Chinese Shoe Companies Appeal To EU For Response, Striving To Reverse Final Ruling

The European Union's "shoe lawsuit" has been making new progress for nearly a year.

In October 28th, a solicitor group hired by the EU antidumping shoe companies from AOKANG and other companies came to the news that the first instance of the anti-dumping proceedings initiated by AOKANG and other Chinese shoe companies has been completed by the European Court of first instance.

Last week, China's appeal shoe companies such as AOKANG group, Wenzhou Tamar, Guangdong golden shoe and new HK dollar have all received the first written reply from the European Union Ministerial Council and other interested parties forwarded by the European Court of first instance.

In October 7, 2006, the EU imposed a 16.5% anti-dumping duty policy on leather shoes originating in China for two years.

In October 23, 2006, AOKANG took the lead in deciding to hire a lawyer to initiate a lawsuit in the first instance court of the European Union.

In December 29, 2006, AOKANG group, Wenzhou TIMA, Guangdong Jin Lu and Guangdong freshmen Hong Kong dollar and other shoe enterprises submitted litigation materials to the European Court of first instance.

After the court of first instance accepted the litigation request of Chinese footwear enterprises, the two rounds of defense will take place for two years.

According to the introduction, according to the European Union's anti-dumping judicial procedure, after the first round of defense procedures, the second round of defense procedures will be launched. The time will be one year.

In the second round of defense, the Chinese side will mainly defend the defense points raised by the accused party in the first round of defense.

The implementation of EU anti-dumping measures has had a great impact on the export of China's leather shoes industry for a year.

According to the data provided by the China Light Industry Arts and crafts import and export chamber, the number of imports of leather shoes anti-dumping products decreased by 7.76% in the first half of this year compared with the same period.

Among them, the import of anti-dumping duties from China and Vietnam declined significantly, respectively, 26.37% and 21.36% respectively over the same period last year.

Many European customers have turned to countries and regions such as Pakistan, Indonesia, India and Macao, China.

According to the industry, this is because the shoemaking industry is a typical "jumper" industry, which relies mainly on labor and related low cost to achieve competitive benefits. Therefore, the EU's so-called trade protection measures to avoid the impact of the European shoe industry are of no practical significance.

Wang Zhentao, vice president of the China Leather Association and President of AOKANG group, said that Chinese shoe enterprises will strive to achieve breakthroughs in the second stage of the judicial process.