EU Deliberate On Anti-Dumping Review Of Leather Shoes Imported From China

December 14th news reporter recently

"The EU footwear Federation is likely to submit an application to the European Commission within a limited time."

The Deputy Attorney General Pu Ling, who has been acting as an agent for anti-dumping cases involving leather shoes in China, told our reporter that since the traditional shoe making countries such as Italy and Spain had a relatively active attitude in continuing to submit their appeals for retrial, the EU footwear Federation would probably submit anti-dumping appeals again before the end of December.

"If this is the case, it means that the EU anti-dumping case on leather shoes will be brought to the sunset review process again, and the anti-dumping duty will continue for some time."

Because of the huge impact and the longest duration of the anti-dumping case involving China's leather shoes, in early 2010, the Ministry of Commerce drew WTO to set up a ad hoc group to hear the case.

Pu Ling said, "at present, the first round of the WTO expert group meeting has just ended, and the parties have informed the situation of the case.

The second round of the meeting will be held around January 20th next year, and the parties will plead at the meeting.

The outcome of the ruling will be seen in March next year. "

The EU imposed a 16.5% anti-dumping duty on leather shoes originating in China in October 5, 2006, with a period of two years.

After sunset at the end of 2008, the European Commission again ruled that the anti-dumping duty would be extended for 15 months in December 2009 and expired in March 2011.

The EU anti-dumping case on leather shoes, which began in 2006, has seriously affected the export of leather shoes in China, and exports to European leather shoes have continued to decline.

Under the influence of the financial crisis, China's footwear export growth in 2009 was almost zero.

In the second half of 2009, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Ecuador and other countries in Latin America adopted trade protection measures against Chinese footwear.

It is also known that in 2006, 5 Chinese shoe companies such as AOKANG thought that the European Commission had violated the law in the investigation process, and filed judicial review in the first instance court in December 2006. In March 2010, the European Court of first instance rejected the claim of 5 Chinese shoe companies.

In June 2010, 5 shoe companies filed a lawsuit against the high court of the European Union. They asked the EU high court to rehear the doubt about the trial of the European Court of first instance.

"At present, the European Union High Court is hearing the defense procedures of the two sides involved. The procedure is expected to end early next year.