On July 26, 2022, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) voted to conduct the fourth anti-dumping sunset review of polyester staple fiber (Polyester Staple Fiber) imported from Taiwan, China and South Korea. Affirmative Final Ruling on Industrial Injury: Ruling that if the current anti-dumping measures are lifted, the substantial damage caused by the import of the products involved to the U.S. domestic industry may continue or reoccur within a reasonably foreseeable period. According to the final ruling, the current anti-dumping measures in this case continue to be effective. In this ruling, all five members of the US International Trade Commission voted affirmatively.
On April 29, 1999, the U.S. Department of Commerce issued an announcement to launch an anti-dumping investigation into polyester short fiber imported from Taiwan, China and South Korea. On March 30, 2000, the U.S. Department of Commerce issued an announcement to make a final anti-dumping ruling on polyester short fiber imported from Taiwan, China, and then revised the final ruling on April 27. On May 25, 2000, the United States officially imposed anti-dumping duties on polyester short fibers imported from Taiwan, China and South Korea. Since then, the United States has conducted three sunset reviews and extended the tax deadline three times on April 3, 2006, September 30, 2011, and February 10, 2017. On January 3, 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce launched the fourth anti-dumping sunset review investigation into polyester staple fiber imported from Taiwan, China and South Korea. On May 9, 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce made the final ruling on the fourth anti-dumping rapid sunset review of polyester staple fiber imported from Taiwan, China and South Korea.
Original text: https://www.usitc.gov/press_room/news_release/2022/er0726ll1965.htm
