On October 2, 2020, the National Tariff Commission of Pakistan issued the latest announcement on Case No. 33/2015/NTC/PSF/SSR&CCR/2020, in response to the domestic companies ICI Pakistan Limited and Ibrahim Fibers Limited submitted on August 17, 2020 The sunset review application, as well as the situation change review application submitted by the Chinese company Jiangyin Hailun Chemical Fiber Co., Limited on September 28, 2020, decided to apply for the polyester staple fiber originated in or imported from China ( Polyester Staple Fiber) initiated the first anti-dumping sunset merger situation review investigation. The products involved do not include polyester staple fibers exceeding 2.0 denier, colored polyester staple fibers and recycled polyester staple fibers. The Pakistani tax code of the products involved is 5503.2010.

     The dumping investigation period in this case is from July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020, and the damage investigation period is from July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2020. During the investigation, the current anti-dumping measures continued to be effective. The final ruling of this case is expected to be made within 12 months from the date of this announcement.

     On February 3, 2016, Pakistan made a final anti-dumping ruling on imported polyester staple fibers originating in China: it decided to impose an anti-dumping duty of 2.82%-11.51% on the products involved in the case imported from China, and the companies involved include Shanghai Hengyi Polyester Fiber Co., Ltd. (Shanghai Hengyi Polyester Fiber Co., Limited), Jiangyin Huahong Chemical Fiber Co., Limited (Jiangyin Hailun Chemical Fiber Co., Limited), Xiamen Xianglu Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd. Co., Ltd. (Xiamen Xianglu Chemical Fiber Company Limited), Fujian Zhengqi High-Tech Fiber Technology Co., Limited (Fujian Zhengqi High-Tech Fiber Technology Co., Limited). The customs code of the product involved is 5503.2010.