AD: Japan Polychloroprene Rubber
The International Trade Administration is initiating and issuing preliminary results of an antidumping duty changed circumstances review of polychloroprene rubber (PCR) from Japan to determine whether partial revocation of the AD duty order is warranted with respect to certain solid polychloroprenes.
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ITA Intends to Revoke Order for Certain Solid Polychloroprenes
According to the ITA, it is initiating this review at the request of DuPont Performance Elastomers L.L.C. (DPE) for a changed circumstances review and a request to revoke, in part, the AD duty finding on certain PCR products from Japan.
Based on the expression of no interest by the sole domestic producer, the ITA has preliminarily determined that producers accounting for substantially all of the production of the domestic like product have no further interest in the continued application of the AD finding on PCR that is subject to this request, and intends to revoke, in part, the AD finding as it relates to imports of certain PCR products from Japan.
Accordingly, the ITA intends to amend the scope of the finding on PCR from Japan to exclude the following: Solid polychloroprenes that are dipolymers of chloroprene and methacrylic acid having methacrylic acid comonomer content in the 1.0% to 5.0% range (this category does not include aqueous chloroprene/methacrylic acid diploymer dispersion products or solvent solutions of chloroprene/methacrylic acid dipolymers).
The ITA will issue the final results of this changed circumstances review no later than 270 days after March 6, 2008, or within 45 days if all parties agree to its preliminary finding.
ITA contact -Douglas Kirby (202) 482-3782
ITA notice (FR Pub 03/11/08) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20081800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/08-1003.pdf