Shijiazhuang Chemical Fiber Industry Filed An Anti-Dumping Investigation Application.

Recently, the Ministry of Commerce decided to initiate anti-dumping investigations on the import of caprolactam originating from the European Union and the United States. This is the second anti-dumping investigation initiated by our country against the import of caprolactam. Shijiazhuang Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd. (referred to as Sinopec), as one of the originator of the anti-dumping investigation, has submitted the "domestic producer questionnaire" to the Ministry of Commerce in accordance with the relevant requirements of China's anti-dumping regulations. Several domestic caprolactam enterprises also submitted anti-dumping investigation applications.

Under the pressure of dumping in the international market, in March 22, 2010, the Shijiazhuang refining and petrochemical company affiliated to Sinopec and the Sinopec Baling Branch submitted an anti-dumping investigation application on behalf of the domestic caprolactam industry.

Caprolactam is one of the important organic chemical raw materials. It is mainly used to produce nylon 6 chips. Its manufacturers mainly focus on the European Union, the United States, Japan, Korea and other countries and regions. China's import dependence is always above 60%.

By the end of 2009, the global capacity of caprolactam was 4 million 950 thousand tons, and China's capacity was 530 thousand tons, of which nearly 1/3 came from Petrochemical Fiber.

From June 2003 to June 2008, China came from Japan,

Domestic industry begins to recover

"When facing foreign enterprises violating WTO principles and dumping on China's domestic market, enterprises, associations and government departments should use our trade remedy policies to protect the legitimate rights and interests of domestic industries."

Shijiazhuang City Commerce Bureau official said.

Since April 2009, with the nylon 6 slicing anti-dumping filing, preliminary, final and caprolactam this year

Experts said that after the introduction of technology in recent years, especially technological pformation and independent innovation, the production capacity of caprolactam in China has been continuously improved, and already has a large scale production capacity.

With the completion and commissioning of a number of new installations, the total domestic production capacity will reach 1 million 410 thousand tons / year in the future, and the situation that the domestic market is in short supply will be gradually improved.