GACC Announcement No. 22, 2012 on Interim AD on Stainless-Steel Tubes from EU & Japan

[2012-05-15 16:13:03]


Issued by the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC)
 
According to China's Antidumping Regulations, the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has decided to conduct from May 9, 2012 provisional antidumping (AD) measures on the high-performance stainless-steel seamless tubes from the EU and Japan (see the Annex 1); relevant matters are hereby announced:

1. From May 9, 2012, in addition to import duties and import value-added taxes (VAT) as per current regulations, China Customs shall levy cash deposits for anti-dumping and import VAT respectively based on the appropriate rates in Annex 2 herein and the calculation formula below, on Certain High-Performance Stainless Steel Seamless Tubes originating in the EU and Japan (HS Codes: 73044110 and 73044910) by distinguishing different EU and Japanese suppliers.

Formula for calculating anti-dumping and import VAT deposits:
Total Deposit Amount = (Customs' Duty-Paid Value × Levy Rate of Anti-Dumping Deposit) × (1 + Import VAT Rate).

Please refer to Annex 1 herein for details of the products under the provisional anti-dumping measures.

2. Upon declaration of the subject tubes, Chinese importers shall declare HS Codes 7304411001 and 7304491001 for those with "tensile strength no less than 550Mpa and yield strength more than 200Mpa" and declare 7304411090 and 7304491090 for the remaining types involved.

3. Any importer of such products shall submit corresponding Certificates of Origin to the customs. Regarding the origin in the EU and Japan, the importer shall also submit invoices made by original manufacturers;

Where the Certificates of Origin are not available and the origins are not determined, the customs may levy the anti-dumping deposit at the highest rate listed in the Annex 2 herein;

Where the origins are determined to be the EU or Japan, but original manufacturer invoices are not available and original manufacturers cannot be determined, the customs may levy the anti-dumping deposit at the levy rates applicable to other EU or Japanese companies listed in Annex 2 herein.

4. Regarding the anti-dumping deposit on bonded imports under processing trade, the customs may resort to the GACC Decree No. 111 and the GACC Announcement No. 9 of 2001.

5. Regarding disposal of the deposits already levied, the GACC will make separate announcement according to China authority's final ruling.


Annexes:

1. China's MOFCOM Announcement No. 21, 2012 (omitted)

2. Table of Anti-Dumping Deposit Levy Rates on High-Performance Stainless Steel Seamless Tubes from the EU & Japan (omitted)


May 8, 2012
Source: ETCN