[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 197 (Thursday, October 11, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51501-51502]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-22042]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation Nos. 731-TA-1392-1393 (Final)]


Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) Resin From China and India; 
Scheduling of the Final Phase of Antidumping Duty Investigations

AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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DATES: September 26, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Casanova (202) 708-2719, Office 
of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street 
SW, Washington, DC 20436. Hearing-impaired persons can obtain 
information on this matter by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal 
on 202-205-1810. Persons with mobility impairments who will need 
special assistance in gaining access to the Commission should contact 
the Office of the Secretary at 202-205-2000. General information 
concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its 
internet server (https://www.usitc.gov). The public record for these 
investigations may be viewed on the Commission's electronic docket 
(EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Effective March 8, 2018, the Commission 
established a general schedule for the conduct of the final phase of 
its investigations on polytetrafluoroethylene resin from China and 
India,\1\ following a preliminary determination by the U.S. Department 
of Commerce (``Commerce'') that imports of subject PTFE resin were 
being subsidized by the government of India.\2\ Notice of the 
scheduling of the final phase of the Commission's investigations and of 
a public hearing to be held in connection therewith was given by 
posting copies of the notice in the Office of the Secretary, U.S. 
International Trade Commission, Washington, DC, and by publishing the 
notice in the Federal Register of March 8, 2018 (83 FR 12815). The 
hearing was held in Washington, DC, on May 17, 2018, and all persons 
who requested the opportunity were permitted to appear in person or by 
counsel. The Commission subsequently issued its final negative 
determination regarding subsidized imports from India on July 6, 2018 
(83 FR 32150, July 11, 2018). Commerce has issued final affirmative 
antidumping duty determinations with respect to the subject PTFE resin 
from China \3\ and India.\4\ Accordingly, the Commission currently is 
issuing a supplemental schedule for its antidumping duty investigations 
on imports of PTFE resin from China and India.
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    \1\ Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) Resin from China and India, 
Scheduling of the Final Phase of Countervailing Duty and Anti-
Dumping Duty Investigations, 83 FR 12815, March 8, 2018.
    \2\ Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from India: Preliminary 
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 83 FR 9842, March 8, 
2018. See also Commerce's later preliminary determinations: 
Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value, Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of 
Provisional Measures, 83 FR 20039, May 7, 2018; 
Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from India: Preliminary Affirmative 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of 
Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional Measures, 83 FR 
20035, May 7, 2018.
    \3\ Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from the People's Republic of 
China: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value, 83 FR 48590, September 26, 2018.
    \4\ Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from India: Final Affirmative 
Determination Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 83 FR 48594, September 
26, 2018.
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    This supplemental schedule is as follows: The deadline for filing 
supplemental party comments on Commerce's final antidumping duty 
determinations is October 11, 2018. Supplemental party comments may 
address only Commerce's final antidumping duty determinations regarding 
imports of PTFE resin from China and India. These supplemental final 
comments may not contain new factual information and may not exceed 
five (5) pages in length. The supplemental staff report in the final 
phase of these investigations regarding subject imports from China and 
India

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will be placed in the nonpublic record on October 24, 2018; and a 
public version will be issued thereafter.
    For further information concerning these investigations see the 
Commission's notice cited above and the Commission's Rules of Practice 
and Procedure, part 201, subparts A and B (19 CFR part 201), and part 
207, subparts A and C (19 CFR part 207).
    Additional written submissions to the Commission, including 
requests pursuant to section 201.12 of the Commission's rules, shall 
not be accepted unless good cause is shown for accepting such 
submissions, or unless the submission is pursuant to a specific request 
by a Commissioner or Commission staff.
    In accordance with sections 201.16(c) and 207.3 of the Commission's 
rules, each document filed by a party to the investigations must be 
served on all other parties to the investigations (as identified by 
either the public or BPI service list), and a certificate of service 
must be timely filed. The Secretary will not accept a document for 
filing without a certificate of service.

    Authority:  These investigations are being conducted under 
authority of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is 
published pursuant to section 207.21 of the Commission's rules.

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: October 4, 2018.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
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