GACC Announcement No.36, 2014: AD Duties on Alloy-Steel Seamless Tubes from EU & USA

[2014-05-19 17:32:07]

The Customs Tariff Commission of China has decided to, from May 10, 2014, levy antidumping duties on Certain Alloy-Steel Seamless Tubes/Pipes for High Temperature and Pressure Service originating in the EU and USA for five years.

Relevant matters are hereby announced:

1. As of May 10, 2014, as regards the EU and USA Alloy-Steel Seamless Tubes/Pipes under HS Codes 73045110, 73045190, 73045910 and 73045990, China Customs shall levy antidumping duties and import value-added tax (VAT) besides existing import duties, by differentiating between suppliers, as per the appropriate rates listed in the Annex 2 hereto and the calculation formula below:

Antidumping Duty Amount = customs duty-paid value × antidumping duty rate;
Import VAT Amount = (customs duty-paid value + import duty + antidumping duty) × import VAT rate

2. As regards the involved alloy-steel seamless tubes "with tensile strength≥620Mpa and yield strength>440Mpa, the importers shall declare the HS Codes 7304511001, 7304519001, 7304591001 and 7304599001 respectively; as regards the others involved, the importers shall declare the codes 7304511090, 7304519090, 7304591090 and 7304599090 respectively.

3. The importers involved shall submit the Certificate of Origin to the customs; as regards the EU or USA origin, the importers shall also submit the invoices of original manufacturers.

Where the importers fail to provide the Certificate of Origin and the origin cannot be determined in any other ways, the customs shall levy the antidumping duties at their highest rates.

Where the importers fail to provide the original manufacturer invoices for the definite EU or USA origin, and the original manufacturers cannot be determined through other documents, the customs shall levy the antidumping duties at their highest rates listed in the Annex 2 hereto for corresponding origins.

4. As regards bonded imports through processing trade, the double-anti duties shall be subjected to China Customs Administrative Measures on Processing-Trade Leftover Materials, Defective Goods, By-Products and Damaged Bonded Goods and to GACC Announcement No. 9 of 2001.

5. Any relevant deposits that the importers delivered to China Customs shall be converted into the antidumping duties as per the antidumping duty rates herein, with the import VAT to be levied as per VAT rate. As regards any excess of the deposits over the antidumping duties and import VAT, the importers may apply for return within 6 months from May 10, 2014; any shortage thereof shall not be levied any more.

Such imports prior to January 9, 2014 shall be exempted from the antidumping duties.

Annex 1. MOFCOM Announcement No.34, 2014 (omitted)
Annex 2. List of Antidumping Duty Rates Concerned (omitted)



The General Administration of Customs of China (GACC)

May 8, 2014
Source: ETCN