On the morning of February 24, the Legal Department held a coordination meeting for response to the anti-dumping investigation of Indian linen yarn at the Chamber of Commerce. Director Wang Dongxiao presided over the meeting. Yin Ning, Third Secretary of Commerce of the Ministry of Trade Relief Bureau, Chen Wen, Section Chief of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Commerce, Wu Ying, Director of the Jiaxing Municipal Commerce Bureau, and Sun Yue of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Commerce attended the meeting. Representatives from eight companies including Zhejiang Jinyuan, Yixing Shunchang, and Jiamusi Sanhe, which ranked among the top ten exporters during the survey period, and partners from five well-known law firms including UBS, Guoco, Jincheng Tongda, Deheng, and AllBright attended the meeting. .
This case was officially filed on February 7. The Chinese tariff numbers of the products involved are 53061000 and 53062000. The dumping investigation period is from October 2016 to September 2017. According to our customs statistics, during the dumping investigation period, our exports to India The amount of linen yarn is approximately US$79.952 million. The complainant in this case is India’s JayaShreeTextiles Group. According to the filing announcement, stakeholders should submit comments within 40 days from the date of the announcement.
At the response meeting, President Wang introduced the Chamber of Commerce’s Legal Department and the working principles of the “Four Body Linkage”, encouraging companies to build confidence, actively respond to cases, and safeguard export interests in the Indian market. Director Wang Dongxiao analyzed the characteristics of the products involved in this case: linen yarn and the Indian linen industry, and emphasized the importance of responding to foreign anti-dumping cases under the “four-body linkage” mechanism. Department Yin of the Ministry of Relief Bureau introduced my country’s trade remedy situation and explained the characteristics of India’s anti-dumping cases. Officials from the Zhejiang Provincial Department, Jiaxing Municipal Commerce Bureau and Jiangsu Provincial Department of Commerce respectively introduced the local government’s response to trade remedy cases, and stated that they would fully cooperate with enterprises to actively respond to the anti-dumping investigation of Indian linen yarn and strive for a favorable outcome.
Deputy Director of the Legal Department Wang Jing introduced in detail the overall trade remedy situation in India, analyzed the background of this case, the characteristics of India’s anti-dumping investigation and the complainant JayaShreeTextiles, and suggested that enterprises participate in collective industry defense, actively strive for separate tax rates, and try to exclude products from , contact importers, downstream companies and negotiate price commitments to seek breakthroughs. The Legal Department also shared the Chamber of Commerce’s years of successful experience in organizing trade remedy cases, emphasizing the importance of enterprises responding to lawsuits together with the cooperation of government guidance, chamber of commerce organizations, lawyer guidance, and enterprises.
Representatives of the participating companies expressed their opinions on the products involved, the complainant and the Indian market respectively, and stated that they would actively participate in the non-damage defense of this case and protect the Indian export market. Subsequently, the five lawyers analyzed the facts and potential defense points of the case one by one based on their respective experience in handling anti-dumping cases, and discussed the facts of the case with the export company.
The Legal Department has established a WeChat group at the meeting site to respond to this case. It will then issue an information form to collect information on companies’ willingness to respond to the case, actively initiate the non-damage defense process in this case, and encourage companies to actively respond to the case.
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