Case numberA-520-803Antidumping duty (AD), market economy
ProductPolyethylene Terephthalate (Pet) Film ITA commodity group: Plastics and Rubber
CountryUnited Arab Emirates
StatusCurrent Order
Next sunset reviewFebruary 2031 the month Commerce is due to start the five-year review
Rates published in the order notice
4.05%All-others weighted-average dumping margin
As printed in the order notice (73 FR 66595, November 10, 2008). Your deposit today may differ: it is the rate the latest administrative review assigned to the exporter or producer on your invoice, which can be higher or lower. A company that has never been reviewed keeps the all-others rate. Check your supplier's current rate in Commerce's ACCESS case record before you price an order.
HTS numbers named in the scope
The notice lists these subheadings for convenience only. The written scope decides whether goods are covered, and goods entered under other HTS numbers can still be in scope.
Scope, from the order notice
Scope of the Orders
The products covered by each of these orders are all gauges of raw,
pre-treated, or primed PET film, whether extruded or co-extruded.
Excluded are metallized films and other finished films that have had at
least one of their surfaces modified by the application of a
performance-enhancing resinous or inorganic layer more than 0.00001
inches thick. Also excluded is roller transport cleaning film which has
at least one of its surfaces modified by
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application of 0.5 micrometers of SBR latex. Tracing and drafting film
is also excluded. PET film is classifiable under subheading
3920.62.00.90 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS). While HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and
customs purposes, our written description of the scope of these orders
is dispositive.
Amendment to the UAE Final Determination
As noted above, on September 24, 2008, Flex UAE, the sole
respondent in the UAE investigation, timely alleged ministerial errors
in the UAE Final Determination. After examining Flex UAE's allegations,
the Department determined that there were two ministerial errors. The
Department's consideration of Flex UAE's allegations and correction of
the ministerial errors are presented in the Memorandum to Barbara E. …
Excerpt from 73 FR 66595. Later scope rulings and circumvention findings can change the scope; check the Federal Register notices below.
What A-520-803 means when you import
Cash deposit at entry. For every entry of goods in scope, CBP collects an estimated antidumping duty cash deposit at the rate assigned to the exporter or producer on the entry, on top of the Column 1 duty and any Chapter 99 trade-remedy lines.
Your supplier sets your rate. The same product from two plants in United Arab Emirates can deposit at different rates. Before you price the order, ask the supplier which legal entity will appear as exporter and as producer on the invoice.
Deposit now, final duty later. The deposit is not the final duty. The entry stays unliquidated until Commerce completes the administrative review for the period it was entered in. CBP then liquidates it at the rate that review sets and bills or refunds the difference with interest. AD/CVD entries can stay open for years, and the importer of record carries the difference. A review happens only if Commerce is asked for one in the order's anniversary month; if nobody asks, entries liquidate at the deposit rate.
Reimbursement certificate. Before liquidation, the importer files a certificate under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) stating whether the exporter has paid or reimbursed the antidumping duty. Without it, Commerce may presume reimbursement and deduct the duty a second time in the margin calculation. Brokers file it with the entry summary; make sure yours does.
Entry reporting. The AD/CVD case number goes on the 7501 line alongside the HTS number, and any Chapter 99 lines the goods carry are reported in the order CBP prescribes; the tariff updates tracker carries the current Chapter 99 sequence and the actions behind it.
Shipping from a third country doesn't change the origin. Goods finished, cut or packaged in a third country stay in scope if the notice's written scope covers them. A change of shipping origin is not a change of AD/CVD origin.
Estimating the stack. The tariff simulator returns the Column 1 rate and the Chapter 99 additional duties for an HTS number and origin. It does not include antidumping or countervailing deposits, so add the deposit at your supplier's current rate on top. Airlift USA does not hold a US customs broker license; entries on cargo we move are filed through our licensed broker network.
Federal Register notices
- November 10, 2008Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip From Brazil, the People's Republic of China and the United Arab Emirates: Antidumping Duty Orders and Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value for the United Arab Emirates73 FR 66595
- March 27, 2026Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from India, Taiwan, the People's Republic of China, and the United Arab Emirates: Continuation of Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders91 FR 14815
All 41 notices on docket A-520-803 at federalregister.gov → · Case record in Commerce's ACCESS →
Case list: AD/CVD Orders and Suspension Agreements, International Trade Administration, Enforcement and Compliance — ITA dashboard, export of September 2026. Notices, rates and HTS numbers: Federal Register API v1. Both are US Government works in the public domain. This page is a reference, not legal or customs advice.
Importing polyethylene terephthalate (Pet) film from United Arab Emirates under A-520-803?
Send us the product, the exporter and producer named on the invoice, the load port, the US delivery point and the ready date. We quote the ocean freight and destination charges and explain how the entry is filed through our licensed broker network. The AD/CVD cash deposit itself is set by the rate on the entry, not by us.