Brazil PET Film: ITA Rules Terphane's Film w/ Performance-Enhancing Layer Out of Scope

Terphane’s copolymer surface films are outside the scope of the antidumping duty order on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film from Brazil (A-351-841), said the International Trade Administration in a scope ruling. The films include a non-PET performance enhancing layer of greater than 0.00001 inches thick, which satisfies one of the exclusions in the scope, it said. Domestic industry argued that the in-line production process of the film, as well as the performance-enhancing layer’s use as a primer, meant that Terphane’s product should be in-scope. The ITA, however, found neither of those factors affected the scope treatment of the copolymer surface films. Instead, the thickness of the layer and its use of materials distinct from PET meant the scope of the order doesn’t cover the product, it said.