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Viewing cable 06CARACAS1614, BRV SUSPENDS ANTI-DUMPING RESTRICTION ON U.S.

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06CARACAS1614 2006-06-01 19:10 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Caracas
VZCZCXYZ0014
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHCV #1614 1521910
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 011910Z JUN 06
FM AMEMBASSY CARACAS
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4855
INFO RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY BOGOTA 6566
RUEHLP/AMEMBASSY LA PAZ JUN LIMA 0296
RUEHQT/AMEMBASSY QUITO 2135
RUEHGL/AMCONSUL GUAYAQUIL 0492
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE
UNCLAS CARACAS 001614 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
USDOC PLEASE PASS TO IMPORT ADMINISTRATION 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETRD VE
SUBJECT: BRV SUSPENDS ANTI-DUMPING RESTRICTION ON U.S. 
POLYVINYL CHLORIDE IMPORTS 
 
 
1. (U)  Post received the following letter from the BRV's 
Antidumping and Subsidies Commission (CASS), asking Post to 
notify four U.S. companies that the antidumping restrictions 
on their products have expired.  According to the Report on 
Essential Facts provided by CASS, the two products are 
unmixed polyvinyl chloride obtained through polymerization 
and emulsion, and unmixed polyvinyl chloride obtained through 
polymerization and suspension.  Post forwarded the report to 
the U.S. companies mentioned in the CASS letter. Embassy's 
unofficial translation follows in Para 2: 
 
2. (U) Begin Text (Post's Unofficial Translation): 
 
CASS Antidumping and Subsidies Commission 
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela 
 
Document N 0118/2006 
Caracas, 20 of April 2006 
 
Ambassador William Brownfield 
Ambassador of the United States of America in Venezuela 
 
I would like to take this opportunity to forward to you the 
attached document, in conformity with what is stipulated in 
article 6.9 of the Agreement on the Application of Article VI 
of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) (the 
Anti-Dumping Agreement), the Report on Essential Facts that 
will serve as a basis for the decision regarding the 
expiration of the anti-dumping order imposed on the imports 
of "polyvinyl chloride not mixed with other substances 
obtained through polymerization and emulsion" and "polyvinyl 
chloride not mixed with other substances obtained through 
polymerization in suspension" identified in the Customs 
Duties of Venezuela under the customs codes that make up 
subchapters 3904.10.10 and 3904.10.20, respectively, 
originating and being sent from the United States of America. 
 
The Report on Essential Facts has the goal of informing the 
parties involved in the investigation, the methodology and 
sources used in the Definitive Technical Report that will be 
presented by the Technical Secretary of the Anti-Dumping and 
Subsidies Commission in order to adopt the decision resulting 
from the investigation mentioned above. 
 
Therefore, I would like to take the opportunity to request 
your offices to provide this report to the companies 
exporting the investigated goods, who are based in the United 
States of America, identified below, and any other company 
that the embassy identifies and who would have an interest in 
the results of this process, reason for which we include, as 
part of this notification, four exact copies of this Report 
on Essential Facts for each company. 
 
The companies identified up until the present date are the 
following: 
 
- Shintech, INC: 3 Greenway Plaza Ste. 1150, Houston Texas, 
TX 77046, USA 
- Georgia Gulf Corporation: 115 Perimeter Center Place, Ste. 
460, Atlanta, GA 30346 USA 
- Lonwood Products: 12839 Lovetta Rd. Houston, Texas 77010 USA 
- Westlake Chemical Corporation: 2801 Post Oak Blvd. Ste 600, 
Houston, TX. 
 
For the purposes of this entity, I bring to your attention 
that these companies have a period of ten (10) calendar days, 
beginning the day this report is received in order to send 
their observations to the Technical Secretary.  According to 
the stipulations on the bottom of page number 15 of article 
6.1.1. of the Antidumping Agreement, the report will be 
considered received one week after the date that it was sent 
to the Embassy of the United States of America in Venezuela. 
 
Without any other matter to reference and reiterating the 
assurance of my highest esteem, 
 
Sincerely, 
(Signature) 
Luis Alberto Russian 
President 
 
End text. 
BROWNFIELD