1. On 03/08/2018, Commerce published in the Federal Register its affirmative preliminary determination in the countervailing duty investigation of polytetrafluoroethylene resin from India (83 FR 9842).

2. The products covered by this investigation are described in message 7305311 dated 11/01/2017.

3. This investigation has been assigned investigation number C-533-880.

4. For imports of polytetrafluoroethylene resin from India, CBP shall suspend liquidation of such shipments entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 03/08/2018. Effective 03/08/2018, CBP shall require, for such entries, a cash deposit equal to the subsidy rates for the companies listed below:

Producer and/or Exporter: All Others
Case number: C-533-880-000
Subsidy rate: 3.90%

Producer and/or Exporter: Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited
Case number: C-533-880-001
Subsidy rate: 3.90%

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 O1:EH.)

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

Alexander Amdur