AD: Taiwan Bottle-Grade PET Resin
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a preliminary negative antidumping (AD) duty determination on bottle-grade polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin from Taiwan as the preliminary dumping rates for Far Eastern Textile Ltd. (Far Eastern) and "all others" firms are both 0.09%, which is de minimis.
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As a result, the ITA is not directing U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to suspend liquidation of entries of subject merchandise. In addition, the ITA is not expected to require AD cash deposits or bonds on entries of subject merchandise at this time.
The ITA adds that if its final AD duty determination is affirmative, the International Trade Commission (ITC) will issue a final AD injury determination on subject merchandise within a specified period of time. (The ITC's preliminary AD injury determination was affirmative. See ITT's Online Archives or 06/02/04 news, 04060235, for BP summary of this determination.)
The ITA notes that in response to a request from the petitioner, it is extending the deadline for the final AD duty determination for subject merchandise from Taiwan until the 135th day after October 28, 2004.
See ITA notice for more information, including the scope of the investigation, which is substantially unchanged from the initiation of this AD duty investigation.See ITT's Online Archives or 04/21/04 news, 04042140, for BP summary of the initiation of the AD duty investigations on subject merchandise from India, Indonesia, Taiwan, and Thailand and the companion countervailing (CV) duty investigations on subject merchandise from India and Thailand.
See ITT's Online Archives or 08/12/04 news, 04081245, for BP summary of the postponement of the preliminary AD duty determinations for subject merchandise from these countries. See ITT's Online Archives or 10/29/04 news, 04102920, for BP summary of the preliminary affirmative AD duty determinations on subject merchandise from India, Indonesia, and Thailand.)
ITA Contact - Daniel O'Brien (202) 482-1376
ITA Notice (FR Pub 10/28/04) available athttp://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/06jun20041800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/pdf/04-24095.pdf