GACC Announcement No.39, 2013 on Solar Polysilicon from USA & South Korea

[2013-07-25 16:19:32]

 
In accordance with Chinese Antidumping Regulations, China Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has decided to conduct as of July 24, 2013 provisional antidumping measures on solar-grade polysilicon originating in the USA and South Korea (see the Annex 1 hereto).

Relevant matters are hereby announced:

1. As of July 24, 2013, China Customs shall levy, besides existing import duties and value-added tax (VAT), antidumping security deposit and import VAT deposit on the solar-grade polysilicon (HS Code 28046190) from the USA and South Korea by differentiating between the suppliers, as per the levy rates listed in the Annex 2 hereto and the calculation formula below:

Total Deposit = (customs duty-paid value × antidumping deposit rate) × (1 + import VAT rate)

2. As regards the covered "solar polysilicon with silicon content≥99.9999999%" and "solar polysilicon scrap with silicon content≥99.9999999%" to import, the importers shall declare the HS Codes 2804619012 and 2804619013 respectively; as regards "solar polysilicon with silicon content≥99.99%" and "solar polysilicon scrap with silicon content≥99.99%" to import, the importers shall declare the HS Codes 2804619092 and 2804619093 respectively.

3. The importers concerned shall submit the Certificates of Origin to the Customs. As regards the origin in the USA or South Korea, they shall also provide original manufacturers' invoices.

Where the Certificates of Origin are not available and the origin cannot be determined in other ways, the customs shall levy the antidumping deposit at the highest rates listed in the Annex 2 hereto;

Where the origin is confirmed USA or South Korea, but original manufacturers' invoices are not available and the original manufacturers cannot be determined by other documents, the customs shall levy the antidumping deposit at the highest rates on corresponding USA or South Korea in the Annex 2 hereto.

4. As regards bonded imports through processing trade, the antidumping deposit shall be subjected to GACC Decree No. 111 and GACC Announcement No. 9 of 2001.

5. The customs' disposal of the deposits shall be subjected to relevant definitive rulings by the MOFCOM.

Annex 1 MOFCOM Announcement No. 48 of 2013 (omitted);

Annex 2 List of Antidumping Deposit Rates on Solar Polysilicon


The General Administration of Customs of China (GACC)

July 23, 2013
Source: ETCN