PTFE Resin: Prelim AD Cash Deposit Rates Take Effect for India, Russia
The Commerce Department made preliminary affirmative antidumping duty determinations that imports of granular polytetrafluoroethylene resin from India (A-533-899) and Russia (A-821-829) are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The agency will impose AD duty cash requirements retroactively on entries of subject merchandise from Russia beginning Sept. 2, 2021. For Indian exporters, suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements take effect June 4, 2021.
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Commerce is also conducting countervailing duty investigations on granular PTFE resin from India and Russia, setting CV rates at 4.75% for all Indian companies, and 2.36% for all Russian companies, in preliminary determinations issued in July (see 2107020021). Suspension of liquidation for CV purposes took effect for Russian companies July 6, 2021, and for Indian companies as of April 7, 2021.
Cash Deposits Retroactive 90 Days for All Indian Companies
Commerce made a finding that all exporters of granular PTFE resin from India increased their exports to the U.S. in the months before the preliminary determination. This “critical circumstances” finding by the agency allows it to retroactively require AD duty cash deposits for subject merchandise from India exported by Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited and the “all others” companies (i.e., all other Indian companies) 90 days before the preliminary determination, i.e., June 4, 2021. Suspension of liquidation is already in effect for all Indian companies as of April 7, 2021, per the concurrent CV duty investigation.
AD Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposit Requirements
Commerce will instruct CBP to suspend liquidation for AD duty purposes for all entries of subject merchandise that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, on or after the dates listed in the tables below, and require cash deposits at the following rates (liquidation is already suspended pursuant to the concurrent CV duty investigations):
India
| Exporter/Producer | AD Rate | Adjusted* | Sus. Liq. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gujarat Fluorochemicals Ltd. | 13.09% | 10.01% | 06/04/21 |
| All Others | 13.09% | 10.01% | 06/04/21 |
Russia
| Exporter/Producer | AD Rate | Adjusted* | Sus. Liq. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halopolymer OJSC** | 17.99% | 17.36% | 09/02/21 |
| All Others | 17.99% | 17.36% | 09/02/21 |
*As adjusted for export subsidies found in Commerce's concurrent CV duty investigation. This rate is currently in effect for cash deposit purposes, and will remain in effect while Commerce is collecting CV duty cash deposits. If the “provisional measures” period in the CV duty investigation expires, the rate in the “AD Rate” column will take effect for cash deposit purposes, until such time that CV duty collection resumes.
**HaloPolymer OJSC reported that home market manufacturers HaloPolymer Kirovo-Chepetsk, LLC (HPKC), HaloPolymer Perm, OJSC (HPP), and Limited Liability Company First Fluoroplastic Plant (FFP) and home market reseller Limited Liability Company Trading House HaloPolymer (HPTH), are affiliated with HaloPolymer OJSC by common control. Accordingly, the preliminary rate calculated applies to subject merchandise produced by HPKC, HPP, and FFP and exported by either HPTH or HaloPolymer OJSC.
(The period of investigation is 01/01/20 - 12/31/20. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope (unchanged), suspension of liquidation, etc. See 2102220032 for a summary of the initiation of this AD duty investigation, and 2102010032 for a summary of the underlying petition.)