Zhejiang Enterprises Say "No" To Anti-Dumping.

For Zhejiang small businesses whose annual output value is only tens of millions of yuan and their profits are only several million yuan, responding to anti-dumping is like a gamble of life and death.

If you lose, you won't win. The high cost of litigation is enough to make small businesses hurt.

In the face of litigation documents coming across the sea, will this pnational lawsuit be fought or not?

In the past few years, most of the small businesses chose to give up due to various reasons such as language barrier, unfamiliarity with other countries, and high cost to sue. Therefore, repeated anti-dumping duties, which were even more than 200%, were equivalent to directly giving up a piece of market that was hard to beat.

Since the beginning of this year, more and more small and medium-sized enterprises have chosen to respond positively and win many times.

They say that there is still a chance to win, and giving up means failure.

Recently, another small and medium-sized enterprise, Zhuji Hao Hai air conditioner manufacturing Co., Ltd., won a Canadian anti-dumping investigation on copper pipes and got a zero tax rate.

Reporters tried to contact the office of the company during the interview. The director of the office was absent. He was invited by several enterprises in Lishui to teach anti-dumping experience.

From the original lighter and leather shoes, it gradually extended to woven bags, copper pipes and clothes hangers.

Small and medium-sized enterprises in Zhejiang have repeatedly encountered foreign anti-dumping cases.

From the initial confusion, instinctive avoidance, active learning and aggressive counterattack, Zhejiang enterprises are becoming more and more mature in the increasingly intensive anti-dumping investigation.

To win the anti-dumping war, we must talk about skills. The enterprises that can stand out are really admirable. They are brave.

But it is not enough to have courage in coping with international lawsuits.

The experience of some successful small businesses may make more enterprises more confident.

If you give up the lawsuit, you will lose the market, because the tax rate of anti-dumping can be several times that of sales, which will lose the significance of competition.

"Abandonment is not reasonable, because a country will dump anti-dumping on Chinese products, and other markets will imitate, and evade foreign companies can only step on unscrupulously."

Gu Guoda, director of the Department of international economic and Trade Department of Zhejiang University, said that under the market economy conditions, enterprises must be standardized, accounting system, asset allocation, land purchase, enterprise expansion and other behaviors should be fully formatting. Meanwhile, attention should be paid to training all kinds of talents so as to avoid being caught unawares when confronted with anti-dumping cases.

As more and more enterprises standardize their operation, anti-dumping will gradually disappear.

In fact, in the whole litigation process, what we have done is trying to prove to the other side that the selling price of our products has a normal profit, and the development of the enterprises is good, so there is no dumping at low prices.

He Ping, chairman of Zhuji Hao Hai air conditioner manufacturing Co., Ltd., told reporters that anti-dumping is actually a trade remedy measure taken by WTO member countries to protect their industries. So they use all kinds of complicated working procedures to embarrass you, so you'd better stop at the door.

He Ping said, at that time, Hao Hai first received a thick stack of questionnaires, and the investigation was very detailed. He also asked the Chinese side to reply in various forms, such as written, CD-ROM, electronic documents and so on. "Light written questionnaire sent several boxes of A4 paper, the workload was very large, the more sufficient materials were provided, the higher probability of success."

It is very important for a department to conduct anti-dumping investigations to have a high demand for data. Therefore, it is very important to have a complete financial and auditing system.

Before litigation, we must find professional financial auditors to check accounts, so that every account can be linked together, otherwise, even if a data is not right, it may lead to failure of litigation.

Gu Guoda, director of the Department of international economic and trade of Zhejiang University, said.

Zhang Jianguo, general manager of Hangzhou Bao Jing biological and Chemical Co., Ltd., put forward an effective suggestion to enterprises: actively convince foreign importers to take part in anti-dumping cases.

Because the EU attaches more importance to the opinions of European enterprises involved in anti-dumping, and does not consider the opinions from the enterprises not participating in the case, it is a magic weapon to win the anti-dumping case by analyzing the pros and cons of the European importers and their participation in the case and lobbying the European Union.

In the case of Baojing responding to the EU anti-dumping case, their German customers not only spent a lot of money to hire full-time anti dumping lawyers for them, but also went to Brussels to lobby EU officials for the three time, and when EU officials came to Hangzhou for verification, they made a special trip to lobby again.

German customers have made a great return on the help of enterprises. In the final EU ruling, Bao Jing not only gained market economy status but also gained a rare zero tax rate, which is the only one in the same batch of responding enterprises.

Several enterprises interviewed closely by the company have mentioned the help of chambers of Commerce and trade associations in the litigation process.

"Once the anti-dumping occurs, the chamber of Commerce or association will convene to discuss the countermeasures. At this time, we should communicate with them in time."

Hao Hai office director Xiao Zhou said that at this time it was not enough to rely on the strength of a single enterprise. "The support of governments at all levels has also brought great confidence to enterprises."

This time, he was invited to an anti-dumping forum in Lishui to exchange anti-dumping experience. "Everyone will help each other and absorb suggestions, and the chances of winning a lawsuit will be greater."

As a "family member" of foreign trade enterprises, chambers of Commerce and trade associations can play an active role in intermediary services. The implementation and changes of measures for trade barriers in some export markets, the situation and information of foreign trade barriers encountered by member enterprises, and the latest information collection, advisory services and early warning services can bring convenience to more enterprises.

