Italy PTFE: Italian Exports Made from Russian and Chinese Inputs Not Subject to AD Order

The Commerce Department ruled July 17 that Italian granular polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) resin made with unfilled PTFE from Russia and China and imported by Industrial Plastics and Machine are not subject to antidumping duties on PTFE from Italy (A-478-703). According to Commerce, the Russian and Chinese raw materials do not undergo a substantial transformation in Italy, and so don’t change their country of origin. As such, they still originate in Russia and China, and aren’t subject to the PTFE from Italy order.