Foshan collective response to anti-dumping
On July 27th, Argentina initiated anti-dumping against Chinese tiles. Yesterday, Foshan held a ceramic anti-dumping training and Argentine tile anti-dumping case response coordination meeting, the director of the Ministry of Commerce of the Ministry of Commerce of Import and Export Fair Trade Li Zengli believes that enterprises should seriously deal with this anti-dumping, because Argentina's anti-dumping behavior is likely to trigger a chain effect in South America .
Some lawyers suggested that companies should strive to reach a price commitment with the Argentine side.
Argentina proposes a dumping margin of up to 631.63%
Li Zengli revealed that Argentina’s anti-dumping against Chinese tiles was officially filed on July 28. The products under investigation were unglazed ceramic tiles and plates for paving or covering. The investigation period of the dumping degree applied by Argentina was from July 2008 to 2011. June, a total of 3 years.
It is understood that the Argentine anti-dumping election chose Brazil as a reference country. According to the preliminary calculations of local lawyers, it proposed a dumping margin of 631.63%. Does this mean that Foshan enterprises will bear huge punitive tariffs once they fail to respond?
Lan Weibing, director of the Foshan Office of the China Ceramics Association, said that the dumping margin proposed by the prosecution is not the final basis. Argentina will determine the final dumping margin based on the data submitted by the company and the degree of damage. “When the European Union proposed the anti-dumping investigation of ceramic tiles last year, it also claimed that the dumping margin was as high as 430%, but it was only decided to be only 60%.â€
At the meeting, there were lawyers at the meeting, and according to the usual practice, Argentina will issue questionnaires to enterprises after filing the case, requiring companies to submit questionnaires within 45 days. Arbitration is proposed 60 days later, and the longest arbitration time is one year. If there are special circumstances, it can be extended for half a year.
Price commitment or a two-pronged strategy
According to the reporter, since the laws and regulations of Latin American countries are more complicated than other countries, this will increase the difficulty of responding to enterprises. It is reported that Argentina should double-certify the power of attorney and require the company to sign the translation corresponding to the complaint.
It is reported that Argentina is the only country in Latin America that requires responding materials to officially sign translations. For enterprises, the translation fee will be very high, and lawyers generally have to spend more than 80,000 yuan.
Li Zengli believes that Argentina’s anti-dumping against China is more due to the election of Argentina in November, which is supported by the people.
What attracts the attention of enterprises is that Argentina's anti-dumping against China may have a chain reaction. "Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and other countries follow one by one." Li Zengli stressed that the anti-dumping of Argentina should take the form of legal defense and government communication. . The two sides can negotiate a price that protects the Argentine market and is acceptable to Chinese companies.
It is reported that from last year to this year, Argentina initiated 17 anti-dumping investigations against China, of which 9 have taken measures, 7 have ruled that there is no damage, and 1 is Wenzhou enterprises to solve the problem by adopting price commitments.
At the scene, lawyers suggested that anti-dumping should be centered on price commitments. In view of the chain effect, dumping companies should respond decisively. Because once the Argentine market is lost, it is highly likely that the Brazilian market will be lost.
The representative of Foshan Ceramics Enterprise Association said that in anti-dumping against Argentina, it will understand the situation of enterprises in Argentina, provide advice to the Afghan investigation organization, express the reasonable demands of the company, and conduct industry consultation on behalf of the whole industry under the conditions permitting.
Worst result
Initiating the emulation of countries such as Brazil
It is not good news to use Brazil as a third-party reference country. Blue Guards revealed that due to the redistribution of ceramic world production areas, Brazil has become the second largest ceramic producer in the world. However, the hardware and equipment facilities such as production equipment and raw materials of Brazilian ceramic enterprises are basically imported, and the domestic equipment of domestic ceramic enterprises has reached 99%. In comparison, the cost of Brazil will be much higher.
More seriously, once Argentina's response to the results is not satisfactory, it is likely to trigger a domino effect in South America, and the first country to follow is likely to be Brazil.
At present, Brazil is regarded by the Foshan building materials industry as an emerging market with great potential. In the online online interview on August 2, Vice Mayor of Foshan, Li Zikai also believed that Brazil will hold football World Cup and Olympic Games in 2014 and 2016 respectively. A large number of stadiums to be built will be aluminum profiles, stainless steel and ceramics. , home appliances, furniture, etc. generate huge demand, companies should take the courage to enter the market.
In fact, the export of building materials to Brazil in the past two years has shown a very exaggerated growth momentum. The data shows that in the past five years, the total amount of Chinese ceramic tile exports to Brazil has increased from 148,000 square meters to 19 million square meters, an increase of more than 100 times.
Many of these growths come from Foshan. It is understood that since 2009, the Foshan Municipal Government has held the International Building Materials Exhibition in Sao Paulo, Brazil for three consecutive years. At present, there are hundreds of exhibitors.
The industry believes that the growth rate of this seemingly "Chinese miracle" is behind the disorderly competition without industry self-discipline and entry barriers. More importantly, this has caused a great impact on the “national industry†ceramic tile industry in Brazil, which has laid the foundation for the “retaliation†of trade in Brazil in the future.
“The prices of Chinese products are extremely competitive, and the impact on local ceramic companies in Brazil is very large. Brazilian ceramic companies have also been looking for opportunities to block Chinese products.â€
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