EC adopts provisional anti-dumping duties on Sino -Viet shoes
25 Mar '06
4 min read
The European Commission (EC) has today adopted proposals by the European Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson to impose a provisional anti-dumping duty on leather shoes from China and Vietnam.
The measures follow a preliminary Commission investigation that has identified clear evidence of disguised subsidies and unfair state intervention to the leather footwear sector in China and Vietnam.
The Trade Commissioner today firmly reiterated his willingness to work with the Vietnamese and Chinese governments to address the questions of competitive distortions raised by the Commission's investigation.
EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson said: "These anti-dumping measures will correct the injury caused to European leather shoe producers. It is important that we act against unfair trade while encouraging legitimate and competitive from emerging economies. We do not target China and Vietnam's natural competitive advantages, only unfair distortions of trade.”
In order to minimise any sudden impact on imports, the duties will be imposed progressively over a period of five months, beginning on April 7.
They will rise to 16.8% for leather shoes from Vietnam and 19.4% for leather shoes from China - a duty sufficient to correct the injury caused to European producers by dumping.
The provisional measures exclude children's leather shoes so as to ensure that even the small price rises are not passed on to poorer families.
Special Technology Advanced Footwear will also be excluded from the measures because there is not sufficient production of these shoes in Europe for injury to have occurred.
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