US anti-dumping preliminary anti-dumping results are better

The results of the United States' overall judgment on China's floorboards as a whole were relatively satisfactory, but the possibility of reversal of the final ruling still exists, and the possibility of anti-dumping final ruling turned to be unfavorable to us. This is what the author learned from the fourth meeting of the counter-report investigation held on July 18.

The forum was organized by the China Forest Product Industry Association. The Chinese lawyers introduced at the meeting that the US Department of Commerce (DOC) issued a verification report on countervailing preliminary rulings on July 15. China's three forced responding companies performed better, and therefore the possibility of countervailing final rulings changed. Smaller, but the possibility of anti-dumping results is more likely to be variable. The Chinese lawyers analyzed that the revised preliminary anti-dumping results resulted in zero rates for the three mandatory respondent companies. This is unprecedented in the anti-dumping case in the United States. The calculation method for the average rate of 6.78% for other responding companies does not have any legal basis. Under pressure, the DOC may not allow zero tax rates for all three companies in the final ruling.

To this end, the United States has taken action. According to lawyers, during the preliminary anti-dumping stage, the average price of the substitute country referred to by the DOC was the most critical factor for the zero tax rate of the three companies. At the beginning of July, the plaintiff’s American Flooring Enterprise Alliance provided the DOC with a new final replacement reference country price, and its average rate was 7 times that at the time of the preliminary ruling. If the DOC adopts this reference rate, it will further identify and raise the direct manufacturing costs of Chinese companies. With the same export prices, this will undoubtedly have a fatal blow to determining the applicable tax rate for Chinese companies. At present, the Chinese lawyers have put forward strong defenses against the average price of the reference country.

According to the relevant person in charge of the Fair Trade Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce, the United States has initiated 29 double counter investigations to China. The progress of the multi-layer solid wood composite flooring case is relatively good. Enterprises involved in the case should not further relax their vigilance and they must further seize the benefits. Factors for the final defense. The Ministry of Commerce will further provide support to enterprises and will intervene and negotiate unfair practices in the United States when necessary.

The relevant person in charge of the Department of Planning and Treasury Management of the State Forestry Administration stated that the consultation between the State Forestry Administration and the Ministry of Commerce will include the 22nd Sino-U.S. Joint Commission on International Trade Remedy, which will High-level dialogues strive for more support for the industry and business development.