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1See Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from 

India and the Russian Federation: Initiation of 

Countervailing Duty Investigations, 86 FR 10931 

(February 23, 2021) (Initiation Notice). 

2See Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from 

India and the Russian Federation: Postponement of 

Preliminary Determinations in the Countervailing 

Duty Investigations, 86 FR 14871 (March 19, 2021). 

mail to John Seo, Senior Economist, 

International Trade Administration, 

1401 Constitution Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20230, or by email to 

john.seo@trade.gov or PRAcomments@

doc.gov. Please reference OMB Control 

Number 0625–0275 in the subject line of 

your comments. Do not submit 

Confidential Business Information or 

otherwise sensitive or protected 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to John Seo (john.seo@

trade.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The International Trade 

Administration provides a multitude of 

international trade related programs to 

help U.S. businesses. These programs 

include information products, services, 

and trade events. To accomplish its 

mission effectively, ITA needs ongoing 

feedback on its programs. This 

information collection item allows ITA 

to solicit clients’ opinions about the use 

of ITA products, services, and trade 

events. To promote optimal use and 

provide focused and effective 

improvements to ITA programs, we are 

requesting approval for this clearance 

package; including: Use of Comment 

Cards (i.e., transactional-based surveys) 

to collect feedback immediately after 

ITA assistance is provided to clients; 

use of annual surveys (i.e., relationshipbased surveys) to gauge overall 

satisfaction, impact and needs for 

clients with ITA assistance provided 

over a period time; use of multiple data 

collection methods (i.e., web-enabled 

surveys sent via email, telephone 

interviews, automated telephone 

surveys, and in-person surveys via 

mobile devices/laptops/tablets at trade 

events/shows) to enable clients to 

conveniently respond to requests for 

feedback; and a forecast of burden 

hours. Without this information, ITA is 

unable to systematically determine the 

actual and relative levels of performance 

for its programs and products/services 

and to provide clear, actionable insights 

for managerial intervention. This 

information will be used for program 

evaluation and improvement, strategic 

planning, allocation of resources and 

stakeholder reporting. 

II. Method of Collection 

The International Trade 

Administration is seeking approval for 

the following data collection methods to 

provide flexibility in conducting 

customer satisfaction surveys and to 

reduce the burden on respondents: (1) 

An email message delivering a hot link 

to a web enabled survey with an email 

reminder sent if the client does not 

respond to the survey within two weeks; 

(2) a telephone survey/interview; and 

(3) a web-enabled survey conducted inperson at trade shows/events via a 

laptop, tablet or mobile phone so 

participants can immediately respond 

without having to provide their email 

address. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0625–0275. 

Form Number(s): N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a current 

information collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; Not-for-profit 

institutions; State, Local, or Tribal 

government; and Federal government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

50,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 25,000 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $754,651. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Public Law 15 U.S.C. 

et seq. and 15 U.S.C. 171 et seq. 

IV. Request for Comments 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department/Bureau to: (a) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 

accuracy of our estimate of the time and 

cost burden for this proposed collection, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) Minimize the 

reporting burden on those who are to 

respond, including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this ICR. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

email address, or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you may ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–FP–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–821–830] 

Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin 

From the Russian Federation: 

Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing 

Duty Determination and Alignment of 

Final Determination With Final 

Antidumping Duty Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

granular polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) 

resin from the Russian Federation 

(Russia). The period of investigation is 

January 1, 2020, through December 31, 

2020. Interested parties are invited to 

comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Applicable July 6, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

George Ayache or Joseph Dowling, 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) 482–1646, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 703(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on February 23, 2021.1 On March 19, 

2021, Commerce postponed the 

preliminary determination of this 

investigation and the revised deadline is 

now June 28, 2021.2 For a complete 

description of the events that followed 


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3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Affirmative Preliminary Determination of the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Granular 

Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from the Russian 

Federation,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum). 

4See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

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

5See Initiation Notice. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Comments on Scope of 

Investigations,’’ dated concurrently with this notice 

(Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum). 

7 Id. 

8See 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. 

