US Starts Investigations on Polyester Textured Yarn Imported from China and India

Major American synthetic yarn producers filed petitions that targeted the dumping of polyester textured yarn and unfair government subsidies from China and India.

In this photo taken on October 22, 2011 a worker operates machines for making yarn at a textile factory in Huaibei, east China's Anhui province. STR/AFP/Getty Images

Two major American synthetic yarn producers filed petitions that targeted the dumping of polyester textured yarn and unfair government subsidies from China and India. The petitions alleged harm to the U.S. domestic industry.

The petitions were filed by Unifi Manufacturing, Inc. and Nan Ya Plastics Corp. America on Oct. 18 with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and the U.S. Department of Commerce. The two federal bodies announced the initiation of antidumping duty and countervailing duty investigations on Nov. 8.