Polyester Staple Fiber: Commerce Expands Low-Melt Fiber Exemption for AD Duties on South Korea, Taiwan
The Commerce Department is amending an exemption for low-melt fiber in the scope of its antidumping duty orders on polyester staple fiber from South Korea and Taiwan (A-580-839/A-583-833), it said in the final results of a changed circumstances review. The change, requested by domestic manufacturers, is intended to avoid overlap between these existing AD duty orders on PSF and ongoing antidumping duty investigations on low-melt polyester staple fiber, Commerce said. Commerce in February ordered suspension of liquidation and new cash deposit requirements in its preliminary AD duty determinations on low-melt polyester staple fiber (see 1802010027).
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Specifically, Commerce is replacing language in the current scope of the existing AD duty orders that says: “In addition, low-melt PSF is excluded from these orders. Low-melt PSF is defined as a bi-component fiber with an outer sheath that melts at a significantly lower temperature than its inner core.” The new language is slightly different, providing that: “{i}n addition, low-melt PSF is excluded from these orders. Low-melt PSF is defined as a bi-component polyester fiber having a polyester fiber component that melts at a lower temperature than the other polyester fiber component.”
Commerce will apply the partial revocation to unliquidated entries of the merchandise covered by this partial revocation that are not covered by the final results of an administrative review or automatic liquidation. That means the partial revocation will apply retroactively to entries on or after May 1, 2017. Commerce will refund any cash deposits for unliquidated entries collected on or after that date.
(Federal Register 05/18/18)