SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On August 22, 2025, based on timely requests for review, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce initiated an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on fine denier polyester staple fiber (fine denier PSF) from India with respect to RIL and Bombay Dyeing.^[1] On November 20, 2025, RIL timely withdrew its request for an administrative review of its exports of subject merchandise during the POR.^[2] On March 6, 2026, Bombay Dyeing notified Commerce that it will not participate in this administrative review.^[3]

Due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown, on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative proceedings by 47 days.^[4] Additionally, due to a backlog of documents that were electronically filed via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS) during the Federal Government shutdown, on November 24, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative proceedings by an additional 21 days.^[5] On June 4, 2026, Commerce extended the deadline for issuing the preliminary results of this review to September 30, 2026.^[6] On September 29, 2026, Commerce extended the deadline for issuing the preliminary results of this review by seven days, until October 7, 2026.^[7]

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For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.^[8] A list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as an appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via ACCESS, which is available to registered users at access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at access.trade.gov/​frnotices.

Scope of the Order

The merchandise subject to the Order is fine denier PSF from India. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an administrative review, in whole or in part, if all parties who requested the review withdraw their requests within 90 days of the date of publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review in the Federal Register . As noted above, Commerce received a timely-filed withdrawal request from RIL and no other parties requested an administrative review of RIL. Therefore, Commerce is rescinding this administrative review with respect to RIL, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).

Methodology

Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, Commerce has preliminarily relied upon facts otherwise available with adverse inferences (AFA) to determine a dumping margin for Bombay Dyeing. For a full description of the methodology underlying the preliminary results of review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Preliminary Results of Review

As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the following estimated weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025:

Disclosure

Normally, Commerce discloses to parties to the proceeding the calculations performed in the preliminary results of review within five days of any public announcement of the preliminary results or, if there is no public announcement, within five days of the date of publication of the notice of preliminary results in the Federal Register , in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However, because Commerce preliminarily applied total AFA to the individually examined company, in accordance with section 776 of the Act, there are no calculations to disclose.

Verification

On February 4, 2026, Auriga Polymers, Inc. and Nan Ya Plastics Corporation, America, domestic interested parties, requested that Commerce conduct a verification of the information submitted by Bombay Dyeing in this review. However, because Bombay Dyeing did not provide any of the information requested by Commerce and Commerce preliminarily determines that Bombay Dyeing has been uncooperative, it will not conduct a verification in this review.

Public Comment

Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), we have modified the deadline for interested parties to submit case briefs to Commerce to no later than 21 days after the date of the publication of this notice.^[9] Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed not later than five days after the date for filing case briefs.^[10] Interested parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this review must submit: (1) a table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of authorities.^[11] All briefs must be filed electronically using ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be received successfully in its entirety in ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established deadline.

As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2)(iii) and (d)(2)(iii), we request that interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs a public executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.^[12] Further, we request that interested parties limit their public executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We intend to use the public executive summaries as the basis of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision memorandum that will accompany the final results in this administrative review. We request that interested parties include footnotes for relevant citations in the public executive summary of each issue. Note that Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).^[13]

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should contain: (1) the party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of participants, and whether any participant is a foreign national; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. Oral presentations at the hearing will be limited to issues raised in the briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce will inform parties of the scheduled date for the hearing.^[14]

Assessment Rates

Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), Commerce will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of this review.

Commerce intends to issue rescission instructions to CBP in which it instructs CBP to assess antidumping duties on all entries of subject merchandise during the POR from RIL at rates equal to the cash deposit rate for estimated antidumping duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in accordance with 19 ( printed page 66080) CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to issue these rescission instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register .

Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP regarding Bombay Dyeing in which it instructs CBP to assess antidumping duties on all entries of subject merchandise during the POR from Bombay Dyeing at rates equal to the weighted-average dumping margin determined for Bombay Dyeing in the final results of this review.

If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade, Commerce will direct CBP in its assessment instructions not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired ( i.e., within 90 days of publication).

Cash Deposit Requirements

The following deposit requirements will be effective for all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the final results of this administrative review, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for Bombay Dyeing will be the cash deposit rate established for Bombay Dyeing in the final results of this review (if that rate continues to be based on total AFA, the rate will be offset by the lowest export subsidy rate determined for any company in the companion countervailing duty proceeding, as part of the application of AFA to Bombay Dyeing); ^[15] (2) for companies previously investigated or reviewed in this proceeding that are not covered by this review, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific cash deposit rate determined for the company in the most recently completed segment of this proceeding that covered the company; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, or in a prior segment of this proceeding, but the manufacturer is, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the manufacturer in the most recently completed segment of this proceeding that covered the manufacturer; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 14.67 percent, the all-others rate established in the less than fair value investigation adjusted for export subsidies.^[16] These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers

This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate regarding the reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties, and/or an increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the amount of the countervailing duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results of review in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary

II. Background

III. Scope of the Order

IV. Partial Rescission of Administrative Review

V. Application of Facts Available and Use of Adverse Inferences

VI. Recommendation