9See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Request for Alignment,’’ 

dated April 9, 2021. 

10As discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, Commerce has found the following 

companies to be cross-owned with Joint Stock 

Company ‘‘HaloPolymer’’: Limited Liability 

Company ‘‘HaloPolymer Kirovo-Chepetsk,’’ Joint 

Stock Company ‘‘HaloPolymer Perm,’’ and 

URALCHEM JSC. 

11See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 

(for general filing requirements); and Temporary 

Continued 

the initiation of this investigation, see 

the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.3 A list of topics 

discussed 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 http://

access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 

version of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

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

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 

In accordance with the preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,4 the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage (i.e., scope).5 An interested 

party commented on the scope of the 

investigation as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice. For a summary of 

these comments and the rebuttal 

response submitted to the record for this 

preliminary determination, and 

accompanying discussion and analysis 

of the comments timely received, see 

the Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum.6 Commerce is not 

preliminarily modifying the scope 

language as it appeared in the Initiation 

Notice. See scope in Appendix I. 

The Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum establishes the deadline 

to submit scope case briefs.7 There will 

be no further opportunity to comment 

on scope-related issues. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy 

programs found countervailable, 

Commerce preliminarily 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.8

Alignment 

In accordance with section 705(a)(1) 

of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(4), 

Commerce is aligning the final 

determination in this countervailing 

duty (CVD) investigation with the final 

determination in the companion 

antidumping duty (AD) investigation of 

granular PTFE resin from Russia based 

on a request made by the petitioner.9

Consequently, the final CVD 

determination will be issued on the 

same date as the final AD 

determination, which is currently 

scheduled to be issued no later than 

November 8, 2021, unless postponed. 

All-Others Rate 

Sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of 

the Act provide that in the preliminary 

determination, Commerce shall 

determine an estimated all-others rate 

for companies not individually 

examined. This rate shall be an amount 

equal to the weighted average of the 

estimated subsidy rates established for 

those companies individually 

examined, excluding any rates that are 

zero, de minimis, or based entirely 

under section 776 of the Act. 

Commerce calculated an individual 

estimated countervailable subsidy rate 

for Joint Stock Company ‘‘HaloPolymer’’ 

(HaloPolymer), the only individually 

examined exporter/producer in this 

investigation. Because the only 

individually calculated rate is not zero, 

de minimis, or based entirely on facts 

otherwise available, the rate calculated 

for HaloPolymer is the rate assigned to 

all other producers and exporters not 

individually examined in this 

investigation, pursuant to section 

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

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated 

countervailable subsidy rates exist: 

Company Subsidy rate 

(percent) 

Joint Stock Company 

‘‘HaloPolymer’’ 10 ............... 2.36 

All Others .............................. 2.36 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

703(d)(1)(B) and (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 the scope 

of the investigation section entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. Further, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.205(d), Commerce will instruct CBP 

to require a cash deposit equal to the 

rates indicated above. 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose to 

interested parties its calculations and 

analysis performed in this preliminary 

determination within five days of the 

date 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). 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the 

Act, Commerce intends to verify the 

information relied upon in making its 

final determination. Normally, 

Commerce verifies information using 

standard procedures, including an onsite examination of original accounting, 

financial, and sales documentation. 

However, due to current travel 

restrictions in response to the global 

COVID–19 pandemic, Commerce is 

unable to conduct on-site verification in 

this investigation. Accordingly, we 

intend to verify the information relied 

upon in making the final determination 

through alternative means in lieu of an 

on-site verification. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. Interested parties will be 

notified of the timeline for the 

submission of case briefs and written 

comments on non-scope issues at a later 

date. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues 

raised in these case briefs, may be 

submitted no later than seven days after 

the deadline date for case briefs.11 Note 


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Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due 

to COVID–19, 85 FR 17006, 17007 (March 26, 2020). 

