AOKANG Sued The EU For 6 Years To Win Anti-Dumping Duties

Recently, Zhejiang AOKANG shoe industry The Limited by Share Ltd received the verdict issued by the high court of the European Union, and finally ruled that the court of first instance of the European Union tried to use AOKANG's defense against EU anti-dumping cases. The individual legal provisions were misused, and there was a lack of justice. The final judgment was that China AOKANG won the lawsuit. This indicates that China AOKANG has not only made administrative and legal disputes, but has also won a double victory in the EU's leather shoes anti-dumping.

4 years lawsuit, Chinese shoe enterprises failed in first instance

In October 2006, the EU Commission imposed anti-dumping duties on Chinese leather shoes for the first time, after a series of quota restrictions on Chinese leather shoes, and imposed a 16.5% high anti-dumping duty for two years. After the expiration of anti-dumping duties, the European Union launched the "sunset review" again, and decided to extend the anti-dumping measures for another 15 months until March 31, 2011.

After the EU put forward the above measures, 5 Chinese companies such as AOKANG Chinese shoe enterprises Appeal to the European Court of first instance. This case took 4 years, during which 5 enterprises responded to the lawsuit 3 times. But in April 2010, the European Union's junior court dismissed the lawsuit filed by 5 Chinese shoe companies and announced that China's shoe companies failed in the first instance. After that, AOKANG decided to appeal to the EU high court.

All 6 years of anti-dumping duties were returned.

In March 31, 2011, the European Union announced that it had abolished 16.5% of the high anti-dumping duty on Chinese leather shoes from April 1st. This unreasonable trade protection measure, which has lasted for nearly 5 years, has finally come to an end.

But this is only the European Commission's single administrative removal of anti-dumping barriers. Chinese Enterprises No final result has yet been obtained in the second instance justice.

Finally, the court decided that the European Commission's compensation for AOKANG's appeal to the European Union's primary and high court costs would be more than 500 yuan. Importers and exporters who have trade relations with AOKANG can refund the anti-dumping duties imposed on them for 6 years from the EU concerned.

According to the relevant legal personages, AOKANG's defense against EU anti-dumping has successfully solved the related legal problems in the EU high court, and found relevant legal basis for Chinese shoe enterprises to face anti-dumping trade disputes and other international trade disputes in the future.