Efter at fristen for at fremsætte bemærkninger til de fremlagte oplysninger var udløbet, hævdede to kinesiske eksporterende producenter, at USA ikke var et egnet referenceland, da der siden januar 2001 har været en undersøgelse i gang om konkurrencebegrænsende adfærd og prisaftaler på det amerikanske marked for polyesterfibre, der omfatter såvel det samarbejdsvillige som otte andre selskaber i USA.
After the expiry of the deadline to submit comments on the disclosure, two Chinese exporting producers argued that the USA did not constitute an appropriate analogue country as since January 2001 there is an on-going investigation for anti-competitive behaviours and price fixing in the American PSF market, involving the cooperating as well as eight other companies in the US.