Pakistan, June 18 -- In a major move to protect local industry, Pakistan has imposed definitive anti-dumping duties on polyester yarn imports from China. The National Tariff Commission (NTC) made this decision after months of investigation into complaints filed by Gatron Industries and Rupali Polyester. These companies claimed that Chinese-made polyester yarn was entering Pakistan at unfairly low prices, hurting local businesses.

The investigation focused on a type of yarn called Drawn Textured Yarn (DTY). NTC studied import data from 2023 and found that Chinese exporters were selling DTY in Pakistan below normal prices. This price dumping caused serious harm to local producers. It led to reduced profits, less production, lower wages, an...