Single-Strand PBT Yarn Not Subject to AD/CV Duties on Polyester Textured Yarn, Commerce Says

Flat bulk continuous filament (BCF) yarn made from polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) is not subject to antidumping and countervailing duties on polyester textured yarn from India (A-533-885/C-553-886), the Commerce Department said in a Sept. 15 scope ruling. The scope of the AD/CVD orders covers “multifilament yarn that is manufactured from polyester (polyethylene terephthalate),” and excludes bulk continuous filament yarn made from PET that meets certain physical requirements. The yarn at issue in the scope request, submitted by AYM Syntex Ltd., is a single-strand yarn, and is made from PBT, not PET, Commerce said. “We determine that BCF yarn produced from PBT is outside the scope of the Orders based on the plain language of the scope …,” Commerce said. “BCF yarn, the product at issue in AYM’s request, is produced from PBT -- not PET, as expressly identified in the plain scope language.”