AD: Japan Polychloroprene Rubber
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has both initiated and issued the preliminary results of its antidumping (AD) duty changed circumstances review of polychloroprene rubber from Japan.
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The ITA states that these preliminary results are in response to a petition from DuPont Performance Elastomers L.L.C. (Dupont) requesting a changed circumstances review to revoke in part the AD duty order on polychloroprene rubber from Japan with respect to certain types of polychloroprene rubber.
ITA Intends to Revoke AD Duty Order for Certain Types of Polychloroprene Rubber
The ITA indicates that DuPont is the sole petitioner and U.S. producer of such merchandise and accounts for all of the production of domestic like product to which the AD duty order pertains. The ITA states that DuPont no longer has any interest in AD duty relief from imports of certain polychloroprene rubber that is subject to this request.
The ITA intends to exclude the following types of polychloroprene rubber from the scope of the AD duty order: (1) aqueous dispersions of polychloroprenes that are dipolymers of chloroprene and methacrylic acid, where the dispersion has a pH of 8 or lower (this category is limited to aqueous dispersions of these polymers and does not include aqueous dispersions of these polychloroprenes that contain comonomers other than methacrylic acid); (2) aqueous dispersions of polychloroprenes that are dipolymers of chloroprene and 2,3-dichlorobutadiene-1,3 modified with xanthogen disulfides, where the dispersion has a solids content of greater than 59 percent (this category is limited to aqueous dispersions of these polymers and does not include aqueous dispersions of polychloroprenes that contain comonomers other than 2,3-dichlorobutadiene-1,3); and (3) solid polychloroprenes that are dipolymers of chloroprene and 2,3-dichlorobutadiene-1,3 having a 2,3-dichlorobutadiene-1,3 content of 15 percent or greater (this category is limited to polychloroprenes in solid form and does not include aqueous dispersions).
The ITA states that it will issue the final results of this AD duty changed circumstances review no later than 270 days after August 7, 2006, or within 45 days of all parties agreeing to the preliminary results.
ITA Contact - Maisha Cryor (202) 482-5831
ITA Notice (FR Pub 08/11/06) available athttp://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/E6-13168.pdf