Beijing
Ministry of Commerce Notice No. 41
www.chinaview.cn 2003-09-01 10:14

  The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (MOFTEC) announced an anti-dumping investigation into imported catechol originating in European Union (hereinafter referred to as "investigated product") in its Notice on March 1, 2002.

  According to the investigation, MOFTEC made original arbitration on November 4, 2002, confirming that dumping of the investigated product had taken place, the investigated product had caused substantive damage to China¨s industries.
Approved by First Conference of Tenth National People¨s Congress, the Ministry of Commerce has carried out the anti-dumping investigation. According to the investigation and Anti-dumping Regulations of the People¨s Republic of China, Ministry of Commerce made final arbitration.

  The Ministry of Commerce confirmed that dumping of the investigated product had taken place, the investigated product had caused substantive damage to China¨s industries and there was a direct causal relationship between the dumping and the damage.

  Tariff Committee of the State Council decided to levy anti-dumping tax on China imported catechol originating in European Union as of August 27, 2003.

  The product is catechol listed under No. 29072910 in import tariffs of the General Administration of Chinese Customs.

  The dumping range of related companies is as follows:

  French company: Rhodia Organique SAS: 20%
  Italian company: Borregaard Italia SPA: 27%
  All others: 79%
 
  There are also some concrete regulations on the way of imposing anti-dumping tariffs, backdate levying, new importers reexamination, interim review, administrative reconsideration and administrative lawsuit in the Notice. Enditem (english.mofcom.gov.cn)

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