[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 26 (Tuesday, February 8, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6147-6148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-2837]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-475-703, A-588-707]


Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders: Granular 
Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin From Italy and Japan

AGENCY:  Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION:  Notice of Continuation of Antidumping Orders: Granular 
Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from Italy and Japan.

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SUMMARY:  On December 3, 1999, the Department of Commerce (``the

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Department''), pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752 of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (``the Act''), determined that revocation of the 
antidumping duty orders on granular polytetrafluoroethylene resin 
(``PTFE'') from Italy and Japan would likely lead to continuation or 
recurrence of dumping (64 FR 67865 (December 3, 1999)). On December 27, 
1999, the International Trade Commission (``the Commission''), pursuant 
to section 751(c) of the Act, determined that revocation of the 
antidumping duty orders on PTFE from Italy and Japan would be likely to 
lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in 
the United States within a reasonably foreseeable time (64 FR 72362 
(December 27, 1999)). Therefore, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4), the 
Department is publishing this notice of the continuation of the 
antidumping duty orders on PTFE from Italy and Japan.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 3, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Darla D. Brown or Melissa G. Skinner, 
Office of Policy for Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3207 or (202) 482-1560, respectively.

Background

    On May 3, 1999, the Department initiated, and the Commission 
instituted, sunset reviews (64 FR 23596 and 64 FR 23677, respectively) 
of the antidumping duty orders on PTFE from Italy and Japan pursuant to 
section 751(c) of the Act. As a result of these reviews, the Department 
found that revocation of the antidumping duty orders would likely lead 
to continuation or recurrence of dumping and notified the Commission of 
the magnitude of the margin likely to prevail were the orders revoked. 
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    \1\ See Final Results of Expedited Sunset Reviews: Granular 
Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from Italy and Japan, 64 FR 67865 
(December 3, 1999).
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    On December 27, 1999, the Commission determined, pursuant to 
section 751(c) of the Act, that revocation of the antidumping duty 
orders on PTFE from Italy and Japan would likely lead to continuation 
or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States 
within a reasonably foreseeable time. \2\
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    \2\ See Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from Italy and 
Japan, 64 FR 72362 (December 27, 1999), and USITC Publication 3260 
(December 1999), Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from Italy 
and Japan: Investigations Nos. 731-TA-385-386 (Review).
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Scope

    The merchandise subject to these antidumping duty orders is PTFE 
from Italy and Japan. The subject merchandise is defined as granular 
PTFE resin, filled or unfilled. The order explicitly excludes PTFE 
dispersions in water and PTFE fine powders. Such merchandise is 
currently classifiable under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) item 
number 3904.61.00. This HTS item number is provided for convenience and 
customs purposes only. The written description remains dispositive.
    There has been one scope ruling with respect to the order on PTFE 
from Japan in which reprocessed PTFE powder was determined to be 
outside the scope of the order (57 FR 57420; December 4, 1992). The 
Department issued a circumvention determination in which it determined 
that PTFE wet raw polymer exported from Italy to the United States 
falls within the scope of the order on PTFE from Italy (58 FR 26100; 
April 30, 1993).

Determination

    As a result of the determinations by the Department and the 
Commission that revocation of these antidumping duty orders would 
likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping and material 
injury to an industry in the United States, pursuant to section 
751(d)(2) of the Act, the Department hereby orders the continuation of 
the antidumping duty orders on PTFE from Italy and Japan. The 
Department will instruct the U.S. Customs Service to continue to 
collect antidumping duty deposits at the rate in effect at the time of 
entry for all imports of subject merchandise.
    Normally, the effective date of continuation of a finding, order, 
or suspension agreement will be the date of publication in the Federal 
Register of the Notice of Continuation. As provided in 19 CFR 
351.218(f)(4), the Department will issue its determination to continue 
a finding, order, or suspended investigation not later than seven days 
after the date of publication in the Federal Register of the 
Commission's determination concluding the sunset review and immediately 
thereafter will publish its notice of continuation in the Federal 
Register. In these instant cases, however, the Department's publication 
of the Notice of Continuation was delayed. The Department has 
explicitly indicated that the effective date of continuation of these 
orders is January 3, 2000, seven days after the publication in the 
Federal Register of the Commission's determination. As a result, 
pursuant to section 751(c)(6)(A) of the Act, the Department intends to 
initiate the next five-year review of these orders not later than 
December 2004.

    Dated: February 1, 2000.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 00-2837 Filed 2-7-00; 8:45 am]
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