The National Tariff Commission (NTC) has imposed definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of polyester filament Yarn–Drawn Textured Yarn (DTY) originating in or exported from China for a period of five years, following a de novo determination ordered by the Anti-Dumping Appellate Tribunal.
According to NTC, the Commission had earlier conducted an anti-dumping investigation into Chinese DTY imports and concluded that the product was being imported at dumped prices, causing material injury to Pakistan’s domestic DTY industry.
The Commission had made its final determination on June 17, 2025, and imposed definitive anti-dumping duties with effect from November 15, 2024.
Importers and exporters subsequently filed appeals before the Anti-Dumping Appellate Tribunal.
In its judgment of June 11, 2026, the Tribunal upheld the Commission’s determination on all issues raised by importers. However, in appeals filed by exporters, it remanded the matter to the Commission for a de novo determination in accordance with law.
Following the Tribunal’s directions, the NTC reconsidered the relevant issues and made a fresh determination of dumping. It has now decided to continue the definitive anti-dumping duties on the investigated product classified under Pakistan Customs Tariff (PCT) Codes 5402.3300 and 5402.6200.
The duties will remain effective from November 15, 2024, until November 14, 2029.
The rates vary according to the exporter and range from 3.07 percent to 19.32 percent. The Xinfengming Group companies have been subjected to a duty of 3.07 percent, while Shenghong Group companies face 3.18 percent.
The duty on companies belonging to the Hengyi Group has been fixed at 4.50 percent, while Tongkun Group companies will face 4.57 percent.
For individual exporters, the Commission has imposed a 7.65 percent duty on Hangzhou Qingyun Holding Group Co., Ltd., and 19.32 percent on Jiaxing Longyin Textile Co., Ltd.
A duty of 4.69 percent has been prescribed for the category of cooperating exporters/foreign producers, including Zhejiang Jia Bao New Fiber Group Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Jiabao Polyester Co., Ltd., Shaoxing Huaqing Polyester and Textile Co., Ltd., Fujian Jinlun Fiber Shareholding Company Limited and several other Chinese producers.
The anti-dumping duty for all other Chinese exporters/foreign producers has been set at 19.32 percent.
The NTC said the investigated product is generally used as an input in the manufacture of textile fabrics, hosiery and other products.
However, the Commission clarified that, under Section 51(1)(ea) of the Anti-Dumping Duties Act, 2015, the definitive anti-dumping duties would not be levied on imports of the investigated product used as inputs in products destined solely for export or for use in foreign grant-in-aid projects, where such imports are covered under schemes exempting customs duties for exports or foreign grant-in-aid projects under the Customs Act, 1969.
The NTC further stated that the anti-dumping duties would be in addition to other taxes and duties leviable on the imports under any other law.
The duties will be collected in the same manner as customs duty under the Customs Act, 1969, and deposited in the Commission’s Non-Lapsable PLD Account maintained with the Federal Treasury Office, Islamabad.
The period of investigation for dumping covered January 1 to December 31, 2023, while the injury investigation covered January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2023.
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