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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>APPLIED EXTRUSION
TECHNOLOGIES, INC.<BR>15 READ&#146;S WAY<BR>NEW CASTLE, DE 19720<BR>(302) 326-5500</FONT></H1>

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<P ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>March 4, 2005 </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><U>VIA EDGAR</U> </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Securities and Exchange
Commission<BR>450 Fifth Street, N.W.Washington <BR>D.C. 20549-0404<BR>Attn: Dorine H.
Miller </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="5%" ALIGN="Right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Re: &nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=95%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Applied Extrusion Technologies, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;)<BR>
Amendment to Registration Statement on Form T-3/A filed January 21, 2005<BR>
(File No. 022-28759) (the "<U>Amendment to Registration Statement</U>")<BR>
<U>Application for Withdrawal of Registration Statement</U></FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Dear Ms. Miller, </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to Rule 477 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the &#147;<U>Act</U>&#148;) we
hereby request that the Securities and Exchange Commission withdraw the Company&#146;s
Amendment to Registration Statement, amending the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on
Form T-3 filed on November 1, 2004 (the &#147;<U>Registration Statement</U>&#148;). </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Company hereby requests that the Amendment to Registration Statement be withdrawn as it
plans to issue its securities in a transaction exempt from registration under the Act
pursuant to chapter 11 of title 11, United States Code (the &#147;Bankruptcy Code&#148;)
in connection with its Plan of Reorganization under the Bankruptcy Code. The Company
expects to emerge from chapter 11 as a private company and accordingly expects to file a
Certification and Notice of Termination of Registration on Form 15. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Registration Statement and the Amendment to Registration Statement have never been
declared effective and no notes have been sold pursuant to the Registration Statement.
Should you have any question, please do not hesitate to contact Douglas P. Bartner, Esq.,
of Shearman &amp; Sterling LLP, legal counsel to the Company, at (212) 848-4000. </FONT></P>


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<TD WIDTH=50%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Very truly yours,<BR><BR></FONT>
/S/ DAVID N. TERHUNE<BR>&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;
<BR>David N. Terhune<BR>President and Chief Executive Officer<FONT>
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