A Trade Review Puts Indian PET Film Under the Tariff Microscope
Published Date: 10/19/2026
Notice
Summary
The U.S. Department of Commerce found that one Indian company, SRF Limited, sold PET film products in the U.S. at unfairly low prices from July 2024 to June 2025. Reviews for several other companies were canceled, meaning only SRF faces possible extra duties. This decision kicks in starting October 19, 2026, and could affect prices and trade with India.
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 4 costs, 0 mixed.
Importer reimbursement certificate requirement
Importers are reminded of their duty under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate about reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties prior to liquidation of relevant entries during this review period. Failure to file the certificate could lead Commerce to presume reimbursement occurred and to assess double antidumping duties and/or increase antidumping duties by the amount of countervailing duties.
Cash deposit rules after final results
For shipments entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after the publication date of the final results, SRF's company-specific cash deposit rate will equal the weighted-average dumping margin established in the final results (unless that rate is de minimis, in which case the cash deposit rate will be zero). Producers/exporters covered in prior segments will keep their most recently published company-specific rate; exporters not covered but whose producer is covered will use the producer's rate; all other producers/exporters will continue to have the all-others rate of 5.71 percent.
SRF preliminary dumping margin 0.61%
Commerce preliminarily found that SRF Limited has a weighted-average dumping margin of 0.61 percent for sales of PET film to the United States during the period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025. If that margin is not zero or de minimis (less than 0.50 percent) in the final results, Commerce intends to calculate importer-specific assessment rates and SRF's cash deposit rate will equal the weighted-average dumping margin established in the final results.
Review rescinded for six Indian companies
Commerce rescinded the administrative review for Cosmo First Ltd., Chiripal Poly Films Limited, Ester Industries Ltd., Garware Hi‑Tech Films (Garware), Vacmet India Limited, and Polyplex Corporation Ltd. because review requests were withdrawn. For those companies antidumping duties will be assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit required at the time of entry during the period of review.
Automatic assessment at 5.71% for unknown-destination entries
For entries of subject merchandise during the period of review produced by SRF for which the respondent did not know the merchandise was destined for the United States, Commerce intends to instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to liquidate those entries at the all-others rate of 5.71 percent if there is no rate for any intermediate company involved in the transaction.
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