Itac has published a notice of initiation of a sunset review of the anti-dumping duties on plates and sheets, film, foil and strip of polymers of vinyl chloride (PVC), classifiable under tariff subheading 3920.49, originating in or imported from the People’s Republic of China (China) and Chinese Taipei (Taiwan).
On 21 July 2017 Itac notified the interested parties that unless a substantiated request was made by the SACU industry indicating that the expiry of the anti-dumping duties against imports of PVC Rigid originating in or imported from China and Chinese Taipei would likely lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping and material injury, the anti-dumping duties would expire on 09 May.
A detailed response to Itac’s sunset review questionnaire was received from Arango Plastics (Pty) Ltd on 09 November 2017.
The allegation of the continuation of dumping is based on the comparison between the normal value in China and Chinese Taipei, and the export price in China and Chinese Taipei.
The normal values were determined from price quotations obtained by the applicant from manufacturers of the subject product in China and Chinese Taipei.
The export prices for China and Chinese Taipei were determined by the South African Revenue Service (Sars) official import statistics.
On this basis, Itac found that there was prima facie proof indicating that the expiry of the anti-dumping duties would likely lead to the continuation of dumping by the manufacturers of the subject product in China and Chinese Taipei.
The applicant presented information that indicated the expiry of the anti-dumping duties would likely lead to the recurrence and/or continuation of material injury in the form of price undercutting (China only); price suppression; decline in sales, employment, production volumes, market share, productivity, growth, capacity utilisation; and negative cash flow and profit margins.
On this basis, Itac found that there was prima facie proof indicating that the expiry of the anti-dumping duties would likely lead to the recurrence and/or continuation of material injury.
The period of investigation for dumping is from 01 July 2016 to 30 June 2017. The period of investigation for injury is from 01 July 2014 to 30 June 2017.
Comment is due by 30 May
