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Intent to Participate In Sunset Review,’’ dated April 

9, 2021. The Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bag 

Committee is comprised of Hilex Poly Co., LLC and 

Superbag Corporation. 

4See Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bag Committee’s 

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

Antidumping Duty Order on Polyethylene Retail 

Carrier Bags from Indonesia: Domestic Industry’s 

Substantive Response,’’ dated May 1, 2015; 

‘‘Second Five-Year (‘Sunset’) Review Of 

Antidumping Duty Order on Polyethylene Retail 

Carrier Bags from Malaysia: Domestic Industry’s 

Substantive Response,’’ dated May 1, 2015; 

‘‘Second Five-Year (‘Sunset’) Review of 

Antidumping Duty Order on Polyethylene Retail 

Carrier Bags from the People’s Republic of China: 

Domestic Industry’s Substantive Response,’’ dated 

May 1, 2015; ‘‘Five-Year (‘Sunset’) Review of 

Antidumping Duty Order on Polyethylene Retail 

Carrier Bags from Taiwan: Domestic Industry’s 

Substantive Response,’’ dated May 1, 2015; 

‘‘Second Five-Year (‘Sunset’) Review of 

Antidumping Duty Order on Polyethylene Retail 

Carrier Bags from Thailand: Domestic Industry’s 

Substantive Response,’’ dated May 1, 2015; and 

‘‘Five-Year (‘Sunset’) Review of Antidumping Duty 

Order on Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from the 

Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Domestic Industry’s 

Substantive Response,’’ dated May 1, 2015. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Expedited Sunset Reviews of 

the Antidumping Duty Orders on Polyethylene 

Retail Carrier Bags from Indonesia, Malaysia, the 

People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, Thailand, and 

the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum). 

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). 

The domestic interested party claimed 

interested party status under sections 

771(9)(C) and (E) of the Act. 

Commerce received adequate 

substantive responses to the Initiation 

Notice from the domestic interested 

party within the 30-day period specified 

in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).4 Commerce 

received no substantive responses from 

any respondent interested parties. In 

accordance with section 751(c)(3)(B) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 

351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce 

conducted expedited, i.e., 120-day, 

sunset reviews of the AD Orders. 

Scope of the Orders 

The merchandise subject to the AD 

Orders is PRCBs which are currently 

classified under subheading 

3923.21.0085 of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). 

The HTSUS number is provided for 

convenience and customs purposes. A 

full description of the scope of the AD 

Orders is contained in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum.5 The written 

description is dispositive. 

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in this review are 

addressed in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum, including the likelihood 

of continuation or recurrence of 

dumping in the event of revocation and 

the magnitude of dumping margins 

likely to prevail if the order was 

revoked. Parties can find a complete 

discussion of all issues raised in this 

review and the corresponding 

recommendations in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum, which 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 Issues and 

Decision Memorandum can be found at 

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

index.html. 

Final Results of Sunset Review 

Pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752(c) 

of the Act, Commerce determines that 

revocation of the AD Orders would be 

likely to lead to continuation or 

recurrence of dumping and the 

magnitude of the margins of dumping 

likely to prevail would be weightedaverage margins up to the following 

percentages: 

Country 

Weightedaverage 

margin 

(percent) 

Indonesia .................................... 85.17 

Malaysia ...................................... 101.74 

China .......................................... 77.57 

Taiwan ........................................ 95.81 

Thailand ...................................... 122.88 

Vietnam ....................................... 76.11 

Notification Regarding Administrative 

Protective Orders 

This notice serves as a 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). Timely written 

notification of the 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 

Commerce is issuing and publishing 

these final results and notice in 

accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), 

and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.221(c)(5)(ii). 

Dated: June 25, 2021. 

James Maeder, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations. 

Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Orders 

IV. History of the Orders 

V. Legal Framework 

VI. Discussion of the Issues 

VII. Final Results of Expedited Sunset 

Reviews 

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: Preliminary Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination, 

Preliminary Affirmative Critical 

Circumstances 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 India. The period of 

investigation is April 1, 2019, through 

March 31, 2020. Interested parties are 

invited to comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Applicable July 6, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Janae ́ Martin or Joshua Simonidis, 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) 482–0238 or 

(202) 482–0608, 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 

the initiation of this investigation, see 


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3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Determination of the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Granular 

Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from India,’’ 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 sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. 

10See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Request for 

Alignment,’’ dated April 9, 2021. 

11As discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, Commerce has found the following 

companies to be cross-owned with Gujarat 

Fluorochemicals Limited: Inox Leasing Finance 

Limited and Inox Wind Limited. 

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 India. 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

Commerce notes that in making these 

preliminary findings, it relied in part on 

facts available, and because it finds that 

the Government of India did not act to 

the best of its ability to respond to 

Commerce’s requests for information, it 

drew an adverse inference where 

appropriate in selecting from among the 

facts otherwise available.9 For further 

information, see ‘‘Use of Facts 

Otherwise Available and Adverse 

Inferences’’ in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Preliminary Affirmative Determination 

of Critical Circumstances 

In accordance with section 703(e)(1) 

of the Act, Commerce preliminarily 

determines that critical circumstances 

exist with respect to imports of granular 

PTFE resin from India for Gujarat 

Fluorochemicals Limited (GFCL) and all 

other exporters or producers not 

individually examined. For a full 

description of the methodology and 

results of Commerce’s analysis, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

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 India based on 

a request made by the petitioner.10

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 zero and de 

minimis rates and any rates based 

entirely under section 776 of the Act. 

Commerce calculated an individual 

estimated countervailable subsidy rate 

for GFCL, 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 GFCL 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) 

Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited 11 ................................. 4.75 

All-Others .............................. 4.75 

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. 

Section 703(e)(2) of the Act provides 

that, given an affirmative determination 

of critical circumstances, any 

suspension of liquidation shall apply to 

unliquidated entries of merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the later of 

(a) the date which is 90 days before the 

date on which the suspension of 

liquidation was first ordered, or (b) the 

date on which notice of initiation of the 

investigation was published. Commerce 

preliminarily finds that critical 

circumstances exist for imports of 

subject merchandise from India. In 

accordance with section 703(e)(2)(A) of 

the Act, the suspension of liquidation 

shall apply to unliquidated entries of 

merchandise from all exporters and 

producers of subject merchandise from 

India that were entered, or withdrawn 

from warehouse, for consumption on or 

after the date which is 90 days before 

the publication of this notice. 


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12See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 

(for general filing requirements); and Temporary 

Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due 

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

13See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD 

Service Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension 

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

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.12 Note 

that Commerce has temporarily 

modified certain of its requirements for 

serving documents containing business 

proprietary information, until further 

notice.13 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 the 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 

C2 F4, 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. Preliminary Determination of Critical 

Circumstances 

V. Diversification of India’s Economy 

VI. Subsidies Valuation 

VII. Benchmarks and Interest Rates 

VIII. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Adverse Inferences 

IX. Analysis of Programs 

X. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Reviews 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) has received requests to 

conduct administrative reviews of 

various antidumping duty (AD) and 

countervailing duty (CVD) orders and 

findings with May anniversary dates. In 

accordance with Commerce’s 

regulations, we are initiating those 

administrative reviews. 

DATES: Applicable July 6, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brenda E. Brown, AD/CVD Operations, 

Customs Liaison Unit, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: 

(202) 482–4735. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Commerce has received timely 

requests, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.213(b), for administrative reviews of 

various AD and CVD orders and 

findings with May anniversary dates. 

All deadlines for the submission of 

various types of information, 

certifications, or comments or actions by 

Commerce discussed below refer to the 

number of calendar days from the 

applicable starting time. 


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