Aokang, A Shoe Company, Believes That China'S Anti-Dumping Case Will Win

Yesterday, news came from Aokang Group, one of the largest shoe companies in China, that the Permanent Mission of China to the WTO sent a letter to the EU WTO Mission leather shoes Adopted anti-dumping Measures to initiate a consultation request under the WTO dispute settlement mechanism and officially launch the WTO dispute settlement procedure.

This means that China formally announced the EU to the WTO. Wang Zhentao, President of Aokang, said that he would help the government to carry out the lawsuit to the end.

In October 2008, the EU was in China leather shoes anti-dumping When the measures are about to expire, the end of period review was initiated again, and it was decided on December 22, 2009 that anti-dumping The measures will be extended for another 15 months.

In this regard, China believes that the EU has leather shoes Of anti-dumping The investigation and ruling violated the relevant WTO rules and damaged the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises. The industry also expressed strong opposition, and China put forward a request for consultation under the WTO dispute settlement mechanism in this regard. It is hoped that the EU can pay attention to China's strong concern and properly solve the problem under the WTO dispute settlement mechanism at an early date.

Wang Zhentao said that the enterprise will try its best to help, and will cooperate with European customers, lawyers and the Chinese government to carry out the lawsuit to the end.

Chinese shoe enterprises hired by Aokang agent Lawyer Biao Pu Lingchen believes that the EU's extension of anti-dumping measures for another 15 months has obvious political tendencies, and it is questionable that the EU has not responded to the defences raised by Chinese shoe enterprises in accordance with laws and regulations.

In 2005, the EU leather shoes Initiated an anti-dumping investigation involving up to 700 million yuan, and imposed 16.5% anti-dumping duty on Chinese shoe enterprises since 2006. As a result, the impact of Chinese shoes on the EU leather shoes exit The amount dropped by 20%.