On October 8, 2018, the Ministry of Commerce issued Announcement No. 70 of 2018, announcing the preliminary ruling on the anti-dumping investigation of imported o-dichlorobenzene originating in Japan and India.
Chinese companies submitted an application to the Ministry of Commerce at the end of 2017, requesting an anti-dumping investigation into imported o-dichlorobenzene originating from Japan and India. The Ministry of Commerce began the investigation in January 2018.
The Ministry of Commerce has preliminarily ruled that there is dumping of imported o-dichlorobenzene products originating from Japan and India, China’s o-dichlorobenzene industry has been substantially damaged, and there is a causal relationship between dumping and substantive damage, and decided to Imports of o-dichlorobenzene products produced in Japan and India are subject to temporary anti-dumping measures in the form of deposits. According to the ruling, starting from October 12, 2018, when importing o-dichlorobenzene products originating from Japan and India, import operators should export to China based on the dumping margin (31.9%-70.4%) of each company determined by the ruling. The Customs of the People’s Republic of China provides the corresponding deposit.
This product is classified under the “Import and Export Tariffs of the People’s Republic of China”: 29039110.
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O-dichlorobenzene can be used as a solvent for wax, gum, resin, tar, rubber, oil and asphalt, etc. It is used in the production of dyes Shilin black and Shilin yellow brown, high-end pigments, the drug chlorhexidine, and polyurethane raw material TDI. Solvent o-dichlorobenzene. This product can be used as an insecticide for termites, locusts, and borers. It can be used in the production of triclofenac, thorastrobin, and Xinyanling. It can also be used in the synthesis of catechol, fluorochloroaniline, 3,4 -Dichloroaniline and o-phenylenediamine. As an anti-rust agent and degreasing agent, o-dichlorobenzene can remove carbon and lead from engine parts, remove coatings on metal surfaces without corroding the metal, and can remove sulfur from lighting gases. It can be used as an ingredient in metal polishing agents; in the dye industry, it is also used to make vat blue CLB and vat blue CLG; polymer wet spinning solvent to reduce fiber thermal shrinkage; epoxy resin diluent, coolant, heat exchange medium; Pharmaceutical long-acting sulfonamides, etc.
On December 20, 2017, the Ministry of Commerce received an anti-dumping investigation application formally submitted by Jiangsu Yangnong Chemical Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the applicant) on behalf of the domestic o-dichlorobenzene industry. The applicant requested that products originating in Japan, India’s imports of o-dichlorobenzene are subject to anti-dumping investigations.
The Ministry of Commerce, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Anti-dumping Regulations of the People’s Republic of China, determines the qualifications of the applicant, the relevant circumstances of the products applied for investigation, the relevant circumstances of similar products in China, the impact of the products applied for investigation on the domestic industry, the country (region) applied for investigation ) were reviewed.
According to the evidence provided by the applicant and the preliminary review by the Ministry of Commerce, the output of the applicant’s o-dichlorobenzene accounted for more than 50% of China’s total output of similar products in the same period in 2014, 2015, 2016 and the first quarter of 2017. , in compliance with Article 11 and Article 13 of the Anti-dumping Regulations of the People’s Republic of China regarding domestic industries’ application for anti-dumping investigation.
The application claimed that o-dichlorobenzene originating in Japan and India was exported and sold to China at a price lower than its normal value. Based on the evidence and information reasonably obtained, the applicant used the o-dichlorobenzene export prices to other countries (regions) other than China according to Japanese and Indian customs statistics in the application as the basis for determining the normal value of o-dichlorobenzene in Japan and India. , based on Chinese customs statistics on the export prices of Japanese and Indian products applied for investigation to China as the basis for determining export prices, and after adjusting various factors that affect price comparability, it was claimed that there was relatively large dumping of products applied for investigation.
The application also claimed that the number of products applied for investigation entering the Chinese market has increased significantly, and their prices have dropped significantly, which has reduced, depressed and suppressed the prices of similar products in the domestic industry, resulting in a decrease in the operating rate of the domestic industry, a reduction in market share, and an overall downward trend in sales prices. The overall pre-tax profit has dropped significantly, the investment rate of return has dropped, and the domestic industry has suffered substantial damage. There is a causal relationship between the dumping of products applied for investigation and the substantial damage to the domestic industry. After review, the Ministry of Commerce believes that the application contains the content and relevant evidence required for the filing of an anti-dumping investigation as stipulated in Articles 14 and 15 of the Anti-dumping Regulations of the People’s Republic of China.
Based on the above review results and in accordance with Article 16 of the Anti-dumping Regulations of the People’s Republic of China, the Ministry of Commerce decided to initiate anti-dumping cases on imported o-dichlorobenzene originating in Japan and India starting from January 23, 2018. investigation.
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