U.S. Maintains Antidumping Duties on PET Film from UAE and China
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Date: 2026-02-10
The U.S. Department of Commerce has completed its expedited third sunset reviews of the antidumping duty (AD) orders on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film, sheet, and strip from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the People’s Republic of China (China).
Commerce determined that removing the existing AD orders would likely lead to continued or renewed dumping of these products in the U.S. market at unfair prices.
The dumping margins likely to continue are:
- Up to 4.05 percent for the UAE
- 76.72 percent for China
Commerce first issued the AD orders on November 10, 2008. These orders apply to PET film imported from the UAE and China. PET film is widely used in packaging, imaging, and other industrial applications.
On August 1, 2025, Commerce began the third sunset reviews under section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930. On August 15 and 18, 2025, domestic producers Mitsubishi Chemical America, Inc.—Polyester Film Division (Mitsubishi), and Microworks America, Inc. (Microworks), submitted timely notices of intent to participate.
Both companies identified themselves as domestic producers of like products under section 771(9)(C) of the Act.
On August 22, 2025, Commerce informed the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that domestic producers intended to participate in the review.
By August 29, 2025, both domestic participants filed complete substantive responses under 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i). No responses were filed by foreign parties.
On September 23, 2025, Commerce notified the ITC that no responses were received from respondents. Commerce then proceeded with expedited 120-day reviews under the law.
Administrative timelines were revised due to the federal government shutdown in late 2025. On November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled deadlines by 47 days. An additional 21-day tolling was announced on November 24, 2025, due to a backlog in electronic filings.
The final results were scheduled for February 5, 2026.
Commerce analyzed the likelihood of renewed dumping and magnitude of the dumping margins in its Issues and Decision Memorandum. The memorandum is available to the public on Commerce’s ACCESS system at https://access.trade.gov.
All parties covered by an Administrative Protective Order (APO) are reminded of their responsibility to destroy or return proprietary information according to 19 CFR 351.305.
The results were signed by Christopher Abbott, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the duties of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Commerce is issuing these final results under sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.218 and 351.221(c)(5)(ii).
The decision keeps the current antidumping duties in place to protect U.S. producers from unfair import pricing practices.
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