1. On 08/14/2015, Commerce published in the Federal Register its preliminary affirmative determination and alignment of its final determination in the countervailing duty investigation of certain PET resin from the People's Republic of China from 10/21/2015 until no later than 12/21/2015, unless postponed, thereby aligning it with the due date for the final determination in the antidumping duty investigation of certain PET resin from the People's Republic of China (80 FR 48810).

2. The products covered by this investigation are described in message 5105307, dated 04/15/2015.

3. This investigation has been assigned investigation number C-570-025.

4. For imports of certain PET resin from the People's Republic of China, CBP shall suspend liquidation of such shipments entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 08/14/2015. Effective 08/14/2015, for entries of certain PET resin from the People's Republic of China from the producers and/or exporters listed below, CBP shall require a cash deposit equal to the subsidy rates listed below:

Producer and/or Exporter: All Others
Case number: C-570-025-000
Subsidy rate: 11.58%

Producer and/or Exporter: Jiangyin Xingyu New Material Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Xingye Plastic Co., Ltd., Jiangyin Xingjia Plastic Co., Ltd., Jiangyin Xingtai New Material Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Xingye Polarization Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Sanfangxiang Group Co., Ltd., Jiangyin Hailun Petrochemicals Co., Ltd., Jiangyin Xinlun Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd., Jiangyin Huasheng Polymer Co., Ltd., Jiangsu SanFangxiang International Trading Co., Ltd., Jiangyin HuaYi Polymerization Co., Ltd., Jiangyin Xingsheng Plastic Co., Ltd., Jiangyin Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd., Jiangyin Huaxing Synthetic Co., Ltd., Jiangyin Bolun Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd., (collectively, Xingyu)
Case number: C-570-025-001
Subsidy rate: 4.27%

Producer and/or Exporter: Dragon Special Resin (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.; Xiang Lu Petrochemicals Co., Ltd.; Xianglu Petrochemicals (Zhangzhou) Co., Ltd.; and Xiamen Xianglu Chemical Fiber Company Limited (collectively, Dragon)
Case number: C-570-025-002
Subsidy rate: 18.88%

5. If there are any questions by the importing public regarding this message, please contact the Call Center for the Office of AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce at (202) 482-0984. CBP ports should submit their inquiries through authorized CBP channels only. (This message was generated by OVI:YN.)

6. There are no restrictions on the release of this information.

Sherri L. Hoffman