On 23 November the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) initiated an investigation into the alleged dumping of polyethylene terephthalate, classifiable in tariff subheading 3907.6, imported from the People’s Republic of China, on which comment is due by 24 December.
The application was lodged by Safripol, a division of Kap Diversified Industrial (formerly known as Hosaf, a division of Kap Diversified Industrial), a manufacturer of the subject product in the SACU market. Safripol constitutes 59.6% of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) production volume of the subject product. The application by Safripol is supported by Extrupet, Plastics SA and Petco. Safripol provided injury information in this regard, and constitutes a major proportion of the total SACU production.