Chinese Footwear Industry Challenges Anti-Dumping

The production line of the workshop.

Xinhua News Agency reporter Lai Jianqiang photo respondent and continue litigation, according to the European Commission's recent announcement that it will produce products to China and Vietnam.

The decision of "sunset review" of anti-dumping measures, China

We decided to carry out "two line operations" against EU anti-dumping.

The "sunset review" of antidumping measures has been the largest in the world in the last month.

The base China has caused a great stir.

In October 4th this year, the European Union announced again that it had formally imported from China in 2006.

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A 16.5% year anti-dumping duty will be extended for another 12 to 15 months.

One of the verdict to China

Great influence, and as China

Guangdong, Zhejiang and Fujian provinces, which are the main exporters, are the first to bear the brunt.

According to relevant data, the export volume of leather shoes in Zhejiang dropped by 22% in the first half of 2008, and the total export volume dropped by 12%.

This set of figures shows that China

Although the unit price of exports is rising, the rise is partly offset by the rising cost of various factors.

According to the data of Wenzhou shoe leather industry association, Wenzhou was from 1 to June this year.

Exports to the EU increased by only 14.4%, down sharply compared with the same period last year, and the growth rate in August continued to fall to 9%.

The recent joint system of leather industry associations

Industry jointly held a "sunset review" of China's leather shoes in Wenzhou to deal with the coordination meeting.

At the meeting, all trade associations called for China, such as Zhejiang, Guangdong and Fujian.

Collective action, step by step, and strive to win the review, in order to abolish the 16.5% anti-dumping duty, and strive for the enterprise tomorrow.

Very advantageous.

In a non binding vote conducted by the European Union in September 17th, 15 of the 27 EU Member States opposed the extension of anti-dumping measures.

This shows that we hope to abolish anti-dumping duties and European countries are in the majority.

Secondly, the EU industry is also divided about whether China should pay heavy taxes to Chinese shoe companies.

In the current economic downturn, many EU shoe importers and multinational investors in China also want the EU to lift the high tariffs on leather shoes in China and Vietnam as soon as possible.

In addition, European consumers also want to reduce consumption costs, and they do not want the EU to maintain its support for China and Vietnam.

The anti-dumping duty.

Xie Rongfang, Secretary General of Wenzhou shoe leather association, said at the coordination meeting.

The investigation agencies are sampling procedures. Before October 20th, the enterprises involved submitted the sampling table. In November, the European Commission will publish the sample enterprises, and the enterprises being selected will enter the written defense procedure, which will take 37 days.

We have responded positively and submitted the sampling materials actively, so as to make adequate preparations for the review.

It is reported that a few days ago, Guangdong shoe enterprises have formed an alliance of enterprises, and most shoe enterprises in Wenzhou are in Wenzhou.

The industry association's appeal also actively prepared the sampling materials.

At the same time, as the largest private sector in China

Wenzhou AOKANG group said it was preparing for two line operations: on the one hand, in 2006, AOKANG and other five China

Enterprises filed anti-dumping proceedings against the European Court of justice.

At present, two years' written pleas have been written, and oral defense procedures will be held by the end of this year or early next year.

On the other hand, AOKANG and other famous enterprises in Wenzhou are actively preparing for sampling materials, and jointly with other domestic shoe enterprises to collectively respond to the "sunset review".

The behavior of AOKANG lawsuit, the European Union's attorney, is also the current China.

It is a double insurance policy for the main representative of the Chinese lawyer who is "sunset review".

If the collective protest is successful and the anti-dumping duty is abolished, AOKANG and other shoe enterprises can continue to make an apology with the European Court of justice, make the European Union apologize or cancel the lawsuit. For the worst, if the collective action fails, then the lawsuit between AOKANG and other European Union courts can continue to fight for market economy status.

Just waiting and endless concessions will only ruin the future of China's shoemaking enterprises, and let the EU recognize the market economy status of China's footwear industry, and only strive for it, strive for it and strive for it again.