Taiwan's MOEA Preliminary Finds Substantial Injury in China Polyamide Film Anti-Dumping Case

(Central News Agency, reporter Zeng Yunting, Taipei, June 9) The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) today held a Trade Relief Review Committee meeting to review the industry injury in the anti-dumping case concerning certain polyamide films from Mainland China. The preliminary investigation concluded that there are reasonable indications that the domestic industry has suffered material injury. The case will subsequently be transferred to the Ministry of Finance (MOF) to conduct a dumping investigation. The MOF must make a preliminary determination on whether dumping exists within 70 days from the day following receipt of the notification and decide whether to impose provisional anti-dumping duties.

The Trade Administration of the MOEA issued a press release today stating that the investigation data covers the period from January 2022 to March 2026. The investigation found that the import volume of certain polyamide films from Mainland China has increased significantly year by year with continuous price declines. Since 2025, prices have fallen below the domestic sales prices of locally produced goods.

The MOEA pointed out that facing low-priced import competition, domestic producers were forced to cut prices between 2023 and 2024 to maintain market competitiveness, but this led to expanding losses on domestic sales. By 2025, to prevent further deterioration of losses, the domestic industry stopped following the price war strategy for the subject products. However, this resulted in a significant loss of domestic sales volume and market share, while the domestic sales loss situation did not show clear improvement.

The MOEA stated that during the period from January to March 2026, the domestic industry continued its strategy of avoiding price wars, slightly raised selling prices, and benefited from lower production costs. This led to an improvement in domestic sales losses, but the industry still failed to turn a profit. This indicates that the dumped imports of certain polyamide films from Mainland China have had an adverse effect on the domestic industry.

The MOEA noted that according to the "Regulations Governing the Imposition of Countervailing and Anti-Dumping Duties," domestic anti-dumping cases are handled jointly by the MOF and the MOEA, with a division of labor. The MOEA is responsible for the industry injury investigation, while the MOF handles the dumping investigation. Procedurally, the MOEA must first complete the preliminary industry injury investigation. If injury is established, the case is then transferred to the MOF for preliminary and final dumping investigations.

If the MOF finally determines that dumping exists, the MOEA will proceed with a final industry injury investigation. The results of this investigation will be submitted to the MOF as a basis for deciding whether to impose anti-dumping duties.

The MOEA stated that if the case proceeds to the final industry injury investigation stage, it will further verify the condition of the domestic industry and collect opinions from all sectors regarding the impact of imposing anti-dumping duties on downstream industries and the overall economic interest. This information will be provided to the Tariff Rate Review Committee of the MOF for reference. However, as the subsequent investigation progresses, it is not ruled out that different conclusions may be reached due to new facts or analysis results. (Editor: Lin Shuyuan) June 9, 2026