Parts’’ or AAR M–215 ‘‘Coupling Systems,’’ 

or other equivalent domestic or international 

standards (including any revisions to the 

standard(s)). 

The country of origin for subject coupler 

systems and components, whether fully 

assembled, unfinished or finished, or 

attached to a rail car, is the country where 

the subject coupler components were cast or 

forged. Subject merchandise includes coupler 

components as defined above that have been 

further processed or further assembled, 

including those coupler components attached 

to a rail car in third countries. Further 

processing includes, but is not limited to, arc 

washing, welding, grinding, shot blasting, 

heat treatment, painting, coating, priming, 

machining, and assembly of various 

components. The inclusion, attachment, 

joining, or assembly of non-subject 

components with subject components or 

coupler systems either in the country of 

manufacture of the in-scope product or in a 

third country does not remove the subject 


khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES
14514 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 50 / Tuesday, March 15, 2022 / Notices 

1See Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from 

India: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value and Final Affirmative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances, 87 FR 3772 (January 25, 

2022); see also Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene 

Resin from the Russian Federation: Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 87 

FR 3774 (January 25, 2022). 

2See ITC Notification Letter, Investigation Nos. 

701–TA–663–664 and 731–TA–1555–1556 (Final) 

dated March 8, 2022 (ITC Notification Letter). 

3 Id. 

4See Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from 

India: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Preliminary 

Affirmative Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, Postponement of Final 

Determination, and Extension of Provisional 

Measures, 86 FR 49299 (September 2, 2021) (India 

Preliminary Determination); and Granular 

Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from the Russian 

Federation: Preliminary Affirmative Determination 

of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of 

Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional 

Measures, 86 FR 49297 (September 2, 2021) (Russia 

Preliminary Determination) (collectively, 

Preliminary Determinations). 

components or coupler systems from the 

scope. 

The coupler systems that are the subject of 

this investigation are currently classifiable in 

the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS) statistical reporting 

number 8607.30.1000. Unfinished subject 

merchandise may also enter under HTSUS 

statistical reporting number 7326.90.8688. 

Subject merchandise attached to finished rail 

cars may also enter under HTSUS statistical 

reporting numbers 8606.10.0000, 

8606.30.0000, 8606.91.0000, 8606.92.0000, 

8606.99.0130, 8606.99.0160, or under 

subheading 9803.00.5000 if imported as an 

Instrument of International Traffic. These 

HTSUS subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes only; the 

written description of the scope of the 

investigation is dispositive. 

Appendix II—List of Topics Discussed 

in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Scope Comments 

V. Discussion of the Methodology 

VI. Adjustment Under Section 777A(f) of the 

Act 

VII. Adjustment to Cash Deposit Rate for 

Export Subsidies 

VIII. ITC Notification 

IX. Recommendation 

[FR Doc. 2022–05381 Filed 3–14–22; 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: Antidumping Duty Orders 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final 

determinations by the Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) and the 

International Trade Commission (ITC), 

Commerce is issuing antidumping duty 

orders on granular 

polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) resin 

from India and the Russian Federation 

(Russia). 

DATES: Applicable March 15, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alexis Cherry at (202) 482–0607 (India); 

and Jaron Moore at (202) 482–3640 

(Russia); AD/CVD Operations, Office 

VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On January 25, 2022, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register its 

affirmative final determinations in the 

less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 

investigations of granular PTFE resin 

from India and Russia.1 On March 8, 

2022, the ITC notified Commerce of its 

final determinations, pursuant to 

section 735(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 

as amended (the Act), that an industry 

in the United States is materially 

injured within the meaning of section 

735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of 

LTFV imports of granular PTFE resin 

from India and Russia, and of its 

determination that critical 

circumstances do not exist with respect 

to dumped imports of granular PTFE 

resin from India.2

Scope of the Orders 

The product covered by these orders 

is granular PTFE resin from India and 

Russia. For a complete description of 

the scope of these orders, see the 

Appendix to this notice. 

Antidumping Duty Orders 

On March 8, 2022, in accordance with 

section 735(d) of the Act, the ITC 

notified Commerce of its final 

determinations in these investigations, 

in which it found that an industry in the 

United States is materially injured by 

reason of imports of granular PTFE resin 

from India and Russia.3 Therefore, in 

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

Act, Commerce is issuing these 

antidumping duty orders. Because the 

ITC determined that imports of granular 

PTFE resin from India and Russia are 

materially injuring a U.S. industry, 

unliquidated entries of such 

merchandise from India and Russia, 

entered or withdrawn from warehouse 

for consumption, are subject to the 

assessment of antidumping duties. 

Therefore, in accordance with section 

736(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce will 

direct U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) to assess, upon further 

instruction by Commerce, antidumping 

duties equal to the amount by which the 

normal value of the merchandise 

exceeds the export price (or constructed 

export price) of the merchandise, for all 

relevant entries of granular PTFE resin 

from India and Russia. With the 

exception of entries occurring after the 

expiration of the provisional measures 

period and before publication of the 

ITC’s final affirmative injury 

determinations, as further described 

below, antidumping duties will be 

assessed on unliquidated entries of 

granular PTFE resin from India and 

Russia entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption, on or after 

September 2, 2021, the date of 

publication of the Preliminary 

Determinations in the Federal Register.4

Critical Circumstances 

With regard to the ITC’s negative 

critical circumstances determination on 

imports of granular PTFE resin from 

India, we will instruct CBP to lift 

suspension and to refund any cash 

deposits made to secure the payment of 

estimated antidumping duties with 

respect to entries of the subject 

merchandise from India entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after June 4, 2021 

(i.e., 90 days prior to the date of the 

publication of the India Preliminary 

Determination), but before September 2, 

2021 (i.e., the date of publication of the 

India Preliminary Determination). 

Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation 

Except as noted in the ‘‘Provisional 

Measures’’ section of this notice, in 

accordance with section 736 of the Act, 

Commerce will instruct CBP to continue 

to suspend liquidation on all relevant 

entries of granular PTFE resin from 

India and Russia. These instructions 

suspending liquidation will remain in 

effect until further notice. 

Commerce will also instruct CBP to 

require cash deposits equal to the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margins indicated in the tables below, 

adjusted by the export subsidy offset. 

Accordingly, effective on the date of 

publication in the Federal Register of 

the notice of the ITC’s final affirmative 

injury determinations, CBP will require, 

at the same time as importers would 

normally deposit estimated duties on 

subject merchandise, a cash deposit 


khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES