1. On 04/24/2018, Commerce published in the Federal Register (83 FR 17791) its affirmative preliminary determination of critical circumstances in the antidumping duty investigation of polyethylene terephthalate resin from Taiwan.

2. Commerce issued its preliminary determination in the antidumping duty investigation of polyethylene terephthalate resin from Taiwan on 04/27/2018. Because the determination is affirmative, Commerce will direct CBP to suspend liquidation of all appropriate entries of polyethylene terephthalate resin from Taiwan that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 90 days before the date of publication in the Federal Register of the preliminary determination. CBP shall require a cash deposit equal to the estimated preliminary dumping margin reflected in the preliminary determination published in the Federal Register.

3. The products covered by this investigation are described in message 7298303, dated 10/25/2017.

4. This proceeding has been assigned case number A-583-862.

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 OVII:GHC.)

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

Alexander Amdur