GACC Announcement No.58, 2015 (on Interim AD on Unbleached Sack Paper from USA, EU & Japan)

[2015-12-21 09:54:16]

In accordance with China Antidumping Regulations, China Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has decided to, from 11 December 2015, impose provisional antidumping (AD) measures on importing unbleached sack paper from the USA, EU and Japan, relevant matters as follow:

1.As from 11 December 2015, China Customs shall levy, besides existing import duties and value-added tax (VAT), antidumping deposit and import VAT deposit on the unbleached sack paper (HS Codes 48041100, 48042100, 48043100, 48044100, 48045100) from USA, EU and Japan 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.The importers concerned shall declare HS Codes 4804110020, 4804210000, 4804310020, 4804410020 and 4804510020 for such unbleached sack paper respectively.

3.The importers shall submit the Certificates of Origin to the Customs. As regards the origin in USA, EU and Japan, the importers 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 deposit at the highest deposit rate listed in the Annex 2 hereto;

Where the origin is confirmed USA, EU and Japan, but original manufacturers' invoices are not available and the original manufacturers cannot be determined by other documents, the Customs shall levy the deposit at the highest rate for the corresponding countries in the Annex 2 hereto.

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

5.Upon definitive ruling by the MOFCOM, the Customs will convert the collected deposits into duty and VAT. Where the deposits exceed corresponding antidumping duty and import VAT, the importers may apply to the Customs for refund of the excess within 6 months upon the implementation of the antidumping duty levy order.

Annex 1 MOFCOM Announcement on Provisional Antidumping on Unbleached Sack Paper from USA, EU and Japan (omitted);
Annex 2 List of Antidumping Deposit Rates on Unbleached Sack Paper (omitted)



General Administration of Customs of China (GACC)
December 10, 2015
Source: ETCN
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