Beijing
Ministry of Commerce Notice No. 15
www.chinaview.cn 2003-06-02 10:01

¡@¡@The Ministry of Commerce received a formal application for anti-dumping investigation made by two Chemical Corporations from Sichuan and Zhejiang on behalf of domestic Chloroform industries on Mar. 20, 2003. The applicants asked for an anti-dumping investigation into Chloroform imported from European Union, the Republic of Korea, USA and India.

¡@¡@The Ministry of Commerce has examined the qualification of the applicants, the products applied for investigation, domestic products of the same kind, damage and the degree of damage of the product to domestic industries, related issues of the countries and region applied for investigation and the evidence of damage caused by dumping furnished in the application.

¡@¡@According to the examination and the Anti-dumping Regulations of the People¡¦s Republic of China, the Ministry of Commerce will start an anti-dumping investigation into Chloroform (purityÂI99%) imported from above four countries as of the Notice is issued. The investigated product is listed under No. 29031300 in the 2003 tariffs of the General Administration of Chinese Customs. The term of investigation on dumping is from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2002. The term of investigation on damage to domestic industries is from Jan. 1, 1999 to Dec. 31, 2002

¡@¡@The interested parties can register in the Fair Trading Office of the Ministry of Commerce to respond to charges of investigation on dumping and damage to domestic industries in 20 days after the Notice is issued. At the same time, related importers or producers of the investigated countries should provide the quantity and amount of the product exported to China during dumping investigation term, and the production capacity, output, stock, plan of construction and extension, the quantity and amount of the product exported to China during the term of investigation on damage to domestic industries.

¡@¡@The interested parties can look up the unclassified version of the application handed in by the applicants in the Open Information Look-up Office of the Ministry of Commerce during above period.

¡@¡@The investigation apparatus will investigate by questionnaire, sampling, hearing and spot check.

¡@¡@The investigation will begin as of May 30, 2003 and finish normally before May 30, 2004. In case of special situation the investigation could be extended to Nov. 30, 2004. Enditem (english.mofcom.gov.cn)

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