An amorphous polyester chip having superior processing ability is
characterized by a moisture content of not more than 300 ppm and a fine
particle content of not more than 500 ppm. A preferred embodiment is a
copolymerized polyester chip comprising a main repeating unit consisting
of ethylene terephthalate, and 1,4-dimethylene-cyclohexane terephthalate
or neopentyl terephthalate, wherein the glycol component of the
copolymerized polyester has a specific composition of 50 to 85 mol % of
ethylene glycol, 12 to 45 mol % of 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol or neopentyl
glycol and 1.5 to 7.0 mol % of diethylene glycol. Such amorphous
polyester chip can be obtained by cooling an amorphous polyester obtained
by melt polymerization, cutting the polyester to give a chip, feeding the
chip in a treatment tank, drying the chip and removing fine particles.