Imposition of Anti-dumping Duty on the Chloroprene Rubber Imported from and Orig

August 31, 2005

Promulgation date: May 9, 2005 Effective date: May 9, 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 chloroprene rubber imported from and originally produced in Japan, the US and EU for a period of 5 years commencing from May 9, 2005. Based on Announcement No. 23 (2005) of Ministry of the Commerce of the 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 chloroprene rubber imported from and originally produced in Japan, the US and EU (Tariff Serial Numbers: 40024910 and 40024990) 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 May 10, 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 chloroprene rubber and invoices of original producers shall also be provided if the original producers of chloroprene rubber are based in Japan, the US or EU.
In the event that the certificate of origin cannot be provided for declaration of import of chloroprene rubber and furthermore the chloroprene rubber cannot be determined as not originally produced in Japan, the US or EU through inspection, the Customs will levy anti-dumping duty on the chloroprene rubber according to the highest rate of anti-dumping duty listed in Attachment 2 hereto; In case the chloroprene rubber can be determined as originally produced in Japan, the US or EU but the import unit cannot provide the invoices of the original producers, the Customs will levy anti-dumping duty on the chloroprene rubber 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 chloroprene rubber subject to processing trade which is imported from and originally produced in Japan, the US and EU.