On 17 February Itac announced the initiation of a Sunset Review of the anti-dumping duties on unframed glass mirrors originating in or imported from Indonesia, on which comment is due by 18 March 2017.
On 24 June Itac notified all interested parties that unless a duly substantiated request is made by or on behalf of the SACU industry, indicating that the expiry of the anti-dumping duty against the imports of unframed glass mirrors originating in or imported from Indonesia would likely lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping and injury, the anti-dumping duty on unframed glass mirrors originating in or imported from Indonesia will expire on 19 April 2017. A detailed response to Itac’s Sunset Review questionnaire was received from PFG Building Glass, a division of PG Group (Pty) Ltd (the Applicant) on 28 October 2016.
The Applicant is the sole producer of unframed glass mirrors within the SACU and alleges that the expiry of the anti-dumping duties would likely lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping and the recurrence of material injury. The Applicant submitted sufficient evidence and established a prima facie case to enable Itac to arrive at a reasonable conclusion that a Sunset Review investigation of the anti-dumping duties on unframed glass mirrors originating in or imported from Indonesia be initiated.
The anti-dumping duties are applicable to unframed glass mirrors of a thickness of 2 mm or more but not exceeding 6 mm, classifiable under tariff subheading 7009.91, originating in or imported from Indonesia.
The allegation of continuation or recurrence of dumping is based on the comparison between the normal values and the export prices. The normal value for Indonesia was determined based on a quotation from a price quotation from a research company in Indonesia. The export price for Indonesia was determined based on the import statistics obtained from the South African Revenue Service (Sars) for the dumping period. The dumping margin was determined to be 38.55%. On this basis, Itac found that there was prima facie proof of the likelihood of the continuation or recurrence of dumping.
The Applicant alleges and submitted sufficient evidence to show that it would experience a decline in sales, capacity utilisation, profit, output, return on investment, employment, and growth as well as price undercutting, price depression and price suppression if the duty expires.
On this basis, the Itac found that there was prima facie proof of the likelihood of the recurrence of material injury.
The investigation period for dumping is from 01 July 2015 to 30 June 2016 and the material injury investigation involves the evaluation of data for the period 01 July 2013 to 30 June 2016, and 2017 estimates in the event the anti-dumping duties expire.
