MOFCOM Issued Preliminary Ruling on Anti-Dumping Investigation of X-Ray Security Inspection Equipments Originating in the EU

On June 9, 2010, the Ministry of Commerce of China (MOFCOM) issued the Announcement No. 33, 2010, promulgating the preliminary ruling on the anti-dumping investigation of X-ray security inspection equipments originating in the European Union (EU). MOFCOM preliminarily ruled the existence of dumping of such imports and the material injury to domestic industries, a cause-and-effect relationship between the two.

As per the Announcement, as of June 10, 2010, importers of the X-ray security inspection equipments originating in the EU shall, in accordance with dumping margins of respective exporters determined in the preliminary ruling, provide corresponding security deposits to China Customs, with the ratio of deposits ranging from 48.2% to 71.8%.