"We have been fighting for protracted war." after last year's hard work for half a year last year, the company's anti-dumping duty rate and countervailing duty rate were approved to be zero. Everyone was very excited and thought that this nightmare was over.

But I did not expect the second round of anti-dumping investigations to knock on the door just after the end of the year.

Xiao Zhou said that although the second survey was won again in July 16th this year, it might be that when the investigation notice came again.

The purpose of anti-dumping investigations against Chinese products abroad is very clear, in order to protect their own interests. Once placed on file, the investigation can be made at any time within 5 years.

Therefore, since responding, enterprises must be prepared mentally for long-term operations.

"Because the type and quantity of products have been changing, each survey is equal to a new start, so the workload is very heavy.

But if we pay attention to standardizing the process in the export process and retaining effective data, we can lighten many burdens. "

Xiao Zhou told reporters.

Small businesses have been "standing up". "Now I am walking on the wire rope. Now that I have decided to sue, there is no way out.

Because the scale of the enterprise is small, if there is a slight loss, I will have nothing. "

Lin Qinyun, general manager of Wenzhou Cangnan Jiale Bag Making Co., Ltd. is very firm.

In the past two days, Lin Qin Yun has found a case of a law firm in Beijing with another respondent enterprise. He devoted himself to the battle. According to the lawyer's request, they had to prepare all kinds of materials for investigation. In just a few days, the former boss who had no knowledge of anti-dumping was a half expert.

In June 28th this year, the United States composite woven bags Association and its members sent a complaint to the US Department of Commerce and the US International Trade Commission, asking for anti-dumping investigations and countervailing investigations on composite woven bags originating in China.

In July 19th, the US Department of Commerce officially launched a merger investigation on anti-dumping and countervailing duties on Chinese woven bags. The companies involved mainly concentrated in Shandong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Hebei.

Antidumping has heard of it, but Lin Qinyun has never been associated with himself. He never thought that this small woven bag factory in southern Zhejiang would be eyed by the Americans.

Lin and Lin responded positively, too, because it was only a small company with less than 200 employees and the amount involved was only $80 thousand.

In the past few years, private enterprises are still unfamiliar with anti-dumping. Many companies have not even met with domestic lawsuits. They are afraid of being pushed to a pnational lawsuit. They can hide and hide and hold the idea of "East is not bright west".

But gradually, they found that "the East is not bright, and the west is not bright."

"Especially small businesses, opening up new markets is more difficult than big enterprises, and giving up litigation means a large number of products have to find a way out again.

With the government's propaganda, big enterprises have won many times in anti-dumping cases, and small businesses have confidence. "

A head of the Zhejiang Fair Trade Bureau said that for small businesses, they were more motivated to sue because they saw opportunities to rapidly expand their market and influence in repeated anti-dumping lawsuits.

It has many advantages, such as "99% export of the company's products", and never encountered anti-dumping. Even before, the lawsuit was not fought in the domestic market. This time the defendant entered the US market.

Lin Qinyun said that although the amount involved is very small, it seems that the abandonment is much more cost-effective than the lawsuit, but since the United States will anti-dumping, other countries will also do so.

At present, the competition in the woven bag manufacturing industry is fierce. It is better to rush ahead and enlarge the US market.

Despite the lawsuits, many customers are willing to place orders because of their good quality.

At the end of 2004, the European Commission launched anti-dumping investigation on tartaric acid in China. Hangzhou Bao Jing Biological Chemical Co., Ltd. sold less than 20 million yuan at that time, and the cost of litigation would reach 1 million yuan, but the company's top executives decided to sue.

In January 27, 2006, Bao Jing won the only zero tax rate, and two responding enterprises received 4.7% and 10.1% tax rates respectively. Other non respondent Chinese enterprises were all subject to a 34.9% anti-dumping duty.

Most of the domestic export enterprises of tartrate acid had to withdraw from the EU market, while Bao Jing was on the "fast lane" of exports to Europe.

By the end of 2006, the annual sales of Bao Jing reached about 60000000 yuan.

Besides winning the market, international lawsuits will enhance brand awareness.

Wenzhou's big tiger lighter is because Zhou Dahu took the lead in responding to anti-dumping and became famous.

Luckily, Wenzhou stellar smoking glasses Co., Ltd., because of its participation in the 337 case of American lighters, has become famous for its direct confrontation with ZIPPO. The company's "STAR" brand has also been recognized as a well-known trademark in China by the court.

The head of the Fair Trade Bureau of the Ministry of foreign trade and economic cooperation said that many small businesses regard anti-dumping as a good opportunity to build up their own knowledge on the basis of knowing what they know.

If we win, the enterprises that do not answer the lawsuit will be equal to the market. Even if we lose the lawsuit, enterprises will often gain fame.

"Cost is a problem for small businesses, but if there is a lead enterprise, everyone can join the lawsuit, which can be relatively affordable.

Besides, if the money is regarded as a publicity fee for the product, it may need so much, and the international lawsuit will enhance the popularity of the enterprise. "

More and more small employers are beginning to realize the huge profit margins behind such lawsuits: the greater the risk, the greater the profits.