subject: Argentine Anti [print this page] To protect their own footwear industry, Argentina's Ministry of Industry and Tourism announced a 21 footwear originating in China to take the final anti-dumping measures.
According to Argentina's Minister of Industry and Tourism signed decided that from this month 22, all imported from China set a minimum reference price of shoes, each pair of shoes for a minimum of 13.38 U.S. dollars FOB. If the shoe imports from China to Argentina Customs offer less than this, according to the reference price tariffs. The final anti-dumping measures are valid for 5 years, originating in China, orthopedic shoes, skate shoes and ski boots are not within the scope of measures.
From Quanzhou Footwear Association's stakeholders understand that the export of spring shoes, many businesses in South America, Argentina, China shoes anti-dumping measures on the part of the spring shoe is bound to affect export business. The source said the foreign trade enterprises in the export of South America in transit through the United States quite a few companies in South America, it is difficult to determine the effect size.
According to the Argentine Footwear Industry Association figures published in 2009, China's exports to Argentina, 6.3 million pairs of shoes, 75 million U.S. dollars export value, export volume and value compared with 2008 are likely to drop sharply. Government of Argentina from the end of 2008, imports of China adopted a series of restrictive measures. Argentina's National Bureau of Statistics report shows that in 2009 bilateral trade between China and Argentina amounted to 8.829 billion U.S. dollars, compared with 2008 decreased by 35.8%.
Anti-dumping measures taken by Argentina to China, following the European Union in 2006 after China shoes to take anti-dumping another area. So far, the EU anti-dumping measures on Chinese leather shoes would cause further delay the implementation period. Vice Chairman Xu Jingnan Quanzhou Footwear Association, told reporters the financial crisis, the resistance of spring shoe exports have not completely eliminated, a new round of foreign anti-dumping and trade barriers will increase the difficulty of spring shoe exports. He suggested that in addition to emphasis on environmental protection in Quanzhou and other technical content to improve, we must also increase to enhance its own brand.
