How to Apply Exemption from Anti-dumping Measures for Polyester Long Fiber Products?

On October 19^th, 2021 the Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam issued Announcement No. 23/TB-PVTM on receiving application for exemption from application of trade remedies for a number of polyester long fiber products (Case No. AD10).

On October 13^th, 2021, the Minister of Industry and Trade issued Decision No.2302/QD-BCT on applying the official anti-dumping measures on long fiber products made from polyester originating from the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of India, the Republic of Indonesia (Case No. AD10).

For the basis for considering the exemption request (with restrictions on the volume, quantity of exempted goods, exempted purpose) of the above products, the Trade Protection Department requests the relevant parties that application of trade remedies for a number of polyester long fiber products, contact the Trade Protection Department and provide information:

The scope of the information:

(i) The company’s ability to manufacture and supply the products requested for exemption from the domestic company. If it has been manufactured or supplied, please provide detailed information on design capacity, contract and sales invoice of each group of products requested for exemption;

(ii) Opinions and views on the exemption for each of the above product groups.

The products under comments:

First product:

Product: Synthetic filament yarn (combined nylon and polyester yarn) having details as follow:

-Physical characteristics: The yarn cross-section is not uniform due to the fact that it is composed of two different fibers.

-Composition: Combination of polyamide fiber (nylon fiber) (10-30%) and polyester fiber (70-90%).

-Yarn size: 160D/72F; 320D/144F; 75D/36F

-Manufacturing process: Melt polyester yarn at 2600C and polyamide yarn (nylon yarn) at 2200C and then let these two yarns flow through a combination system to form a long yarn composed of polyamide yarn and polyester interlaced yarn interlaced with each other.

-Synthetic filament yarn holding the HS code: 5402.33.00, 5402.46.00, 5402.47.00

Second product:

Product: Synthetic Filament yarn used to produce zippers, includes 03 specific yarn groups as follows: HSY yarn, HTY yarn and HSD yarn having details as follow:

-Physical characteristics:

Shrinkage rate: HTY, HSY yarn: 16% at boiled and 5.5% at dried; HSD yarn: 12% at boiled and 11% at dried

-Yarn size:

100D: PF HTY T1 INA 6K; PF HTY T1 INA-2 6K;

150D: 150/48*2 GPOASY (recycle); DTY 150D/48F/2 SDR (recycle); PF HSY T1 INA; PF HTY T1 INA

250D: PF HTY TL INA; PF HTY TL INA-2;

300D: PTY SD T1 ABR; PTY SD T1 MBR; PTY SD T1 MBR HSD; PTY SD T1 MBR2 HSD; PF HTY T1 INA; PF HTY T1 INA-2

450D: PTY SD TL MBR;

500D: PF HTY T1 INA; PF HSY T1 INA; PF HSY T1 INA-2; PF HTY T1 INA-2

The period of comment:

The information will be sent to Trade Protection Department before December 20^th, 2021.

If Client needs any more information or request for legal advice or potential dispute regarding trade remedies measures including, anti-dumping, countervailing duty and safeguard measures or international trade dispute matters, our competition, anti-dumping, and countervailing duty lawyers of International trade and tax practice at ANT Lawyers, a law firm in Vietnam always follow up anti-dumping cases and their development to update clients on regular basis.