Argentina: Determination of circumvention of antidumping duties applied to certain type of footwear from China

26/09/2011 12:00 - 473 Views

On September 8, 2011, the Government of Argentina determined that the importations of certain footwear from China are circumventing antidumping duties by being declared as originated in Malaysia. Because of the above, the Argentinean authorities resolved to apply an antidumping duty of 13.38 US dollars per pair to the importations of this kind of footwear from Malaysia.

In accordance with Argentinean legislation, in case of doubt on the validity of the certificates, or the veracity of the information contained in the certificates of origin that are required by Argentina, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, can initiate a process of verification of non-preferential origin for those goods whose imports are subject to the implementation of trade policy measures such as antidumping duties, countervailing duties, specific duties, or safeguard measures.

The products circumventing the antidumping duties are classified under the following tariff code of the MERCOSUR Harmonized System: 6404.19.00 y 6404.99.90.

9 Sep 2011
Source: globaltradealert.org