Imposition of Anti-dumping Duty on the Benzofuranol Imported from and Originally

Promulgation date: February 10, 2006 Effective date: February 12, 2006

Pursuant to the provisions of Anti-dumping Regulations of the People’s Republic of China, Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council decides to levy anti-dumping duty on the Benzofuranol imported from and originally produced in Japan, EU and the US for a period of 5 years commencing from February 12, 2006. For this purpose, the Ministry of Commerce has issued Announcement No. 7 (2006) (see Attachment 1 for details). Matters in relation to the enforcement of the anti-dumping measures are hereby announced as follows:
　　
1. The Customs will levy anti-dumping duty and import value-added tax on the Benzofuranol imported from and originally produced in Japan, EU and the US (Tariff Serial No. 29329910) pursuant to the applicable tax rate listed in Attachment 2 hereto and the following formula discriminately according to different Benzofuranol providers in addition to import duty levied on the same in line with the existing provisions as of February 12, 2006.

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 Benzofuranol and invoices of original producers shall also be provided if the original producers of Benzofuranol are based in Japan, EU or the US. In the event that the certificate of origin cannot be provided for declaration of import of Benzofuranol and furthermore the Benzofuranol cannot be determined as not originally produced in Japan, EU or the US through inspection, the Customs will levy anti-dumping duty on the Benzofuranol according to the highest rate of anti-dumping duty listed in Attachment 2 hereto; In case the Benzofuranol can be determined as originally produced in Japan, EU or the US but the import unit cannot provide the invoices of the original producers, the Customs will levy anti-dumping duty on the Benzofuranol according to the rate of anti-dumping duty applicable to other corporations of relevant nations as listed in Attachment 2 hereto.