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Polyester Textured Yarn: Details of AD Duty Orders for Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam

The Commerce Department issued antidumping duty orders on polyester textured yarn from Indonesia (A-560-838), Malaysia (A-557-823), Thailand (A-549-843) and Vietnam (A-552-832). The orders set permanent antidumping duties, which will remain in place unless revoked by Commerce in a sunset or changed circumstances review. Commerce will now begin conducting annual administrative reviews, if requested, to determine final assessments of AD duties on importers and make changes to cash deposit rates.

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The order details a “gap period” of no AD duty liability for subject merchandise entered Nov. 30, 2021, through Dec. 12, 2021. Commerce may only suspend liquidation for six months after its preliminary AD duty determination, issued June 3, 2021. Commerce will order CBP to liquidate, without regard to AD duties, any entries during this gap period.

AD Suspension of Liq Instructions

Suspension of liquidation resumes for all entries of subject merchandise from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam entered on or after Dec. 13, the publication date of the final ITC affirmative injury determination.

AD Cash Deposit Instructions

An AD cash deposit requirement is also in effect for subject merchandise entered on or after Dec. 13, equal to the rates listed below:

Indonesia

ExporterAD Rate
PT Polyfin Canggih26.07%
PT. Asia Pacific Fibers Tbk26.07%
PT. Mutu Gading Tekstil7.47%
All others7.47%

Malaysia

Exporter/ProducerAD Rate
Recron (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.8.5%
All Others8.5%

Thailand

Exporter/ProducerAD Rate
Sunflag Thailand Ltd.14.47%
Jong Stit Co., Ltd.56.8%
All Others14.47%

Vietnam

ExporterProducerAD Rate
Century Synthetic Fiber Corporation and Century Synthetic FiberCorporation – BranchCentury Synthetic Fiber Corporation and Century Synthetic FiberCorporation – Branch2.58%
Vietnam-wide Entity22.36%

(See the notice for additional details, including the full scope description, etc. See 2110220026 for a summary of the final AD duty determination.)