12See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD 

Service Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension 

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

1See Antidumping Duty Orders: Polyethylene 

Retail Carrier Bags from Indonesia, Taiwan, and the 

Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 75 FR 23667 (May 

4, 2010); see also Antidumping Duty Order: 

Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from Malaysia, 69 

FR 48203 (August 9, 2004); Antidumping Duty 

Order: Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from The 

People’s Republic of China, 69 FR 48201 (August 

9, 2004); Antidumping Duty Order: Polyethylene 

Retail Carrier Bags from Thailand, 69 FR 48204 

(August 9, 2004) (collectively, AD Orders). 

2See Initiation Notice of Five-Year (Sunset) 

Reviews, 86 FR 16701 (March 31, 2021) (Initiation 

Notice). 

3See Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bag Committee’s 

Letters, ‘‘Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’) Review of 

Antidumping Duty Order on Polyethylene Retail 

Carrier Bags from Indonesia: Domestic Industry 

Notice of Intent to Participate in Sunset Review,’’ 

dated April 9, 2021; ‘‘Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’) Review 

of Antidumping Duty Order on Polyethylene Retail 

Carrier Bags from Malaysia: Domestic Industry 

Notice of Intent to Participate in Sunset Review,’’ 

dated April 9, 2021; ‘‘Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’) Review 

Of Antidumping Duty Order On Polyethylene Retail 

Carrier Bags from the People’s Republic of China: 

Domestic Industry Notice Of Intent to Participate in 

Sunset Review,’’ dated April 9, 2021; ‘‘Five-Year 

(‘‘Sunset’’) Review Of Antidumping Duty Order on 

Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from Taiwan: 

Domestic Industry Notice of Intent to Participate In 

Sunset Review,’’ dated April 9, 2021; ‘‘Five-Year 

(‘‘Sunset’’) Review of Antidumping Duty Order on 

Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from Thailand: 

Domestic Industry Notice of Intent to Participate in 

Sunset Review,’’ dated April 9, 2021; ‘‘Five-Year 

(‘‘Sunset’’) Review Of Antidumping Duty Order on 

Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from the Socialist 

Republic of Vietnam: Domestic Industry Notice of 

that Commerce has temporarily 

modified certain of its requirements for 

serving documents containing business 

proprietary information, until further 

notice.12 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. 

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 time and 

date to be determined. Parties should 

confirm by telephone the date, time, and 

location of the hearing two days before 

the scheduled date. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 703(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its determination. If Commerce’s final 

determination is affirmative, the ITC 

will make its final injury determination 

before the later of 120 days after the date 

of this preliminary determination or 45 

days after the final determination. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published pursuant to sections 703(f) 

and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 

351.205(c). 

Dated: June 28, 2021. 

Christian Marsh, 

Acting 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 Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Injury Test 

IV. Subsidies Valuation 

V. Benchmarks and Interest Rates 

VI. Analysis of Programs 

VII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–560–822, A–557–813, A–570–886, A–583– 

843, A–549–821, A–552–806] 

Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags From 

Indonesia, Malaysia, the People’s 

Republic of China, Taiwan, Thailand, 

and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: 

Final Results of the Expedited Sunset 

Reviews of the Antidumping Duty 

Orders 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: As a result of these expedited 

sunset reviews, the Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) finds that 

revocation of the antidumping duty 

(AD) orders on polyethylene retail 

carrier bags from Indonesia, Malaysia, 

the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, 

Thailand, and the Socialist Republic of 

Vietnam would be likely to lead to 

continuation or recurrence of dumping 

as indicated in the ‘‘Final Results of 

Sunset Review’’ section of this notice. 

DATES: Applicable July 6, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Allison Hollander or Minoo Hatten, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement 

and Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–2805 or (202) 482–1690, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On March 31, 2021, Commerce 

published the notice of initiation of the 

sunset reviews of the AD orders on 

polyethylene retail carrier bags (PRCBs) 

from Indonesia, Malaysia, the People’s 

Republic of China (China), Taiwan, 

Thailand, and the Socialist Republic of 

Vietnam (Vietnam) 1 pursuant to section 

751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act).2 In accordance with 

19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i) and (ii), 

Commerce received notices of intent to 

participate in these sunset reviews from 

the Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bag 

Committee (the domestic interested 

party) within 15 days after the date of 

publication of the Initiation Notice.3


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