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EU Increases, Extends Antidumping Duties on Polyester Yarn From China

The European Commission adopted two measures May 12 that "renew, adjust and extend the scope" of existing antidumping measures on imports of high tenacity yarn of polyester from China, the Directorate-General for Trade announced. Various investigations found that revoking the…

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measures would lead to goods being dumped into the EU, causing harm to the domestic yarn industry, DG Trade said. The commission extended the duties for another five years, increasing them to between 6.9% and 23.7%, and also applied them to an additional importer, Hailide.