[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 6, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38872-38873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-3550]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-475-703, A-588-707)


Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from Italy and Japan; 
Five-year (``Sunset'') Reviews of Antidumping Duty Orders; Final 
Results

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On December 1, 2004, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') initiated a sunset review

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of the antidumping duty orders on Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene 
Resin (``PTFE Resin'') from Italy and Japan, pursuant to section 751(c) 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, (``the Act''). On the basis of 
the notice of intent to participate and adequate substantive responses 
filed on behalf of the domestic interested parties and inadequate 
responses from respondent interested parties, the Department conducted 
expedited sunset reviews. As a result of these sunset reviews, the 
Department finds that revocation of the antidumping duty orders would 
likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping at the levels 
listed below in the section entitled ``Final Results of Reviews.''

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 6, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martha V. Douthit or Dana Mermelstein, 
Office 6, Antidumping/Countervailing Duty Operations, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-5050 or (202) 482-1391.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 1, 2004, the Department initiated sunset reviews of the 
antidumping duty orders on PTFE Resin from Italy and Japan pursuant to 
section 751(c) of the Act. See Initiation of Five-year (``Sunset'') 
Reviews, 69 FR 69891 (December 1, 2004). The Department received 
notices of intent to participate from a domestic interested party, E.I. 
DuPont de Nemours & Company (``DuPont''), within the deadline specified 
in section 351.218(d)(1)(i) of the Department's regulations. DuPont 
claimed interested party status under section 771(9)(C) of the Act as a 
U.S. producer of a domestic like product. We received a complete 
substantive response from the domestic interested party within the 30-
day deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i). However, we did not 
receive responses from any respondent interested parties. As a result, 
pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), the Department conducted expedited sunset 
reviews of these orders.
    On April 7, 2005, the Department extended the time limit for final 
results of these sunset reviews to not later than June 29, 2005. See 
Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From Brazil, Japan, the People's 
Republic of China, Taiwan, and Thailand, and Granular 
Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin From Italy and Japan; Extension of Time 
Limit for the Final Results of Sunset Reviews of Antidumping Duty 
Orders, 70 FR 17647 (April 7, 2005).

Scope of the Orders

Italy

    The merchandise covered by this order is PTFE Resin, filled or 
unfilled, from Italy. The antidumping duty order also covers PTFE Resin 
wet raw polymer exported from Italy to the United States. See Granular 
Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin From Italy; Final Determination of 
Circumvention of Antidumping Duty Order, 58 FR 26100 (April 30, 1993). 
This order excludes PTFE dispersions in water and fine powders. The 
subject merchandise is classified under subheading 3904.61.00 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTS'').

Japan

    The merchandise covered by this order is PTFE Resin, filled or 
unfilled, from Japan. PTFE Resin dispersions in water and PTFE Resin 
fine powders are excluded from the order. The merchandise covered by 
this antidumping duty order is currently classifiable under subheading 
3904.61.00 of the HTS.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in these cases are addressed in the ``Issues and 
Decision Memorandum'' from Barbara E. Tillman, Acting Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Import Administration, to Joseph A. Spetrini, Acting 
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, dated June 29, 2005 
(``Decision Memorandum''), which is hereby adopted by this notice. The 
issues discussed in the Decision Memorandum include the likelihood of 
continuation or recurrence of dumping and the magnitude of the margin 
likely to prevail if the orders were revoked. Parties can find a 
complete discussion of all issues raised in these sunset reviews and 
the corresponding recommendations in this public memorandum, which is 
on file in room B-099 of the main Department building.
    In addition, a complete version of the Decision Memorandum can be 
accessed directly on the Web at http://ia.ita.doc.gov, under the 
heading ``July 2005''. The paper copy and electronic version of the 
Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Final Results of Reviews

    We determine that revocation of the antidumping duty orders on PTFE 
Resin from Italy and Japan would likely lead to continuation or 
recurrence of dumping at the following percentage weighted-average 
margins:

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                                                       Weighted-Average
          Manufacturers/Exporters/Producers            Margin (Percent)
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        Italy.......................................
Montefluos S.p.A./Ausimont U.S.A....................            46.46\1\
All Others..........................................               46.46
        Japan.......................................
Daikin Industries, Inc..............................              103.00
Asahi Fluoropolymers, Inc...........................               51.45
All Others..........................................               91.74
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\1\ Solvay Solexis S.p.A. and Solvay Solexis, Inc., are the successors-
  in-interest to Ausimont S.p.A. and Ausimont U.S.A., Inc.

    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (``APO'') of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 of the 
Department's regulations. Timely notification of the return or 
destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order 
is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms 
of an APO is a violation which is subject to sanction.
    We are issuing and publishing these results and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(c), 752, and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: June 29, 2005.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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