China Issues Preliminary AD Ruling Against U.S. Chicken Products
On February 5, 2010, the Ministry of Commerce of China (MOFCOM) released the preliminary ruling in its antidumping investigation of chicken products from the United States.
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Preliminary AD Rates Range from 43.1% to 105.4%
According to the ruling, the margin of dumping of the U.S. respondents is from 43.1 percent to 80.5 percent, and for companies that did not respond the margin of dumping is 105.4 percent.
AD Deposits Required as of February 13th
MOFCOM states that the preliminary ruling showed the U.S. producers had dumped chicken products on the Chinese market, which caused substantial damage to China's domestic industry. The ruling requires importers of chicken products from the U.S. to place AD deposits at Chinese customs starting from February 13, 2010, as prescribed at the ruling.
Tariff Number Scope of China's Investigation
This AD investigation was launched on Sept. 27, 2009. The affected tariff numbers are 02071100, 02071200, 02071311, 02071319, 02071321, 02071329, 02071411, 02071419, 02071421, 02071422, 02071429 and 05040021 under Import and Export Tariffs of the People's Republic of China.
AD Investigation is in Response to U.S. Section 421 Duties on Tires
MOFCOM had stated earlier that its launch of this AD investigation on U.S. chicken products (and one on certain U.S. automobile products) was in response to the U.S.' imposition of 35%-25% additional duties over three years on imports of tires for passenger cars and light trucks from China. (See ITT's Online Archives or 09/17/09 news, 09091710, for BP summary of this MOFCOM statement and other details.)
MOFCOM press release (dated 02/08/10) available at http://english.mofcom.gov.cn/aarticle/newsrelease/significantnews/201002/20100206779594.html