On July 27, 2022, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India issued an announcement to launch an anti-circumvention investigation into specific high-tensile polyester yarn imported from China (hereinafter referred to as “high-tensile yarn”, English name: High Tenacity Polyester Yarn, HTPY or IDY). The case was filed by Reliance Industries Limited of India. The applicant claimed that after India took anti-dumping measures against Chinese high-strength yarn in 2018, Chinese companies circumvented anti-dumping measures by changing product descriptions, product names and product compositions. Specifically, three high-strength yarn products are accused of circumvention:
1.840 denier or more, 1000 denier or less, activated silk or others (investigated product 1);
2. Above 6000 denier and below 7000 denier (product under investigation 2);
3. Activated silk with a density above 1000 denier and below 1300 denier (product 3 under investigation).
The above three products are exported using the tax number 54022090. Since the scope of the products under investigation is based on the text description, the customs tax number is for reference only. Relevant interested parties who intend to participate in the investigation of this case or submit comments must submit relevant materials and comments within 30 days after receiving the relevant notification letter (or 7 days after the notification letter is issued), otherwise they will be deemed “non-cooperation.” Companies that export the above-mentioned products to India but have reasonable grounds and object to anti-circumvention investigations and anti-circumvention measures must participate in the investigation to express relevant opinions and provide evidence.
The dumping investigation period in this case is from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022, and the damage analysis period is from April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2022.
According to customs data from China and India, during the investigation period, China exported the product involved in the case to India for US$58.3323 million, a year-on-year increase of 63.09%, and India imported the product involved from China for US$66.74 million, a year-on-year increase of 68.28%. In 2021, China’s exports of the products involved in the case to India amounted to US$57.4992 million, a year-on-year increase of 83.01%. In 2021, India imported US$63.97 million of the product involved in the case from China, a year-on-year increase of 108.1%.
On June 15, 2017, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India launched an anti-dumping investigation into polyester high-strength yarn originating in or imported from China. The Indian customs code of the product involved is 54022090. On June 23 of the same year, the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Textiles held a response coordination meeting on this case to organize industry defense. On May 24, 2018, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India issued an announcement stating that it had made a positive final anti-dumping ruling on polyester high-strength yarn originating in or imported from China, and decided to impose anti-dumping duties valid for 5 years on the products involved. In 2018 On July 9, India began to implement formal anti-dumping measures. This round of anti-dumping measures will be implemented until July 8, 2023.
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