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AD: India, Indonesia and Thailand Bottle-Grade PET Resin

The ITA states that in response to petitions from respondents, it is postponing its final AD duty determinations for subject merchandise from India, Indonesia, and Thailand until no later than 135 days after October 28, 2004.

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The ITA indicates that these AD duty rates reflect an adjustment for export subsidies found in the companion countervailing (CV) duty investigation. (See ITA notice for more information on the subtraction of export subsidies from initial AD duty rates.)(a) a preliminary de minimis rate of 0.74%. According to the ITA, liquidation will not be suspended for such imported produced and exported by Indorama. It is also expected that the ITA will not require an AD cash deposit or posting of a bond for such items.

Postponement of Final AD Duty Determination.

(See ITA notice for more information, including the scope of the investigation, which is unchanged from the initiation, etc. See ITT's Online Archives or 04/21/04 news, 04042140, for BP summaries of the initiation of these three AD duty investigations, as well as the initiation of the AD duty investigation for Taiwan and companion countervailing (CV) duty investigation for India and Thailand. See ITT's Online Archives or 08/12/04 news, 04081245, for BP summary of the postponement of all four of the preliminary AD duty investigations

See ITT's Online Archives or 09/01/04 news, 04090145, for BP summary of the preliminary negative CV duty determination for Thailand. See ITT's Online Archives or 10/29/04 news, 04102925, for BP summary of the preliminary negative AD duty determination for bottle-grade PET resin from Taiwan.)

Daniel O'Brien (India)(202) 482-1376
Andrew McAllister (Indonesia)(202) 482-1174
Audrey Twyman (Thailand)(202) 482-3534

ITA Notices (FR Pub 10/28/04) available at

(India)http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/06jun20041800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/pdf/04-24096.pdf

(Indonesia)http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/06jun20041800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/pdf/E4-2900.pdf

(Thailand)http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/06jun20041800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/pdf/04-24094.pdf