• Effective Date: May 04, 2016
  • Period of Review: Jan 01, 2014 to Dec 31, 2014
  • Cite as: 81 FR 27979 • Cite date: May 06, 2016

1. On 05/06//2016, Commerce published in the Federal Register its antidumping duty order on Certain Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin from India (PET resin) from India (81 FR 27979), as corrected in a correction notice published on 05/27/2016 (81 FR 33660).

2. The merchandise covered by this order is PET resin having an intrinsic viscosity of at least 0.70, but not more than 0.88, deciliters per gram. The scope includes blends of virgin PET resin and recycled PET resin containing 50 percent or more virgin PET resin content by weight, provided such blends meet the intrinsic viscosity requirements above. The scope includes all PET resin meeting the above specifications regardless of additives introduced in the manufacturing process. The merchandise subject to this investigation is properly classified under subheading 3907.60.00.30 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the merchandise under investigation is dispositive.

3. For imports of PET resin from India, CBP shall suspend liquidation of entries of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 05/04/2016 (date of publication of the International Trade Commission final determination in the Federal Register). Effective 05/04/2016, CBP shall require a cash deposit equal to the percentages/per-unit amounts identified below. These cash deposit rates have been adjusted to reflect the appropriate subsidy offsets determined in the companion countervailing duty proceeding.

Producer and/or Exporter:
All-Others
Case Number: A-533-861-000
Cash Deposit Rate: 6.03%

Producer and/or Exporter:
Ester Industries, Ltd.
Case number: A-533-861-001
Cash deposit rate: 9.13%

Producer and/or Exporter:
Reliance Industries, Ltd.
Case number: A-533-861-002
Cash deposit rate: 2.93%

Producer and/or Exporter:
Dhunseri Petrochem, Ltd.
Case number: A-533-861-003
Cash deposit rate: 14.31%

Producer and/or Exporter:
JFB Industries, Ltd.
Case number: A-533-861-004
Cash deposit rate: 0.00%

4. 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 O6:FB)

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

Alexander Amdur