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China's steel face Europe and the United States anti-dumping "two-pronged"
Local time on October 6, EU Council of Ministers announcement that ruled China seamless steel pipe exports to the EU constitute a threat of injury to EU industry, decided to levy a 17.7% ~ 39.2% of the final anti-dumping duties.

The following day, the Commerce Department also announced that China's exports will be seamless standard pipe, plumbing pipe and pressure pipe to start anti-dumping and countervailing investigations.

On behalf of the interests of domestic steel mills in China Iron and Steel Industry Association ("CISA") said it will actively communicate with the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, strongly urge the Chinese government to take legal means to intervene, did not rule out the case to the WTO dispute settlement mechanism.

EU "unwarranted" reasons

The EU anti-dumping duties of seamless steel pipe products, mainly circular cross section and not more than 406.4 mm outside diameter seamless steel tubes.

According to wto provisions, if the product is identified as a country dumping, the premise is required to produce evidence of dumping, as well as domestic companies are directly caused by the sharp drop in sales of the evidence.

And the European steel companies of anti-dumping grounds that: "Although there is no evidence that their sales are affected in the past, but under the conditions of economic crisis, future sales may be a serious blow, it must raise import tariffs."

For this to "threat of injury" to determine the dumping of rare cases, head of the Ministry of Commerce Office of Fair Trading told Xinhua news agency countered that the Chinese side with a large amount of data and facts prove that China is completely seamless steel pipe exports to the EU market demand decision, not the formation of the EU industry, the impact of EU industry, key indicators are normal, and did not suffer the "threat of harm."

EU proposes extension of 15 months imposed anti-dumping duty
Will depend on the forthcoming EU anti-dumping on Chinese shoes "sunset review" (ie anti-dumping duty imposed expiration of the administrative review) of the ruling. Although the situation is not optimistic, but China has not given up shoe last effort, is actively lobbying to win over EU Member States and to seek greater support from the Ministry of Commerce.

Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced yesterday the information, the European Commission issued 12 final ruling shoes anti-dumping review of disclosure documents, the proposed China and Vietnam, anti-dumping measures on leather shoes be extended 15 months, the rate remained unchanged, that is, except gold to fulfill Shoes a different tax rate was 9.7%, China unified the other shoe rate of 16.5%. Stakeholders to submit comments to the European Commission deadline for Nov. 3.

Involved in this case from the EU shoe trade, the Chinese lawyer Po Ling dust is the EU headquarters in Brussels, on behalf of the Chinese footwear enterprises in the next week attending the "sunset review" the last defense. Yesterday, he told reporters cbn telephone interview that this is only the European Commission Genju "sunset review" investigation presented the preliminary findings of the 提案, not Zuizhongcaijue results, Ci proposal Daiyou obvious political Qing Xiang, also did not Jieshiyanchang 15 months, what is the meaning of anti-dumping duty. In addition, as proposed by the EU before the Chinese shoe industry "without prejudice", "no causal relationship" defenses, the European Commission has not made in accordance with legal compliance response. These are all questionable.

Po Ling dust that all the indications from the current, highly controversial within the EU, despite the European Commission wishes to continue to impose anti-dumping duties on Chinese leather shoes, but the wide divergence of views among member countries, the Chinese footwear enterprises, there are still a chance to win.

"EU anti-dumping shoes should Union" General Guo Wei Wen told cbn news, the European Commission's proposal to the EU's 27 member states will vote in November is estimated that there will be no later than "sunset review" of the ruling. Chinese shoe is made force, while negotiations with the EU, and EU buyers, retailers, all members of the alliance stepped up lobbying for tax on Chinese shoes to continue against the other side of China, Chinese Ministry of Commerce, suggested that levels increase large representations efforts.

"Shoe products have achieved global integration, the financial crisis, consumers generally want to buy cheap products, while anti-dumping duty is the hardest hit by the EU's consumers, many major international footwear manufacturers have also been implicated, therefore, Nike Adidas shoes and other famous international enterprises have not been spared, if the extension of tax, will continue to increase these cross shoe production costs in China. At present, these transnational enterprises shoes with Chinese shoe stand together to lobby the EU to end China anti-dumping duties. "Guo Wei Wen said.

U.S. anti-dumping case on China's largest preliminary ruling: rate close to 100%
["A single company is not aware of how many other enterprises, and if exported within a period of time should be reminded more volume, and now companies are basically not exported to the United States, it may be good no one would sell the market situation. "]

Sino-US trade friction, and failed to give U.S. President Barack Obama will visit China to remain "face" and have corpuscles, both the anti-dumping in the steel the hardest hit on the strength than that.

A week ago, the U.S. International Trade Commission recently voted 6-0 against China's anti-dumping anti-subsidy investigations seamless steel tube, a week later, the U.S. Department of Commerce on Chinese steel exports to another - have made oil well pipes anti-dumping duties of the preliminary ruling. November 6 announced the preliminary findings show that Chinese companies exported to the U.S. oil well pipes will be charged 36.53% ~ 99.14% of the initial anti-dumping duties ranging.

This is the U.S. Department of Commerce in September China's steel products export levy 10.69% ~ 30.69% of the countervailing duty levied on the basis of additional.

April 8, 2009, the United Steelworkers (usw) and seven steel producers to the U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. International Trade Commission (itc) applied to the oil pipe to China a "dual" survey. Media, this is the United States launched the biggest value of the case of China's "dual" investigations, involved iron and steel enterprises including Tianjin Steel Pipe, Steel, Anshan Iron and steel enterprises in China such as more than 90.

U.S. survey shows U.S. companies in 2008 China imported 2.63 billion U.S. dollars from the oil well pipes, more imports increased in 2007 more than doubled, when 7.5 million. 2006 to 2008 imports of OCTG from China increased 203%.

According to the procedure, the U.S. International Trade Commission will be December 1, 2009 hearing, and in early January 2010 to award damages, and anti-dumping final ruling in the spring of 2010 (expected March 19, 2010) to make. However, the chief economist of Hunan Valin Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. Shenyang to Hong yesterday told cbn news, the U.S. Department of Commerce preliminary ruling made by the anti-dumping, they will notify the Customs to require exporters to pay tax in accordance with the appropriate cash deposit or bond, actually a tax in advance.