The past few months have seen a number of announcements regarding anti-dumping duties:
- On February 2 2011 a final determination was issued on the sunset review of anti-dumping duties imposed on the importation of carbon-steel butt welding fittings from China, as classified under Tariff Item 7307.93.01 of Mexico's Harmonised Tariff Schedule. The corresponding duty was amended from $2.07 a kilogram to $1.05 a kilogram and the measure is extended for five years from August 5 2009. On the same day a final determination was also issued on the sunset review of anti-dumping duties imposed on the importation of sodium hexametaphosphate from China, as classified under Tariff Item 2835.39.02 of the Harmonised Tariff Schedule. The corresponding duty is 25.35% and the measure has been extended for five years from August 4 2009.
- On February 8 2011 notice was given of the initiation of an anti-dumping investigation on the importation of poultry legs and thighs from the United States, as classified under Tariff Items 0207.13.03 and 0207.14.04 of the Harmonised Tariff Schedule. The investigation was initiated as a result of an application filed by Bachoco, Patsa and Buenaventura. The period of dumping investigation is set from October 1 2009 to September 30 2010, and the period of injury analysis is set from January 1 2007 to September 30 2010.
- On February 14 2011 a preliminary determination on the administrative review of anti-dumping duties was imposed on the importation of certain types of stearic acid from the United States, as classified under Tariff Items 3823.11.01 and 3823.19.99 of the Harmonised Tariff Schedule. The review proceedings are continued and anti-dumping duties that range from 5.18% to 36.51% for all other US exporters are maintained.
- On February 24 2011 notice was given of an anti-subsidies investigation into the importation of solid dycloxaciline from India, as classified under Tariff Item 2941.10.08 of the Harmonised Tariff Schedule. The period of investigation is set from January 1 2010 to December 31 2010, and the period of injury analysis is set from January 1 2007 to December 31 2010. On the same day a final determination was issued on the anti-dumping investigation into the importation of seamless steel pipe from China, as classified under Tariff Items 7304.19.02, 7304.19.99, 7304.39.06 and 7304.39.99 of the Harmonised Tariff Schedule. Definitive anti-dumping duties were established as follows:
- For imports at a price below the reference price of $1,772 a ton, an anti-dumping duty will apply equal to the difference between the reference price and the customs value in dollars of the imported goods, multiplied by the number of metric tons that form a part of the shipment covered by each import summary.
- The amount of the anti-dumping duty thus determined shall not exceed 56% (by value) of the customs value of the goods, pursuant to Article 87 of the Foreign Trade Law.
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- On March 11 2011 notice was given of the initiation of an anti-dumping investigation into the importation of monobutyl ether of ethylene glycol from the United States, as classified under Tariff Item 2909.43.01 of the Harmonised Tariff Schedule. The period of investigation is set from January 1 2010 to December 31 2010, and the period of injury and causation analysis is set from January 1 2007 to December 31 2010.
- On March 29 2011 a preliminary determination was issued in the administrative review of anti-dumping duties on the importation of certain types of longitudinally welded carbon-steel pipe from the United States, as classified under Tariff Items 7305.11.01 and 7305.12.01 of the Harmonised Tariff Schedule. The proceeding is deemed to continue and anti-dumping duties are maintained at 6.77% and 25.43%.
For further information on this topic please contact Adrián Vazquez, Horacio A López-Portillo or Veronica Vázquez Bravo at Vázquez Tercero y Asociados by telephone (+52 55 5534 36 36), fax (+52 55 5534 91 95) or email ([email protected], [email protected] or [email protected]).