Polsinelli successfully represented client The Chemours Company FC, LLC before the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC), securing affirmative preliminary determinations in antidumping and countervailing duty investigations concerning imports of perfluoroalkoxy alkane (PFA) from India. PFA is essential to the manufacture of tubing, molded and extruded parts, films and coatings in semiconductor fabrication, chemical processing equipment, wire and cable insulation, pharmaceutical and medical applications, laboratory equipment, food-processing applications and various other applications where performance cannot be sacrificed. 

Chemours, the sole U.S. producer of PFA at its Washington Works manufacturing facility in Washington, West Virginia, filed petitions with the U.S. Department of Commerce and USITC seeking the imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on imports of PFA from India. The Department of Commerce subsequently initiated investigations into allegations that the imports are being sold in the United States at less than fair value and are benefiting from countervailable subsidies provided by the government of India.

Following its preliminary investigation, the USITC determined that there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of the imports under investigation. Five commissioners voted in the affirmative, with one commissioner not participating. As a result of the USITC’s determinations, the Department of Commerce will continue its antidumping and countervailing duty investigations.

International Trade Commission Section 337 Litigation & Trade Remedies Chair Deanna Okun led the Polsinelli team in this matter, which also included Shareholders Lydia C. Pardini and Dominic L. Bianchi as well as Associates Alissa M. Chase and Joonho Hwang.