In this regard, in February 4th, the China Ministry of Commerce Trade Relief Investigation Bureau Wang Hejun said that the Chinese side of the United States to cut the high taxes on China's steel products expressed disappointment that the United States unfair investigation methods questioned. China urges the United States to abide by the relevant rules of the WTO, to correct the wrong practice. China will take necessary measures to safeguard the fair rights of enterprises."
Commerce calculated a preliminary subsidy rate of 57.30% for mandatory respondentShanxi Taigang Stainless Steel Co. Ltd. Mandatory respondents Ningbo Baoxin Stainless Steel Co., Ltd. (and its cross-owned companies Baosteel Stainless Steel Co., Ltd., Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., Baosteel Desheng Stainless Steel Co., Ltd., Baosteel Co., Ltd., Bayi Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., Ningbo Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., Shaoguan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., Guangdong Shaoguan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., and Zhanjiang Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.) and Daming International Import Export Co. Ltd. (and its cross-owned company Tianjin Taigang Daming Metal Product Co., Ltd.) either notified Commerce that they would not participate in this investigation or did not, in fact, participate in the investigation.
Heavy Duties on Chinese Stainless steel sheet and strip.
As a result, Commerce calculated a preliminary subsidy rate of 193.12% based on adverse facts available due to the failure of these companies to cooperate in the investigation. All other producers/exporters in China were assigned a preliminary subsidy rate of 57.30%.
what are the political reasons behind anti-dumping?
In fact, in recent years, China's total amount of steel products to the United States is not much, compared with other countries, is not the main contradiction". At the same time, China's steel products cheap, welcomed by the U.S. manufacturing industry. However, in this case, the United States has repeatedly raised trade investigation or litigation, it must be said that the election campaign, the impact. The release of trade sanctions, from last year's campaign to start the trade investigation. Steel workers in the United States, the number is not large, but the influence of trade unions, lobbying ability, resulting in iron and steel industry has become the dual investigation and sanctions on Chinese relatively serious disaster area.
This anti dumping tax will stop china suppliers to export to u.s.a directly , only via other countries ,such as india, the end user have to pay more money to get the chinese stainless steel products . as this happened in stainlesss steel seamless pipe and tube Eu anti dumping on chinese suppliers.
