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AD: Italy Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin

The International Trade Administration has issued its final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of granular polytetrafluoroethylene resin from Italy for the period of August 1, 2006 through July 31, 2007.

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AD Cash Deposit Instructions for a Time of Entry on or after 03/31/09:

CompanyAD Rate or Note
Solvay Solexis, Inc. and Solvay Solexis S.p.A. (collectively, Solvay)79.47%
Other Companies(a),(b),(c)

(a) For previously reviewed or investigated companies not listed above, the AD duty cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most recent period;

(b) If the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the AD investigation, but the manufacturer is, the AD duty cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent period for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and

(c) If neither the exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered in this or any previous review conducted by the ITA, the AD duty cash deposit rate will be 46.46%, the all others rate established in the AD investigation.

Assessment Instructions for the Review Period (08/01/06 - 07/31/07)

The ITA intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions directly to U.S. Customs and Border Protection 15 days after March 31, 2009. The ITA has calculated importer- (or customer-) specific duty assessment rates for the subject merchandise.

The ITA adds that for entries of subject merchandise during the review period produced by the respondent for which it did not know its merchandise was destined for the U.S., the ITA will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction. (See ITT's Online Archives or 06/02/03 news, 03060245, for BP summary of the ITA's May 2003 "automatic assessment" regulation.)

(See ITA notice for more information, including the scope of the order, etc.)

ITA contact - Yasmin Nair (202) 482-3813

ITA notice of final results (FR Pub 03/31/09) available at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-7232.pdf

ITA notice of the preliminary results of this review (FR Pub 09/22/08) available at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-22108.pdf