Imposition of Anti-dumping Duty on the Hydrazine Hydrate Imported from and Origi

August 31, 2005

Promulgation date: June 16, 2005 Effective date: June 17, 2005

Pursuant to the provisions of Anti-dumping Regulations of the People's Republic of China, Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council has decided to levy anti-dumping duty on the hydrazine hydrate imported from and originally produced in Japan, Korea, the US and France for a period of 5 years commencing from June 17, 2005. Based on Announcement No. 36 (2005) of the Ministry of Commerce of People's Republic of China (See Attachment 1 for details), relevant matters are hereby announced as follows:

1. The Customs will levy anti-dumping duty and import value-added tax on the hydrazine hydrate imported from and originally produced in Japan, Korea, the US and France (Tariff Serial No. 28251010) pursuant to the applicable tax rate listed in Attachment 2 hereto and the following formula discriminately according to different Trichloroethylene providers in addition to import duty levied on the same in line with the existing provisions as of June 17, 2005.

Amount of anti-dumping duty= duty-paid value× anti-dumping duty rate

Amount of import value-added tax=(duty-paid value+ amount of Customs duty +amount of anti-dumping duty)×import value-added tax rate
　　
See Attachment 1 hereto for detailed description of the products subject to anti-dumping duty.
　　
2. Certificate of origin shall be submitted to the Customs for declaration of import of hydrazine hydrate and invoices of original producers shall also be provided if the original producers of PBT resin are based in Japan, Korea, the US or France. In the event that the certificate of origin cannot be provided for declaration of import of hydrazine hydrate and furthermore the hydrazine hydrate cannot be determined as not originally produced in Japan, Korea, the US or France through inspection, the Customs will levy anti-dumping duty on the hydrazine hydrate according to the highest rate of anti-dumping duty listed in Attachment 2 hereto; In case the hydrazine hydrate can be determined as originally produced in Japan, Korea, the US or France but the import unit cannot provide the invoices of the original producers, the Customs will levy anti-dumping duty on the hydrazine hydrate according to the anti-dumping duty rate applicable to other corporations of relevant nations as listed in Attachment 2 hereto.
　　
3. Announcement No. 9 (2001) and Decree No. 111 of General Administration of Customs shall apply to the issues related to the imposition of anti-dumping duty on the bonded hydrazine hydrate subject to processing trade which is imported from and originally produced in Japan, Korea, the US and France.