AD: Japan Polychloroprene Rubber
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of an antidumping (AD) duty changed circumstances review, in order to revoke in part the AD duty order on polychloroprene rubber from Japan with respect to certain types of polychloroprene rubber, as described below.
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The ITA states that it is taking this action at the request of DuPont Performance Elastomers L.L.C. (DuPont), which stated that it no longer has any interest in AD relief from imports of certain polychloroprene rubber from Japan.
As a result of these final results, the ITA has amended the scope of the AD duty order to add a paragraph which describes those types of polychloroprene rubber that are excluded from the AD duty order on polychloroprene rubber from Japan.
Modification to the Scope of the Order (additional exclusionary language). The ITA has added a paragraph to the scope of the AD duty order on polychloroprene rubber from Japan which reads as follows:
"In addition, the following types of polychloroprene rubber from Japan are excluded from the scope of the finding: (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 instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate without regard to AD duties, as applicable, and to refund any estimated duties collected for all unliquidated entries of certain polychloroprene rubber, meeting the specifications indicated above, as of September 29, 2006, the date of publication of the final results of changed circumstances review in the Federal Register.
(See ITA notice for more information, including the scope of the order based on this changed circumstances review, etc.
See ITT's Online Archives or 09/13/06 news, 06091335, for BP summary of preliminary results of this AD duty changed circumstances review.)
ITA Contact - Maisha Cryor (202) 482-5831
ITA Notice (FR Pub 09/29/06) available athttp://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/E6-16068.pdf