21/10/2008 - The United States International Trade Commission (ITC or Commission) today determined that a U.S. industry is threatened with material injury by reason of imports of polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip from Brazil, China, and the United Arab Emirates that the U.S. Department of Commerce has determined are sold in the United States at less than fair value. The Commission determined that a U.S. industry is neither materially injured nor threatened with material injury by reason of imports of these products from Thailand.

With respect to Brazil, China, and the United Arab Emirates, Chairman Shara L. Aranoff, Vice Chairman Daniel R. Pearson, and Commissioners Deanna Tanner Okun, Irving A. Williamson, and Dean A. Pinkert made affirmative threat determinations, and Commissioner Charlotte R. Lane voted in the affirmative. With respect to Thailand, Chairman Aranoff, Vice Chairman Pearson, and Commissioners Okun, Williamson, and Pinkert voted in the negative, and Commissioner Lane voted in the affirmative.

As a result of the Commission's affirmative threat determinations, the Department of Commerce will issue antidumping duty orders on imports of these products from Brazil, China, and the United Arab Emirates. As a result of the Commission's negative determination, no order will be issued on imports of these products from Thailand.