Foreign Trade Information: China Successfully Defends India'S Anti Subsidy Case Of Viscose Yarn Over 60 Denier

Affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic and the rise of international trade protectionism and other factors, foreign textile and clothing trade relief cases against China are high, and China's textile trade field is facing new challenges. In this context, China's relevant government agencies actively guide and give full play to the "four body linkage" response mechanism with local governments, industrial organizations and enterprises involved in the case, so as to timely and effectively respond to and defend the cases, and effectively protect the due share of China's textiles and clothing in the international market. In August this year, China succeeded in the anti subsidy case of viscose yarn over 60 denier in India, which fully demonstrates the strong advantages of this mechanism and accumulates successful experience for better coping with trade remedy cases in the future.

In July 2020, the Ministry of Commerce and industry of India launched a countervailing investigation on viscose yarn over 60 denier imported from China at the application of Indian man-made fiber industry association. As soon as the news came out, The Ministry of Commerce, local competent commercial departments, China Textile Import and Export Chamber of Commerce (hereinafter referred to as the "textile chamber of Commerce") and the enterprises involved in the case, relying on the "four body linkage" response mechanism, performed their respective duties, division of labor and cooperation, and rapidly carried out the work of responding to the lawsuit. On behalf of the Chinese government, the trade relief Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce has actively responded to the lawsuit, seized the key links such as pre filing consultation, answer sheet, hearing and final award disclosure, and submitted strong evidence and comments on many occasions.

In the process of responding to the case, the textile chamber of Commerce, with the support of the relevant local government departments, held several meetings to quickly organize the enterprises involved in the case Xinxiang Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd., Yibin Hester Fiber Co., Ltd., Jilin aika Viscose Fiber Co., Ltd. and Jilin Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd He participated in the industry defense and submitted 500 pages of defense opinions on non damage, causality and public interest on behalf of the industry for three times. At the same time, the responding enterprises were mobilized to contact 32 Indian Importers, downstream users and 5 associations to raise objections to the Ministry of Commerce and industry of India.

In this case, the four responding enterprises take the initiative and act actively. While participating in the industry non damage defense, they also employ professional lawyers to represent the subsidy range defense. Under the professional guidance of the relevant government departments, the enterprises involved in the case contacted the downstream users in India to issue a unanimous voice of objection, which formed great pressure on the Indian investigation authorities. The meticulous and orderly defense work formed a strong response in the case, and prompted the investigation authorities to make a reasonable decision. Finally, the case was concluded with no damage and no tax in the whole industry, and the industry defense was successful. This is another victory of China's non injury defense against the Indian industry after the Indian anti-dumping case of nylon synthetic fiber filament yarn in June 2019 and the Indian viscose fiber yarn anti-dumping case in January 2020, China's Viscose yarn industry has therefore maintained an important export market of more than 1 billion yuan per year.

According to statistics, in 2020, foreign countries launched 22 trade remedy investigations on China's textiles and clothing, with the largest number of cases in the past 10 years. The total amount of related products involved was about 2.728 billion US dollars, up 54% year on year. In order to protect its own industry, India has frequently launched "two anti-dumping and one safeguard" investigations on China's textile and garment industry in recent years. In 2020, India launched four investigations against me, accounting for 18% of the total number of textile and garment cases in the whole year; The total amount involved in the case was 228 million US dollars, accounting for 9.3% of the total cases, with a year-on-year increase of 74%. In the first 10 months of this year, India has launched three investigations into China's textiles and clothing, accounting for 27.3% of the total cases; The amount involved was 577 million US dollars, accounting for 43.3% of the total cases. The mature operation of the "four body linkage" mechanism provides a strong guarantee for the sustainable development of China's textile industry in the international market.

(source: China Textile News)