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HC shoes News Network on February 12 the escalating war in Central shoes, along with China's tough stance on the EU's intolerable, and finally to resort to the World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement mechanism.
Recently, China's Permanent Mission sent a letter to the European Union WTO WTO delegation on the EU's shoe anti-dumping measures taken to initiate WTO dispute settlement consultations under the request, the official launch of WTO dispute settlement procedures.
Ministry of Commerce spokesman Yao said China's WTO dispute settlement mechanism to propose a request for consultations under the hope that the EU attached importance to China's strong interest in the WTO dispute settlement mechanism to resolve the issue properly as soon as possible.
Careful calculation, the European Union declared war on the Chinese footwear enterprises have 15 years.
1995 to 2005, the EU had to implement China's leather shoe exports quotas for 10 years.
2005, just before the expiration of quotas, the EU without an objective, impartial review of the situation, the Chinese shoes anti-dumping investigations initiated, and in October 2006 ruled that the implementation of the 2-year anti-dumping measures. Since the introduction of this EU anti-dumping duty on Chinese leather shoes exports to the EU increased from 190 million pairs in 2006 fell to 156 million pairs in 2008.
At that time, reporters from the Department of Aokang Group, a quality control staff officer that, in response to the sudden drop of anti-dumping investigations, from the south province of the hundreds of shoe-making enterprises set up jointly Footwear Union, the fight against the European Union. But it is in this time-consuming process of defense for nearly 2 years, many enterprises were burdened with anti-dumping duties, have quit the EU market.
2008 10 months, anti-dumping measures in the upcoming occasion of the expiry of the EU regardless of the interests of consumers and China's opposition, but also initiated a review of the final, and in December 22, 2009 decision to extend anti-dumping measures 15 months.
"From the previous anti-dumping duty on leather shoes exported to EU Aokang now the average unit price has more than 20 U.S. dollars, the price is higher than the exports of Brazil, so there is not an anti-dumping." Face of this new round of anti-dumping , Aokang Group Chairman Wang Zhentao excitedly made made these statements to the media.
Previously, Yao Jian, said: "The EC Anti-Dumping Advisory Committee, representatives of most European Union countries starting from objective facts, opposed to the continued extension of anti-dumping measures. But the EU eventually succumb to the pressure of trade protectionism, insisting on extension of Chinese-made leather shoes anti-dumping measures, indicating the path of trade protectionism, the more lines farther. "
Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesman said on this week, Vietnam is also close attention to China and the EU on WTO dispute shoes and be ready to take "appropriate action." The official said: "The EU extended products for the footwear is unfair anti-dumping measures, not objective."
According to statistics, China and Vietnam footwear product accounts for about 30% of the EU market.
