Brazil suspends anti-dumping duties on disposable syringes in China

2020-03-30 China Trade Remedy Information Network

On March 25, 2020, the Management and Executive Committee (GECEX) of the Foreign Trade Commission of the Brazilian Ministry of Economy issued Resolution No. 23 of 2020. For the sake of public interest, in order to combat the new coronavirus pneumonia (Covid-19), it was decided: (1) to suspend For disposable syringes with a volume of 1 ml, 3 ml, 5 ml, 10 ml or 20 ml, with or without needles (Portuguese: seringas descartáveis ​​de uso geral, de plástico, com capacidade de 1ml) , 3ml, 5 ml, 10 ml ou 20 ml, com ou sem agulhas) levy anti-dumping duties; (2) Suspend the review application until September 30, 2020. The tariff codes of the products involved in the case are 9018.11.11 and 9018.11.19.

On June 19, 2008, Brazil conducted an anti-dumping investigation on disposable syringes originating in China. On September 18, 2009, the Brazilian Foreign Trade Commission issued Announcement No. 53 and stated that it decided to levy an anti-dumping tax of US$7.73/kg on syringes produced by Shanghai Kangdelai Enterprise Development Group Co., Ltd. and on other syringes produced by Chinese companies. Anti-dumping duties of USD 10.67/kg. On September 18, 2014, Brazil launched the first anti-dumping sunset review investigation on disposable syringes originating in China. On June 22, 2015, Brazil made the first anti-dumping sunset final review on disposable syringes originating in China, ruling that an anti-dumping tax of US$4.55/kg should be imposed on Chinese companies involved, and the period of validity is as of June 22, 2020.